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Venerable (Monastic) · 16th century

Saint Sophronius the Bulgarian

Also known as Sophronius · Stephen of Bulgaria

A Bulgarian hieromonk who, fleeing the Turkish assault upon his homeland, withdrew to Wallachia and there lived out his days in ascetic struggle.

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