Hellenic Net

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ  Μᾶρκον ἔχεις καύχημα Χίος μέγα, ἠδέ τε σεπτόν· Λαμπρὰν τεύξαντα, αἵματι Μαρτυρίου, Οὔνεκα Κύριον αἴνει ὄλβια, ὅς τά σοι δῶκε. Saint Mark was born in Smyrna. His father was from Thessaloniki and his name was Hatzi Konstantis, and his mother was from Smyrna and her name was Maria. He himself married in the year 1788 AD. But he got involved in Ephesus with another Christian woman and one day you were arrested on your own. The saint and his mistress denied their faith before the judge. Markos, quickly feeling remorse for his adultery, went with tears and confessed to a spiritual one, who made it easier for them to leave for Smyrna. From there, after boarding a ship bound for Trieste, in 1792 AD, they disembarked in Venice, where they were anointed with Holy Myrrh, received communion and were married. Later, Mark, after wandering in various places, decided to witness for the Christian faith and returned to Chios and from there to Ephesus. In this city he met his spiritual one ...