#desertfather

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Today we celebrate the memory of the Holy Ascetic and Fool-for-Christ Symeon. Saint Symeon became a monk in the desert when travelling throughout the Holy Lands and venerating the Holy Sites. After many years in the desert, he felt the calling to go into the world to help his fellow people. In order not to be commended for his work, he took on the guise of a fool for which he was treated poorly by most, but respected dearly by a select few who knew his degree of virtue. A few days before his death, he was informed in a vision of his departure from this life, and so he secluded himself in a cell where he spent his last days in prayer and solitude. May he intercede for us always + #saint #symeon #foolforchrist #fool #christ #jesus #prayer #desert #desertfather #desertdweller #orthodox #saintoftheday (at Urfa, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjxGdWrNRk/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today we also celebrate Saint Macarius the Great of Egypt, a great desert father of the early church. May he intercede for us all + #saint #macarius #great #egypt #desertfather #desert #father #earlychurch #church #orthodox #sophia https://www.instagram.com/p/Bszb_RHl-3e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r0jtp8c9ga5f

[thesynaxarium]

Today we celebrate the memory of the Holy Ascetic and Fool-for-Christ Symeon. Saint Symeon became a monk in the desert when travelling throughout the Holy Lands and venerating the Holy Sites. After many years in the desert, he felt the calling to go into the world to help his fellow people. In order not to be commended for his work, he took on the guise of a fool for which he was treated poorly by most, but respected dearly by a select few who knew his degree of virtue. A few days before his death, he was informed in a vision of his departure from this life, and so he secluded himself in a cell where he spent his last days in prayer and solitude. May he intercede for us always + #saint #symeon #foolforchrist #fool #christ #jesus #prayer #desert #desertfather #desertdweller #orthodox #sophia

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The Fathers return!

[thesynaxarium]

Yesterday we celebrated the memory of the Holy Ascetic and Fool-for-Christ Symeon. Saint Symeon became a monk in the desert when travelling throughout the Holy Lands and venerating the Holy Sites. After many years in the desert, he felt the calling to go into the world to help his fellow people. In order not to be commended for his work, he took on the guise of a fool for which he was treated poorly by most, but respected dearly by a select few who knew his degree of virtue. A few days before his death, he was informed in a vision of his departure from this life, and so he secluded himself in a cell where he spent his last days in prayer and solitude. May he intercede for us always + #saint #symeon #foolforchrist #fool #christ #jesus #prayer #desert #desertfather #desertdweller #orthodox #sophia