The Christ's ascetic was born in the village of Rihvo, in the diocese of Agrafia, to pious parents. From his youth, he desired the monastic life and withdrew to the holy Mount Athos, where he took the angelic habit in the Philotheou Monastery. Later, striving for greater feats, he went to the famous hermit Dometios, with whom he studied for three years. After receiving divine revelation, he began to preach the word of God in the Olympic regions, calling Christians to repentance and good deeds. Due to his zealous activity, the devil stirred up false Christians against him, which forced the saint to leave these places and continue his preaching in the Kisso and Larissa regions. After new persecutions, he returned to Kisso, where he built a monastery and continued to serve God, performing miracles and instructing people.
Once, for the needs of the monastery, he went to the village of Voulgarini, where he was captured by the Agarians and presented to the Larissa ruler with slanders. The ruler cruelly tortured the saint, but he did not renounce Christ. In anger, the torturer ordered him to be executed. The saint was hanged, but the rope broke, and he fell half-dead. The executioners threw him into the fire, where he received the martyr's crown. His ashes were poured into the river Pindus. By the prayers of the saint, may we be delivered from the snares of the enemy and be deemed worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom. Amen.
St. Prepodobnomuchennik suffered in 1568, on February 23.
