New Martyrs of 1821
In commemorating the 200 years of Greek Independence we focus in this issue on the lives of some of the New Martyrs of 1821. These heroic Saints witnessed for their faith during the retaliations of the Ottoman Empire against the Greeks and Orthodox Christians. St Dorotheos (Proios), Metropolitan of Adrianople (+ 1821) St Dorotheos was born and educated on the island of Chios, and later studied in Patmos, Italy and France. It was through his studies that he became one of the leading scholars of the Greek Enlightenment, and even edited the first edition of the Rudder of St [...]