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Monastic Martyr Gerasimus the New of Carpenision

Also known as Gerasimus of Karpenisi · George

A young man who, having fallen away under pressure, repented and became a monk, then returned to confess Christ openly and was hanged for the faith under the Turks.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints