New Martyr Nicholas Pantopolis at Constantinople (1672)

Commemorated on September 23

Born in the town of Karpenesi, Greece he was slandered by the Turks as accepting Islam when he was 15 years old, but he confessed being a Christian and for this he was tortured and beheaded in Constantinople in 1672. His relics are in the Zeropotamou Monastery on Mount Athos.