▁details ... ▁the ▁years ▁of ▁On u ph ri us ' ▁youth ▁were ▁passed ▁in ▁a ▁monaster y ▁that ▁observed ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁strict ▁silence ; ▁a ▁h ind ▁instruct ed ▁him ▁in ▁Christian ▁r ites ▁and ▁lit ur gy . ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁si xty ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁desert , ▁On u ph ri us ' ▁only ▁visitor ▁was ▁an ▁ang el ▁who ▁delivered ▁a ▁Host ▁every ▁Sunday ..." ▁ ▁V ener ation ▁ ▁Both ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Orth odox ▁and ▁Catholic ▁Church es ▁tradition ally ▁mark ▁his ▁fe ast ▁day ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁June . ▁A ▁Life ▁of ▁On u ph ri us ▁of ▁later ▁Greek ▁origin ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁saint ▁died ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 1 ; ▁however , ▁his ▁fe ast ▁day ▁was ▁celebrated ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 2 ▁in ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Orth odox ▁cal end ars ▁from ▁an ▁early ▁date . ▁ ▁The ▁legend ▁of ▁Saint ▁On u ph ri us ▁was ▁dep icted ▁in ▁P isa ' s ▁cam pos anto ▁( mon ument al ▁c emetery ), ▁and ▁in ▁Rome , ▁a ▁church , ▁Sant ' On of rio , ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁his ▁honor ▁on ▁the ▁Jan icul an ▁Hill ▁in ▁the ▁fif teenth ▁century . ▁ ▁Anton y , ▁the ▁arch bishop ▁of ▁Nov gor od , ▁writing ▁around ▁ 1 2 0 0 ▁AD , ▁stated ▁that ▁On u ph ri us ’ ▁head ▁was ▁conser ved ▁in ▁the ▁church ▁of ▁Saint ▁Ac ind inus ▁( A kind inos ) ▁( Const antin