Holy New Martyrs
Orthodox Christians Massacred at Diyarbakir
Orthodox Christians cruelly slaughtered in the region of Diyarbakir in 1896.
Life
The Orthodox Christians Massacred at Diyarbakir were faithful from the region of Diyarbakir, in Asia Minor, who were cruelly slaughtered by Kurdish bands in the year 1896. They belonged to the Patriarchate of Alexandria.
The Greek synaxarion preserves no other details of this event. Their memory is kept on 30 June, by the church calendar of the Church of Greece.
Commemorated the same day June 30
Donatus of MünstereifelMartyr · Martyr of the catacombsJun 30
Dinar of HeretiRight-Believing · Queen of HeretiJun 30
Peter of RostovVenerable · Tsarevich of the HordeJun 30
Gervasios ParaskevopoulosVenerable · of PatrasJun 30- Michael BaknanasNew Martyr · Gardener of AthensJun 30
Basilides of AlexandriaMartyrJun 30- Timothy PetropavlovskyHieromartyr · PriestJun 30
- 1040 MartyrsHoly MartyrsJun 30
- Alexis VvedenskyHieromartyrJun 30
- Alpinian and AustriclinianHoly Confessors · Priests, companions of Martial of LimogesJun 30
- Bertram of Le MansSaint · Bishop of Le MansJun 30
- CaolanSaintJun 30