In 1922, turkish troops occupied the Greek city of Smyrna. Moments after the occupation, Turks gathered in front of the church where Metropolitan Chrystosomos was preaching.

There are no words to describe what the turkish pests did, other than the words from an French soldier who witnessed the events transpiring:

The mob took possession of Metropolitan Chrysostom and carried him away... a little further on, in front of an Italian hairdresser named Ismail ... they stopped and the Metropolitan was slipped into a white hairdresser's overall. They began to beat him with their fists and sticks and to spit on his face. They riddled him with stabs. They tore his beard off, they gouged his eyes out, they cut off his nose and ears.

The Metropolitan was a staunch advocate for Greek liberation and Nationalism. Served to aid the Greek military. Refused to leave his congregation when the Turks came. Martyred for both his race and his faith. For that, he was canonized as a Martyr Saint.

Ζήτω Η Ελλάδα 🇬🇷