Markos Markoulis

Saint Markos Markoulis, a new martyr, lived at the end of the sixteenth century and suffered under Ottoman rule, in Greek Macedonia. He is honoured as a new martyr of Argos Orestikon.

The only information about him is in a manuscript of the Kastoria priest Argyris. Markos was born in the Vlach village of Klisura near Kastoria, and his father's name was Peter. He was arrested by the Ottomans and taken to Chrupista, where he was tortured to make him renounce faith in Christ. In the end he was hanged, and his body was thrown into the river Bistritsa.

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate canonized him on 3 October 2019, on the proposal of Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria.