Prokopios Lazaridis

Saint Prokopios the new-hieromartyr of Iconium
Born1859
Tyana, in Konya Province, Ottoman Empire
Died20 April 1923
Kayseri, Turkey
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Canonized4 November 1992 by Church of Greece
FeastSunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (7-13 September)

Prokopios Lazaridis (Greek: Προκόπιος Λαζαρίδης, 1859–1923) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop, who served as a head in a number of bishoprics during the late Ottoman period. As a bishop of Iconium, modern Konya, in central Anatolia, he was involved with the issue of the creation of the Turkish Orthodox Church. He died in Turkish prison in 1923.[1]

He is commemorated by the Greek Orthodox Church as Hieromartyr (Greek: ιερομάρτυρας) and his feast day is celebrated on the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross each year (September 7–13).

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