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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Martyrs

Athanasius Todoran of Năsăud

Of Năsăud

Romanian martyr of Năsăud, defender of the Orthodox faith in Transylvania in the eighteenth century.

Feast
November 12old style November 25
Era
before 2007
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Athanasius Todoran of Năsăud, from Bichigiu, was a Romanian Orthodox peasant of the Năsăud region in Transylvania who, in the eighteenth century, was one of the four holy martyrs and confessors of Năsăud, defenders of the ancestral faith and of the Romanian people. The other three are Basil of Mocod, Gregory of Zagra and Basil of Telciu.

They resisted the pressure to pass to union with Rome and the militarization of their villages in the Military Border. According to the sources consulted, they were executed at Salva on 12 November 1763, after an uprising in the Năsăud region. The Romanian Orthodox Church honours them as holy martyrs and confessors, and their feast is on 12 November (new style). Services in their honour are held at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Bichigiu.

Commemorated the same day November 12