New Martyr
Emmanuel
A new martyr from Samothrace, who suffered at Makri in 1835 with five others.
Life
Saint Emmanuel, a New Martyr of Samothrace, is one of those who suffered at Makri, near Alexandroupolis, in Thrace, in the year 1835. He is commemorated on 6 April (new style, the calendar of the Church of Greece) together with George, Manuel, Lambros, Michael, Theodore and a second George, and another calendar remembers them on 2 July, in the list George, George, Manuel, Theodore, Michael, Theodore, John and Lambros. The lists do not agree in number and names, so it cannot be said precisely how many there were.
The sources consulted give no other details about his life or the manner of his suffering.
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