Venerable (Monastic) 6th century

George of Maleon

Also known as Venerable George of Mount Maleon · George of Maleos

He refused an arranged marriage, withdrew to Mount Maleon in the Peloponnesos to live in asceticism, gathered disciples, and received the gift of prophecy.

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April 4

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Commemorated as

Our Venerable Father George of Maleon, the Wonderworker

Life

George of Maleon, also known as George of Mount Maleon, was a Byzantine ascetic of the Peloponnese venerated as a venerable monastic and wonderworker. He is commemorated by the Orthodox Church on April 4.

According to the synaxarion tradition, his parents arranged a marriage for him, but George declined the match and chose the monastic life instead. He withdrew to Mount Maleon, in the southern Peloponnese, where he lived in asceticism and where a community of disciples gathered around him.

The surviving accounts of his life are brief and derive from a common synaxarion source; they preserve little beyond his refusal of marriage, his monastic withdrawal, and the spiritual gifts ascribed to him.

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Ascetic Life and Gift of Prophecy

Having set aside the marriage arranged by his family, George entered the monastic life on Mount Maleon in the Peloponnese. The sources relate that numerous disciples gathered around him there, so that he came to lead a monastic community.

He is remembered above all for the gift of foresight. By tradition he was able to see future events and foretold his own death three years before it occurred. The liturgical service composed in his honor names him 'an earthly angel' and a 'wonderworker,' and describes him as a luminary shining with miracles.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; en.wikipedia.org