Our Father among the Saints, Philaret lived during the years of the Emperor Constantine and the Empress Irene in the eighth century.  He was from the town of Amneia in Paphlagonia, which is under the metropolis of Gangra.  This blessed one was truly philaretos -- "a lover of virtue" -- for he was both godly and virtuous in his acts and very wealthy in body and soul.

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