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Saint Eumenius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gortyna in Crete 10/1/2013
From his early years he had ardently followed Christ, liberating himself from the two major burdens: the burden of riches and the burden of the body. He liberated himself from the first burden distributing his possessions to the poor and destitute, and from the other by austere fasting. Thus, he first healed himself and then began healing others. Dispassionate and filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit, Eumenius shone with light that could not be hidden. As it was written that a city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden (Matthew 5, 14) so Saint Eumenius could not hide himself from the world. Being a Bishop he guided the sheep of Christ as a good shepherd. He was father to the orphans, wealth to the poor, consolation of those in sorrow, healer of the sick and a great wonderworker. By his prayer he worked great many miracles: he took the life of a dangerous snake, he cast away demons, healed sick, and not only in his place, but also in Rome and Thebaid. In Thebaid he implored God for rain and put an end to a time of drought by his prayer; it was there that at last he completed his earthly life and inhabited the eternal dwellings of his Lord. He lived and acted in the 7 century.
