Venerable Athanasios, founder of the Great Meteoron monastery on the rocks of Thessaly.
Athanasios was born in Hypate in the fourteenth century and became a monk on Mount Athos. Fleeing pirate raids, he came to the rocks of Meteora in Thessaly, where he climbed the great pillar of stone and founded the Monastery of the Transfiguration, the Great Meteoron.
He gave his community its rule and reposed in peace, having established one of the great monastic centres of Greece.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Athanasios of Meteora is commemorated on April 20. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 3 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on April 20
Zacchaeus the Apostle
Apostle, Ζακχαίος ο Απόστολος
Holy Apostle Zacchaeus, the tax collector of Jericho who received the Lord in his house.
Martyrs of Nicomedia converted by Saint George
Martyr, Βίκτωρ, Ζωτικός, Ακίνδυνος, Καισάριος, Σεβηριανός, Χριστόφορος, Θεωνάς και Αντωνίνος
Holy Martyrs Victor, Zoticus, Acindynus, Caesarius, Severian, Christopher, Theonas and Antoninus of Nicomedia.
John of the Old Lavra
Venerable, Ιωάννης ο Παλαιολαυρίτης
Venerable John of the Old Lavra of Saint Chariton in Palestine.
Joasaph of Meteora
Venerable, Ιωάσαφ ο Μετεωρίτης
Venerable Joasaph of Meteora, a prince who left his throne for the monastic life.
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