Saint Fantinus

The venerable one was born in Calabria, the son of George and Vriena. From a young age, he dedicated himself to the service of God, taking monastic vows in a monastery. He practiced virtues and was granted divine revelations. He wandered through the deserts, spending twenty days without food and four years in nakedness. He endured hardships from the Saracens for sixty years. Taking disciples Vitalis and Nikiphor, he went to Peloponnese. He often visited Corinth, helping many in their salvation. He visited Athens, prayed in the temple of the Mother of God, and then went to Thessalonica, where he witnessed miracles from the relics of the Great Martyr Demetrius. He lived in abstinence for eight years and, in deep old age, completed his life.