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Venerable Methodius Abbot of Peshnosha

Also known as Methodius of Peshnosha

A disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh who withdrew into a forest beyond the river and, at his teacher's counsel, founded the Peshnosha monastery, laboring at its building with his own hands.

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Principal feast Jun 14 (repose, 1392).

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