The Three Hundred Laz Martyrs ( ka, სამასი ლაზი მოწამე, tr, Laz: სუმოში ლაზი თისჲაფე, ''sumoşi lazi tisyape''), also known as Holy Martyrs of

Lazeti Lazistan ( lzz, ლაზონა, Lazona; ka, ლაზეთი, Lazeti, or ჭანეთი ''Ç'aneti''; ota, لازستان, Lazistān) is a historical and cultural region of the Caucasus and Anatolia, traditionally inhabited by the Laz ...

,April 29/May 12
. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Martyrs of Lazeti
OCA - Feasts and Saints. are saints of the

Georgian Orthodox Church The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...

, who were put to death for not renouncing

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

by the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

between the years 1600 and 1620. The Georgian church commemorates them on 18 September ( O.S. 10 October).

References

Source

* Zakaria Machitadze (2006). "''Lives of the Georgian Saints"''. St. Herman Press, P.O. Box 70, Platina, CA 96076 1600 deaths 1620 deaths 17th-century Christian saints 17th-century Eastern Orthodox martyrs Christians executed for refusing to convert to Islam Christian saints killed by Muslims Saints of Georgia (country) Murder in 1600 Murder in 1620 Murder in the 1600s Murder in the 1610s Massacres in 1620 {{Georgia-reli-bio-stub