Venerable (Monastic) 8th century
Hilarion the New of Pelecete
Also known as Hilarion the New · Hilarion of Pelekete · Hilarion the Abbot of Pelekete
A hermit from his youth who became abbot of the monastery of Pelekete near the Dardanelles. He suffered for the veneration of icons during the iconoclast persecution, enduring imprisonment and ill-treatment, and was renowned for gifts of grace.
Feast Day
March 28
Their life
A hermit from his youth who became abbot of the monastery of Pelekete near the Dardanelles. He suffered for the veneration of icons during the iconoclast persecution, enduring imprisonment and ill-treatment, and was renowned for gifts of grace.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints