Venerable Martyr
Neilos of Vretou
Martyr of Chios (1822)
Monk of Chios killed in the massacre of 1822; canonized in 2021 by the Church of Greece with the other martyrs of Chios.
- Reposed
- 182219th century
- Place
- Chios
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Neilos of Vretou was a monk of the Vretou (Vrettou) Monastery on the island of Chios and died a martyr in the massacre of 1822. In 2021 the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece decided to enter in the calendar of saints 44 clerics and laymen killed at that time on Chios, among them several monks of this monastery. According to our records, Neilos is counted among them. Their memory is kept every year at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Chios, on the Sunday of the Paralytic (a movable date).
Our sources give no further details about his life.