11th May: Today in Christian History

11th May, 1672

Cossacks murder Joseph, first metropolitan of Astrakhan, torturing him on a bed of coals in an effort to compel him to denounce a letter of excommunication as a forgery. He refuses to yield and is finally thrown from the city wall to his death.

11th May, 1685

On this day in Christian History, two Covenanter women named Margaret were cruelly tortured and drowned at Wigton, Scotland.

11th May, 1885

Death in Calcutta of Krishna Mohan Banerjea, a pastor, college professor, and writer. He will sometimes be called the father of Bengali Christian literature—a language in which he wrote tracts, lectures, articles, and apologetic material, as well as studies of Hindu philosophy.

11th May, 1918

Death of Huang Su’e (Mrs. Francis Lister Hawks Pott), notable for her work as a missionary, promotion and oversight of women’s education, establishment of an orphanage for neglected girl babies, and other zealous Christian activities.

11th May, 1926

On this day in Christian History, J. R. R.Tolkien and C. S. Lewis had their first long chat. Five years afterward, Lewis converted to Christianity. Later, the two men, with a group of friends and colleagues, became members of the Inklings, a predominantly Christian group at Oxford.

11th May, 1994

On this day in Christian History, Jim Broomhall died. In his lifetime, he had served the Yi (Nosu) people of China as a medical missionary and when he was expelled by the Communists, he worked in the Philippines.

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