{"id":24658,"date":"2011-11-19T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T16:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/sexismandthecity-sts-sergius-and-bacchus\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T22:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T05:19:15","slug":"sexismandthecity-sts-sergius-and-bacchus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/sexismandthecity-sts-sergius-and-bacchus\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24658 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/sexismandthecity-sts-sergius-and-bacchus\/attachment\/24659\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_luwxabRg3a1qztkl8o1_400-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sexismandthecity.tumblr.com\/post\/13012240517\/sts-sergius-and-bacchus-martyred-ca-303-sts\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">sexismandthecity<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"photo-desc\" id=\"description_div528280168\">\n<p><strong>Sts. Sergius and Bacchus<\/strong><br \/><strong>(martyred ca. 303)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sts.  Sergius and Bacchus are ancient Christian martyrs who were tortured to  death in Syria because they refused to attend sacrifices in honor of  Jupiter. Recent attention to early Greek manuscripts has also revealed  that they were openly  gay men and that they were erastai, or lovers.  These manuscripts are found in various libraries in Europe and indicate  an earlier Christian attitude toward homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>After their  arrest, the two saints were paraded through city streets in women\u2019s  clothing, treatment that was meant to humiliate them as officers in the  Roman army. They were then separated and each was tortured. Bacchus died  first and appeared that night to Sergius, who was beginning to lose  heart. According to the early manuscripts, Bacchus told Sergius to  preserve, that the delights of heaven were greeter than any suffering,  and that part of their reward would be to be re-united in heaven as  lovers.<\/p>\n<p>The feast of these saints is October 7. The inscription at  the bottom of the icon is their names in Arabic. The saints are  particularly popular throughout the Mediterranean lands, in Latin  America, and among the Slavs. For nearly a thousand years they were the  official patrons of the Byzantine armies, and Arab nomads continue to  revere them as their special patron saints.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sexismandthecity: Sts. Sergius and Bacchus(martyred ca. 303) Sts. Sergius and Bacchus are ancient Christian martyrs who were tortured to death in Syria because they refused to attend sacrifices in honor of Jupiter. Recent attention to early Greek manuscripts has also revealed that they were openly gay men and that they were erastai, or lovers. 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