New Martyr
Elias of Trebizond
A new martyr from Trebizond who died for the faith in 1749.
- Feast
- February 27old style March 12
- Reposed
- 174918th century
- Place
- Trebizond
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy New Martyr Elias of Trebizond came from Kryoneri, near Trebizond, and was the son of the priest Constantine. He was seized and tortured at the Molo in Trebizond (Mum Hane) in the year 1749, and in the end hanged.
The Christians took his holy body and buried it in the Monastery of Theoskepastos. Elias is commemorated on 27 February (new style) in the Greek synaxarion.
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