Venerable
Ephraim the Black of Solovki
Hermit
A Russian hermit of Solovki, called Ephraim the Black.
- Feast
- August 9old style August 22
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Holy Venerable Ephraim the Black of Solovki was a venerable hermit of the Solovki Monastery on the White Sea. The sources gathered here contain no information about his life.
He is commemorated on 11 July, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Novgorod, and on 22 August, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Solovki.
Commemorated the same day August 9
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