Venerable (Monastic) 5th century
Venerable Ascetics of the Syrian Deserts
Also known as John · Antiochus · Antoninus · Moses · Zebinas · Polychronius · Damian · the Syrian Desert ascetics
A company of fifth-century Syrian ascetics described by Theodoret of Cyrus: John, who lived shelterless for twenty-five years, with Antiochus and Antoninus; Moses; Zebinas, who never sat during prayer; Polychronius; and Damian. They strove together in stillness and unceasing prayer.
Feast Day
February 23
Their life
A company of fifth-century Syrian ascetics described by Theodoret of Cyrus: John, who lived shelterless for twenty-five years, with Antiochus and Antoninus; Moses; Zebinas, who never sat during prayer; Polychronius; and Damian. They strove together in stillness and unceasing prayer.
Notes
Commemorated as one group of ascetics; individual names in Also Known As.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints