Saint · 400
Peter of Mount Athos
Venerable Peter of Mt. Athos († 734)
New Calendar June 12 Old Calendar June 25
Why they are a saint
They lived in different times and places, but are commemorated together. Saint Onuphrios the Great (400). “This holy ascetic had been living a whole sixty years in the desert when the monk Paphnutius visited him. Venerated as a monastic saint, honored for a life of prayer and asceticism.
Patronage / why chosen as patron
Orthodox Christians usually take Peter of Mount Athos as a patron when they bear the name Peter at baptism, or were born or baptized near the feast on June 12. As a monastic, he is also asked for help in prayer, fasting, and repentance.
Prayer
O holy Peter of Mount Athos, pray to God for us.
A short general prayer to a saint, not a liturgical text. No public-domain troparion for this saint is included.