SS. Evnuvios, Paisios and Averikios | |
Death Date: | May 27, 1558 |
Feast Day: | May 27 и August 2 |
Venerated In: | various Orthodox churches |
Death Place: | Kičevo |
Titles: | Prečistanski prepodobnomačenici |
Canonized Date: | Ilinden |
Canonized Place: | Kičevo Monastery |
Canonized By: | Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia Mr. Stephen |
SS. Evnuvios, Paisios and Averikios (Macedonian: Свети преподобномаченици Евнувиј, Пајсиј и Аверикиј) were Eastern Orthodox monks from the town Kičevo, today in North Macedonia. Who suffered martyrdom in the Immaculate Mother of God Monastery while protecting the Christian religion from the Ottoman army. They are the first saints that were canonized by the new Macedonian Orthodox Church, the canonization took place in the monastery where they died on the 2 August 2012.