Saint Eustratios the Wonderworker in the 21st Century: Revelations and Discoveries

In 2002, 88 year old Eustratios Lazaros saw Saint Eustratios the Wonderworker in his dreams twice, even though at the time he didn't know of his existence, during which time the Saint asked Eustratios to build a church in his name, in a specific place on property that belonged to the Church that bordered with his own property, in the village of Lada of Taygetos in Messinia (perhaps because this place looked similar to Olympus in Bithynia, where the Saint lived in asceticism).

His son Vasilios was a builder, and he undertook the complete task to construct the church in 2003, with the help of only two employees. By the grace of the Saint they overcame all obstacles very quickly, and on 9 January 2004 the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated. This was the only church dedicated to the Saint in Greece at the time.

Holy New Martyrs George, Manuel, Theodore, George and Michael of Samothrace (+ 1835)

On the Sunday after Pascha (the Sunday of Saint Thomas), we commemorate the Holy Five Neomartyrs of Samothrace: Saints Manuel, Theodore, George, George the Younger, and Michael.

Verses

The five in number choir of New Martyrs,
Are now rightly celebrated in Samothrace.

These Holy New Martyrs were from Samothrace, with the exception of Saint Michael who was from Cyprus. During the Greek Revolution of 1821, the island of Samothrace was occupied by the Turks, who came from Abydos and Tenedos and murdered the Christians inhabitants, while many women and children were taken as slaves to the East and Egypt. Then afterwards, the four martyrs along with Saint Michael (who denied his faith and converted out of fear), were sold throughout various places in Turkey. When Greece was liberated, the Five New Martyrs returned to Samothrace and followed a Christian life.