Sunday, November 24, 2019

SAINT ANASTASIUS XVI

St. Anastasius XVI
Anastasius of Saint Sabas
Feast day: March 20
Death: 797
Martyr and archimandrite, or superior, of St. Sabas in Jerusalem.

 Anastasius was the archimandrite superior of the laura a cluster of hermitagesof Saint Sabas in Jerusalem. The laura was attacked by robbers and all its monks massacred with the archimandrite at their head. The Greeks keep their feast on the anniversary of their death

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