Church of St's RAFAIL, NIKOLAS EIRINI

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albion   |194.154.149.xxx |2009-04-16 15:10:57
How ironic. I only heard about these three for the first time today. Apparently
their feast will be celebrated next Tuesday. As I understand, they were martyred
by the Turks several centuries ago and no one knew about it. Then people in more
recent times had visions telling them of the story.
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albion   |194.154.149.xxx |2009-04-16 15:26:12
The holy, glorious and right-victorious New Martyrs Raphael, Nicholas and Irene
suffered martyrdom by the Turks on the island of Lesbos (or Lesvos), Greece on
Bright Tuesday (April 9, 1463), after the fall of Constantinople. St Raphael was
the Abbot of Karyes near the village of Thermi on the island. St Nicholas was a
deacon at the monastery, and St Irene was the 12-year-old daughter of the mayor
of Thermi. The three saints were at the monastery with the village teacher and
St Irene's father when the Turks raided it. Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene of
Lesbos are rembered by the Church on April 9 and on the Tuesday of Bright Week
along with St Eleni, New martyr of Lesbos (who was also called Susanna).

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saints were unknown for about 500 years after their martyrdoms during the
Turkish occupation of Lesbos. In 1959 the three saints appeared to the people on
Lesvos in dreams and visions. They guided excavations of their own g...
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