Saint Stephen, formerly a courtier under the emperor Mauricius (582-602), left his service, and founded a hospice for the elderly at Armatia [Constantinople], and devoted himself totally to taking in strangers. He died peacefully in 614.
Saint Stephen, formerly a courtier under the emperor Mauricius (582-602), left his service, and founded a hospice for the elderly at Armatia [Constantinople], and devoted himself totally to taking in strangers. He died peacefully in 614.
The Orthodox Church in America
3/13/2018