Arsenios of Latros

Venerable Arsenios, ascetic of Mount Latros.

Venerable Arsenios was a Byzantine official who became a monk on Mount Latros near Miletus, where he was later chosen abbot of the monastery of Kellibara. Tradition relates that he was a wonderworker who reposed in peace.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Arsenios of Latros is commemorated on December 13. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 26 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on December 13

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  Eustratius and companions

  Martyr, Ευστράτιος

  Holy Martyrs Eustratius and companions.

  Name days: Eustratios, Efstratios, Stratos

• Lucy of Syracuse

  Holy Woman, Λουκία

  Holy Virgin Martyr Lucy of Syracuse.

  Name days: Loukia, Lucia, Lucy, Lucie, Loucia

• Gabriel of Pec

  Hierarch, Γαβριήλ Πεκίου

  Hieromartyr Gabriel, Patriarch of Pec and Archbishop of Serbia.

• Herman of Alaska

  Venerable, Γερμανός της Αλάσκας

  Venerable Herman of Alaska and all the Saints of Alaska.

• Founders of Machairas Monastery

  Venerable, Νεόφυτος, Ιγνάτιος, Προκόπιος και Νείλος

  Venerable Neophytos, Ignatios, Prokopios and Neilos, founders of the Monastery of Machairas in Cyprus.