Zeno the Venerable

Venerable Zeno, an ascetic whose memory is preserved in the synaxaria.

Saint Zeno is remembered in the Greek synaxaria as a monastic who lived the ascetic life and reposed in peace. The details of his life have not been preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Zeno the Venerable is commemorated on June 12. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on June 25 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on June 12

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  Onuphrios the Great

  Venerable, Ονούφριος

  Great Venerable Onuphrius the Egyptian.

  Name days: Onyfrios

• Peter the Athonite

  Venerable, Πέτρος ο Αθωνίτης

  Venerable Peter the Athonite, first known hermit of the Holy Mountain.

• Antonina of Nicaea

  Holy Woman, Αντωνίνα

  Holy Virgin Martyr Antonina of Nicaea, who suffered under Diocletian.

  Name days: Antonina

• Arsenius of Konevets

  Venerable, Αρσένιος Κονεζίας

  Venerable Arsenius, founder of the Konevets monastery on Lake Ladoga.

• Synesios, Benedict and Timothy, Monk-Martyrs of Thessaloniki

  Martyr, Συνέσιος, Βενέδικτος και Τιμόθεος

  Monk-Martyrs Synesios, Benedict and Timothy, monastics put to death in Thessaloniki.