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Venerable

Theonas of Egypt

A venerable monk of Egypt, commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.

Feast
April 5old style April 18
Era
unknown

Life

Holy Venerable Theonas of Egypt, a recluse, struggled in Egypt, in the desert of the Thebaid. He lived in Oxyrhynchus, the city now called El Bahnasa. The Azbyka page preserves no other details of his life.

The venerable one is commemorated on 18 April.

Commemorated the same day April 5