Hieromartyr


In the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was a Bishop#Catholic, [Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches|bishop] or Priest#Catholicism and [Eastern Orthodoxy|priest].
Hieromartyrs do not constitute a special rank of saint and are commemorated at the Divine Liturgy together with other martyrs. In the Eastern [Orthodox Church], at the proskomedia, for them, as for other martyrs, the fifth particle is removed from the nine-part prosphora.