== Relics ==
When The body of the Jews stoned St. holy Protomartyr Stephen, they left his to be consumed by body at the foothill of the city for two days to be eaten by dogs. But on the second night, [[Gamaliel]]—teacher of the Apostle Paul and the [[Apostle Barnabas]]—along with his son, secretly came and moved took the body to his own land estate, in Capharganda, to be buried. [[Nicodemus the Righteous|Nicodemus]], who died while weeping at this grave, was also buried there along with Gamaliel's godson Abibus and Gamaliel himself upon his repose.
After many years the memory of St. Stephen's burial place had left the minds of men, until 415 when Gamaliel appeared three times to Father Lucian, [[priest]] at Capharganda. He revealed to Fr. Lucian the place of his burial and everything about it. Fr. Lucian received the blessing of the [[Patriarch]] to exhume the [[saint]]s from their grave where a strong, sweet fragrance filled the cave.