Cloud of Witnesses
Venerable (Monastic) 5th century

Saints Asclepius and James of Syria

Also known as Asklepios · James the Ascetic

Two Syrian hermits who struggled in stillness near the village of Nimuza, described among the ascetics of the region by Theodoret of Cyrus.

Feast Day
February 27
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Their life

Two Syrian hermits who struggled in stillness near the village of Nimuza, described among the ascetics of the region by Theodoret of Cyrus.

His companions & kin
Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Eusebius the Hermit of Syria
Venerable (Monastic)
Saint Rabulas of Samosata
Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Baradates the Hermit of Syria
Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Ascetics of the Syrian Deserts
Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Marina and Kyra of Syria
Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Domnica of Syria
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints