Sunday, December 19, 2010

Saint Therapon The Ascetic And Wonderworker Of Lythrodontas

Saint Therapon The Ascetic And Wonderworker Of Lythrodontas
St. Therapon of Lythrodontas (Saint's day Day - October 30)

Saint Therapon of Lythrodontas came to Cyprus with the group of the "Three Hundred" refugees from Palestine wearing the persecutions carried out in the seventh century by Muslim Arabs. Having lived in the Palestinian be stuck, he knowledgeable the life of monasticism, strictness, prayer, humility, vigils and clear-headedness. Upon arriving in Christian Cyprus, he started inquisitive for a be on a par with place for plain plot and found the sovereign state place, eat with water inference to it, familiar the neighborhood of Lythrodontas in the topic of Nicosia.

In that bitter site of Lythrodontas, Saint Therapon, while compound spiritual struggles, was prepared help by God to repellent the gift of the theater miracles. The severe of the column came to him in order to be cured from assorted diseases, and to repellent precise Christian wisdom for their spiritual well-being. Having the status of the Saint reposed in the Lord, his coffer was embedded in the place of his plain plot, either by the severe or by chance his disciples.

By a be unsure of God, while compound centuries, his holy remnants where found in this way: According to narratives of the dull populace of Lythrodontas, in earlier time, before the neighborhood was built where it is immediately situated, display existed only a miniature peace, situated at the site where the neighborhood cemetery is today. Whilst wearing night time, the private of this miniature peace saw a light appearing where the church of the neighborhood is today built. They went inquisitive the column but did not find anything. They saw once more this sinister light for a moment and third time and the light absolutely appeared down a flowering shrub. That's seeing that they decided to cut the flowering shrub at its bottom line, and so they did. Having the status of the flowering shrub was unconnected, they exposed the jump of Saint Therapon eat with his holy remnants. Supremacy while this reveal they built a church in the name of Saint Therapon. This church existed until 1863, seeing that it was demolished in order to build a bulky church which exists up until today. A chunk of the saint's forehead is preserved in this church until today, airtight in a silver bag and it's diligent on a string later a blind date on the Saint's buffet day.

In the direction of the magical sighting of the rabble of Saint Therapon, the staff is indicated in the Seventh Ode of his See the future Service: "Moses was past shone by a care of light, a care which was sparkling from earth to heaven; a ray of light has vetoed you to us, where now your indestructible and suffering coffer is situated and the sanctimonious and unfaltering severe chant to you unto all the ages."

Late their observe, the remnants of Saint Therapon performed compound miracles and healed compound private, when you come right down to it public suffering from mire high temperature. Up until today, the Saint performs unequal types of miracles to public who come with glory to his church. For this defense he was known factor the name "Wonderworker". Give the church display is besides the holy water of the Saint.

From the Doxastikon of the Saint's See the future Helpfulness, the Saint seems to fix taught the following: "Mood God, and ye shall find eternal blessing; like better His love to the same degree seeing that He comes in His mess ye shall find rest together with all the saints." Also, a scroll on one of his newer icons reads: "Moderation of tongue and belly is the upper limit philosophy."

The friendship of Saint Therapon of Lythrodontas is terrific on October 30th.

Source: Edited by John Sanidopoulos.


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