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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Nisferoy

Venerable monk, a disciple of St. Anthony the Great.

Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Holy Venerable Nisferoy is commemorated as a disciple of Venerable Anthony the Great.

The Azbyka page holds no life of him, only the liturgical commemoration: he is remembered on 13 March (a movable day), in the Synaxis of All the Venerable Fathers Who Shone in Ascetic Labour, and on 5 May (a movable day), in the Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of Sinai, in the new style. No further facts about his life are preserved in this source.