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[[Image:Ss. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene.jpg|thumb|right|Ss. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene]]The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[New Martyrs]] '''Raphael, Nicholas and Irene''' suffered [[martyr]]dom by the Turks on the island of Lesvos [[Wikipedia:Lesbos_Prefecture|Lesbos]] (also called LesbosLesvos), Greece <!--- Mytilini or Mytilene - Mytilene is a 'suburb' of Lesvos they should not be confused with each other ---> on ([[April 9]], 1463), after the [[fall of Constantinople]]. St Raphael was the [[Abbot]] of [[Karyes]] near the village of Thermi on the island. St Nicholas was a [[deacon]] at the [[monastery]], and St [[Wikipedia:Saint_Irene|Irene]] was the 12-year-old daughter of the mayor of Thermi. The three saints were at the monastery with the village teacher and St Irene's father when the Turks raided it.
These [[saint]]s were unknown for about 500 years after their martyrdoms during the Turkish occupation of Lesvos. In 1959 the three saints appeared to the people on Lesvos in dreams and visions. They guided excavations of their own graves, called people to repentance, and cured many kinds of diseases.