Anatoli the Hermit

Venerable Anatoli (also called Anthony) the Hermit (ninth century) was an ascetic of the Klarjeti desert. He is venerated as a saint in the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers and Mothers of Klarjeti of the Orthodox Church of Georgia, canonized in October 2002 (by other data in 2003); he is commemorated on 5 October (old calendar).

He is spoken of in the Life of Venerable Gregory of Khandzta, written in 951 by George Merchule, in the account of the death of the priest Matoi of Mere. At midnight the hermit Anatoli, "called Anthony," had a vision, together with the deaconess Themestia: a radiant man appeared to him and announced to him Matoi's death. Anatoli saw himself on a hill near the Berta monastery, where a pillar of light came down from heaven, while angels sang to God and then led Matoi, held by the hands, up to heaven. When the people came in the morning and announced Matoi's death, what Anatoli and Themestia had seen proved true.