Porfiri wa Gaza

Porfiri wa Gaza (kwa Kigiriki Πορφύριος, Porphyrios; Thesalonike, Ugiriki347 hivi – Gaza, Palestina, 26 Februari 420) alikuwa askofu wa mji huo kuanzia mwaka 395 hadi kifo chake.

Kutokana na masimulizi ya Maisha yake, yaliyoandikwa na Marko shemasiApparent use of Theodoret and other later sources convinced P. Peeters that it was actually written after 534. (P. Peeters, "La vie géorgienne de Saint Porphyre de Gaza" Analecta Bollandiana 59 1941, pp 65–216. alipata umaarufu kwa kuingiza katika Ukristo mji huo ulioshikilia bado Upagani na kwa kubomoa mahekalu yaliyokuweko, bila kujali dhuluma ndefu https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/42900.

Kwanza alikuwa mmonaki miaka mitano huko Misri na mitano mingine ng’ambo ya mto Yordani, akijulikana kwa wema wake kwa watu fukara.
Helen Saradi-Mendelovici, "Christian Attitudes toward Pagan Monuments in Late Antiquity and Their Legacy in Later Byzantine Centuries" Dumbarton Oaks Papers 44 (1990, pp. 47–61) pp 53f instances as history the destruction of the temples in Gaza in Vita Porphyrii..

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Wakatoliki, Waorthodoksi na Waorthodoksi wa Mashariki kama mtakatifu.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa katika tarehe ya kifo chakeMartyrologium RomanumGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πορφύριος Ἐπίσκοπος Γάζης. 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ..

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

Marejeo ya Kiswahili
 John Kabeya na wengine - Maisha ya Watakatifu – ed. T.M.P. Book Department – Tabora 1965, 1989, uk. 70-71
 Pd. Leandry Kimario, O.F.M.Cap. - Mfahamu Mtakatifu Somo Wako - Maisha ya Watakatifu wa Kila Siku pamoja na Watakatifu Wafransisko - Toleo la pili - Dar es Salaam 2021, uk. 61

 Marejeo ya lugha nyingine
Thomas F. Head, Medieval Hagiography: an anthology, (Routledge) 2001.
Ramsay MacMullen, Christianizing the Roman Empire, (Yale University Press) 1984.

Viungo vya nje
 Medieval Sourcebook:  G.F. Hill, 1913. Translator and editor, Mark the Deacon, Life of Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza (e-text, in English)
 Catholic Encyclopedia: Gaza
 Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Porphyry
  Philip Schaff, editor The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: St. Porphyry
 Prologue From Ochrid - February 26: Saint Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza
 Asmaa al-Ghoul. Gaza's Orthodox Church Celebrates 1,606 Years. Al-Monitor. March 11, 2013.

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