For centuries barbarians committed atrocities while swarming through Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Central Europe and others. Greece was also one of the barbarians' targets. They shed the blood of the innocent throughout all of Greece without any hesitation. Men, women, elderly even children were submitted to the horrifying torments of the barbaric armies. St. Fanourios was only one of the Christian victims to endure many horrific sufferings and a untimely death without betraying his faith in Christ.