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Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century
Venerable Andronicus and his wife Athanasia of Egypt
Also known as Andronikos · Athanasia
A married couple who gave to the poor and entered monastic life after the deaths of their children; Athanasia lived disguised as a male monk, and they were reunited only near death.
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Notes
Named married pair kept as one row.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints