كان الشهيد قسطنطين كاهناً ملحقاً بالسفارة الروسية في القسطنطينية لما اندلعت الحرب بين روسيا وتركيا. لم يشأ العودة إلى بلاده، بل توجه إلى الجبل المقدس في آثوس حيث نزل في دير اللافرا الكبير.
عاد إلى القسطنطينية بعد عودة السلام. حصل خلاف بينه وبين السفير الروسي. دُعي إلى حضرة السلطان. قبض عليه الشيطان فكفر بإيمانه واقتبل الإسلام. عاد إلى نفسه بعد أيام. استفاق كما من سُكْر. خلع لباسه التركي ولبس ثوبه الكهنوتي من جديد. وقف ثانية أمام السلطان واعترف بالمسيح إلهاً.
جرى على الفور توقيفه وإعدامه أمام القصر السلطاني. كان ذلك في السادس والعشرين من شهر كانون الأول من عام 1742م.
He is a friend of Saint Procopius of Bania and an ascetic companion. He became a monk when he was a young man, and he embarked on a path of asceticism with great courage and determination under the supervision of […]
A Romanian officer in the 12th Romanian Division stationed, at that time, in Malatya, Armenia. He condemns paganism. During the reign of the Roman Emperor Decius […]
Saint Kyriakos was born in the city of Corinth (Greece) in the year 448 to a priest father and a pious mother. He was brought up to love Christ in the care of […]
Thieves came to a cell during prayer time, so the priest said to the brothers: “Let them do their work, and we will do our work.” A brother said to an old man: “Why […]
The theological importance of Saint Irenaeus is due to two reasons: The first reason: He lifted the mask with which the Gnostic heresy had covered its teaching, claiming that […]
Pride is the root of all evil. Saint John Cassian’s article “On the Spirit of Pride” has special importance, not only for monks and hermits, but for all […]
She is the older sister of Saint Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. She lived in the fourth century. She was born in Caesarea, Cappadocia (in present-day eastern Türkiye […]
She is the granddaughter of Queen Victoria (Queen of England) and the daughter of the governor of Hesse in Germany. I was born in Germany on the first of November of the year [...]
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