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Venerable Acacius the Younger of Mount Athos

Also known as Acacius of Kavsokalyvia · New Acacius

An ascetic of Mount Athos who lived at the Kavsokalyvia skete near the cell of Saint Maximus, attaining a great old age through a life of strict asceticism and prayer.

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Notes

Reposed April 12, 1730; this date is his feast.

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