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Venerable
Elias the Cave-dweller
A holy monk of Calabria who lived in caves, reposed around 960.
- Feast
- September 11old style September 24
- Reposed
- 96010th century
- Place
- Patras
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Elias the Cave-dweller lived as a monk in Calabria in southern Italy, together with his spiritual father, Saint Arsenios. Because of the Arab raids they had to take refuge for a time at Patras in Greece. The Greek Synaxarion places them around the ninth century, and other calendars give the repose of Elias around 960.
He is venerated as a venerable father of the Orthodox Church, especially in the Metropolis of Patras, and is commemorated together with Arsenios.
His commemoration falls on 11 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 24 September of the civil calendar.
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