Saint Yu Tae-ch'ol's Parish in Ulsan
Yesterday, my family visited a new parish in my wife's hometown, Ulsan: 삼산성당. The parish was under the patronage of Saint. Yu Tae-ch'ol Petrus (성 유대철 베드로) (1826-1839). At 13, Saint Yu Tae-ch'ol was the youngest of the 103 Martyrs of Korea. I could not find the story of this young saint's blessed martyrdom in English, but the giant stained glass window that adorned the façade of the neo-gothic church told it: there were two figures dressed in hanbok, the smaller one rising to heaven with a cross in his hands, the larger one holding a hangman's noose.
Images of Saint Yu Tae-ch'ol's martyrdom and with his father, Saint Yu Chin-gil Augustine can be found here: 성 유대철 베드로:
Sancti Yu Chin-gil et Yu Tae-ch'ol, orate pro nobis.
Here is where more information can be found: Stories of the Korean Martyrs and MARTYRS OF KOREA (1).
Yesterday, my family visited a new parish in my wife's hometown, Ulsan: 삼산성당. The parish was under the patronage of Saint. Yu Tae-ch'ol Petrus (성 유대철 베드로) (1826-1839). At 13, Saint Yu Tae-ch'ol was the youngest of the 103 Martyrs of Korea. I could not find the story of this young saint's blessed martyrdom in English, but the giant stained glass window that adorned the façade of the neo-gothic church told it: there were two figures dressed in hanbok, the smaller one rising to heaven with a cross in his hands, the larger one holding a hangman's noose.
Images of Saint Yu Tae-ch'ol's martyrdom and with his father, Saint Yu Chin-gil Augustine can be found here: 성 유대철 베드로:
Sancti Yu Chin-gil et Yu Tae-ch'ol, orate pro nobis.
Here is where more information can be found: Stories of the Korean Martyrs and MARTYRS OF KOREA (1).
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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