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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Aphrodisius

A saint honoured in the calendar of the Church of Greece.

Feast
December 24old style January 6
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Aphrodisius the Venerable is commemorated on 24 December (new style, the Greek calendar). The Greek source says that he was probably an ascetic of the desert and that he reposed in peace. A verse plays on his name: Aphrodisius had a very beautiful soul, since he died without having tasted of the pleasures of Aphrodite.

Place, time and other details of his life are not preserved.

Commemorated the same day December 24