Michael of Samothrace

Holy New Martyr Michael of Samothrace received the crown of martyrdom in the year 1835, at Makri (today Alexandroupolis) in Thrace, together with other Christians of Samothrace: George, Manuel, Theodore and a second George.

The hymnography calls them lights of Samothrace and the adornment of Makri, new martyrs who confessed Christ before cruel barbarians. The calendar of the Church of Greece, however, lists six names on the same day: George, Manuel, Lambros, Michael, Theodore and George. No further details of Michael's life survive in the sources consulted.

The saints are commemorated together on 6 April, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style). The service calls them radiant offspring of the island of Samothrace, guardians of the land of Makri and healers of the sick.