Venerable Dionysius of Koritsa, founder of the monastery of the Holy Forerunner (Dionysiou) on Mount Athos.
Saint Dionysius was born near Kastoria in the fourteenth century and went to Mount Athos, where his brother Theodosius was a monk. Guided, tradition relates, by a light he saw on a rock above the sea, he founded there the monastery of the Holy Forerunner, later known by his name, with the support of the emperor Alexios III of Trebizond.
He reposed in Trebizond around 1388 while seeking help for his monastery.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Dionysius of Athos, Founder of Dionysiou is commemorated on June 25. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 8 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on June 25
Procopius of Smyrna, Monk-Martyr
Martyr, Προκόπιος ο εν Σμύρνη
Monk-Martyr Procopius of Varna and Iviron, beheaded in Smyrna in 1810.
George of Attaleia, New Martyr
Martyr, Γεώργιος ο εν Κρήνη
New Martyr George of Attaleia, who suffered at Krini (Cesme) in 1823.
Orentius and his Six Brothers, Martyrs
Martyr, Ορέντιος και οι αδελφοί αυτού
Holy Martyrs Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus and Longinus, seven brothers and soldiers who suffered under Maximian.
Leonis, Libye and Eutropia, Monastic Martyrs
Holy Woman, Λεωνίς, Λιβύη και Ευτροπία
Holy Women Martyrs Leonis, Libye and Eutropia, who suffered for Christ in Syria.
Peter and Fevronia of Murom
Saint, Πέτρος και Φεβρωνία του Μουρόμ
Righteous Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom, wonderworkers and patrons of Christian marriage.
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