Saint Hieromartyr Timothy, a native of the village of Kizani in Thrace, was married and had two daughters. His wife was forcibly taken by a Muslim and converted to Islam. Timothy, filled with sorrow, fervently prayed for her return to the Christian faith. Thanks to his prayers, his wife repented and suggested that he pretended to accept Islam in order to bring her back. Timothy agreed, and after his circumcision, his wife was returned to him. However, they continued to secretly profess Christianity.
Timothy, leaving his wife in a monastery, came to the Holy Mount Athos and was tonsured into monasticism with the name Timothy. He aspired to martyrdom, inspired by the feat of Saint Agafangel of Esphigmenou. With the blessing of the abbot, he went to the Esphigmenou Monastery, where he was tonsured into the schema and prepared for the suffering of martyrdom.
Timothy and Hieromonk Euphemius, wishing to confess Christ, went to Kizani, where they were arrested and brought to trial. The judge, upon learning of their Christian faith, ordered them to be cruelly tortured. Timothy was sentenced to death and executed on October 29, 1820, and his body was thrown into the river.
Abbot German, learning of Timothy's martyrdom, acquired his bloodied clothing and handed it over to the saint's daughters. The brethren of the Esphigmenou Monastery received the martyr's clothing with honor, placing it in the reliquary with the relics of Saint Agafangel.
