 Olympios was of Aromanian origin.He was born in the village of Livadi, near Larissa, on Mount Olympus, in Ottoman-ruled Greece.After joining the "Armatolikia" in the Olympus area around the age of 20, Olympios became a prominent member of the local society by protecting villages from the Ali Pasha's raids, when the powerful Pasha started expanding his authority out of Epirus.