Commemorated on November 12
Saint Nilus the Myrrh-Gusher of Mt Athos was born in Greece, in a village named for St Peter, in the Zakoneia diocese. He was raised by his uncle, the hieromonk Macarius. Having attained the age of maturity, he received monastic tonsure and was found worthy of ordination to hierodeacon, and then to [...]
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Venerable Nilus the Myrrhgusher of Mt Athos
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St. Nilus on Love
Posted in Love and Mercy, St. Nilus on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Such a passionate lover “does not condemn either sinners or the children of this world… He desires to love and venerate all without any distinction”, for “after God he esteems all men as God himself”.
St. Nilus (Quoted in Ages of the Spiritual Life)
