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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
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Venerable

Serapion of Nitria

Venerable monk of Nitria, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.

Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Holy Venerable Serapion of Nitria is honoured by the Church among the venerable fathers who shone in ascetic struggle. The sources consulted preserve no biography of him, so nothing more can be said about the place and time of his life.

His name points to Nitria, the monastic desert of Egypt. The saint is commemorated on 13 March, a movable date, in the Synaxis of All Venerable Fathers Who Shone in Ascesis, in the new style.