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He George chose to live a [[monasticism|monastic]] life as an [[asceticism|ascetic]] after he refused to marry the woman his parents had chosen for him. He entered the [[monastery]] on Mount Maleon in the Peloponnese where a community of [[monk]]s gathered about him, and he came to be called an earthly [[angel]] and a [[wonderworker]]. [[Saint]] George was able to see the future, and predicted his own death three years before it occurred.
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The Venerable '''George the Righteous of Maleon''', also '''George of Mount Maleon''', was an ascetic [[monk]] of the ninth century. He is commemorated on [[April 4]].
== Apolytikion ==
