Saint Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer

According to tradition, Demetrius was an officer in Thessaloniki and was martyred in the early fourth century under Maximian, at baths near which his basilica was later built.

He is the patron saint of Thessaloniki and is called the Myrrh-streamer because, according to tradition, fragrant myrrh flowed from his tomb. 26 October is also the anniversary of the liberation of Thessaloniki (1912).