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Aninas the Wonderworker

Also known as Aninas of the Euphrates

A native of Chalcedon who entered the monastic life at the age of fifteen and withdrew to a life of extreme solitude in the desert near the Euphrates River, renowned for his ascetic feats and the gift of wonderworking.

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OCA commemorates him on both Mar 13 and Mar 18.

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