With his ascetic life, he earned the rank of archbishop and was appointed bishop in Cyzicus, on Arktonisa, a peninsula on the Sea of ​​Marmara. During the time of the iconoclastic emperor Leo the Armenian, he suffered many sufferings. Many times he was forced to renounce the veneration of holy icons, but he did not want to obey the imperial decrees, but remained steadfastly faithful to the teachings of the Holy Fathers. At a gathering of bishops, led by the patriarch, in the palace of Emperor Leo, who advocated iconoclasm, he was the first to speak, demanding that ecclesiastical issues be resolved in the Church. He was exiled, along with other Orthodox bishops. He spent 5 years in exile, suffering many torments and humiliations for the sake of Christ. He rested in the Lord in 820.

Saint Myron the Miracle Worker, Bishop of Crete. Venerable Gregory Sinait. Holy New Martyrs Triandafil and Spaso. Holy Martyr Gormizdas. Venerable Zosim and Jakov Tumanski. Great Lady's fast.