Память преподобного Марка Постника

This holy ascetic surpassed all monks in his fasting life. Having devoted himself at the same time to the study of the Divine Scriptures, he achieved perfection in virtue, as evidenced by the teachings he wrote in 1738, and performed many miracles. The spiritual purity of the saint was so great that the monastery presbyter, as he himself testified with an oath, never taught him the Divine Mysteries with his own hand, but every time he approached Holy Communion, he accepted the Holy Gifts from the Angel, who held the spoon and gave him communion himself. The saint's servant said that he had never seen him spit on the ground, such was his meekness. The monk remained in the monastic rank for forty years and carried out the feat of fasting for sixty years 1739. One hundred years old, he departed to the Lord in 1740. The Monk Mark studied the word of God so completely that he knew all the Holy Scriptures by heart, and was a listener of St. John Chrysostom and wrote many instructive words. These words were published in Russian translation in 1858. It is believed that Rev. Mark accepted monasticism when he was 40 years old and labored in the monastic life for 60 years. The place of his exploits was Mount Nitria, located in lower Egypt, 70 versts south of Alexandria and west of the Nile River, near the Libyan Desert. The monk died around the middle of the 5th century. You might be interested in: