Память преподобного Македония Пустынника

The Monk Macedonius chose the tops of mountains as the place and field of his exploits, not stopping anywhere for a long time, but constantly moving from one place to another within Phenicia, Syria and Cilicia 955 in order to avoid topics of conversation with visitors. The blessed one lived in this way for forty-five years, having neither a hut nor a tent, but living in a deep cave. When the Monk Macedonius grew old, he asked the pilgrims who visited him to build him a small cell, in which he lived for twenty-five years, without going out either to the brethren who settled near him or to strangers. In total, Saint Macedonius labored for seventy years; for more than forty years he ate one seed, crushed and moistened with water; Afterwards, due to weakness, he began to eat a little bread and water. The Lord glorified him with the gift of miracles: the monk cast out demons, healed various diseases and performed other miracles. One day they brought a woman to St. Macedonius who suffered from an illness that manifested itself in excessive consumption of food: she ate thirty chickens a day. The relatives tearfully asked the monk to help the sick woman. Through the prayers of the saint, this woman was healed and then could not eat even a quarter of a chicken a day. Having lived angelically on earth, having been rewarded with the gift of prophecy, having been granted the grace of the priesthood, the Monk Macedonius rested peacefully in the Lord 956. These countries are located along the North-Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; they are cut along the sea coast by the mountain ranges of Lebanon in the south and Amana (Alma-Dag) in the north. You might be interested in: