Holy Healer Panteleimon was born in Nicomedia (Asia Minor).His father was a noble pagan Eustorgius.The parents gave him the name Pantoleon (around the lion), because they wanted his son to grow up fearless and courageous.His mother was a Christian and wanted to bring him to this religion, but soon died.The father gave his son to a pagan school.Then he studied doctoring the famous doctor in the town of Euphrosyne.Young Pantoleon once presented to the Emperor Maximian who wanted to leave the youth court physician.
At that time lived in Nicomedia secretly Christian priests Hermippos, Ermolai and Ermokrat.They survived the persecutions of 303, when twenty thousand Christians were burned.Ermolai once drew attention to the young man invited me and started talking about the Christian religion.The future saint healer Panteleimon became a frequent visitor to it.He listened with interest stories about Jesus Christ.
Once a young man returning from his teacher and saw that the road is a dead child, and near writhing snake bit him.Pantoleon felt sorry for the child, and he began to pray as Ermolai taught him, and ask God for the resurrection of the dead man and the death of the snake.As a doctor, he understood that the child is no longer possible to help, but the Christian priest said to the Lord the impossible does not exist.The future saint healer Panteleimon himself decided if his request fulfilled, it will take Christianity.Then a miracle happened.Snake was torn to pieces, and the dead man came to life, to the great surprise of the young men.
Then Ermolai christened Man.Christian Pantoleon then often led the conversation with his father, urging him to accept the true faith.One day a young man led the blind man, whom no one could cure.The future saint healer Panteleimon asked God to return his sight, and the blind man received his sight.What happened miracle entirely convinced Evstrogiya, and he became a Christian.
After his father died, Pantoleon devoted himself to the sick, the poor and needy.He treated free of all those who approached him, visited prisoners in prison.All his patients recovered.Man - a being envious.Nicomedia doctors were not the exception.They told the emperor that Pantoleon to Christianity.Maximian tried to persuade the doctor, which is very appreciated in order to dispel the accusation, to offer sacrifice to the pagan idols.However Pantoleon not do.In the eyes of the emperor, he named Jesus healed the paralytic.
Maximian angry, subjected to terrible tortures his doctor and ordered the execution.Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon was hung on the tree.His body was torn with iron hooks, burned candles, tortured molten tin, stretched on the wheel.He not once was a martyr, God and strengthened his spirit.Pantolenon, despite the torture, remained intact.Emperor executed Ermolai teacher, and ordered him to tear itself in the arena of wild animals for the amusement of the crowd.However, the animals began to lick his feet.People began to scream and beg pardon the innocent, and glorify Christ.Maximian gave orders to kill all those who do the latter.The animals were killed too.
Then the emperor ordered to cut off the head of your doctor.When he prayed before his execution, one of the soldiers struck him with the sword, but the metal softened and became like wax.At this point, the martyr, God opened it, and called Panteleimon abundant.
With this name he entered the Church's Tradition.Everyone saw the soldiers and ordinary people.They refused to execute Panteleimon.But the martyr ordered them to continue.When he was beheaded, olive tree, to which he was tied, flourished.The body of the saint was thrown into the fire, but it has remained unscathed.In memory of the great martyr erected many temples.There is the source of St. Panteleimon the Healer.And not one.In honor of his name many sources, whose water has healing power.
