Carion

Saint Carion the Venerable is commemorated on 24 November (new style, the Greek calendar). He was the father, in the flesh and in the spirit, of Saint Zacharias the Venerable, commemorated on 24 March, and he reposed in peace.

In the Evergetinos (page 468) a saying is attributed to him: a man who dwells with a child, if he is not strong, comes down and is harmed; if he is strong, he does not come down and is not harmed, but neither does he advance to a higher measure of virtue. A verse speaks of his struggle with a watchful mind to the end.