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Venerable Niphon of Mount Athos

Also known as Niphon the Athonite

The son of a priest who gave himself to stillness on the Holy Mountain, struggling many years as a hermit and priest in unceasing prayer.

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