Venerable
Adrian
A venerable father commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Feast
- May 8old style May 21
- Era
- 16th century
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Adrian of Volokolamsk was, together with the venerable Zosimas, a founder of the Sestrin monastery at the mouth of the Sestra river. He lived in the fifteenth or sixteenth century.
He fell asleep in peace, and his relics were laid in the church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in the monastery. No other details are preserved. He is commemorated on 8 May, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
Commemorated the same day May 8
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