Chariton day on the calendar

On October 11, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Chariton the Confessor, who lived at the turn of the III-IV centuries. In the national calendar, this date is known as Kharitonov Day.

Saint Chariton bravely endured persecution against Christians, but according to God’s providence he survived. Later, on his way to Jerusalem, he was captured by robbers who threw him into a cave. However, the villains accidentally drank wine poisoned by a snake crawling there, and died. Having been released, Chariton distributed the stolen gold to the poor, and on the site of his miraculous salvation he founded a church around which the famous Faran Lavra grew. He later created two more monasteries and formed the rank of monastic tonsure.