Память преподобного Евсевия пустынника

No information has been preserved about the place of birth and parents of this saint. It is only known that he initially entered one monastery, and then left it, climbed to the top of the mountain, near which there was a village named Asikha 1405, and, having built a fence there from dry stones, began to exhaust his body. Throughout his life he wore nothing else on his body except leather clothing, and ate only pickled peas and beans. Disregarding his bodily weakness, the monk did this until his very old age, when all his teeth had already fallen out, so that it was no longer possible to chew food with them, and, courageously enduring all kinds of bad weather, he never lived in the house. His face was wrinkled and all the members of his body were so emaciated that the belt could not hold on to him: his legs and lower back were so thin. Since many people began to come to the monk, he, fearing fame, went to a nearby monastery and, having built a small fence near its wall, continued his usual exploits. The saint's fast reached such an extent that during the seven weeks of Great Lent he ate only 15 figs. Carrying out such a strict fasting life, the Monk Eusebius lived for more than 90 years and, after a serious illness, departed to the Lord in 1406. On the same day, the memory of the Monk Paphnutius and his daughter Euphrosyne. Their lives on September 25. The Monk Eusebius died around the year 400. You might be interested in: