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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Macarius the Fisherman

A Russian saint, honored by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Feast
August 9old style August 22
Era
unknown

Life

Saint Macarius the Fisherman is commemorated in the Synaxis of the Saints of Solovki among the hermits and disciples of the monastery on the Solovetsky islands. The synaxis is kept on 9 August by the old calendar (22 August by the new), the day after the feast of the transfer of the relics of Saints Zosima, Sabbatius and Herman.

The council's list, the only source consulted, gives only the name and the byname "fisherman"; no details of his life survive.

Commemorated the same day August 9