Saint Zlata of Maglen ( mk, Света Великомаченичка Злата Мегленска, bg, Света Великомъченица Злата Мъгленска, el, Ἁγία Χρυσή; died October 18, 1795) is an 18th-century

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saint and

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. Zlata was born in the eighteenth century in the village of Slatina, in the province of Meglen (today Chrysi,

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), to a poor, peasant family with three other daughters. She died on October 18, 1796. The

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celebrates her feast day on October 18; the

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, the Serbian and the

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Orthodox churches - on October 13. Her hagiography was written by

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. In Bulgaria and North Macedonia Saint Zlata is often depicted as young woman, wearing a traditional

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. In Bulgaria, Saint Zlata is patron saint of all Bulgarians living abroad.

Sources

Житие и страдание на Света Великомъченица Злата Мъгленска. (Life and Suffering of Saint Great Martyr Zlata of Maglen'')

Национална библиотека "Св.св. Кирил и Методий"

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