He was put under the protection of the local metropolitan bishop (and later Ecumenical Patriarch) Callinicus V of Constantinople, who ordained him deacon in 1791 and hired him as a secretary.

There, he worked hard for the establishment of schools, the funding of impecunious students, the distribution of books and the general education.

[2] As Ecumenical Patriarch, past the special interest he showed for the development of education, he founded a music school and published many books, mainly religious.

When the Greek War of Independence broke out, his name was included in the decree of the Sultan where the command to execute 30 priests and kodjabashis of Edirne was given.

He was recognised as a saint in 1993 by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece and he is honored on 18 April or carried on Thomas Sunday.