Dometius of Dionysiou

Venerable Dometius of Dionysiou was a Spirit-⁠bearing and clairvoyant elder, a friend and fellow ascetic of Saint Dionysios, the builder of Dionysiou Monastery on the Holy Mountain. He lived in a church dedicated to the Mother of God. Dionysios told him about the light he saw night after night, and together they went to the appointed place and saw the same wondrous light, as a sign for the building of the monastery. Later Dometius became abbot of the monastery and reposed in peace, in 1405 according to the list of the monastery's saints. He is commemorated on 25 June (new style; 8 July on the old calendar). The calendar of the Orthodox Church in America preserves no other details of his life.