Antony the New

Venerable Antony the New, ascetic.

Venerable Antony the New is an ascetic of the Byzantine period commemorated by the Greek Synaxarion on this day. Tradition relates that he held office in the world before renouncing it for the monastic life, and that he lived in obedience and stillness until his peaceful repose.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Antony the New is commemorated on December 1. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 14 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on December 1

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  Nahum the Prophet

  Prophet, Ναούμ

  Prophet Nahum.

  Name days: Naoum, Nahum

• Philaret the Merciful

  Saint, Φιλάρετος ο Ελεήμων

  Righteous Philaret the Merciful of Amnia in Paphlagonia, famed for his boundless almsgiving.

  Name days: Filaretos, Philaretos, Philaret, Filareti

• Ananias the Persian

  Martyr, Ανανίας ο Πέρσης

  Holy Martyr Ananias of Persia.

  Name days: Ananias

• Onesimus of Ephesus

  Hierarch, Ονήσιμος Εφέσου

  Onesimus, Archbishop of Ephesus, who reposed in peace.

• Theokletos of Lacedaemonia

  Hierarch, Θεόκλητος Λακεδαιμονίας

  Theokletos the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Lacedaemonia (Sparta).

  Name days: Theoklitos, Theocletus