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- Holy Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon (305)
- He was born in Nicomedia; his father was a pagan, his mother a
Christian. Through her he was taught the Christian Faith and baptized by
St Hermolaus (July 26). He became a physician, and practiced his art
with compassion and generosity, healing many more through his prayers as
by his medicines. His parents had named him Pantoleon ("in all things a
lion"), but because of his great compassion he was re-named Panteleimon
("all- merciful"). He once healed a man of blindness by calling on
Christ, which led the once-blind man to embrace the Faith. When asked
how he came to be healed he named Panteleimon as his healer and
proclaimed his newfound faith in Christ. For this the pagans executed
him, then arrested Panteleimon, who after many tortures was beheaded in
305. He is counted as the foremost of the Unmercenary Physicians.
- St Clement, Archbishop of Ochrid (916)
- He was a disciple of Saints Methodius and Cyril, working with them
in their missionary labors in Moravia. After the death of St Methodius,
Clement and many others of their mission were driven out of Moravia by
the Germans, and traveled south. Clement, with his five companions
Gorazd, Nahum, Sava and Angelarius, crossed the Danube, stayed for a
time with King Boris Michael, and settled in near Ochrid (in what is now
Kosova, Yugoslavia). He founded a monastery at Belica, then moved to
Ochrid, where he built a church dedicated to St Panteleimon. There he
continued the work of Sts Cyril and Methodius, producing many books in
the new Slavonic script for the help of the Slavic Orthodox people.
Saint Clement performed miracles in his own lifetime and after his
repose: his wonder-working relics are still venerated in a church
dedicated to him. He reposed in peace.
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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