Hieromartyr
Euthymius of Vatopedi
A monk of the Vatopedi Monastery on Athos who died a martyr for his faith in Christ.
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Euthymius of Vatopedi, abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery, suffered on Athos in the thirteenth century together with twelve monks, for rebuking the heresy of the Latin-minded emperor Michael Palaiologos (1261-1281) and Patriarch John Bekkos (1275-1282). The abbot was drowned in the sea, and the monks were hanged.
He is commemorated in the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of Athos, which in the Russian calendar falls on 4 July, but is a movable day.