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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

John Dermokaites

A venerable monk commemorated in the Greek Orthodox calendar.

Feast
November 17old style November 30
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint John Dermokaites was a monk and ascetic. The Synaxarion of Delehaye records his commemoration and says that he struggled on Mount Olympus in Bithynia. He is supposed to be the monk John who was known for the holiness of his life in the time of the Emperor Romanos Lekapenos. After his fall, the emperor is said to have sent him a sealed letter in which he confessed his sins.

He is remembered on 17 November, by the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style), among the other venerable saints of the day.

Commemorated the same day November 17