Barnabas of Dochiariou

Venerable Barnabas of Dochiariou lived in the eleventh century and was a monk of Docheiariou Monastery on Mount Athos. As a layman he was called Basil and worked at the monastery's metochion at Longos, in Sithonia.

At that time the abbot was Venerable Neophytus, who was praying to God to help him finish building the church, which had stopped for lack of means. Then Basil was enlightened and found, near the metochion, a great treasure of gold coins. He went to the monastery and told the abbot, who sent him back accompanied by three brothers. Later Basil put on the monastic habit with the name Barnabas and remained in the monastery's community. He is commemorated on 9 November (new style), together with Euthymius the Cellarer and Neophytus.