Feasts and saints with names like “ONUPHRIUS”

Venerable New Martyr Onuphrius of Hilandar (Mount Athos)

The New Martyr Onuphrius, in the world Matthew, was born in Bulgaria in Gabrovo in the Trnovo diocese. Matthew became angry with his parents one day, and said he wished to become a Moslem. Unfortunately, he was overheard by the Hagarenes, who wished to take him away. He regretted these words as…

Venerable Onuphrius the Great

Venerable Onuphrius the Great

Saint Paphnutius, who led an ascetical life in the Thebaid desert in Egypt, has left us an account of Saint Onuphrius the Great and the Lives of other fourth century hermits: Timothy the Desert Dweller, the abbas Andrew, Charalampus, Theophilus, and others. It occurred to Saint Paphnutius to go to…

Venerable Onuphrius, Abbot of Malsk, Pskov

Venerable Onuphrius, Abbot of Malsk, Pskov

Saint Onuphrius of Mala and Pskov [Izborsk] founded a monastery in honor of the Nativity of the Mother of God at Mala, four versts from Izborsk and 56 versts from Pskov. The saint died on June 12, 1592 and was buried in the Nativity church, in a chapel named for him. The memory of Saint Onuphrius…

Venerable Onuphrius of Vologda

No information on the life of this saint is available at this time.

Venerable Onuphrius the Silent and Venerable Onesimos the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves

Venerable Onuphrius the Silent and Venerable Onesimos the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves

In the calendar of the Moscow Patriarchate both Venerable Onuphrios the Silent of the Kiev Caves (XII century), and Onesimos the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Near Caves (XII-XIII century) are commemorated on July 21. Venerable Onuphrios the Silent of the Kiev Caves was an ascetic in the Near Caves…

Saint Onuphrius of Saint David Gareji Monastery, Georgia

Saint Onuphrius of Saint David Gareji Monastery, Georgia

Saint Onuphrius of Gareji (Otar Machutadze in the world) lived and labored in the 18th century. He was a Kartlian aristocrat famed for his wealth, hospitality, and charity. Longing for the ascetic life, Otar wore a hair shirt under his distinguished raiment and unceasingly prayed to God for the…