Ammoun of Egypt

Venerable Ammoun of Egypt, founder of the monastic settlement of Nitria.

Ammoun was compelled by his relatives to marry, but persuaded his bride to live with him in chastity as brother and sister. After eighteen years they separated by agreement, and he withdrew to the desert of Nitria, where he became the father of a great monastic settlement.

He was a friend of Saint Anthony the Great, who tradition relates saw his soul carried to heaven by angels at the hour of his death in the mid-fourth century.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Ammoun of Egypt is commemorated on October 4. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on October 17 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on October 4

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  Hierotheus of Athens

  Hierarch, Ιερόθεος

  Bishop Hierotheos, first Bishop of Athens.

  Name days: Hierotheos, Ierotheos

• Domnina and her daughters Bernike and Prosdoke

  Holy Woman, Δομνίνα, Βερνίκη και Προσδόκη

  Holy Martyrs Domnina and her daughters Bernike and Prosdoke of Antioch.

  Name days: Domnina, Bernike, Berenice, Berniki, Veroniki, Veronica, Veronika, Prosdoke

• John Lampadistis

  Venerable, Ιωάννης ο Λαμπαδιστής

  Venerable John Lampadistis of Cyprus, the young ascetic and wonderworker of Marathasa.

• Peter of Capitolias

  Hierarch, Πέτρος ο Ιερομάρτυς

  Holy Hieromartyr Peter of Capitolias, priest and monk beheaded by the Saracens.

• Audaktos and Kallisthene

  Holy Woman, Αύδακτος και Καλλισθένη

  Holy Martyr Audaktos and his daughter Saint Kallisthene of Ephesus.

  Name days: Kallistheni, Callisthene