You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God.

Western Christianity
In the current norms for the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church the feast is celebrated at the Eucharist but for the Liturgy of the Hours is restricted to the Hours during the day with Evening Prayer being reserved to the celebration of the Octave of Christmas. Stephen recounts the stories of the patriarchs in some depth and goes into even more detail in the case of Moses. Stephen's Church
Many churches and other places commemorate St.

In Eastern Christian iconography he is shown as a young beardless man with a tonsure wearing a deacon's vestments and often holding a miniature church building or a censer. Stephen's name is derived from the Greek language Stephanos meaning "crown". Saint Stephen (Koine Greek: Στέφανος Stephanos; sometimes spelled "Stephan") the protomartyr (first martyr) of Christianity was according to the Acts of the Apostles a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who aroused the enmity of members of various synagogues by his teachings.