Today, Friday, July 19, the Church honors the memory of St. Dios, who came from Antioch of Syria and lived in the time of Theodosius the Great.
He received a profound theological education and gained a great reputation for his virtue and wisdom. He was ordained a priest in Constantinople, where he distinguished himself by great public activity and ended his life peacefully.
Today we also honor the memory of St. Macrina, daughter of Saints Basil and Emmelia and sister also of the Church saints Basil the Great, Navcratius, Peter Sebastia and Gregory of Nyssa.
The Life of St. Macrina is living proof that the family, when it follows the way of Christ, is indeed a "domestic church" and that its members are led harmoniously to purity and the Kingdom by prayer, mutual love and mutual support.
Osia Macrina, as an older woman, after helping to raise her brothers, continued her monastic life with her mother, asceticizing in a convent in Pontus, near the River Iris. As her brother Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, tells us, she spent the rest of her life in firm faith, deep prayer, diligent exercises and honorable works of charity.
She slept peacefully in the place of her repentance, having obtained great grace at the throne of the Triune God.
Bishop Grigoriou of Mesaori
He received a profound theological education and gained a great reputation for his virtue and wisdom. He was ordained a priest in Constantinople, where he distinguished himself by great public activity and ended his life peacefully.
Today we also honor the memory of St. Macrina, daughter of Saints Basil and Emmelia and sister also of the Church saints Basil the Great, Navcratius, Peter Sebastia and Gregory of Nyssa.
The Life of St. Macrina is living proof that the family, when it follows the way of Christ, is indeed a "domestic church" and that its members are led harmoniously to purity and the Kingdom by prayer, mutual love and mutual support.
Osia Macrina, as an older woman, after helping to raise her brothers, continued her monastic life with her mother, asceticizing in a convent in Pontus, near the River Iris. As her brother Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, tells us, she spent the rest of her life in firm faith, deep prayer, diligent exercises and honorable works of charity.
She slept peacefully in the place of her repentance, having obtained great grace at the throne of the Triune God.
Bishop Grigoriou of Mesaori
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