might have considered as undermining their rule. The Venetians' suspicions are attested in spy reports about Kosmas preserved in the Venetian archives. In contrast, Kosmas had considerable support from other Christians and even from some Turks. In his sermons Kosmas often refers negatively to the Jews. Nevertheless, in one of his preachings he stated specifically that: "Those who wrong Christians, Jews or Turks (could refer to Muslims in general) would be paid back for the injustice they committed". One effect of his preaching was to transfer the holding of the weekly bazaar (fair) from Sunday to Saturday, which brought economic losses to Jews – barred by their religion from engaging in business on Sabbath. Some researchers believe that for that reason, Jews in Epirus were involved in his conviction by the Ottoman authorities. Accused of being a Russian agent, he was seized by Ottoman authorities. On 24 August 1779, he was executed at Kolkondas, Fier District, near the mouth of the Seman river (in present-day Albania). There were no formal charges brought against him, nor was he put on trial before being executed – leading to various theories, persisting up to the present, about who might have wanted him dead. Legacy In 1813 Ali Pasha, the de facto independent Muslim Albanian ruler of Ottoman Epirus, southern Albanian and Macedonia, and an enemy of the Sultan, had a church built near the site of Kosmas' execution, in which the remains of Kosmas were placed. Ali Pasha went as far as having a date of celebration set in Kosmas' honor. Some other Muslims disliked Ali Pasha's "giving too much honor to a giaouri", to which the Pasha reportedly replied: "Bring me a Muslim like him, I would kiss his feet.". From different French and English writers of his time he was known as a friend and a sustain for Father Kosmas. In 1984, the remains were transferred from the St. Kosmas' Monastery in Kolkondas, where he was killed, to the Archaeological Museum of Fier. Other relics of the saint are kept in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. Saint Kosmas' pilgrimage is also revered in some Greek nationalist circles. The latter are associated with the Northern Epirus issue and support the annexation of this region to Greece. Although a hellenizer, Saint Kosmas the Aetolian is still highly regarded by Orthodox Albanians for the message that he gave. There are numerous popular religious texts