Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Hilarionthe Great

of Gaza

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

“...he could tell by the smell of someone’s body or clothing which passion afflicted his soul.”
St. Hilarion the Great

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

291

Palestine

Death

371

CYPRUS, Byzantine Empire

Connected Sts.

Life path

  • Accepted Orthodoxy
  • Distributed possessions

Undertakings & Callings

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

God's Gifts

  • Expelling demons
  • Healing
  • Clairvoyance

Sufferings

  • Demons

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