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Venerable

Achilas the Hermit of Egypt

Hermit of Egypt

A venerable hermit of Egypt, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.

Feast
January 17old style January 30
Era
unknown

Life

Saint Achilas the Hermit of Egypt, called the Confessor, struggled in a life of solitude and died in the fifth century. He is commemorated on 30 January. No reliable information about this saint has been preserved. His name is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Commemorated the same day January 17