Venerable

Venerable Apollonios

March 31 Old CalendarApril 13 New Calendar

Life

A celebrated Egyptian hermit. In his fifteenth year he renounced the world and withdrew to a certain mountain, where he lived for forty years, nourishing himself only on the plants of the field. He later founded a monastery in which he had five hundred monks. He fell asleep in the Lord peacefully in the year 395.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, March 31. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on March 31

Priest-Martyr Hypatios, Bishop of Gangra Hierarch Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow Hierarch Priest-Martyr Abdas, Bishop of the City of Susa Hierarch

The full reading for March 31 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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