Venerable
Chariton of Vouleftiria
of the Great Lavra
A Lavra ascetic of the 14th century, listed with Gerontios, contemporary of Gregory of Sinai; venerated, not formally canonized.
- Era
- 14th century
- Place
- Great Lavra (Vouleftiria), Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Chariton of Vouleftiria was an ascetic of the Great Lavra in the fourteenth century, a contemporary of St Gregory of Sinai. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.
The sources mention him only in passing: the Athonite Paterikon names Abba Chariton together with Gerontios, both struggling in the place called Vouleftiria, where the Skete of St Anne now stands. No further details of his life have survived.