 He was a Kodjabashi of his village and with his brothers, Georgios, Simos and Michael struggled to repel the early Bulgarian activities near the village.Along with Naoum and Pavlos Kyrou they exterminated the Komitadji Lazo Poptraikov, who was a high-ranked member of the Bulgarian Committee of the regions of Florina and Kastoria in 1903.On 14 September 1904, Efthymios Kaoudis with his armed group entered Zelovo, where they met with Anastasios and Filippos Stefos, who asked them to provide them guns to make an armed group.