The Great Martyr And Healer Panteleimon

St. Panteleimon (Festival Day - July 27)St Panteleimon was innate about 284 AD in the urban of Nicodemia. His onset, Evstorgios, was an idolater once his mother, Evoulis, was a devout Christian. She raised her son, whose real name was Pantoleonta, in the Christian way of life. She agreed to one side once her son was torpid simple.Fundamental Pantoleonta was urbane in his resident dialogue and also in Greek. His onset sent him to study under the je ne sais quoi surgeon, Evfrosinos. Hastily he surpassed the other students. He was signal, dainty relaxed, reduced and all who tease with him felt true lightheadedness and good relations. In view of the fact that of these virtues, he became well recognized in Nicodemia. One day he went with Evfrosinos to the palace and it was stylish that the independent, Maximian, prime minister saw him. He instructed Evfrosinos to provoke Pantoleonta to the most so that he may possibly be owing ceremonial surgeon.At that time, St Ermolaos, the be the forerunner of the Church in Nicodemia, lived in a native land with other Christians. He watched Pantoleonta every day as he went to his studies and finally asked him about his religion. Pantoleonta told him that once his mother was vivid he had been a Christian, but now his onset had ready him reverence the pagans. Ermolaos told him that if he understood with all his station in the true God he would be adept to regard character with His help. Pantoleonta undeniable everything he was told and from that time on, he went to Ermolaos for good word and began to welcome Christ with all his station.Existence agreed, and one day, with the dust of God, Pantoleonta saved a child from tap down death once upon a time being bitten by a beast. He considered necessary no extreme backing that Christ was the true God. Ermolaos baptised Pantoleonta, gave him Pious Communion, and instructed him in the Sacraments of the Pious Church. He remained for seven days with this holy man, and popular this time he became blatant au fait with the experience and practices of the Church.Promptly, Pantoleonta was working towards his father's salvation to Christianity. This was finally achieved in the past he saw his son regard a man of his blindness. By the dust of God, the man regained his viewpoint, not free brusquely, but besides morally, for previous this time he was an idolater. Pantoleonta took the man and his onset to St Ermolaos who baptised them.Pantoleonta circulate his wealth in the midst of the indicate and also proceeded to regard all who came to him. The free guarantee the St would ask was that the healed reputation take in that Jesus Christ was their true healer. The other physicians became very greedy and short to hoodwink the Saint to the Ruler, a group of them went to Maximian and told him that the doctor that he himself had urbane was healing Christians and that the idolaters were converting to Christianity. As backing, the sun shelter man who was cured was brought previous the Ruler, who tried to suit him that the gods had cured him and not Christ. But it was chilling. Maximian realised that everything the doctors had told him was true. He controlled that the man be beheaded. The Saint clandestinely took the man's organization and covert it in a Christian place.Pantoleonta was controlled to let off previous the Ruler, who described the charges that were brought previous him and controlled Pantoleonta to pay to the gods. The Saint refused. The false-priests and doctors begged the Ruler to accomplish him so that Christianity would not awareness in occurrence in the midst of the compete. Unable to rewrite his beliefs, Maximian controlled that the Saint be distressed. Basic they attached him to a board and tore his shell with soft claws. Then, the band burned him with their torches. The Saint prayed to God to consider him zeal to deem the nuisance. Following the Saint was under enemy control and positioned in a kettle but the tar remained cool right to be heard him. The Ruler premeditated the miracles to be magic illusion performed by Pantoleonta. Permanent with his efforts he had a marble attached to the Saint and bewildered participating in the sea. The marble became light and the Saint floated on the water. Maximian torpid refused to recognise the power of the true God. Following the Saint was positioned in the stadium but the disorderly beasts inaudibly walked towards him and licked his feet. The huddle up cheered and together praised God and Pantoleonta. Maximian was incensed and had all the nature butchered. The speculate served to honour the Saint and to elucidation others the way of politeness.The Saint was submitted to even better tortures. He was attached to a slide along and also rolled down a prejudice. The object was to come apart the Saint's Figure to pieces. Moderately, it rolled all through not the same idolaters and killed them. The Saint again suffered no harm.Pantoleonta staid to bring St Ermolaos to the compete, in the role of his words may possibly modify even better pagans to Christianity. Ermolaos and two other men, Ermocratis and Ermippon, were brought previous the Ruler who tried to suit them that they understood in a forced God. Unable to make them put away their acclaim they were distressed and finally beheaded. The bodies were clandestinely under enemy control by some Christians and covert with honour.The beaten Ruler agreed definitive discovery on the Saint. He was to he beheaded and his organization was to he cremated. The Saint was under enemy control and attached to an rural tree. As the competitor raised his sword to decapitate the Saint, the sword melted as if it were ready of wax. The band hack to their lap up and admitted their beliefs in Christ. The Saint prayed for them and forgave them for their sins. A about came from heaven, saying to Pantoleonta that all he had asked for had been fixed and that from this time on he would he recognized not as Pantoleonta, but as Panteleimon (All-merciful). He stressed the band to decapitate him so that he may possibly total the crest of martyrdom. Overdue kissing the Saint, the band beheaded him. St Panteleimon gave his life for Christ on 27 July 304 AD. It is meant that the rural tree to which he was attached, right away bloomed and brought forth fruit. Ordeal of this, the Ruler controlled that the tree be cut down and that the organization be burned. The band, however, did not return to the palace. They and other Christians, took the holy organization and covert it. The organization was anointed with myrrh and covert outskirts of the urban in the Sort out of the Learner Adamantinos.St John of Damascus informs us that the trash were hot to Constantinople, however, in the 12th century they were unworldly by the Crusaders. St Panteleimon is methodically asked by supportive Christians to aid them in times of unwillingness. He is understood to thump special concern in relatives who are crippled. He is premeditated parallel to the Humane Saints Kosmas and Damianos.APOLYTIKION IN THE THIRD TONEPanteleimon, saintly backing and healer, settle with our civil God to give away our souls remission of sins.KONTAKION IN THE PLAGAL OF THE Basic TONEO Provide for and Dead person of God, imitating the Benign and manner from Him the dust of healing, regard our spiritual tribulations by your prayers, and set free from the inducement of the eternal rival relatives who without end cry out, "Stock us, O Lady."Effectively