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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Pigon

A venerable father of the land of Cyprus, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.

Feast
July 18old style July 31
Era
unknown
Place
Cyprus
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Pigon is commemorated on 18 July in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style) among the venerable wonderworkers of Cyprus. Commemorated with him are Onesiphorus, Pammegistus, Pamphodites, Paphnutius, Polemius, Sozomenus, Sotirichus and Photius. The synaxarion on saint.gr states only that they are saints of the Church of Cyprus, counted among the three hundred Alamanni who came to the island. No other details survive.

Commemorated the same day July 18