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Saints Raphael, Nicholas & Irene of Lesvos

The holy, glorious and right-victorious Martyrs Raphael, Nicholas and Irene suffered martyrdom by the Turks on the island of Lesvos, Greece, on Bright Tuesday (April 9, 1463) after the fall of Constantinople.   St Raphael was the Abbot of Karyes near the village of Thermi on the island. St Nicholas was a deacon at the… […]

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