Not to be confused with Serapion the Sindonite or Serapion of Alexandria.
See also: Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis
Serapion of Thmuis
Born
300 Egypt (region)
Hometown
Thmuis, modern day Tell el-Timai
Residence
Nitria
Died
c. 360 Nitria, Egypt
Honored in
Eastern Orthodox Church Coptic Church
Feast
March 7 (Coptic) March 21 (Eastern)[1]
Attributes
Bishop of Thmuis, quoted in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Influences
Anthony the Great
Major works
Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis
Serapion of Nitria, (Greek: Σεραπίων, romanized: Serapíon; Russian: Серапион) Serapion of Thmuis, also spelled Sarapion, or Serapion the Scholastic was an early Christian monk and bishop of Thmuis in Lower Egypt (modern-day Tell el-Timai), born in the 4th century.[2] He is notable for fighting alongside Athanasius of Alexandria against Arianism.[3]
^"Saint Sarapion". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^Butler, Alban (1866). The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. Compiled from Original Monuments and Authentic Records by the Rev. Alban Butler, in Twelve Volumes. Vol. III–March. Dublin: James Duffy. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
^Velimirović, Nikolaj. The Prologue of Ohrid: Lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections and Homilies for Every Day of the Year. OCLC 944525984.
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