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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Arethas of Altai

A saint associated with the peoples of the Altai, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.

Feast
May 15old style May 28
Reposed
191020th century

Life

Saint Arethas of Altai is a Russian saint, connected with the Altai region of Siberia and commemorated in the Greek synaxarion on 15 May.

The Greek source has no details of his life and treats him as having died in 1910; it refers to the synaxis of all the saints of Siberia and to the saints list of the Orthodox Church in America. His commemoration follows the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).

Commemorated the same day May 15