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'''The Saint-Martyr Ahmed the Deftedar''', +1682 (3/16 May)
Ahmed, a Turk like St. [[Constantine Hagarit]], lived in Constantinople 150 years before the Saint-Martyr Constantine XVII c, and, in contrast to the later, he was a well off, middle-aged official of the Ottoman Turkish government before his conversion.
Now Ahmed owned a Russian concubine whom he allowed to attend one of the Greek Orthodox churches in Constantinople. In time Ahmed began to notice that when his Russian concubine returned from church she was far more gracious and loving than she was before going. Intrigued by this, Ahmed obtained permission to attend the Ecumenical Patriarch's celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Queen of Cities (due to his status and identity his request was naturally not refused) and was given a special place to sit/stand when he attended.
