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Saints Pimen of Salos and Anton of Meskheti

Also known as Pimen of Salosi · Pimen the Fool-for-Christ · Anton Meskhi · Anton of Meskheti

Georgian ascetics who labored as missionaries among the peoples of the North Caucasus during the period of Mongol domination, Pimen taking on the podvig of folly for Christ.

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Notes

Two missionaries commemorated together; one row.

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