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Hierarch · 5th century

Saint John-Barsanuphius Bishop of Damascus

Also known as Barsanuphius of Damascus · John Barsanuphius

Bishop of Damascus who, drawn to stillness, withdrew from his see and lived as an ascetic in the Nitrian desert of Egypt, pleasing God in humility and prayer.

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Notes

Leap-day saint: in non-leap years the commemoration transfers to Feb 28.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints