Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Anthousaof Mantinea

the Confessor

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“Forsaking the world at a young age, Saint Anthousa lived a life of asceticism in the mountains in complete solitude.”
St. Anthousa of Mantinea

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

8th century

Mantinea, Asia Minor

Death

8th century

Asia Minor

Life path

  • Schemanun
  • Abbess

Undertakings & Callings

  • Virginity
  • Asceticism
  • Anchorism
  • Mountain-dwelling
  • Founding a monastery
  • Defending the faith
  • Confessing the faith

Sufferings

  • Torture
  • Exile

Eras

  • Iconoclast heresy

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