Venerable Karion and Zacharias 12/18/2013
Father and son, they were both great ascetics in Egypt. Karion left his wife and his two children and became a monk. The young Zacharias was taken in a monastery as a child and with his ascetic struggle he surpassed his own father and many other renowned ascetics. When they asked Zacharias who was the true monk, he answered: “The one that continually forces himself to fulfil God’s commandments “.
