Память преподобного отца нашего Павсикакие, епископа Синадского

The birthplace of Blessed Pavsikaki was the city of Apamea 3221, and he came from noble, noble and zealous parents in true Christian piety. During his upbringing, while still at a young age, he devoted himself to strict fasting, prayer and other harsh labors, which is why he subsequently accepted monasticism. Eating only a small amount of bread and water and having achieved the gift of healing through prayer, he healed bodily and at the same time mental ailments. Thus, having entered into battle with demons, he drove them out in absentia from the possessed, restored sight to the blind, straightened those who were crumpled, and performed other wondrous miracles. When rumors spread about this, he became known to the Archbishop of Constantinople, Blessed Kyriakos 3222, who, having ordained him episcopalally, appointed him bishop of the Synadic Church 3223. Having become a bishop, Saint Pausikaki immediately expelled the church wolves 3225 from his flock with a sling 3224 words and, like infected members of the body, chopped them up with his verbal sword and threw them out so that they would not cause any harm to healthy members. Caring so zealously for his flock and thereby assisting them in the cause of salvation, the monk traveled to the city of Constantinople and there healed the Emperor Mauritius from the illness with which he was then obsessed, for which the emperor, with a golden seal, sent him to his city the reward he deserved in the amount of one liter of 3226 gold. When the monk was returning from Constantinople to Synada, while in Silon 3227, he brought out a source of water from the ground with prayer, and his companions quenched their thirst. Having lived so piously and pleasing to God and having accomplished the salvation of many, Saint Pausikakis left this life and went to his beloved Lord 3228. The city of Apamea was located in southwestern Syria near the Orontes River. This city was in ancient times the main city of the Syrian region of Apamena and received its name from Apama, the wife of Seleucus I, the ruler of Syria. Cyriacus was patriarch in Constantinople from 592 to 606. Sinad or Sinada is a city in the north of Phrygia, now ruins near Eskipara - Gassaf. A sling is a hand-held tool for throwing stones. “The Sling of the Word” is the power of the word. The name church wolves refers to heretics and freethinkers, as well as people leading a shameful lifestyle and persistent in their depravity. A liter is a unit of weight equal to 72 spools (1 spool ≈ 4.265 grams). Silon or according to the Greek prologue Solon is unknown in location. The Monk Pavsikakis died in 606. You might be interested in: