Память преподобного отца нашего Петра чудотворца

The birthplace of this saint was the city of Constantinople. He came from God-fearing parents. When the saint’s parents accepted the monastic rank, and soon after them his two brothers, Paul and Dionysus, took monastic vows, he, imitating them and wanting to lead the same life as them, also accepted monasticism together with his brother Plato. Having become a monk, he devoted himself to monastic life with such zeal that he surpassed all his peers in this, for, trying first to imitate them, and then all other monks, he adopted virtues from them and applied them to his life. With his high ascetic life, he won the love of the then Italian bishop Nicholas 2949, who had the desire to honor him with the episcopal rank, but he declined this, citing the fact that he considered himself unworthy of such an honor. Bishop Nicholas then went to his brother, Paul, and, as a consolation for the Corinthian church, which did not have a bishop at that time, he ordained him bishop of the city of Corinth 2950. After this, the Monk Peter, turning away from intense requests to accept the bishopric, came to his brother Paul in Corinth and imposed a vow of silence on himself, but stayed there for only one year, not completing his feat, since 2951 noble people and ship owners came to Paul in Corinth from a distant country and asked him to appoint his brother as bishop for them, due to the fact that their bishop had died. They so insistently asked Saint Peter himself to be their bishop that he, not finding the strength to refuse them, decided to flee from Corinth, but when quite a lot of time passed, and those who came with even greater insistence continued their requests, he was finally touched by their tears and accepted their offer. Having accepted the episcopal rank, the monk devoted himself with all zeal to the work of church teaching and with his zeal paid for the zeal of his flock towards him. In acts of mercy, he went so far as to not spare even his clothes for the poor. He fed orphans, took care of widows, delivered food to the poor, and secretly gave alms to everyone who needed it. When one day there was a lean year and famine visited the country, he fed many thousands of starving people with unrelenting alms. At this time it happened once that there was little food left in the vessel, but the monk soon found it completely full, so that the food in it was enough for those in need for a whole year. Out of his mercy for the suffering, he ransomed captives and freed the weak from the violence of strong people. In addition, he healed one demon-possessed young woman, predicted disaster for the Peloponnese in 2952 in a parable, and long ago foresaw the day of his death. Having reached the age of seventy and having performed countless good deeds, he gave his blessed soul to the Lord. And after his death, he performed miracles, releasing fragrance from his tomb, casting out demons and healing all sorts of diseases, and also admonishing those who were looking for this at his tomb 2953. It was the Patriarch of Constantinople Nicholas I the Mystic. In 895 he took the Patriarchal See of Constantinople, in 906 for excommunication from St. Communion of Emperor Leo VI the Philosopher on the occasion of his fourth marriage with Zoe, the emperor was exiled to the island of Iria, and in 911 he was returned again to his see, which he occupied until his death, which followed in 925. Corinth is the oldest city in Greece, located in the northern part of ancient Argolis, on the shores of the Gulf of Corinth. The foundation of the Christian church there was laid by St. ap. Pavel. Those. from the city of Argos, located on the shores of the Argoladian Gulf. The fact that the Monk Peter was a bishop in the city of Argos is stated in one of the synaxarions. It also says that he was ordained bishop by Patriarch Nicholas I the Mystic. In ancient times, the southern part of what is now Greece was called the Peloponnese. The monk died in the 10th century. His relics were transferred from Argos to Nauplia in 1421. When the coffin was opened, as eyewitnesses said, the earth shook, the air was filled with incense, and many healings flowed. You might be interested in: