Ηegumen / Abbot
Saint Platon, the son of pious Christians, was raised in virtues from a young age. After becoming an orphan, he worked hard and quickly acquired wealth, but he distributed it to the poor and went to a monastery on Mount Olympus, taking monastic vows. Soon he became the abbot, exemplifying Christian life. Refusing to manage the metropolitan see, he founded a monastery in Sakudion.
He participated in the Seventh Ecumenical Council, defending Orthodoxy. He built a church in honor of Saint John the Theologian, and disciples began to come to him. His nephew Theodore became a priest but refused to take on the leadership until Platon convinced the brotherhood to choose him as abbot.
During the reign of Emperor Constantine VI, who violated divine laws, Platon and Theodore rebuked him, for which they faced persecution. Platon was imprisoned, while Theodore was exiled. After the death of the wicked emperor, Platon returned to the monastery, where he continued to strive in humility.
At the end of his life, after four years of imprisonment, he settled again in the Studite monastery, where he lived for another three years before departing to the Lord in 814, leaving behind a good example of Christian life.
