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Monastic Martyr Ignatius of Bulgaria

Also known as Ignatius the Monk · John of Eski Zagora

A Bulgarian who became a monk on Mount Athos and later confessed Christ publicly under Ottoman rule, suffering martyrdom at Constantinople.

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