Память преподобного Поплия

The Monk Poplius belonged to the class of senators 998 and came from the city of Zeugma 999, on the Euphrates. Having chosen a place on a high mountain, thirty miles from the city, Saint Poplius built a small hut and then distributed all the property he received from his parents to the poor; He himself began to live a virtuous and fasting life, the fame of which spread widely. Those who wanted to share his exploits began to flock to the monk in large numbers; He ordered them to set up cramped cells, in which he visited his students very often, strictly observing that they had nothing in their cells except the most necessary; The monk Poplius weighed the bread that the monks had on scales, and if anyone had more than a certain amount of bread, he called him a glutton, overly concerned about his body; those from whom he found prepared food, he called those who tasted defilement. At night the holy father did not seek peace for himself, but walked around the disciples’ cells, stopping outside at each one’s door. The monk would leave silently if he caught an inhabitant of his cell praying; if he was sleeping, Saint Poplius would hit the door with his hand and sternly reproach the lazy monk. Thanks to the saint’s constant communication with his disciples, many of them became like the saint in asceticism; two of these, Theoteknos and Auphonius, after the death of the Monk Poplius, took care of the brethren and abbotted the monastery founded by the holy ascetic. Blessed Poplius peacefully accomplished his great feat and departed to the Lord 1000. Senators are members of the highest government office in the Roman Empire. In Syria, in the Roman province of Euphratesia. You might be interested in: