Venerable
Gennadios the Docheiaris
of Vatopedi Monastery
Steward of the oil store at Vatopedi, commemorated on Bright Friday; venerated locally (Vatopedi Monastery).
- Era
- 14th century
- Place
- Vatopedi, Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Gennadios the Docheiaris, a venerable monk, was a monk at the Vatopaidi Monastery on the Holy Mountain and bore the obedience of docheiaris, the keeper of the monastery's oil store. He lived in the fourteenth century. He is remembered on Bright Friday, together with the feast of the icon of the Mother of God Elaiovrytissa. He is honoured locally, at Vatopaidi, by the faithful, without synodal canonization.