Venerable Martyr
Paisios of Prečista
A monk of Prečista Monastery in Macedonia, killed with his brethren in 1558.
Life
Holy Venerable Martyr Paisios 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 Averikios. 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.
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