Hieromartyr Anthimus

Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian, metropolitan of Wallachia; Martyrs Callistratus and Epicharis of Rome; 18th Sunday after Pentecost

Orthodox Calendar, September 27 Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian, metropolitan of Wallachia († 1716) This chosen person by God was born in Iviria (today’s Georgia) about 1650, to righteous parents, John and Maria, and baptised Andrew. Grown up in the spirit of the Orthodox tradition, young Andrew received from God the gifts of church painting and…

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Sts. Neophyte and Meletios from Stânişoara Monastery; Hieromartyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia; St. Theoctistus, of Palestine;

Orthodox Calendar – September 3 Saints Neophyte and Meletios Venerable Neophyte lived in seclusion somewhere near Cozia Monastery in the Olt River Valley, in today’s Romania. He was born in the 16th century to pious parents and entered monasticism at Cozia Monastery. He built himself a cave on Sălbaticul (Wild) Mountain and descended to the…

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+) Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian, metropolitan of Wallachia; Martyrs Callistratus and Epicharis of Rome

1. This chosen person by God was born in Iviria (today’s Georgia) about 1650, to righteous parents, John and Maria, and baptised Andrew. Grown up in the spirit of the Orthodox tradition, young Andrew received from God the gifts of church painting and sculpture. When the Turks invaded his native place, he was caught, made…

Sep 27, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu