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The Holy [[martyr]] '''Zosimus the Hermit''' was an anchorite [[monk]] during the time of the persecution of emperor Diocletian in the late third century, who joined after his release from prison with the prison warden [[Athanasius the Superintendent of Prisoners|Athanasius]] to live out their lives together as [[hermit]]s. St. Zosimus is commemorated on [[January 4]] with St. Athanasius.

The monk Zosimus, who was from Cilicia, had been seized and subjected to fierce torture for his Faith. Athanasius, a prison warden, witnessed the torture of the Zosimus. Seeing him unharmed after the torture, Athanasius came to believe in Christ and was [[baptism|baptized]]. 

When Zosimus was released, Athanasius joined with him and traveled into the wilderness. There, they found a crevice in a mountain in Cilicia that became their shelter, and where they lived as hermits until their deaths.

==Sources==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=100091 Martyr Zosimus the Hermit, Anchorite of Cilicia]
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100092  Martyr Athanasius the Superintendent of Prisoners, Anchorite of Cilicia]
*[[Wikipedia:Zosimus the Hermit]]


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