St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Las Vegas, NV
Orthros and Divine Liturgy for St. Panteleimon the Great Martyr and Healer
Mon, Jul 27
|St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Chur
Come celebrate the Feast of one of the most beloved Saints in our Community: The Unmercenary healer and Martyr who's Holy Relics are forever sealed in our Holy Altar Table since the consecration of our Church!
Time & Location
Jul 27, 2020, 8:00 AM
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Chur, 5300 El Camino Road, Las Vegas, NV, USA
About The Event
This Saint, who had Nicomedia as his homeland, was the son of Eustorgius and Eubula. His father was an idolater, but his mother was a Christian from her ancestors. It was through her that he was instructed in piety, and still later, he was catechized in the Faith of Christ by Saint Hermolaus (see July 26) and baptized by him. Being proficient in the physician's vocation, he practiced it in a philanthropic manner, healing every illness more by the grace of Christ than by medicines. Thus, although his parents had named him Pantoleon ("in all things a lion"), because of the compassion he showed for the souls and bodies of all, he was worthily renamed Panteleimon, meaning "all-merciful." On one occasion, when he restored the sight of a certain blind man by calling on the Divine Name, he enlightened also the eyes of this man's soul to the knowledge of…