[2] According to the Greek Orthodox Church, Apostolos had already been in Constantinople for four years when the inhabitants of his homeland were oppressed under heavy taxation.

Voivode arrested three of the residents' committee and took them to Istanbul himself, where he demanded they be imprisoned for high treason.

Voivode then ordered him to be chained and asked Apostolos for a four-year Haraç for as long as he was away from his village.

However, because he feared that the rest of the committee would appeal to the queen mother herself, he thought of finally leaving the three prisoners and Apostolos.

But a compatriot of Apostolos, out of envy that an insignificant and poor child would be considered a benefactor of his place, slandered him that he had instigated the whole affair and that if he had set him free he would surely badmouth Voivode in the royal palace.

[2] After a night of torture, Apostolos[5] was led before dawn to a location near Golden Horn where he waited for the executioner to behead him.

After they threw his body into the sea, they brought his head to the vizier as proof of his execution.

When it was given to them, they put it in a silver case and gave it to the Temple of Agios Dimitrios in Kurtuluş.