Ambrosios Pleianthidis
Ambrosios of Moschonisia Αμβρόσιος Μοσχονησίων | |
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Moschonisia, Ottoman Empire |
Ambrosios Pleiathidis (
Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).[1]
He is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church as Hieromartyr (Greek: ιερομάρτυρας) and his feast day is celebrated on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross each year (September 7–13).
Life
Ambrosios was born in
Feodosiya in Crimea.[2] In 1910 Ambrosios returned to Smyrna, where he preached in the local metropolis, under metropolitan Chrysostomos.[2]
From 1919 Ambrosios is found on
Greek Army. On the other hand, the Turkish troops arrested the remaining civilian population and sent them to labor battalions in the interior of Anatolia; the majority of them were executed, on September 15, 1922.[1][3] Among these people was Ambrosios, who was buried alive after being tortured.[1][4]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781434458766.
- ^ University of Thessaloniki, Department of Theology. pp. 79–83. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ISBN 9780674023680.
- ^ Charitopoulos, Evangelos. "Diocese of Moschonisia" (in Greek). Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού, Μ. Ασία. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
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