October 18, 2022
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Saint Zlata Muglenska is a Bulgarian and Greek saint and great martyr who lived in the 18th century during Ottoman slavery in Bulgaria.
Maglensko was born into a poor family in the village of Slatina (translated into Greek Hrisi). Zlata has three other sisters. Her rare beauty of her, humility, piety and pure, firm and unshakable faith in the Lord were evident from an early age. The girl’s rare beauty brings her great trials and becomes an occasion for her to endure the trials of a great martyr.
According to the life of the saint, a young Turk pursues and kidnaps her. He asked her to renounce her faith and marry him. She did not even yield to the demands of her relatives to renounce the Christian faith.
The Turks tortured her for a long time and mercilessly, then hanged her and tore her body to pieces. Purified in the fire of suffering, Zlata Muglenska surrendered her soul to God on October 18, 1795. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors her memory on October 18 every year. The Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Greek Orthodox, Serbian, Russian, Macedonian Church and others commemorate her on October 13, as reported in the main source of her life “New Martyrology” by Rev. Nikodim Svetogorets.
On some of her icons, the Saint is depicted in popular costume.
In 2009, at the suggestion of the historian Pl. Pavlov, Saint Zlata Muglenska was chosen as the heavenly patroness of Bulgarian women abroad.
The name day today is celebrated by: Zlata, Zlatka, Zlatina, Zlatinka, Zlatko, Zlatan, Zlatomir, Zlatimir, Zlatozaria, Luka, Lucan, etc.
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