Feb. 23 is the feast day of St. Polycarp (69-155). He was Bishop of Smyrna (Turkey), fought heresy in the early Church, was friend to St. Ignatius of Antioch and martyred for his faith. His surviving ...

St. Polycarp was a bishop and martyr who lived in the first and second centuries of the Christian era. His time is often called the “sub-apostolic age,” because his was the first generation of ...

It is safe to say Sauti Sol’s guitarist Polycarp Otieno alias Fancy Finger’s wife Lady Mandy is enjoying motherhood so much that she has left netizens in the dark on her pregnancy experience months ...

Polycarp is a historical drama about a Christian slave girl, Anna, who was rescued and adopted by Christians in 2nd-century Smyrna. As she grows in her newfound faith, taught by Bishop Polycarp, she ...

Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, who was “fruitful in every good work” (Col. 1:10), was born in the first century, and lived in Smyrna in Asia Minor. He was orphaned at an early age, but at the ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. The year was A.D. 155, and the persecution against Christians swept across the Roman Empire and came to the city of Smyrna.