SAINT DEMETRIUS THE MYRRH BEARER (1986)

SAINT DEMETRIUS THE MYRRH BEARER is a 1986 Greek film/video produced by ELPIS FILM as part of a Orthodox Christian series on the lives of the Saints.

PLOT:
Demetrius was born to pious Christian parents in Thessalonica, Macedonia in 270. Demetrius was a young man of senatorial family who became proconsul of the Thessalonica district. He was run through with spears in around 306 in Thessalonica, during the Christian persecutions under the emperor Galerius. He came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George of Lydda.
CAST:
Dimitris Petratos ... Saint Demetrius
Giannis Evdaimon .. Maximian
Olybia Tolika
Vicky Georgeti
Themis Psyhogios
Petros Foskolos
Vagelis Traiforos ... Diocletian
Stelios Fouflias
Dimitris Katsimanis
Giorgos Hadinis
Thomas Paliouras
Margarita Anthidou
Antonis Fousteris
Varvara Kiritsi
Spyros Haralabous
P. Tsakalogianni
Giannis Nikolopoulos
Thodoros Romanidis
Cinematography by
Giorgos Antonakis