Venerable Hilarion the Wonderworker, an ascetic honored in the Greek synaxarion.
The synaxarion records that Venerable Hilarion lived a life of asceticism and was granted the gift of working wonders, reposing in peace. Beyond this little has been preserved.
He is commemorated on May 4 together with the other saints of the day.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Hilarion the Wonderworker is commemorated on May 4. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 17 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on May 4
Nikephoros of Mount Athos
Venerable, Νικηφόρος ο Αθωνίτης
Venerable Nikephoros the Hesychast of Mount Athos, teacher of Saint Gregory Palamas.
Name days: Nikiforos, Nikephoros, Nicephorus
Monica, Mother of Augustine
Holy Woman, Μόνικα
Saint Monica, whose years of prayer and tears brought her son Augustine to Christ.
Aphrodisios and Companions
Martyr, Αφροδίσιος, Λεόντιος και Αντωνίνος
Holy Martyrs Aphrodisios, Leontios, Antoninos and their companions, who suffered at Scythopolis in Palestine.
Name days: Aphrodisios, Afrodisios, Leontios, Leontius
Athanasios of Corinth
Hierarch, Αθανάσιος Κορίνθου
Venerable Athanasios, Bishop of Corinth, an ascetic hierarch of the Byzantine period.
Florian the Martyr
Martyr, Φλωριανός
Holy Martyr Florian, a Roman officer drowned for his faith at Lorch in present-day Austria.
Name days: Florian
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