Saint Memnon

Saint Memnon the Wonderworker was alive during the second century A.D.[1] [2]He was a hegumen of an Egyptian monastery. His feast day is April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).

In the Egyptian desert he practised religious asceticism.[3]

He is said to have performed a number of miracles. Some of his miracles include causing a spring to gush forth, destroying a plague of locusts, curing illnesses and saving boats from destruction.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. period in which alive from the website copyrighted to © PRAVOSLAVIE.RU Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 20130214
  2. "Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. translated by le bien Fr. S. Janos.(© 1996-2001 Fr. S. Janos) retrieved 17:43 13.10.11
  4. Orthodox Church in America Retrieved 20140214
  5. Serbian Orthodox Church retrieved 20130214
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