Background
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.
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.
Once when Zlata went out to get water, some Turks seized her and took her to their home. He would forgive such a sin, committed due to the necessities of life." Her parents, sisters, and relatives wept. However, Zlata resisted this.
Finally, they suspended her upside down and lit a fire, to suffocate her with the smoke, but she survived.
At last they hanged her from a tree and cut her into small pieces. Thus, this died on October 18, 1796.
Her hagiography was written by Nicodemus the Hagiorite. In Bulgaria and Macedonia Saint Zlata is often depicted as young women, wearing a traditional folk costume.
In Bulgaria Saint Zlata is patron saint of all the Bulgarians, who live abroad.
