Venerable
Silvanus of Nerekhta
Russian venerable monk of the Nerekhta region.
- Feast
- May 15old style May 28
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Nerekhta
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Venerable Silvanus of Nerekhta, a Russian monk from the Nerekhta region, is commemorated on 15 May (new style; 28 May on the old calendar) in the calendar of the Orthodox Church in America. The sources consulted preserve no details of his life. He should not be confused with Saint Silvanus of Tabennisi, commemorated on the same date in the Greek synaxaria.
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