Saint Spyridon was born in the small settlement of Askia on the Greek island of Cyprus, which was then under the rule of the Roman Empire. Since childhood, he was gentle and pious child. He worked herding sheep and prayed a lot. When Spiridon has grown, its benefactors only increased. He helped the needy, feeding the hungry, giving shelter bezdomnym.Blagodarya humility, it opened the gifts of healing, exorcism, and insight.
Once he began to reign the first Christian emperor, Constantine the Great, St. Spyridon became the first bishop in the Cypriot city Trimifunt. Through the prayers of the saint the city is not just avoiding drought and famine, and his compassion and love for others grew with each passing day. It saves a lot of evidence of the miracles that took place St. Spyridon.
Some time later, St. relics were transferred to Constantinople, and still later to the Greek island of Corfu, where resting today.
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