Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt

Venerable Dorotheos, hermit of the Egyptian desert.

St. Dorotheos was a hermit of the Egyptian desert in the fourth century who spent some sixty years in a cell near Alexandria, gathering stones in the heat of the day to build cells for other monks and eating only a little bread and herbs. His disciple Palladius recorded his life.

He reposed in peace and is commemorated on September 16.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt is commemorated on September 16. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on September 29 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on September 16

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  Euphemia the All-Praised (2nd)

  Martyr, Ευφημία

  Holy Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised of Chalcedon.

  Name days: Efimia, Efimi, Euphemia

• Melitini of Marcianopolis

  Holy Woman, Μελιτίνη

  Holy Martyr Melitini of Marcianopolis in Thrace.

  Name days: Melitini, Melitina, Melitine, Melina

• Ludmila of Bohemia

  Holy Woman, Λουντμίλα

  Holy Martyr Ludmila, princess of Bohemia and grandmother of St. Wenceslaus.

  Name days: Ludmila, Ludmilla, Lyudmila, Liudmila

• Cyprian of Kiev and Moscow

  Hierarch, Κυπριανός Κιέβου

  St. Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow, Athonite and hesychast.

• Basil of Gortyna

  Hierarch, Βασίλειος Γορτύνης

  St. Basil, bishop of Gortyna in Crete.

• Ninian of Whithorn

  Hierarch, Νινιανός

  St. Ninian, bishop and apostle of the southern Picts.

  Name days: Ninian