Saints of Orthodoxy

St. PorphyriusArchbishop of Gaza

Holy Hierarch· Gold: Colour of the kings

“As he lay half-conscious at the foot of Golgotha... He beheld Jesus Christ descending from the Cross and saying to him, 'Take this Wood and preserve it.'”
St. Porphyrius Archbishop of Gaza

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

346

Thessalonica, Byzantine Empire

Death

420

Gaza, Palestine

Life path

  • Archbishop
  • Distributed possessions
  • Shoemaker

Undertakings & Callings

  • Asceticism
  • Defending the faith
  • Preaching

God's Gifts

  • Wonderworking
  • Healing
  • Spiritual vision

Sufferings

  • Sickness

Places

  • Egypt
  • Jerusalem, Holy Land

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