Three Hundred Laz Martyrs
The Holy Martyrs of Lazeti, also known as Three Hundred Laz Martyrs (, Laz: სუმოში ლაზი თისჲაფე, sumoşi lazi tisyape) are saints of the Georgian Orthodox Church, who were put to death for not renouncing Christianity by the Ottoman Empire 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