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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

Venerable Dositheus of Palestine

Also known as Dositheus of Gaza · Dositheos, disciple of Abba Dorotheus

A former soldier who became the disciple of Abba Dorotheus of Gaza and a model of perfect obedience, tending the sick of the monastery though himself afflicted with illness.

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Notes

A pattern of monastic obedience drawn from the writings of Abba Dorotheus.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Feb 19