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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

Zosimas of Palestine

Also known as Venerable Zosimas of Palestine · Zosimas the Anchorite

An aged priest-monk of a monastery near the Jordan who, while keeping a Lenten retreat in the desert, encountered Saint Mary of Egypt; he later gave her Holy Communion and, returning a year afterward, found her reposed and buried her.

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Notes

The elder who communed and buried Saint Mary of Egypt. Distinct from Zosimus, Bishop of Syracuse (a different saint).

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