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Venerable

Mal

Hermit

A venerable hermit, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.

Feast
October 16old style October 29
Era
unknown

Life

Saint Mal, as a youth, was prudent and humble and remained poor so as to become rich in Christ. He was not very learned but was fervent in faith. The Venerable Mal became a hermit in the wilderness, but sometimes went down into the cities, because the Lord had given him the power to heal diseases.

His memory falls on 29 October, according to the Greek calendar. His name is not in today's Menologion of the Russian Church.

Commemorated the same day October 16