In Phrygia, not far from the city of Hierapolis, in an area called Herotope, there was a temple in the name of Archangel Michael; a healing spring flowed near the temple. This temple was built by the zeal of one of the residents of the city of Laodicea in gratitude to God and the holy Archangel Michael for healing his mute daughter with the water of the spring. Archangel Michael, appearing in a dream vision to the father of the mute maiden, who had not yet been enlightened by Holy Baptism, revealed to him that his daughter would receive the gift of speech by drinking water from a spring. The girl actually received healing at the source and began to speak. After this miracle, the father and daughter and his entire family were baptized, and through the zeal of the grateful father, a church was erected in honor of St. Michael the Archangel. 
Not only Christians, but also pagans began to come to the spring for healing; many of the pagans renounced idols and turned to faith in Christ. For 60 years, a pious man named Archippus served as a sexton in the church of St. Michael the Archangel. By preaching about Christ and by the example of his God-pleasing life, he led many pagans to faith in Christ. In their anger at Christians in general, and above all at Archippus, who never left the temple and was an exemplary servant of Christ, the pagans decided to destroy the temple and at the same time destroy Archippus. To do this, they connected two mountain rivers into one channel and directed their flow to the temple. 
Saint Archippus prayed fervently to Archangel Michael for the prevention of the disaster. At his prayer, Archangel Michael appeared near the temple, who, with a blow of his wand, opened a wide cleft in the mountain and ordered the waters of a rushing stream to rush into it. Thus, the temple remained unscathed. When the pagans saw such a wonderful miracle, they fled in fear, and Saint Archippus and the Christians gathered at the temple glorified God and thanked Archangel Michael for his help. "The place" where the miracle took place was named Khona, which means "hole", "crevice".