The Monk Martyr Zosimus came from Cilicia and was an inhabitant of the wilderness.
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A certain ruler, Evagre of Tsikhedidi, would often go hunting in the area where Saint Shio lived. On one of his excursions he happened upon venerable Shio and was so awed by his wondrous way of life that he decided to remain there with him.
Fr. Andrei Chizhenko
Fr. Basil suddenly felt as if an icy needle had left his heart. He quietly wept, fell to his knees before this miracle and whispered: “O Lord! Forgive me! Forgive me, a sinner! I know You are with me. You are ALWAYS with me!”
Fr. James Guirguis
Here we are confronted with the ten lepers and we see their reverence. Why did they have such reverence?
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When she was fifteen, Genevieve was taken to Paris to enter the monastic life. Through fasting, vigil and prayer, she progressed in monasticism, and received from God the gifts of clairvoyance and of working miracles. Gradually, the people of Paris and the surrounding area regarded Genevieve as a holy vessel (2 Tim. 2:21).
