Back to the saints / Venerable (Monastic)s / St Venerable Serapion the Sindonite

Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century

Venerable Serapion the Sindonite

Also known as Serapion of Egypt

A wandering ascetic of Egypt, recounted in the Lausiac History, who owned nothing but the single linen cloth (sindon) that he wore and gave even that away to the cold and the poor; it is told that he sold himself into slavery to win his masters to Christ, then gave the price away.

Explore

Hymn / Apolytikion Icon gallery Video / Media

Related Saints

Venerable Bessarion the Wonderworker of Egypt · Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Onuphrius the Great · Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Paisius the Great · Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Paul of Thebes · Venerable (Monastic)
St. Anthony the Great · Venerable (Monastic)
St. Macarius the Great · Venerable (Monastic)

Notes

Distinct from St Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis (Mar 21, OS-0860), with whom he is sometimes conflated.

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