Venerable
Gaius of Machairas
A venerable father connected with Machairas Monastery in Cyprus.
- Feast
- December 31old style January 13
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Machairas
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Gaius of Machairas, venerable, is commemorated on 31 December (new style, the Greek calendar). The synaxarion says of him only that he reposed in peace; his link with Machairas Monastery in Cyprus, given in our record, is not confirmed by the Greek source consulted. A verse says that Gaius bore many divine labours and now has their shining reward.
The Greek source gives no further details of his life.
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