Saints of Orthodoxy

St. EumeniusBishop of Gortyna

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“His prayers were so strong before God that once, during a drought, he called forth abundant rain upon the earth.”
St. Eumenius Bishop of Gortyna

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

Unknown

Death

668

Thebaid, Egypt

Life path

  • Monk
  • Bishop
  • Distributed possessions

Undertakings & Callings

  • Comforting of the poor
  • Defending the faith

Sufferings

  • Exile

Eras

  • Monophysite heresy

Places

  • Crete, Greece

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