Georgios 136 was protokankellarios of the strategos at Thessalonike (τις Γεώργιος ἀξίᾳ τῇ κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἐκεῖσε στρατηγοῦντος τιμώμενος, ὃν πρωτοκαγκελλάριον ἐκάλουν); planning to travel to Constantinople overland, he visited St Gregory the Decapolite (Gregorios 79) for a blessing and was given as escort one of Gregorios 79's monks, Anastasios 38, with the warning that Anastasios 38 would rescue him from dangers: Ignatius, Vita Greg. Dec. 18. They reached Christopolis, where Georgios 136 was arrested by soldiers of the Kaisar (perhaps Alexios 2), but Anastasios 38, who knew them, secured his release; further on, at Boleron, Georgios 136 was again arrested, this time by the Kaisar's magistros (Anonymus 292), who accused Georgios 136 of having once plotted against him; again Anastasios 38 intervened and, using the influence of Gregorios 79's name, secured his release; they then reached Maroneia, where they took ship and, sailing safely through enemy-occupied territory, arrived at Constantinople; there Georgios 136 completed his business (τὰ κατ' αὐτὸν καλῶς διαθεὶς) and received from the emperor the title of kandidatos (ἀξίαν παρὰ τοῦ κρατοῦντος εἰληφώς, ἣν κανδιδᾶτον Ῥωμαίοις καλεῖν ἔθος) and then returned to his home town (πρὸς τὴν ἐνεγκαμένην), where he described his journey and the miraculous way in which Gregorios 79 had intervened to rescue him: Ignatius, Vita Greg. Dec. 19. It seems that on completion of his time as protokankellarios he went to Constantinople to receive the title of kandidatos and then returned to his home town (which may or may not have been Thessalonike).

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