COMMEMORATED ON JUNE 1
St Agapitus of the Caves. This holy Unmercenary General practitioner was born at Kiev. He was a trainee and disciple of St Anthony of the Caves, and lived fashionable the eleventh century. If any of the monastic brethren knock over ill, St Agapitus came to him and helpfully attended to the not a hundred percent one. He fed his long-suffering boiled herbs which he himself fixed, and the celebrate excel preside over the prayers of the saint. Many laymen in the same way turned to the monastic surgeon with the gift of healing.In Kiev at this time was an proficient Armenian surgeon, who was well-organized to diagnose the nature of the breakdown and even correctly verify the day of death basically by looking at a long-suffering. On one occasion one of these unlucky patients turned to St Agapitus, the grace-bearing healer gave him some crop from the monastery trapeza (dining string), and the long-suffering became well. Enflamed with resentment, the surgeon considered necessary to spite St Agapitus, but the Lord preserved him, and the spite had no effect.
St Agapitus healed Prince Vladimir Monomakh of Chernigov, the to be Serious Prince of Kiev (1114-1125), by mode him boiled herbs. The admiring prince went to the monastery and considered necessary to see his healer, but the nasty loner hid himself and would not adapt gifts.
On one occasion the holy healer himself became not a hundred percent, that vastly Armenian surgeon came to him and behindhand probing him, he theoretical that he would die in three days. He swore to became an Consecutive reverend if his scenario were not fulfill. The saint theoretical that the Lord had revealed to him that He would summon him thoroughly behindhand three months.
St Agapitus died behindhand three months (on June 1, not once than 1095), and the Armenian went to the igumen of the Caves monastery and acknowledged monastic tonsure. "It is hop that Agapitus was a saint of God," he theoretical. "I well knew, that it was impossible for him to last three days in his sickness, but the Lord gave him three months." Appropriately did the reverend heal sickness of the underlying and guide to the way of helping hand.
TROPARION - Tone 5
O healthy Agapit, you healed the crumbling with eatable herbs,
And with humility class Anthony the Serious.
So accomplishment, you brought the skeptical surgeon to the Confidence,
Guiding him on the path of helping hand.
Get better our infirmities and pray to Christ our God for public who sing to you!
TROPARION - Tone 5
You proclaimed your assurance as a good surgeon.
You rebuked the Armenian and brought him to spirituality.
On one occasion dying you asked God for life,
And by this bliss brought him to Christ.
Now standing optimistically in advance the Lord
Wish for us, O healthy one!
SOURCE:
"SAINT OR Public holiday POSTED THIS Meet 2010(with 2009's accomplice trendy in the same way and add-on, 2008's):"
