Martyr
Holy New Martyr Nicholas Pantopolis
September 23 Old CalendarOctober 6 New Calendar
Life
As a young man he suffered for the faith of Christ at the hands of the Turks in Constantinople in 1672. His father had settled there from Thessaly. And since his father kept a general store, he too was called Pantopolis, meaning "one who sells everything" in Greek. After much coercion to convert to Islam, and torment because he would not convert, he was beheaded, and departed to the Kingdom of God. His relics rest in the Monastery of Xeropotamou on the Holy Mountain.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 23. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on September 23
The full reading for September 23 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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