The Holy Great-Martyr Panteleimon.
Pantaleon was born in Nicomedia of a
Christian mother and a pagan father. His mother was called Eubula and
his father Eustorgius. As a young man he studied the science of
medicine. The priest, Hermolaus, invited Pantaleon to be with him and
taught him the Faith of Christ and baptized him. Pantaleon
miraculously cured a blind man whom the other doctors treated in
vain; he cured him by the power of Christ and baptized him. Out of
envy the doctors accused Pantaleon of being a Christian and he went
before the Emperor Maximian to stand trial. "He stood before the
earthly king in body but in thought he stood before the heavenly
King." Before the emperor, he freely declared that he was a
Christian and, before the eyes of the emperor, he healed a paralytic
of a long-standing illness. This miracle drew many pagans to the
Faith of Christ. The emperor subjected him to torture but the Lord
appeared to him on several occasions and delivered him whole and
unharmed. Saint Hermolaus with Hermippas and Thermocrates were then
martyred. Sentenced to death, Saint Pantaleon knelt for prayer. At
that moment the executioner struck him on the neck with a sword and
the sword broke as though it were made of wax. The executioner was
unable to execute him until the saint completed his prayer and until
Pantaleon told him to behead him. His relics possessed the ability to
heal. Pantaleon was executed under an olive tree which, after that,
became all adorned with fruit. PANTA LEON means, "all merciful"
"all compassionate." The All-merciful God received his
righteous soul and glorified him among His great saints. This
wonderful martyr suffered honorably for Christ in his youth, on July
27, 304 A.D. Saint Pantaleon is invoked in prayers at the time of the
"Blessing of Waters" and in the blessing of the holy oils
used in the "The Sacrament of Holy Unction," together with
Saint Hermolaus and the other unmercenary saints and wonder-workers.
A most beautiful church dedicated to this saint is located on Holy
Mount Athos.
Memory of our Holy Father Clement, the Wonder-worker, Archbishop of Ohrid.
Clement was a disciple of Saints
Methodius and Cyril. After the death of St. Methodius, Clement, under
pressure by the Germans traveled from Moravia to the south. With
Gorazd, Nahum, Sava, and Angelarius - together, they were called "The
Numbers Five" - crossed the Danube river where they were guests
of Emperor Boris Michael and following that came to the region of
Ohrid. They first founded a monastery in Belica [Velitsa] where
Clement's first episcopal see was located. Afterward, he settled in
Ohrid and from there he developed his great arch-pastoral and
illuminating work for the nearby and distant regions. In Ohrid, St.
Clement erected a church to Saint Pantaleon. He had many disciples
who copied books in the Slavonic script for the Slavic peoples. Saint
Naum especially assisted him in this work. He worked miracles during
his life and his relics manifeste a healing power until today.
Following great labors and faithful service to God, he reposed
peacefully in Ohrid in the year 916 A.D. His wonder-working relics
repose in the former church dedicated to the Holy Birth-giver of God
(The Theotokos) and later was renamed St. Clement.
Respectably Taken From the:
"The Prologue of Ohrid"
by St. Nikolai of Zica, Serbia(Velimirovic)
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