Brought to trial before the Pasha of Tirnavos, near Larissa in Thessaly, he fearlessly told him the story of his life, again confessed the name of Christ and showered the Turks with abuse. Then he, naked, was carried through the city on a donkey with his head covered with sheepskin, but this shameful spectacle became for him a triumphal procession. After this, the holy martyr was sentenced to have his limbs cut off. Having greeted the verdict with joy, he himself put his foot under the executioner’s ax, encouraging him, while the latter, frightened by the saint’s determination, hesitated to begin the execution. Directing himself to God with all his soul, Saint Gideon did not utter a word and did not even utter a single groan when his arms and legs were cut off.
At sunset, when the martyr was still alive, the ruler ordered four Christians to take him and throw him into a cesspool, where he died on December 30, 1818.
The next day, having bought the saint’s body, Christians hastened to give him a worthy burial. A large number of people who gathered to honor the memory of Saint Gideon saw how fresh blood flowed from the mutilated body of the martyr for two hours in a row, which performed many miracles. In 1837, after many miraculous apparitions of the saint, the Caracal monastery acquired most of his miraculous relics.