Venerable Therapon, abbot of the Monastery of Monza in Russia.
Venerable Therapon was a Russian monk of the sixteenth century who founded a monastery on the river Monza in the Kostroma region. Known for his humility and gift of prophecy, he reposed in peace in 1597.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Therapon of Monza is commemorated on December 12. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 25 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on December 12
Spyridon of Trimythous
Hierarch, Σπυρίδων Τριμυθούντος
Bishop Spyridon of Tremithus, wonderworker, patron of Corfu.
Name days: Spyridon, Spyros, Spiros, Spirou, Spiro, Spyridoula, Spiridoula
John of Zichna
Venerable, Ιωάννης Ζιχνών
Venerable John, Bishop of Zichna, founder of the Monastery of the Forerunner near Serres.
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