Prohor of Pčinja


Prochorus of Pčinja
A fresco icon depicting Saint Prochorus
Venerable
Bornc.1000
Died1067
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Feast1 November [O.S. 19 October]
15 January

Prochorus of Pčinja (Bulgarian: Прохор Пчински, romanized: Prohor Pčinski, Macedonian and Serbian: Прохор Пчињски, romanized: Prohor Pčinjski; born c.1000 – died 1067) was an 11th-century Eastern Orthodox monk and contemporary of Saints Gabriel of Lesnovo and John of Rila who lived in the First Bulgarian Empire before and after its conquest by the Byzantine Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with his feast day being commemorated on 1 November [O.S. 19 October].