Venerable
Luke of Lycaonia
A monastic saint from the province of Lycaonia in Asia Minor, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- September 7old style September 20
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Luke of Lycaonia became a monk and then abbot, the third since the founding of the Monastery of Bathys Ryax at Triglia, dedicated to Christ the Saviour. The first abbot and founder of the monastery was Venerable Basil (1 July), and the second Venerable Ignatius (27 September). The calendar of the Church of Greece (new style) commemorates him on 7 September, together with Venerable Peter the pious and John the bishop, the Russian. No other details of his life survive.
Commemorated the same day September 7
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