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New Martyr Demetrius at Constantinople (1784) Commemorated on January 27 He served in an inn, in the city of Galata, near Constantinople, as a footman. The Turks tried to get him to accept Islam. Because of a lie about wounding a Turk and for not willing to reject Christ, he, after being tortured, was beheaded in 1784, being 25 years old. |
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