26th of May. Venerable Ekvtime of Mt. Athos, the Translator(†1028)

St. Ekvtime with his father, St. Ioane, on the left. Venerable Ekvtime of Mt. Athos was the son of St. Ioane of Mt. Athos, a military commander during the reign of King Davit Kuropalates, who abandoned the world to enter the monastic life. While St. Ioane was laboring on Mt. Olympus, the Byzantine emperor returned … [Read more…]