Venerable Athanasius the Founder of the Great Lavra and Coenobitic Monasticism on Mt. Athos; Hieromartyr Lampadus of Hirenopolis
Saint Athanasius of Athos, in holy Baptism named Abraham, was born in the city of Trebezond. He was orphaned at an early age, and being raised by a certain good and pious nun, he imitated…