Μύθος ο Άγιος Δημήτριος
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The Origin of the Cult of St. Demetrius
(This is my paper “Thessalonica’s Patron: Saint Demetrius or Emeterius ?” Harvard Theological Review 93 (2000), 221-34)
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As Skedros reveals in his frank discussion of the problem, the majority of modern scholars do not accept the existence of a historical St. Demetrius who was martyred for his faith at Thessalonica