Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Gerasimusof the Jordan

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

“...a lion had aided Saint Gerasimus in his tasks, and upon the death of the Elder it died at his grave ...the lion is depicted on icons of the saint, at his feet.”
St. Gerasimus of the Jordan

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

4th century

Lycia, Asia Minor

Death

475

Palestine

Connected Sts.

Undertakings & Callings

  • Desert-dwelling
  • Founding a monastery
  • Fasting
  • Asceticism

God's Gifts

  • Angel Seer
  • Animal submission

Sufferings

  • Heresy

Places

  • Thebaid, Egypt

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