Venerable
Athre
A monastic ascetic commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Feast
- June 8old style June 21
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Athre (also called Atre) fell asleep in peace.
The verse of the synaxarion says that he wisely despised the beauties of the earth and gazed on the beauty of his Master. No other details of his life, or of the place or time in which he lived, are preserved. He is commemorated on 8 June, according to the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style).
Commemorated the same day June 8
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