Zlata of Meglen

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Zlata of Meglen (Bulgarian: Света Великомъченица Злата Мъгленска, Macedonian: Света Великомаченичка Злата Мегленска, Greek: Ἁγία Χρυσή; died October 13, 1795) is an 18th-century Eastern Orthodox saint and new martyr. Zlata was born in the eighteenth century in the village of Slatina, in the province of Meglen (today Chrysi, Greece), to a poor, peasant family with three other daughters. She died on October 13, 1795. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates her feast day on October 18; the Greek, the Russian, the Serbian and the Macedonian Orthodox churches - on October 13. Her hagiography was written by Nicodemus the Hagiorite. In Bulgaria and North Macedonia Saint Zlata is often depicted as young woman, wearing a traditional folk costume. In Bulgaria, Saint Zlata is patron saint of all Bulgarians living abroad.

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