Martyr
Demetrius of Philadelphia
A martyr of Philadelphia, put to death for his faith in Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Demetrius of Philadelphia was born in Philadelphia in Asia Minor, in a Christian family. In his early youth he was kidnapped by the Turks and made a Muslim. At the age of twenty-five, realising that he had been torn from the true faith, he openly confessed himself a Christian, and for this the Turks hacked him to pieces. The holy martyr accepted suffering and death for Christ in the year 1657. He is commemorated on 15 June.
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