Euthymius the Great
Armenian Christian abbot and hermit (377–473) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Euthymius" redirects here. For other uses, see Euthymius (disambiguation).
Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine. He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
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Born | 377 Melitene, Lesser Armenia (modern-day Malatya, Turkey) |
Died | 20 January 473 |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism |
Feast | January 20 |
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Euthymius' vita was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several monasteries in the Judaean desert, while remaining a solitary monk in the tradition of Egyptian monasticism.[1] He nevertheless played a decisive role in helping the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon (451) prevail in Jerusalem, in spite of the majority of the monks in the region opposing it.[1]