On June 6, we have a good time the reminiscence of Venerable Vissarion of Egypt and Hilarion of New Dalmatia.
Venerable Vissarion was born in Egypt and lived on the finish of the 4th and within the fifth century. From his youth he cherished God and saved himself clear from all sinful defilement, tried to not defile his soul, cleansed in holy baptism. Traveled on pilgrimage to the holy locations in Jerusalem. There he additionally visited many ascetics in Palestine who led a hermit life and have been already recognized for his or her virtues.
When he returned to Egypt, Vissarion accepted monasticism and for many years wandered the Egyptian desert as a hermit. He lived in silence and relentless contemplation of God. Along with his monastic life, he grew to become a mannequin for a lot of different lovers of hermitage. God honored him with the grace to work miracles. Having reached a really previous age, Saint Vissarion rested in peace.
Venerable Hilarion was born in 775, within the area of Cappadocia, Asia Minor. It was named Novi in honor of Saint Hilarion the Nice. His dad and mom have been pious and virtuous individuals and raised their son within the Orthodox religion.
When he got here of age, Hilarion entered a monastery in Constantinople, the place he devoted himself to strict fasting, silence and the research of the Holy Scriptures. Later he went to the well-known Dalmatian monastery, additionally within the capital, the place he spent ten years ascetic and have become an instance of humility and persistence for all of the brothers who unanimously selected him as abbot.
And when the iconoclast emperor Leo the Armenian started a persecution towards the worshipers of the holy icons, Hilarion brazenly and courageously defended the Orthodox religion. Subsequently, he was persecuted, suffered imprisonment and beatings, and eventually he was despatched into exile, the place he stayed for eight years. After the celebration of Orthodoxy (i.e. restoration of icon veneration) in 842, he returned to his monastery and after three years died peacefully on the age of 70, in 845.
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