The Hieromartyr Parthenius, Patriarch of Constantinople

Commemorated March 24

Born on the island of Mitylene, he was Bishop of Chios for a long time, and was later chosen as Patriarch. But, because of false allegations that he was working against the state, the Turks at first tried to force him to embrace Islam and, when he refused decisively, hanged him in 1657.

Source: Crkveni Kalendar