When the Monk Gregory of Sinai († ca. 1310; commemorated on August 8), who spent his life in mental prayer, arrived on Athos, he met the supposedly seduced man and, amazed by the conversation with him, began to call the Monk Maximus nothing other than an earthly angel. The Monk Gregory earnestly asked Saint Maximus to leave his foolishness and remain in one place, so that others could learn from his spiritual experience. Heeding the words of Saint Gregory and the conviction of other elders, the monk chose a cave for his permanent home next to the famous elder Isaiah. Knowing about his gift of clairvoyance, the Byzantine emperors John Palaiologos (1341 - 1376) and John Kantakouzenos (1341 - 1355) visited the monk and were amazed at the fulfillment of prophecies.
The Progumen of the Vatopedi Monastery, Theophan, wrote about Saint Maximus: “I call God to witness that I myself was an eyewitness to several of his miracles: once, for example, I saw him transported through the air from one place to another, I heard how the monk prophetically predicted to me that I would first be an abbot, and then the Metropolitan of Ohrid, he even revealed to me about my suffering deeds for the Church.” Only before his death did Saint Maxim leave his solitude and settle near the Lavra of St. Athanasius, where he gave up his soul to the Lord at the age of 95 († 1354). Both during his life and after his death, the Monk Maxim was glorified by many miracles.
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St. Romil Vidinsky (Bdinsky) († after 1375, commemorated January 16)