Murals (2008) by PHANTAST - Graffiti - Cultural Music & Art Association inc. - 98 Milne St. Benleigh
1st of August.
Seven Holy Maccabee Martyrs, their Mother Solomone and their teacher Eleazar (2 Maccabees 7).
They were arrested during the persecution of Judaism initiated by King Antioch IV Epiphanes of the Seleucid Empire which ruled Judea, in 167 before Christ.
Antioch issues decrees forbidding various traditional practices, such as keeping Kosher and circumcision.
The torment of the sons was watched by their tenacious and rather stoic mother, who had lost all her sons.