New Martyr · 16th century
Great Martyr Nicholas of Sofia
Also known as Nicholas the New of Sofia
A young cobbler of Ioannina who, settling in Sofia, withstood every pressure to embrace Islam and was stoned and burned for confessing Christ in 1555.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints