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Mount Auxentius (also known as Mount St. Auxentius, Mount Auxentios, or Mount Scopas), today known as Kayış Dağı in
Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
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Mount Auxentius (also known as Mount St. Auxentius, Mount Auxentios, or Mount Scopas), today known as Kayış Dağı in Turkish
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, is a mountain located in the eastern outskirts of Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
, Turkey, in Kayışdağı neighborhood. Its summit is 428 metres above sea level. The mountain is named after Auxentius of Bithynia.
The mountain was home to Christian monks and ascetics during the Byzantine period
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
. Byzantine Christian monks who lived on the mountain included Saint Stephen the New ( 713–764) and Saint Macarius of Mount Auxentius (died 768).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακάριος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας
'' 17 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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Byzantine Anatolia Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Asia Geography of the Byzantine Empire Mountains of Turkey Geography of Istanbul Auxentius Geography of Bithynia {{Byzantine-geo-stub