Venerable
Andronicus of Atroa
A monastic saint who struggled at Atroa in Bithynia, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- September 12old style September 25
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Andronicus of Atroa lived in the time of the emperor Nikephoros and Staurakios and the patriarch Tarasios. He was the son of Cosmas and Anna and was born at Elaia in Asia. He lived in strict ascetic struggle at Atroa in Bithynia and fell asleep in peace. The synaxarion gives him a brief note similar to that of Saint Peter of Atroa, commemorated the next day. He is commemorated on 12 September, in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style), together with Venerable Daniel of Thasos.
Commemorated the same day September 12
AutonomusHieromartyr · Bishop in BithyniaSep 12
EanswytheVenerable · Princess and abbess of KentSep 12- George of ChkondidiSaint · Archbishop of ChkondidiSep 12
Athanasius of VysotskVenerable · First abbot of Vysotsky MonasterySep 12
Gregory of KydoniesHieromartyr · Metropolitan of KydoniesSep 12
Ambrosios of MoschonisiaHieromartyr · Metropolitan of MoschonisiaSep 12- Dositheus of TbilisiHieromartyr · Archbishop of TbilisiSep 12
- Felix and CyprianHoly Hieromartyrs · Bishops of AfricaSep 12
- Daniel of ThassosSaintSep 12
- Serapion of CataniaHieromartyrSep 12
- Vassian of TiksnaVenerableSep 12
Athanasius the Younger of VysotskVenerable · Abbot of Vysotsky MonasterySep 12