New Martyr George the Newest of Sofia

George the Newest of Sofia is one of the New Martyrs of the Bulgarian lands, a young Christian put to death under Ottoman rule for refusing conversion to Islam. He is commemorated on February 11, and the tradition counts him among a group of Sofia martyrs that includes others bearing the name George, from whom he is distinguished by his epithet. The naming of the several Sofia Georges varies across calendars and the sources frequently overlap, but his commemoration on February 11 and his martyrdom by fire are consistently recorded.

By the account associated with his February 11 commemoration, George was a young man of the Bulgarian lands who fell under pressure to abandon the Christian faith during the period of Ottoman domination. When officials sought to make him a Muslim, he refused, openly confessing Christ. After interrogation and trial he was condemned and burned at the stake in Sofia. The synaxarion relates that his death was marked by signs interpreted by the faithful as divine confirmation, and that Christians recovered and venerated his relics.

His veneration spread among the South Slavs, and he came to be numbered among the saints associated with the city of Sofia. The historical detail of his life is preserved chiefly in Slavonic and later Bulgarian hagiographic accounts; the dataset's anchor identifies him as distinct from the other Sofia martyrs named George and from the Great Martyr Nicholas of Sofia.