Saint Christos the Arvanid instance of human
Saint Christos (Christ) the Arvanid or the Gardener (Albanian: Shën Kristo Kopshtari) was an 18th-century Eastern Orthodox saint from Albania.Life
Saint Christos the Arvanid was an Albanian born in Përmet and lived in the early 18th century during the Ottoman rule of the Balkans. Little is known of his early life, besides that he lived as a gardener and sought out further business opportunities in Constantinople, leaving Albania behind.In 1748 he began working in the Sultan's garden in Constantinople. This is commonly exemplified in iconography showing Saint Christos holding apples. While negotiating a price for his apples with a Muslim, he was accused of desiring to become a Muslim by his customer after they were unable to agree on the value of his apples. As was the custom in the Ottoman period, Christos was brought before Islamic authorities, where those bearing false witness testified that he indeed declared he wanted to convert. Christos persisted that he would not become a Muslim and since he was a Christian, his testimony was not equal to that of a Muslim.
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