She was captured by the Persians and sold into slavery in Syria. Saint Julia of Carthage (July 16) was born into a Christian family. (Feast) of the saints of Thuburbo and of Septimia. In Calendar of Carthage, feast day 18 August.ģ1 May. The title "Massa Candida" or "White Mass or Lump" refers to their manner of death. They were put to death by Galerius Maximus, the governor of the province of Africa. The Massa Candida were 300 early Christian martyrs from Utica who chose death rather than offering incense to Roman Gods, in approximately 253-60 AD.
The Calendar of Carthage, an ancient Orthodox Christian document from Tunisia St Cyprian of Carthage, the leading bishop of the Church of Africa during the mid-third century Which presents a compilation of ordinances enacted by various churchĬouncils in Carthage during the fourth and fifth centuries. The primary source of information about the third council of Carthage comes from the Codex Canonum Ecclesiæ Africanæ, The Council of Carthage, called the third by Denzinger, issued a canon of the Bible on 28 August 397. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria also maintains jurisdiction in Tunisia. There are three Greek Orthodox and two Russian Orthodox parishes in Tunisia. Tunisia is within the jurisdiction of the Church of Alexandria, represented in the person of the metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Carthage, Alexios (Leontaritis). Religion, establishes a guarantee of freedom to practice one's religion,Īlthough conversions by Muslims are disallowed. TheĬonstitution of Tunisia, while making Islam the official state Islam became the religion of Tunisiaĭuring the past century or so, especially during the time of theįrench protectorate, an influx of European settlers entered Tunisia,īringing with them an enlarged, but still minor, Christian presence. The eleventh century, Christianity had virtually disappeared in the area Which created tensions between the Roman settlers and native Berbers.īy the late seventh century, these tensions became welcoming sore pointsįor the invading Muslim Arabs as the dissident Berbers gradually accepted IslamĪnd the Latin-speaking people began migrating to Europe. In the fifth century, the invading Vandals brought Arianism Settlers and Romanized Berbers became Christians and the region became aĬenter of Latin-speaking Orthodoxy under the Bishop and later Pope of Rome and produced such prominent Orthodox Christians as the writer Tertullian, the martyred Bishop Cyprian of Carthage (icon from here), the righteous Monica, and her son the Blessed Bishop Augustine of Hippo.ĭuring these early centuries the area was also shaken by various heresies and schisms. Spread into the area in the first and second centuries, the Roman After the area wasĬonquered by Rome, it was colonized by Roman settlers. Roman province of Africa and a center of Orthodox Christianity.Ĭarthage entered history in the centuries before ChristĪs a rival of the emerging city-state of Rome. Was the site of the Phoenician city of Carthage that became part of the In the West by Algeria and in the East by Libya. Maghreb whose indigenous population had been Berber. Is a country in the northwestern part of Africa in an area called
Tunisia (Arabic: تونس - tunis, Berber: Tunes), officially the Tunisian Republic,
In his daily life becomes the light of Christ who enlightens his Of the Samaritan woman (5th Sunday of Pascha): "Close to God is he who Photini, The Samaritan Woman, from our post Sunday Here with a crowd of followers and she preaches Christ with greatīoldness." ( St. Photini's arrival and activity aroused curiosity in the capital city.Įveryone talked about her, "Who is this woman?" they asked. Her son and many Christians from Africa accompanied her. After Jesus appeared to Photini in a dream, she sailed Her son Joseph were in Carthage, in Africa, where she was preaching theĬhristian gospel. Nero, the emperor of Rome, began to persecute Christians, Photini and
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