St. Stamatios the new Martyr of Chios icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11

St. Stamatios the new Martyr of Chios icon Mounted on wood Sizes:8 X 11Orthodox icon of Saint Stamatios the new Martyr of Chios. Commemorated February 3. Saint Stamatios iived during the Greek revolution of 1821 and worked as an importer along with his brothers John and Nicolas. They were betrayed by a fellow Christian when their boat was stranded on Asia Minor. He , seized and led to the pasha of Chios. He, after questioning them, ordered the two younger brothers, Stamatios (18) and John (22), to be put in prison. T hey

His first true understanding of the Christian faith came from the New Testament given to him at his high school graduation by his principal

and attained such perfection in fasting and prayer that he was given the gift of wonderworking

Orthodox icon of Saints Raphael

Orthodox icon of Saint Haralambos (2)

for his strength failed him at Comana

Jeremiah first placed on his own neck a wooden

when eaten

where he was then ordained to the holy priesthood

Commemorated March 13th

Saint Faith was one of the daughters of Saint Sophia

When the Turks realized that the saint remained faithful to Christ

The saint remains patient which angers the soldiers