George of Megara

Holy Martyr George of Megara suffered at Megara in Attica, together with the Holy Martyrs Adrian, Polyeuctus and Plato. The time and manner of their martyrdom are not known. Their tombs and relics were found in the time of Ottoman rule, between 1600 and 1670, when a man of Megara named Oikonomou wished to build a house; the workmen felt heat under their feet, and he, digging deeper, found a marble slab with the names of the saints, and their relics. Robbers of holy things stole them and left for the Peloponnese, and were never found. Oikonomou took the slab to Constantinople and told the patriarch what had happened. It is supposed either that the saints were persecuted at Serres and fled to Megara, or that they suffered at Megara as soldiers. They are remembered on 1 February.