Three Hundred Laz Martyrs

Laz people
Place of distribution Georgia Turkey Germany
Religion Sunni Islam Christianity
Culture Laz language Laz grammar Dance Cuisine Agani Murutsxi (Newspaper)
History Colchis Satrapy of Persia Greek Colonisation Pontus Roman rule Kingdom of Lazica Christianization Byzantine rule Trebizond Empire Kingdom of Imereti Ottoman rule Hellenization Laz Martyrs
Related peoples Mingrelians Svans other groups of Georgians

The Three Hundred Laz Martyrs (Georgian: სამასი ლაზი მოწამე, translit.: samasi lazi mots'ame, Turkish: Laz Azizler Günü, Laz: სუმოში ლაზი თისჲაფე, sumoşi lazi tisyape) or Martyrs of Lazistan are saints of the Georgian Orthodox Church, who were put to death for not renouncing Christianity by the Ottoman Empire between the years 1600 and 1620. The Georgian church commemorates them on 18 September (O.S. 10 October).

Source

Zakaria Machitadze (2006). "Lives of the Georgian Saints". St. Herman Press, P.O. Box 70, Platina, CA 96076