Kyranna of Thessaloniki

19th century icon of Saint Kyranna

Kyranna of Thessaloniki (Greek: Κυράννα; 1731-1751) is an Orthodox Christian saint and new martyr. Her feast day is on 28 February. She was allegedly killed by an Ottoman official, who unsuccessfully attempted to marry her and force her to convert to Islam.[1]

She was born in 1731 in Ossa near Thessaloniki in Ottoman Macedonia.[2]

She was buried somewhere outside the walls of Thessalonki. Her life was recorded by St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite in his New Martyrology. In 2011 some of her relics were discovered beneath floor slabs in the Church of the Archangels in Ossa.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The Holy New- Virgin Martyr Kyranna, Patron Saint of Ossa, Langada". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ Poulos, Fr George. "St Kyranna of Thessaloniki". Orthodox Saints, volume 1. Holy Cross Orthodox Press. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "The Recent Discovery of the Relics of Saint Kyranna the New Martyr of Ossa". Orthodox Christian Laity. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  • Le synaxaire, vie des saints de l'Église orthodoxe, Hiéromoine Macaire de Simonospétra, Thessalonique, Éditions To perivoli tis Panaghias, 1996.