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By the command of Igumen Stefan, he went to Constantinople with two monks, Bonifatius and Evdokim, who decided to suffer for their faith. However, at the moment of confessing their faith, they renounced Christ and accused Gennadius of having forcibly led them along. The Turks captured Gennadius and subjected him to terrible tortures, but he remained faithful to his faith and was beheaded on April 6, 1818, in Constantinople.
A part of the relics of the saint is kept in the Dionysius Monastery. St. Gennadius is not mentioned in the 'New Martyrology' and other synaxaries. Information about him is gathered in the book of Igumen Gabriel of Dionysiou 'The Holy Mountain Monastery of St. Dionysius.'
His martyrdom has much in common with the martyrdom of St. Joseph the Iconographer. The icon of St. Gennadius, painted in the 20th century, is inscribed Γεννάδιος ο ζωγράφος - Gennadius the Iconographer.
