Feast May 27 i August 2 | Name Saint Paisios | |
Venerated in various Orthodox churches Canonized Ilinden, Kicevo Monastery by Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia Mr. Mr. Stephen Died May 27, 1558, Kicevo, Macedonia (FYROM) | ||
St. Evnuvios, Paisios and Averikios (Macedonian: Свети преподобномаченици Евнувиј, Пајсиј и Аверикиј) were Orthodox monks from the Macedonian town Kičevo who suffered martyrdom in the Immaculate Mother of God Monastery protecting the Christian religion from the Ottoman army. They represent the first saints that were canonized by the new Macedonian Orthodox Church, the canonization took place in the monastery where they lost their life's on the 2 August 2012.
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