Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Relics of New Martyr Kassandra of Trebizond (1677)



Kassandra, in order to save her fellow Orthodox people, sent her boys to a relative and surrendered to the pasha of Trebizond. There she was asked to become a Muslim in order to escape death. Kassandra refused. She was horribly tortured until her death on behalf of religion and homeland.

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