Angelis

Holy New Martyr Angelis was a goldsmith by trade and received the crown of martyrdom at Constantinople on 1 September 1680. Once, while making merry in Constantinople with Christian acquaintances who had apostatized, he put a Turkish turban on his head as a joke. The Turks took the gesture as a denial of Christianity and an acceptance of Islam, and pressed him to become a Turk. The martyr rejected the enticing proposals of the Turks with revulsion and accepted suffering for love of Christ, without counting his wife and his six children. He said to the vizier: "Do what you wish, beat me, cut me, slaughter me, burn me in the fire, throw me to the beasts, drown me in the sea, and do whatever you can to this body of clay of mine: I will not deny my Christ, I will not change my faith, I will not become a Turk."

On 1 September 1680, in front of the palace, near Hagia Sophia, he was beheaded and received the crown of martyrdom. His body was bought back by Christians for 300 grosia and buried in the monastery on the island of Prote. He is commemorated on 1 September, in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).