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The holy soldiers were venerated in the Byzantine Empire as guardians and allies in war. Descriptions of their miraculous interventions in battles most often concern SS George, Demetrius, Theodor Stratelat and Theodor Teron. Interest in the holy soldiers (holy knights) was connected in the Western Christian states with the emergence of chivalrous ideas and with the growing interest in the crusades...