St Ahmed the Calligrapher – Feast Day – May 3

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St Ahmed the Calligrapher Profile. Born: the 17th century in Turkey, Europe. Worked in Constantinople. Died: 1682 in Turkey. Feast Day is celebrated on May 3.
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St Ahmed the Calligrapher Biography

Date of Birth 17th Century
Country of Birth Turkey in Europe
Matrimony/Holy Orders Saints who were Not Married
Profession Layman
Place of Work Constantinople
Date of Death 1682
Place of Death Turkey
Feast Day May 3
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Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher
Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher

Saint’s Biography

Saint Ahmed the Calligrapher was raised in a Muslim family in 17th-century in Constantinople. He lived as an unmarried layman, but had a concubine, a Christian slave woman from Russia She brought him to a desire for the faith, and St. Ahmed began his catechumenate. However, before he could be baptized St. Ahmed was betrayed by another calligrapher who spotted him with Christian. Ahmed was arrested, imprisoned without food for a week, and then murdered for his desire to convert. He was beheaded in 1682.

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