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# The Synaxis of the Holy Innocents of Bethlehem
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/sobor-sviatykh-vifleemskikh-mladentsev/
- Published: 2025-08-31T10:21:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:28:54.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Society

This icon recalls the 14,000 infant souls slaughtered by order of the tetrarch Herod.

The murdered children of Bethlehem are venerated as the first martyrs for Christ.

> Today this icon is prayed before by parents who, following the example of Herod, have dealt with their own children by destroying them in the womb

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_17764@31-08-2025_13-21-27.jpg)