The ecumenicity of Ugandan martyrologic eventsDuke, Emmanuel Orok (Avtor) Osim, Stella E. (Avtor) martyrdomUgandaCristian witnessdeterrence and ecumenicityWhen people are united in their suffering for a common cause, that which binds them together is always stronger than their differences. The bond is even sturdier when religious motives define their common convictions. For this reason, during martyrdom, those who are persecuted create peculiar religious identity through their common belief in God. This identity generates a socializing bond which makes them resolute in their united witness to the subject of their faith. This was the case with the nineteenthcentury Ugandan martyrs who died during the reign of the morally debased King Kabaka Mwanga. The novelty of this work consists in accentuating the ecumenicity of the Ugandan martyrdom that came into prominence, inter alia, through the Roman Catholic processes of canonization. It is so because there is no research work that has highlighted the fact that Anglicans and Lutherans were equally put to death in their defence of the Christian beliefs and morality alongside the Roman Catholics. For this reason, this work underlines how an inclusive narrative of the East-African Christian witness to the truth of the gospel brings out the ecumenicity of the Ugandan martyrologic events. Theoretical frameworks of deterrence and group memory were used in the understanding martyrdom and common witnessing in Uganda. In their united witnessing to the Christian faith, the Ugandan martyrs overcame the shackles of denominational divide that could have weakened their common resolve to stand for Christ. Therefore, Christians in contemporary African continent are called to re-receive the spirit of united witnessing to Christ as exhibited by the Ugandan martyrs since this will go a long way to: healing the wounds caused by denominational rivalry, controlling the tendency of tearing one another apart because of ethnic interests, sustaining common witness to truth and justice, encouraging all those suffering for their belief in Christ (no matter their denominational rootedness) to stand firm, and strengthening the spiritual bond that connects together all believers in Christ. 20202024-10-10 10:51:10Neznano163736sl