Saint Roman Olegovich of Ryazan, Right-Believing Prince. Wooden orthodox icon.

Saint Roman Olegovich of Ryazan, Right-Believing Prince. Wooden orthodox icon.

The Holy Blessed Prince Roman Olegovich of Ryazan was from a line of princes who became famous as defenders of the Christian faith and the Fatherland during the Tatar yoke. Both of his grandfathers died for the Fatherland in battle with Batu. Raised in love for the holy faith (the prince lived in tears and prayers) and his homeland, the prince took care of his ruined and oppressed subjects with all his might, defended them from the violence and robberies of the khan's baskaks (tax collectors). The baskaks hated the saint and slandered him before the Tatar Khan Mengu-Timur. Roman Olegovich was summoned to the Horde, where Khan Mengu-Timur announced that he must choose one of two things: either a martyr's death or the Tatar faith. The Blessed Prince replied that a Christian cannot change the true faith for a false one. For his firmness in confessing his faith, he was subjected to cruel torture. This happened in 1270.

The veneration of the martyred prince began immediately after his death. The chronicle says of the saint: "He bought himself the Kingdom of Heaven with passion and received a crown from the hand of the Lord with his relative, the Grand Prince of Chernigov Mikhail Vsevolodovich, who suffered for the Orthodox Christian faith in Christ."

Since 1854, a religious procession and a prayer service have been held in Ryazan on the day of remembrance of St. Roman.

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