Venerable
Dorotheus
A monastic ascetic commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
- Feast
- January 5old style January 18
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Dorotheus followed the path of monastic life and appears to have been the founder and builder of the Monastery of Chiliokomion at Amaseia. He is commemorated on 5 January (new style) in the calendar of the Church of Greece.
The source consulted preserves no other details of his life.
Commemorated the same day January 5
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