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When I was a Muslim child in Germany, we sang a song in school about a man known as "Sankt Martin." He was a Roman soldier who was riding through a cold winter night when he encountered a poor beggar shivering and afraid of freezing to death. Saint Martin stopped his horse, drew his sword, cut his own cloak in half, and gave one half to the beggar to keep him warm. The beggar attempted to thank him, but Martin left in a hurry. I loved that song but knew nothing about the man. I took the sentiments of this song with me throughout my life. It instilled a sense of compassion, charity, and mercy I didn't know from Islam. Over the many years, well into adulthood, I remembered the song and felt nostalgic about it. As a Muslim, all I knew about Christianity was that it was an evil and false religion to be eradicated in the future, as my parents had taught me. This was in conflict with what the love that Christian stories taught me. This is why I always had sympathy for Christianity, even when I was hostile toward it because of my Islamic religion. Much later, only after becoming a Christian, I thought of researching who this "Sankt Martin" actually was. According to the story, written by someone who actually knew Saint Martin, he was a Roman soldier who, after helping the beggar, encountered Christ that night. Jesus Christ came to him in a dream wearing the very same cloak. He said, "Martin clothed ME with this robe." This recalls what Jesus said in Matthew 25:40: "Truly I say to you, as you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me." What we do to those in need, we do to Christ. Saint Martin helped a poor beggar in need, and this is what he would have done to Christ. Saint Martin was baptized and later left the Roman army and became a monk. Later in life, he was appointed as Bishop of Tours in Gaul, modern-day France. There, he did extensive work evangelizing to pagans and Christianizing the land. He was fundamentally against killing heretics or pagans and firmly taught that pagans should be brought to Christ by preaching and persuasion. "Very frequently, too, when the pagans were addressing him to the effect that he would not overthrow their temples, he so soothed and conciliated the minds of the heathen by his holy discourse that, the light of truth having been revealed to them, they themselves overthrew their own temples." - Life of Saint Martin, 15 So, the very same man who helped a freezing beggar devoted his life to bringing pagans to Christ and suppressing false beliefs and idols. This is not contradictory. This is, in fact, what love is. Modern revisionism will twist Christian morals and present Christian love as tolerance and respect for false beliefs, but real Christian love includes saving people from falsehood and evil and firmly preaching the truth to them. It is, of course, very interesting that Tours is the place where the major and critical Battle of Tours took place centuries later, where the forces of Charles Martel defeated and drove out the invading Muslims thereby preventing a potential early Muslim takeover of Europe. Today, November 12, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Martin of Tours. Today, I remember that long before I opened my heart to Christianity, when I was still a Muslim child, when becoming a Christian was unimaginable to me, Christianity found its way into my heart through Saint Martin, ultimately leading me to Christ. So, I chose Saint Martin of Tours as my patron saint and will never forget the little child in whom he instilled compassion, charity, and mercy, which I did not know from Islam. Glory to God.

ApostateProphet's tweet photo. When I was a Muslim child in Germany, we sang a song in school about a man known as "Sankt Martin."

He was a Roman soldier who was riding through a cold winter night when he encountered a poor beggar shivering and afraid of freezing to death. Saint Martin stopped his horse, drew his sword, cut his own cloak in half, and gave one half to the beggar to keep him warm. The beggar attempted to thank him, but Martin left in a hurry.

I loved that song but knew nothing about the man. I took the sentiments of this song with me throughout my life. It instilled a sense of compassion, charity, and mercy I didn't know from Islam. Over the many years, well into adulthood, I remembered the song and felt nostalgic about it.

As a Muslim, all I knew about Christianity was that it was an evil and false religion to be eradicated in the future, as my parents had taught me. This was in conflict with what the love that Christian stories taught me. This is why I always had sympathy for Christianity, even when I was hostile toward it because of my Islamic religion.

Much later, only after becoming a Christian, I thought of researching who this "Sankt Martin" actually was.

According to the story, written by someone who actually knew Saint Martin, he was a Roman soldier who, after helping the beggar, encountered Christ that night. Jesus Christ came to him in a dream wearing the very same cloak. He said, "Martin clothed ME with this robe."

This recalls what Jesus said in Matthew 25:40:

"Truly I say to you, as you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."

What we do to those in need, we do to Christ. Saint Martin helped a poor beggar in need, and this is what he would have done to Christ.

Saint Martin was baptized and later left the Roman army and became a monk. Later in life, he was appointed as Bishop of Tours in Gaul, modern-day France.

There, he did extensive work evangelizing to pagans and Christianizing the land. He was fundamentally against killing heretics or pagans and firmly taught that pagans should be brought to Christ by preaching and persuasion.

"Very frequently, too, when the pagans were addressing him to the effect that he would not overthrow their temples, he so soothed and conciliated the minds of the heathen by his holy discourse that, the light of truth having been revealed to them, they themselves overthrew their own temples."
- Life of Saint Martin, 15

So, the very same man who helped a freezing beggar devoted his life to bringing pagans to Christ and suppressing false beliefs and idols. This is not contradictory. This is, in fact, what love is. Modern revisionism will twist Christian morals and present Christian love as tolerance and respect for false beliefs, but real Christian love includes saving people from falsehood and evil and firmly preaching the truth to them.

It is, of course, very interesting that Tours is the place where the major and critical Battle of Tours took place centuries later, where the forces of Charles Martel defeated and drove out the invading Muslims thereby preventing a potential early Muslim takeover of Europe.

Today, November 12, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Martin of Tours.

Today, I remember that long before I opened my heart to Christianity, when I was still a Muslim child, when becoming a Christian was unimaginable to me, Christianity found its way into my heart through Saint Martin, ultimately leading me to Christ. So, I chose Saint Martin of Tours as my patron saint and will never forget the little child in whom he instilled compassion, charity, and mercy, which I did not know from Islam.

Glory to God.

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