The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for April 1

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Mary of Egypt and Zosimus of Palestine.

Synax.CP, April 1, par. 1 (cols. 577-80).

Simeon Metaphrastes, April 1.

Mary of Egypt. Hermit. Penitent in the Judean desert. 5th cen.

BHG 1041z-1044e; BiblSS VIII 981-94; Holweck 677; LCI VII 507-11; ODB 1310-11; ODCC 884; ODS 293-4.

Zosimus of Palestine. Monk of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Palestine. Brought communion to Mary of Egypt in the Judean desert. 5th cen.

BHG 1041z-1044e; BiblSS XII 1500-1; Holweck 1051; LCI VIII 643.

Messina, San Salvatore 27, fol. 213r. Mary of Egypt. Receiving communion. Zosimas, wearing monk's habit, extends a communion spoon toward Mary. Zosimas holds a chalice containing seven particles of bread in his draped left hand. Mary, with long grey hair, wears only a cape. Her shoulder and legs are covered with sores. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 77-8, figs. 2D6-2D7).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 34r. Mary of Egypt. Receiving communion. Zosimus, wearing monk's habit, extends a communion spoon toward Mary of Egypt, hands raised. Mary, who has long grey hair, wears only a cape. (Hutter, II, p. 20, fig. 62).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, west wall. Mary of Egypt. Standing figure. Orant. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 201, fig. T III 30a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 336, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 16).

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