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Venerable Dorotheos     9/29/2013

Egyptian hermit. For sixty years he had lead an ascetic life in a Skete in Thebaid. He was distinguished by his unusual commitment to hard work and also working miracles. During the day he used to built cells for the new monks, and by night the Saint wove baskets, in ceaseless prayer and psalmody.