Copres of Palestine

Holy Venerable Copres of Palestine was found as a newborn by the monks of the monastery of the Venerable Theodosius the Great, on a heap of dung (in Greek "kopria", from which his name comes), where his mother had left him, fleeing from enemies during a raid of the Hagarenes. The translators of the life softened the Greek word, rendering it "rotted manure".

The monks took the infant, named him Copres, fed him with goat's milk and raised him in their monastery. Later Saint Copres received monastic tonsure and spent his whole life in the monastery in which he had been raised. Reaching the height of the virtues and the gift of working miracles, he reposed in peace at the age of ninety.

He is commemorated on 7 October, in the new style. His life is also found in the Lives of the Saints by Saint Dimitry of Rostov.