Память святого отца нашего Полувия, епископа Ринокирского

Our venerable father Poluvius was a disciple of Saint Epiphanius. He accompanied his teacher when he was sailing on a ship, returning from the city of Constantinople. At that time Saint Epiphanius said to him: - Child Poluviy! Now I’m leaving this life; fulfill my commandment, go to Egypt, for even after my death I will take care of you. And when Saint Epiphanius died, Poluvius, without waiting for his burial, since his body was not buried for ten days, went according to his will to Egypt, and there the chief of the city of Rinokyra 3161 met him and asked him: “From Cyprus,” answered Poluvius, for I was a disciple of Epiphanius, the archbishop of Cyprus, who had already departed to the Lord. The city ruler Rinokyra was greatly saddened by the death of the monk and, inviting Saint Poluvius to his place, installed him as a bishop in his city. For his virtuous and immaculate life, Saint Poluvius was awarded the gift of miracles. So, through prayer, he brought down rain from the sky and thereby multiplied the fruits in the fields. Having reached a very old age, he departed to the Lord 3162. The city of Rinokir was located in the mountainous part of the Thebaid Desert in upper (southern) Egypt. Saint Polubius died in the 5th century. You might be interested in: