Monahii, sfatuiti de Staretul Toma, au zis: “Noi din lume am fugit in aceasta pustie pentru dragostea lui Hristos, si prearusinos lucru ar fi sa fugim din pustie de frica oamenilor. De ar fi sa fim cu totii junghiati aici, junghiati vom fi pentru dragostea noastra pentru Hristos pentru Care am si venit sa locuim aici.” Astfel, pe unii dintre ei arabii i-au ucis cu sageti, iar pe altii i-au inchis de vii in pestera Sfantului Sava. La usa pesterii au pus apoi foc, astfel incat monahii dinauntru au murit cu totii sufocati de fum. Asa si-au dat sfintele lor suflete mucenicii lui Hristos. Mucenicia lor preaslavita a fost inaintea Praznicul Luminat al Invierii Domnului din anul 796 dupa Hristos, cand pe scaunul imparatiei Rasaritului se aflau Constantin si Irina, iar Patriarh al Ierusalimului era Arhiereul Ilie.

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Mucenicii Tai, Doamne, intru nevointele lor, cununile nestricaciunii au dobandit de la Tine, Dumnezeul nostru; ca avand puterea Ta pe chinuitori au invins; zdrobit-au si ale demonilor neputincioasele indrazniri. Pentru rugaciunile lor mantuieste sufletele noastre, Hristoase Dumnezeule.

Tot astazi, facem pomenirea:
– Sfantului Cuthbert;
– Sfantului Cuviosului Nichita Marturisitorul, episcopul Apoloniadei;
– A sfintelor sapte femei din Aminsos: Alexandra, Claudia, Rufrasia, Matrona, Iuliana, Eufimia si Teodosia;
– Sfantului Mucenic Rodian;
– Sfantului Achile;
– Sfantului Lolion;
– Sfantului Emanoil;
– Sfantului Mucenic Miron Criteanul.

Saint Cuthbert lived in the 7th century in what is now the United Kingdom . He is known for founding and leading several monasteries and carrying out rich missionary work in regions inhabited by pagans. He was a bishop loved by the people for his teachings and the gift of healing .

Around the year 700, at the request of a bishop and the monks of Lindisfarne, an anonymous author wrote the life of Saint Cuthbert , which includes several healings.

The saint healed a nobleman’s wife with water blessed by him .

An abbot of the Mailros monastery recounts how the saint cured a girl who had suffered from a severe headache for many years by anointing her with oil he had blessed.

A disabled young man was healed from a distance, as the saint sensed the power of his faith.

The same writing mentions that “in many places, the sick and those possessedacknowledged that the demons left them at his coming, often even before his arrival, and they never returned; others were healed by his presence and with a single word.”