When our body twists the ailment, when the spirit and will are broken, and the hope for doctors melts, like the spring ice, we turn to other forces, higher and more powerful. In us, faith awakens - in God, in the saints and their help, in healing.
Origins of miracle work
St. Panteleimon, an icon with an image of which is found in almost every family, who professes Christianity in earnest, and in every temple, has long since been carrying a second name that has become his own - the Healer. The glorious history of a young man who dedicated himself to the Lord and endowed with the mighty gift of healing is one of the most interesting and revealing in the hagiographic literature. He was a resident of the Asia Minor city of Nicodemia. He was born into a wealthy family, whose head was an ardent pagan, and his mother worshiped Christ from her youth. True, she did it secretly - the then new religion was under strict prohibition, and her followers were subjected to severe persecution and cruel persecution. However, the future St. Panteleimon mother remembered little - she soon went to another world. But the beneficial influence that she exerted on the personality of the son, the grain of true faith, sown by her on the fertile soil of his soul, did not hesitate to manifest themselves. Father wanted his son to become a doctor - a profession revered and very profitable in Asia Minor. Especially since he himself, not yet St. Panteleimon, but simply a young man Pantoleon (pagan version of the name) showed considerable ability for this profession. But his teacher, the most famous at that time physician Euphrosin, shared not only scientific knowledge with the pupil, but also spiritual.
Healer of God
The fact that the Lord noted the youth with his grace and endowed with wonderful abilities, opened quickly enough. Saint Panteleimon saw a child dying from a bite of echidna. With warm prayers, with an open heart, he turned to the Heavenly Father - to give him the arts to save the life of the boy. The words were heard - Panteleimon snatched the boy out of the clutches of death, and then he was named after him - Healer. Soon Pantoleon was baptized. He continued to work miracles for the glory of the Lord, and the glory of him, his amazing gift and opportunities, has reached Rome. St. Panteleimon followed the commandments of God. He distributed his wealth to the disadvantaged, he did not take money from the poor, but what the wealthy patients gave him, he also distributed to the poor and hungry for needs. The Healer's father at first denied it. But once I saw how the son healed the power of prayer of the blind boy. The shaken old pagan repented of his sins and believed in the one whose name he created such unprecedented things.
Spiritual field
Needless to say, Panteleimon treated not only bodies and physical ailments. He used every opportunity to tell people about Christ, to testify about his love, power and holiness. Naturally, the people deeply respected and respected their doctor. But other pagan doctors lost clients, earned money, and so they hated a talented young man. In Rome, one after the other, there were denunciations. By order of Maximilian, the Emperor of Rome, a Christian doctor was seized, sent to prison and cruelly tortured. But the holy Great Martyr Panteleimon did not die from the tortured tortures. To finish once and for all with a formidable opponent, the emperor ordered to deprive the Healer of the head, and send the body to the fire. The command was executed. However, even after death, miracles continued: the fire did not burn a millimeter of the saint's body. It was secretly buried by Christians, and Panteleimon himself remained alive - in the memory of the people as a great passion-bearer, the hope of all sick and feeble. The day of remembrance is celebrated by all believers on 9 August.
Turn to him with prayer - and the saint will hear you. Hear and help!