Biography
Philotheus of Mount Athos
About Philotheus of Mount Athos
Philotheus is remembered as the founder of Philotheou monastery on Mount Athos. The Orthodox Church in America’s notice places him toward the end of the tenth century.
The consulted account is only a brief identification. It gives no detailed early life, exact foundation date, or precise birth and death years. His January 24 commemoration preserves his name in connection with the Athonite community he founded.
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