Armen Kouptsios Armen Kouptsios ( , Bulgarian / ) was born in Volakas ( municipality of Kato Nevrokopi , Drama regional unit ) , in 1885 . He met the Greek Macedonian fighter Capetan Dais , when Dais , as a teacher in Prosotsani , was organizing , in secret the Macedonian Struggle in Drama . To him , Kouptsios revealed his will to fight for mother Greece , until death . The archdeacon of Bishop of Drama , Chrysostomos , Themistoklis Chatzistavrou ( known later as Archbishop of Athens and all over Greece , Chrysostomos II ) , in the " Macedonian Diary " of 1965 , writes " The Organization that was initiated the Greeks was completely secret . We were trying to keep Bishop Chrysostomos away from the danger . We wanted to protect him from the danger , that his surging character and his fiery patriotism , were leading him . Ion Dragoumis was the general leader of the Organization . I was in charge to adjure the initiated members in Drama . I was the one to adjure Armen from Volakas and Valavanis from Petroussa . We were giving them guns . " Armen Kouptsios became one of the most trusted men of Chrysostomos and he was incorporated in the revolting troops , that were acting in Drama . The revolting troops of Drama fought many times the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization ( IMRO ) , well - armed troops , and caused many losses to them . Armen Kouptsios ' death is connected with the arrival of IMRO voivod , Plachev , June 1905 . Bulgarian IMRO sent him to organize the murder of Greeks leaders and fighters , that caused problems to the Bulgarian regime . Kouptsios ' troop received the command to exterminate Plachev . Armen Kouptsios with Nakos Vogiatzis and Petros Mantzas uppended Plachev in Tsobanka , in Laurentian Abbey in Drama . Plachev got trapped and Kouptsios asked him to surrender . Plachev shot and Kouptsios retaliated , killing PLachev . By that time , Turkish guard in horseback , came , under the commands of caretaker of Kalos Agros . Kouptsios started shooting in order to gice the chance to his companions to escape , as the actually did . He chose to be arrested in order to save his companions . He didn ' t try to kill any Turk soldier in order not to cause problems to bishop Chrysostomos . Ottomans always were accusing Chrysostomos , in every death of a Turk soldier . Drama broke down when news spread because Armen Kouptsios was famous . Chrysostomos and Drama people made a lot of attempts to free Kouptsios , with no result . Armen Kouptsios was tortured in order to reveal names of the Organization . As he didn ' t reveal anything he stood on trial in special court martial in Thessaloniki . He was condemned to execution by hanging . He was transferred back to Drama for the hanging . Chrysostomos and the " Greek centre " organized plan for Armen Kouptsios ' escape . Turks learned about the plan of escape and changed the way back . So , the plan of escape abandoned . On 14 September 1905 , Armen Kouptsios executed in the great plane tree , in the square of Drama . Armen Kouptsios ' father watched the scene of his execution . Chrysostomos invited Armen ' s father in the episcopate in order to comfort him . Armen ' s father said to bishop " I am not crying for losing my son . I am crying for you , because you lost your henchman . " In World War I , in 1916 , when Bulgarians came back to Drama , they arrested Armen ' s father , they tortured him and then they let him die inside a well . Bulgarians also , cut the plane tree , to leave no memories of the sacrifice to the younger Dramins .