Abramios the Recluse
Saint Abramios the Recluse (290–360) was an early Christian hermit and ascetic from Edessa.
Abramios the Recluse | |
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 Saint Abramios the Recluse | |
| Venerable father | |
| Born | 290 Edessa (modern-day Şanlıurfa, Turkey) |
| Died | 360 Lampsacus (modern-day Lapseki, Çanakkale, Turkey) |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| Feast | 11 November |
He is the same as Abraham of Kidunaja.
Biography
Abramios was born in 290 AD in Edessa (modern-day Şanlıurfa, Turkey). On the day of his wedding, he left his fiancée and went to the coast of the Sea of Marmara, near Lampsacus (modern-day Lapseki). There, he lived in a cave and left it only two times: first, when he was ordered to baptise a pagan village; and second, to free his niece Maria from sin. He achieved perfection in hermetic life and was devoted to the God and praying. When his parents died and left him large fortune, he distributed his possessions among the poor. [1]
He died in 360 AD. His feast day is on October 29 (November 11 in Gregorian calendar).[2]
References
- Saint Abramios the Recluse and his niece, blessed Mary Archived 2018-03-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 15 Mar 2018
- Thursday of the 22nd week after Pentecost Retrieved on 15 Mar 2018
- Nikolaj Velimirović : "The Prologue of Ohrid"
- Miller, Timothy S. (2003). The Orphans of Byzantium: Child Welfare in the Christian Empire. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America. p. 94. ISBN 9780813213132.
Abramios the Recluse.