Averikios of Prečista

Holy Venerable Martyr Averikios of Prečista was a monk of Kičevo, in North Macedonia, and died a martyr in the Prečista Monastery, defending the Orthodox faith from the Ottoman army, on 27 May 1558, together with the brothers Evnuvios and Paisios. They are the first saints canonized by the Macedonian Orthodox Church after its autocephaly; the canonization took place at the monastery where they suffered, on 2 August 2012. Their commemoration is on 27 May.