Confessor · 18th century
Saint Bessarion Sarai the Confessor
Also known as Bessarion of Romania
A Serbian monk who defended Orthodox Christians in Transylvania against forced union with Rome and endured imprisonment and persecution.
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Notes
Among the Confessors of Transylvania.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints