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Venerable-Martyr · 13th century
Monastic Martyrs of Iveron Monastery slain by the Latins
Also known as the Iveron Martyrs · John · George · Gabriel of Iveron
Georgian monks of the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos who, refusing to accept union with Rome, were put to death — some drowned, some hanged — during the Latin pressure of the thirteenth century.
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Notes
Named group; OCA also lists John, George, and Gabriel of Iveron as monastic-martyrs, gathered here as one commemoration.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints