Saint Stephen is patron of bricklayers, builders, stonecutters, Horses and deacons.

On the Feast of Stephen, 10 things you might not know about Saint Stephen:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2014/12/26th-december-feast-of-stephen.html

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Good King Wenceslas (Feast of Stephen) is one of my favourite festive songs at this time of year. Incidentally, I was baptised at a St Stephen's Church. The two facts are unrelated, but seeing as it's St Stephen's day today I thought I'd note it!

Gwyl San Steffan !

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Good King #Wenceslas looked out….today.

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Today is the #FeastOfStephen.

For #Anime fans I should point out that the closing episodes of #Karin arguably take place on this day. As a whole the latter half of Karin I think should be viewed as the #NightmareBeforeChristmas of Anime.

Today’s my favourite day in the #ChristmasTide — the feast of Stephen (#BoxingDay or #WrenDay as it commonly known).
But why do I like the #FeastOfStephen so much? Two reasons and it’s not really about the Saint or the day:
1. My favourite #Christmas song is #GoodKingWenceslas — it is a beautiful song, with an iconic melody; the song is set on this day “Good King #Wenceslas looked out, On the Feast of Stephen” In fact I like St Wenceslas far more than St Stephen, but that’s another story.
2. This reason is the one I like the most. There is an odd tradition in #England to give unnamed parliamentary buildings the name of “St Stephen’s (insert building here)” — why? Well let’s look at who St Stephen was (in brief).
He is considered the first #Christian #Martyr or known as “Protomartyr”. He he was a deacon in the early #Church at Jerusalem who angered members of various synagogues by his teachings. Accused of blasphemy at his trial, he made a speech denouncing the authorities and was stoned to death in 36 AD.
I was told by an officer of the Houses of Parliament the #myth is that his name is used because he stood for justice and truth, as the Mother Parliament should. An irony — even from its inception and especially today.

And there we go; happy Boxing Day / Feast of Stephen.

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