Venerable Euthymius of Dochiariou and His Disciple Neophyte

Life

These two were Serbs by origin, and kinsmen of high Byzantine aristocrats. Euthymius was first a companion of Saint Athanasius and steward of his Lavra, and later the founder of Dochiariou Monastery. He reposed peacefully in the year 990. His nephew Neophyte succeeded his uncle as abbot of Dochiariou, multiplied the brotherhood, and built a great church. He reposed at the beginning of the eleventh century.