Demetra Gerontakis

Tortured for the Love of Christ Demetra Gerontakis

Publisher Marketing: For centuries the Ottoman Empire committed atrocities while swarming through Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Central Europe and others. Greece was also one of the barbarians' targets. Turks shed the blood of the innocent throughout all of Greece without any hesitation. Men, women, elderly even children were submitted to the horrifying torments of the barbaric Ottoman armies. One of These children was the later to be St. George the New Martyr. George's love and faith in Christ led him to his Martyrdom. Another One of these children was Constantine Morphis later named Ephraim. His innocence and his love for Christ led him through the most difficult times but also to triumph. One of these children was Constantine Morphis later named Ephraim. His innocence and his love for Christ led him through the most difficult times but also to triumph. In April of 1463 in the village called Thermi, on the island of Lesvos, Greece, an innocent twelve year old girl called Irene, a deacon known as Nicholas and the abbot Raphael were horribly tortured and brutally murdered As many others who were Christians at the time they endured every torture afflicted upon them and even death for the love of Christ. Volumes 1,2 and 3 all in one book.