Sennouphios the Standard-⁠bearer

Holy Venerable Sennouphios the Standard-⁠bearer is a saint commemorated on 25 March. The Greek source says that he may be the same as the ascetic of Nitria who received the vision of the icon of the face of the God-⁠man Jesus Christ, told by Ignatius, abbot of the Akapnion monastery in Thessalonica.

According to this account, Saint Sennouphios was granted a vision and heard a voice telling him: "Come out of the land and your cell and go to the monastery of the Latomoi in Thessalonica. There I shall see you." He went there, asked the monks, but did not see such an icon of Christ and returned to Nitria. The voice again commanded him to go to Thessalonica, where he would see the icon of the God-⁠man and die. The venerable man reached Thessalonica and went again to the monastery, when suddenly one day there was an earthquake and the plaster fell. Then the wonderful icon of the Lord appeared.