Hieromartyr
Damaskinos the Sinaite
A Sinaite hieromartyr, killed in 1623 outside the walls of Sinai Monastery.
- Feast
- February 6old style February 19
- Reposed
- 162317th century
- Place
- Monastery of Sinai (killed outside the walls)
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Damaskinos the Sinaite, also called Tzangaris, was a brother of the Monastery of Sinai. He was killed in 1623 by the Mezeni Bedouin, outside the wall of the monastery.
The Greek synaxarion says no more about his life or the manner of his death. He is commemorated on 6 February, by the church calendar of the Church of Greece, on the same day as Artemios the Sinaite.
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