Saint Dorotheus the Younger

Also known as

• Dorotheus of Khiliokomos

Memorial

• 5 January
• formerly 5 June

Profile

Monk at Samsun, Turkey on the Black Sea. Following the command of a mysterious stranger, he founded a monastery at Khiliokomoas, and served as its first abbot. Long-suffering spiritual teacher of Saint Dositheus of Gaza.

Born

• 11th century in Trebizond (modern Trabzon, Turkey)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Dorotheus the Younger”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-dorotheus-the-younger/>