Venerable Euthymius the Great is celebrated today

Venerable Euthymius the Great
Venerable Euthymius the Great

He was born in the Armenian city of Melitina near the Euphrates River around 377 to noble and respectable parents. An only son, born after the prayers of his mother Dionysia, who had a heavenly vision of the birth of Euthymius. He asceticized from a young age, first near his hometown, and after visiting Jerusalem in the twenty-ninth year of life, in the wilderness between Jerusalem and Jericho, called Pharaoh. He filled his days and nights with prayer, inner contemplation, contemplation, and bodily asceticism. Many disciples gathered around him, some of whom became famous saints: Kiriak the Hermit, Sava the Consecrated, Theoctist and others. By the gift of God he was a great miracle worker: he cast out demons, healed from severe diseases, brought water to the desert, multiplied bread, prophesied. He taught the monks to be diligent, saying, "If you eat your own bread without labor, it means that you eat other people's labor." When some younger brothers wanted to fast more than others, he forbade them to come to the common table so as not to be proud of their larger fast. He also said that it was not good for the monk to move from place to place, because: "The tree that is often transplanted does not bear fruit." Anyone who wants to do good can do it where they are. He said of love: "What is the salt of bread is the love of other virtues." The first week of Lent was spent in the desert and there remained in silence and contemplation until before Easter. During his lifetime a huge laurel was created near him, which for centuries was filled with monks like a beehive. His last commandment was to keep the hospitality in the monastery and the monastery gate to never be closed. He died at the age of ninety-seven. The Patriarch of Jerusalem Anastasius was also present at the funeral. The patriarch waited all day until the huge mass of people kissed the saint and even in the evening he managed to sing it. On the seventh day after his death, St. Euthymius appeared to his disciple Dometian, all bright and joyful. Venerable Euthymius was indeed the son of light. He died in 473.

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