St. Nilus, the Myrrh-Guster of Mount Athos icon Size:6 X 8Orthodox icon of Saint Nilus, the Myrrh Guster of Mount Athos. Saint Nilus the Myrrh Gusher of Mt Athos was born in Greece, in a village named for St Peter, in the Zakoneia diocese. He was raised by his uncle, the hieromonk Macarius. Having attained the age of maturity, he received monastic tonsure and was found worthy of ordination to hierodeacon, and then to hieromonk. The desire for greater monastic struggles brought uncle and nephew to Mt Athos,
May you leave the darkness and come to the light
and then they preached to the Jews and the Gentiles at Pisidian Antioch and throughout all that region
together with a most subtle analysis of thoughts and stirrings of soul provide guidance for anyone who resolves to read the works of Abba Dorotheus
In this icon we have Theotokos holding Christ and be surrounding by all the Prophets of the Old Testament that they prophesied about her
From the years 374 to 381 he lived the monastic life in the hermitages that were near Antioch
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Orthodox icon of Theotokos the "Life Giving Spring" (3)
He gave some gold to the Abbess and asked her to allow him to be buried there
as the Lord directed me(Mt
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and they sought him out to hear his teaching
By order of the empress Theodora
