Venerable
Sabbatius and Zosimas
The holy founders of the Solovki monastery on the White Sea.
- Feast
- April 17old style April 30
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
The Holy Venerable Sabbatius and Zosimas are the founders of the monastery on the island of Solovki in the White Sea. In this community of Solovki many great saints became renowned. Saint Sabbatius died in 1435 and Zosimas in 1478. The Serbian Church commemorates them on 17 April by the old calendar (30 April by the new).
Commemorated the same day April 17
Agapetus I of RomeConfessor · Bishop of RomeApr 17
Simeon bar SabbaeHieromartyr · Bishop of Seleucia-CtesiphonApr 17
Alexander of SvirVenerable · Abbot of Svir MonasteryApr 17
Acacius of MeliteneSaint · Bishop of MeliteneApr 17
Macarius of CorinthSaint · Metropolitan of CorinthApr 17
Zosimas of SolovkiVenerable · Co-founder of Solovki MonasteryApr 17- UsthazadesMartyrApr 17
- Paisius of KyivVenerable · Monk of the Kyiv Caves LavraApr 17
- Abdelas of SeleuciaHieromartyrApr 17
- Adrian of CorinthMartyrApr 17
- Ananias of SeleuciaHieromartyrApr 17
- Askitreia of SeleuciaMartyrApr 17