Ioasaph

Ioasaph of Simonopetra was a monk of the Monastery of Simonopetra on Mount Athos in the fourteenth century, venerated locally in the monastery. His memory is kept on 28 December, together with the founder of the monastery, Saint Simon the Myrrh-⁠gusher.

According to the tradition kept at Simonopetra, Ioasaph was the son of a Serbian ruler. While still young he renounced the vanity of earthly honours and came to live in community at this monastery, without revealing his noble descent. He served with simplicity and love, through humble tasks, to the end. Only after his repose was it learned who he had been in the world.

His memory does not appear in the synaxaria, and the exact time of his life is not known. Icons of him of recent date are kept at Simonopetra. Monks of the monastery who bore this name kept their feast on 28 December. In the chanted service of Saint Simon the name of Venerable Ioasaph is also mentioned.