Pachomius of Patmos

Holy Venerable Martyr Pachomius of Patmos was a native of Little Russia (Ukraine). In his youth he was captured by Tatars and sold as a slave to a Turkish tanner. He spent twenty-⁠seven years in slavery, in the town of Usak in Asia Minor, and was forced to deny the faith. Then he went to the Holy Mountain, became a monk and spent twelve years at Saint Paul's Monastery. He resolved to suffer for Christ. His elder and spiritual father, Joseph, accompanied him to Usak, where Pachomius presented himself to his former master as a Christian, in monastic clothes. The Turks put him to torments, then threw him into prison and finally beheaded him on 8 May 1730, on the very day of the Ascension. Christians believe that many miracles came about from his blood and relics. He was buried on the island of Patmos, in the church of Saint John the Theologian. The Serbian Church commemorates him on 21 May by the old calendar (3 June by the new).