Passion-Bearer
Passion bearer
Person who faces his or her death in a Christ-like manner
In Eastern Christianity, a passion bearer (Russian: страстотéрпец, tr. strastoterpets, IPA: [strəstɐˈtʲɛrpʲɪts]) is one of the various customary titles for saints used in commemoration at divine services when honouring their feast on the Church Calendar; it is not generally used by Catholics of the Roman Rite,[1] but it is used within the Eastern Catholic Churches.[2]
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