New Martyr Luke of Mytilene

Also known as Luke of Mytilene · Luke of Saint Anne's Skete · Luke of Odrin · Luke the New Martyr

Born at Adrianople (Odrin), Luke fell away to Islam in his youth but repented deeply and became an ascetic at Saint Anne's Skete on Mount Athos. After preparing for martyrdom, he confessed Christ at Mytilene and was hanged in 1802.

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Notes

Born Adrianople/Odrin; ascetic at St Anne's Skete, Athos; martyred by hanging at Mytilene, 1802, aged 19.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints