Antipas of Valaam

Venerable Antipas of Calapodesti, Athonite and Valaam ascetic.

St. Antipas was born in Moldavia in 1816 and became a monk on Mount Athos, where he lived for years in the Romanian skete of the Forerunner. He later traveled to Russia and settled at the Valaam Monastery, where he lived in strict solitude and prayer.

He reposed in 1882 and is commemorated on January 10.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Antipas of Valaam is commemorated on January 10. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on January 23 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on January 10

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  Gregory of Nyssa

  Hierarch, Γρηγόριος Νύσσης

  Bishop of Nyssa, brother of Basil the Great.

  Name days: Grigorios, Grigoris, Gregory, Grzegorz

• Dometian of Melitene

  Hierarch, Δομετιανός

  St. Dometian, Bishop of Melitene in Armenia.

• Markianos the Presbyter

  Venerable, Μαρκιανός

  St. Markianos, priest and steward of the Great Church of Constantinople.

• Theosebia the Deaconess

  Holy Woman, Θεοσεβία

  Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess, sister of St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa.

  Name days: Theosebia, Theosevia

• Ammonios the Venerable

  Venerable, Αμμώνιος

  Venerable Ammonios, an Egyptian desert ascetic.