Holy New Martyrs Lambros, Theodore and a third unnamed companion, hanged at Vrachori (Agrinio) in 1786.
The new martyrs Lambros, Theodore and a third companion whose name is not recorded were merchants from the Peloponnese who had lived for a time in Ioannina. Returning home in 1786 they stopped at Vrachori, the present Agrinio, where a dispute with Ottoman tax collectors led to their arrest.
Pressed to deny their faith, they refused and were hanged. Their memory is kept in the Church of Greece as an example of lay confessors of the Ottoman period.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Lambros and Theodore, New Martyrs of Agrinio is commemorated on November 2. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 15 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on November 2
Akindynos and companions
Martyr, Ακίνδυνος
Holy Martyrs Acindynus, Pigasius and companions.
Name days: Akindynos
Kyriaki, Domnina and Domna
Holy Woman, Κυριακή, Δομνίνα και Δόμνα
Holy Martyrs Kyriaki, Domnina and Domna, who suffered for Christ.
Marcian of Cyrrhus
Venerable, Μαρκιανός ο εν τη Κύρω
Venerable Marcian, hermit of the desert near Cyrrhus in Syria.
Eudoxios, Agapios and companions
Martyr, Ευδόξιος και Αγάπιος
Holy Martyrs Eudoxios, Agapios and eight others who suffered at Sebaste.
Anthony of Thessaloniki
Hierarch, Αντώνιος ο Ομολογητής
Saint Anthony the Confessor, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, who suffered for the holy icons.
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