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Saint Elesbaan, Emperor of Ethiopia 11/6/2013
Burning with zeal for the faith of Christ, this pious Emperor raised his army against the Prince Dhu-Nuwas, the cruel tormentor of the Christians in the land of Homerit. At the beginning of the war he did not have much success and lost many of his soldiers in the desert. Then he bitterly wept before God and promised that if God helped him win a victory over the sworn enemy of the Christians, he would enter a monastery and become a monk. After he had defeated Dju-Nuwas, Elesbaan returned to Ethiopia where he left the imperial palace without delay and joined a monastery. He lived an ascetic life as a true monk for fifteen years. God granted him the gift of working miracles in his life on earth and after his death. He fell asleep in the Lord in the year 555.
