Naucratius the Studite

Venerable Naucratius the Studite, an abbot, was a disciple of Venerable Theodore the Studite (commemorated on 11 November). For steadfastness in Orthodoxy and veneration of the holy icons he endured exile at the hands of the iconoclasts. After the condemnation of the iconoclast heresy he was brought back from exile by Patriarch Methodius and set as abbot of the monastery of Studion. He reposed in the year 848. He is commemorated on 13 March, a movable day, with the Synaxis of all the Venerable Fathers who shone in ascetic struggle, in the new style.