Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Barbarusof Lucania

in Thessaly · a former robber · the Myrrhgusher

Martyr· Red: Colour of spilt blood

“Thinking that this was an animal, they shot several arrows from their bows. Coming closer, they were terrified to see that they had mortally wounded a man.”
St. Barbarus of Lucania

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

Unknown

Death

9th century

Bitola, Bulgarian Empire

Life path

  • RASOPHORE
  • Robber
  • Enlightened by God

Undertakings & Callings

  • Asceticism
  • Anchorism
  • Verigi

God's Gifts

  • Divine Light
  • Healing
  • Myrrh-streaming relics

Sufferings

  • Shot

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