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The Physician Neomartyr St. '''Aggelis was originally from Argos. He the Physician''', in the early nineteenth century, was a devout Christian and a physician practicing in from New Ephesus in Asia Minor. He had the admiration who was admired and respect of everyone. His compassion respected as a compassionate healer to the sick and suffering revealed his spiritual thirst to achieve Christian Perfection. As it is reported St Aggelis had those who were ill, yet he displayed some personal eccentricities. It was these eccentricities that led to his [[martyr]]dom.
==Life==Aggelis was originally from Argos. He was a devout Christian and became practicing a physician in New Ephesus in Turkey. In working his path toward perfection St. Aggelis , he had experienced many unusual struggles due to his unconventional nature. On one occasion he actually challenged an [[atheism|atheist ]] Frenchman to a duel when the Frenchman began slandering the Saint him during a discussion on the Christian Faith. St. Aggelis went to his spiritual father for [[confession ]] and to receive a blessing for the upcoming contest. His confessor urged him to withdraw from the duel , but due to St. Aggelis’ persistence he felt compelled to give St. Aggelis this his blessing. St. Aggelis went into spent all night in [[prayer ]] and , after receiving [[communion ]], proceeded to the designated dueling site. At the last moment the atheist Frenchman lost his nerve and fled the scene.
From that moment on the eccentric tendencies of St. Aggelis became hard for people to comprehend. He gave up his profession as a physician and withdrew to his home. He stopped speaking to people with the exception of two close friends. He , one of whom he confided to them that his path in life would be one of Martyrdommartyrdom.
On the [[Lazarus Saturday of Lazarus ]] in 1813 , Aggelis, without explanation St. Aggelis , announced he would become a Muslim[[muslim]]. By his attitude and expressions towards the Turkish Muslims muslim Turks it was obvious that he could would easily return to OrthodoxyOrthodox Christianity. After living on the island of Chios for six months, Aggelis shaved his beard and went to the local customs office. The customs workers asked him what was the purpose of such an act, only to receive an answer, “while I was a Turk I had my beard. Now that I am once again a Christian, I am shaved.” The authorities naturally attempted to have Aggelis reconsider his change of faith. When he did not he was incarcerated and tortured.
It was not uncommon for the Saint Failing to convince Aggelis to use harsh language and angrily threaten denounce his Christianity, the non-Christian citizens. The Turkish authorities, in order took him to avoid civil disturbances from such actionsa place called “Small Mountain” (Βουνάκι) and beheaded him on [[December 3]], sent him to 1813. His body was thrown into the island sea at a depth of Chios25 leagues. In ChiosDespite the efforts of the faithful to recover the [[Saint]]’s [[relics]], he was commonly they were never found in Orthodox Churches weeping. The Saint would ask his fellow Christians to pray on his behalf that God may give an end to St. Aggelis’s struggles.
In Chios St. Aggelis met ==Source==*Religious and would associate with a man of some spiritual advancement. St. Aggelis would enter into a spiritual state and when his companion would ask to share his spiritual knowledgeEthical Encyclopedia (Θρησκευτική και Ηθική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια), Volume 1, St. Aggelis would change the subject matter.166-167
Living on Chios for 6 months St. Aggelis shaved his beard and went to the local customs office. The customs workers asked the Saint the purpose of such an act only to be answered, “while I was a Turk I had my beard. Now that I am once again a Christian, I have shaven.”[[Category: Saints]][[Category: Greek Saints]]The authorities naturally attempted to have St. Aggelis reconsider his faith. When he did not he was incarcerated and tortured. Having failed to convince St. Aggelis to denounce Christianity the Turkish authorities took him to a place called “Small Mountain” (Βουνάκι) and beheaded him on December 3rd. His body was tossed into the sea at a depth of 25 leagues. Despite the efforts of the faithful to recover the Saint’s Relics they were never found. From the Religious and Ethical Encyclopedia (Θρησκευτική και Ηθική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια), Volume 1,166[[Category:19th-167century saints]]

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