Saint
Athenodorus of Amasea
Bishop of Amasea
Bishop of Amasea in Pontus, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Feast
- November 7old style November 20
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Hierarchs
Life
Saint Athenodorus of Amasea, a bishop, was the younger brother of Saint Gregory the Wonderworker and lived in the third century. He is commemorated on 20 November. His name is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
He was born at Neocaesarea. Together with his brother he studied first at Beirut, then at the school of Origen at Caesarea in Palestine. Blessed Jerome mentions him in his work "On Illustrious Men".
He took part in the Council of Antioch of 268 to 269 against Paul of Samosata. Athenodorus had first been made bishop of one of the sees in Pontus, and Eusebius calls Gregory and Athenodorus "pastors of the Churches in Pontus". Of his work "On Judaism" three fragments survive. The Byzantine lexicon Suda cites two more works of his, "On the Incarnation" and "Treatise on the Faith".
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