Anatole of Optina

Venerable Anatole the Elder of Optina.

St. Anatole was a disciple of the elders Makarios and Ambrose of Optina in the nineteenth century and later a spiritual father of the Optina skete and of the convent at Shamordino. He was a teacher of the Jesus Prayer and of humility.

He reposed in 1894 and is commemorated on January 25.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Anatole of Optina is commemorated on January 25. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on February 7 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on January 25

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  Gregory the Theologian

  Great Feast, Γρηγόριος ο Θεολόγος

  Archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Holy Hierarchs.

  Name days: Grigorios, Grigoris, Gregory, Greg, Grigoria

• Auxentios the New Martyr

  Martyr, Αυξέντιος

  New Martyr Auxentios of Bella, martyred in Constantinople.

• Publius the Ascetic

  Venerable, Πούπλιος

  Venerable Publius of Syria, founder of a monastery near Zeugma.

• Kastinos of Byzantium

  Hierarch, Καστίνος

  St. Kastinos, Bishop of Byzantium.

• Bretannion of Tomis

  Hierarch, Βρετάννιος

  St. Bretannion, Bishop of Tomis in Scythia Minor.

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  Vladimir of Kiev

  Hierarch, Βλαδίμηρος Κιέβου

  Hieromartyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev, first of the Russian New Martyrs.