Martyr
Christodulus of Thessalonica
Martyr of Thessalonica and Cassandra, who suffered for Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Christodulus of Thessalonica was a native of Balka, in the Kassandra district. He suffered for rebuking a Bulgarian who had fallen into apostasy and for refusing Islam. After tortures he was hanged by the Turks in Thessalonica on 28 June 1777.
He is commemorated on 9 August (new style). He is not in the present calendar of the Russian Church.
Commemorated the same day July 27
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