Saint
Saint Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan
- Country / origin
- Ottoman Empire — today Turkey; Armenian tradition
- Life
- 1869–1915
- Feast
- Feast in local or religious-order calendars
- Canonised
- 19 October 2025
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin, killed in 1915 during the persecution of the Armenians for refusing to renounce his faith.
Patron of
- martyrs
- persecuted Christians
- faithfulness
- the Armenian people
When to ask for intercession
- religious persecution
- fear of bearing witness to the faith
- defending religious freedom
A short prayer
Saint Ignatius Maloyan, give us courage to stay faithful to Christ in trials, and intercede for persecuted Christians.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
What are you living through today?
- Religious persecution
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