E06772: The Greek Life of *Gerasimos of the Jordan (ascetic in Palestine, ob. 475, S01507) recounts the life of its hero as a miracle working ascetic. Written in Palestine, in the 7th c. or later.
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posted on 2018-10-08, 00:00 authored by BryanLife of Gerasimos of the Jordan (CPG 7543 = BHG 693)
Summary:
1. Gerasimos was born in Lycia where he became a monk in his youth. He came to the Holy Land and initially joined the Monophysite schismatic monks, but was converted to Chalcedonian Orthodoxy by *Euthymios (S01352).
2-4. Initially living as an anchorite, he established a coenobium and laura near Jericho, where a very strict style of asceticism was practised. The people of Jericho supported the monks with regular donations of provisions.
5-6. Gerasimos was miraculously notified of the death of Euthymios, through a vision of the latter’s soul being assumed into Heaven. The story was recounted by *Kyriakos of Souka (S01625), who was then Gerasimos’ disciple and accompanied him at the funeral of Euthymios.
7-9. Gerasimos healed the wounded leg of a lion which, from then on, followed and served him for five years, till the end of his life. The saint named the lion Iordanes. At Gerasimos’ death, Iordanes the lion happened to be away. When the lion returned and was shown its master’s tomb, it wept and died.
10. Gerasimos died on 5 March 475, and was succeeded in the leadership of his monasteries by Basileios and Stephanos, both of whom died in 481, and by the wonder-working Eugenios who died on 19 August 529.
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1897. Summary: Efthymios Rizos.
Summary:
1. Gerasimos was born in Lycia where he became a monk in his youth. He came to the Holy Land and initially joined the Monophysite schismatic monks, but was converted to Chalcedonian Orthodoxy by *Euthymios (S01352).
2-4. Initially living as an anchorite, he established a coenobium and laura near Jericho, where a very strict style of asceticism was practised. The people of Jericho supported the monks with regular donations of provisions.
5-6. Gerasimos was miraculously notified of the death of Euthymios, through a vision of the latter’s soul being assumed into Heaven. The story was recounted by *Kyriakos of Souka (S01625), who was then Gerasimos’ disciple and accompanied him at the funeral of Euthymios.
7-9. Gerasimos healed the wounded leg of a lion which, from then on, followed and served him for five years, till the end of his life. The saint named the lion Iordanes. At Gerasimos’ death, Iordanes the lion happened to be away. When the lion returned and was shown its master’s tomb, it wept and died.
10. Gerasimos died on 5 March 475, and was succeeded in the leadership of his monasteries by Basileios and Stephanos, both of whom died in 481, and by the wonder-working Eugenios who died on 19 August 529.
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1897. Summary: Efthymios Rizos.
History
Evidence ID
E06772Saint Name
Gerasimos, anchorite, founder of a monastery in the Judean desert, ob. 475. : S01507 Euthymios, abbot of Palestine, ob.473 : S01352 Kyriakos, monk of the Monastery of Souka/Chariton, ob. 556 : S01625Saint Name in Source
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