Holy Venerables
Sinaite Fathers of Gornjak
Venerable Sinaite fathers associated with Gornjak Monastery, commemorated together by the Serbian Church.
- Feast
- December 7old style December 20
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
The Sinaite Fathers of Gornjak are the venerable Sinaite ascetics tied to the Gornjak Monastery in Serbia, among them Saint Grigorije of Gornjak, called the Silent. The Sinaites were hesychast monks of the late fourteenth and the fifteenth century. The Serbian Orthodox Church commemorates them on 7 December, old style (20 December, new style). The sources found preserve no details of their lives.
Commemorated the same day December 7
Ambrose of MilanSaint · Bishop of MilanDec 7
Sabinus of SpoletoHieromartyr · Bishop of SpoletoDec 7
Anthony of SiyaVenerable · Founder of Antonievo-Siysky MonasteryDec 7
Aemilianus the PhysicianMartyr · Physician and confessor of AfricaDec 7
Nil of StolobnyVenerable · Founder of the Stolobny hermitageDec 7
Philofteia of Curtea de ArgeșVenerable Martyr · Patron of Curtea de ArgeșDec 7- Gregory of GornjakVenerableDec 7
John the Faster of the Kiev CavesVenerable · Monk of the Kiev CavesDec 7- Mastridia of AlexandriaVenerableDec 7
Sergius GoloshchapovHieromartyr · ArchpriestDec 7- Gregory the HesychastVenerable · Hesychast monk of AthosDec 7
- Romanus of SinaiSaint · Monk of SinaiDec 7