Martyr
Zacharias of Patras
Martyr of Patras who suffered for faith in Christ.
- Feast
- January 20old style February 2
- Reposed
- 178218th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Zacharias of Patras suffered for the faith of Christ at the hands of the Turks in the year 1782, in ancient Patras in the Peloponnese.
At first he accepted Islam, then repented and turned again to the true faith of Christ. He ended his life stretched on a tree. The icon that shows him is in the Lower Monastery of the Mother of God in Arta.
The saint is commemorated on 2 February, in the new style.
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