September 14, 258
Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, was beheaded during the persecution under Roman Emperor Valerian. Under Valerian a new edict was issued against the Christians. Cyprian, not wishing to hide this time, was arrested, exiled to a place north of Carthage, and finally condemned to death. On hearing the decision, he said only "Deo gratias." He was beheaded on September 14, 258.
September 14, 407
Early church father John Chrysostom, the greatest preacher of his age, dies in exile when, in poor health, he is forced to travel on foot in bad weather.
Nicknamed the “Golden Mouth” for his skills as his generation’s greatest orator, John Chrysostom was one of the early church’s most powerful preachers. However, Chrysostom died in infamy on this day, September 14, 407, because he employed his considerable skills to call out the hypocrisy, immorality, and sins of excess that plagued the flock God had called him to lead. But while Chrysostom displayed considerable rhetorical ability from an early age, few would have guessed that he would go on to such prominence.
September 14, 1321
Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy, died. Facing execution in Florence for refusing to pay a fine; resulting from his political activities in 1302, Dante wandered before settling in Ravenna, Italy. There he died in September 1321, shortly after finishing The Divine Comedy. Some speculate that he had caught malaria.
14th September, 1735
Robert Raikes, an English philanthropist and Anglican layman. He is widely recognized as the founder of the Sunday school movement, aiming to educate poor children through scripture and literacy, effectively launching modern religious education programs. He was born on this day.
14th September, 1741
George Frederick Handel finished composing "The Messiah," which began only 24 days earlier. George Frideric Handel wrote Messiah in the late summer of 1741 when his future as a composer was in real jeopardy. The opera ventures he instituted, and which had thrived for nearly two decades, were waning in popularity and about to fail. To help pay the bills Handel turned to oratorio, a genre musically related to opera but without staging and costumes. Even with Messiah, though, Handel was still finding his footing in oratorio. He had penned only a handful of works in the genre, some of which (especially Israel in Egypt, from 1739) were initially failures. And Messiah was itself a risky project. Though the English audiences had for several decades embraced Handel as their favorite composer, that admiration was no guarantee of this work’s success.
September 14, 1814
Francis Scott Key, Episcopal layman and cofounder of the American Sunday School Union, was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The song didn't become the national anthem until 1931.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: September 14
This feast commemorates three historical events: the finding of the True Cross by Saint Helena; the dedication of the churches on the site of the Holy Sepulchre and Mount Calvary; and the restoration of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Heraclius II.
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, also called Universal Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross or Holy Cross Day, liturgical feast celebrated on September 14 to honour the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. In the Eastern churches, the feast dates back to the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (the site of Christ’s tomb) in Jerusalem circa 335. It was adopted by the Roman Catholic Church in the 7th century and is also observed in various Protestant traditions, including Lutheranism and Anglicanism.
September 14, 1967
September 14, 1985
September 14, 1975
On September 14, 1975, Pastor. E.A. Adeboye was ordained as a pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) by Pa Josiah Akindayomi, the denomination’s General Superintendent.
September 14, 2014
On September 14, 2014, Bishop David Oyedepo led the ground-breaking ceremony for the “Glory Dome,” the international auditorium of Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC) in Abuja. This auditorium would later be known as one of the largest church auditoriums in the world.
September 14, 2020
On September 14, 2020, Bishop David Oyedepo announced that the 6,000th branch of Living Faith Church (also known as Winners’ Chapel) had been planted, in line with the church’s vision to establish 10,000 branches by year-end.
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