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Now Ahmed owned a Russian concubine whom he allowed to attend one of the Greek Orthodox churches in Constantinople. In time Ahmed began to notice that when his Russian concubine returned from church she was far more gracious and loving than she was before going. Intrigued by this, Ahmed obtained permission to attend the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]'s celebration of the Divine [[Liturgy ]] in the Queen of Cities (due to his status and identity his request was naturally not refused) and was given a special place to sit/stand when he attended.

So it was that during the Divine Liturgy the Muslim Ahmed saw that when the Ecumenical Patriarch blessed the faithful with his trikiri and dikiri his fingers 'beamed' light onto the heads of the faithful. Amazed by this [[miracle]], Ahmed requested and received Holy Baptism.

Thereafter Ahmed lived a secretly Christian life (this being justified by II Kings 5:17-19 and John 3). We do not know what happened in this period after his baptism, but it is not unlikely that Ahmed's love for the concubine who had led him indirectly to the Orthodox Faith blossomed. It is also likely that the future [[Martyr ]] met with a spiritual father to learn more about the Faith he had adopted and the Lord he now served.

Saint Other saints of the Orthodox Church who converted from Islam: st. [[Serapion of Kozheozero]] Saint martyr , st. [[Abu of TbilisiConstantine Hagarit]] Saint martyr , st. [[Constantine HagaritAbu of Tbilisi]]  Saint martyrs , st. [[Peter and Stephan of Kazan]].