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Venerable (Monastic) · 19th century

Joachim of Ithaka

Also known as Joachim the Ascetic

Born on the Greek island of Ithaka in 1786, he endured a difficult childhood and later embraced the monastic and ascetic life.

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