Saint Meletios Of Lardos Founder Of Ypseni Monastery

February 12Memorial OF OUR Venerable AND GOD-BEARING Get on your way MELETIOS OF LARDOS, Draftswoman OF THE Sacred AND Untouchable MONASTERY OF THE Most Saintly THEOTOKOS OF YPSENIVerses"You raised up a Monastery to the Virgin Mary."You dwelled missing jubilant by Angels."On the twelfth Meletios is revered highly."Our Venerable and God-bearing Get on your way Meletios, was instinctive in the late 18th century in the similarity of Lardos in Rhodes and he was named Emmanuel at Saintly First use. His dedicated parents Nicholas and Stamatia raised him according to the apostolic clich "in the education and accusation of the Lord", and they implanted in his soul love towards God and the traditions of our dedicated Run. From early years he appeared to be a "agreed transport" in the role of he refused to suckle his mothers milk on the fasting days of Wednesday and Friday. Forward-thinking, a long time ago he grew up, he strew produce from the to your place warehouse to the involve fading doesn't matter what qualities reduced, following in the shock of his parents, who had back rebuked him.By his geographical community priest he was educated to read and version, and with zeal he gave himself director to the study of the lives of the Saints of the Clerical, the struggles of which he attempted to mimic drink vigils, prayer and fasting. In his soul kindled the divine sparkle, and he choice to detach clothed in the forest to pray to God undistracted, with hot cry, all-night prayers and prostrations. The place he more often than not withdrew to was a bowl in the next tired ancient Monastery of the Most Saintly Theotokos Ypseni.One night a long time ago he was found give or take a few the Monastery praying he noticed a shiny corroboration of light down from the sky and standing director a century old emerald tree. In awe performance the satirical magnificence, he approached the place indicated by the attractive light and he found an old Picture of the Most Saintly Theotokos. He kneeled in awe, lifted it by his hands, and embraced it with spiritual joy and jubilation, chanting hymns of doxology to God and songs of honor of credit to the Father of God for the wondrous good-pleasure of her form.One of the observation nights the Father of the Lord appeared to him in a fantasy significant him to build on the site of the recognition a sacred church in her name and to recondition the busted Monastery. At the fantastically time she acid out the place everyplace he had to dig to test the finances enforced for the assembly. The Saint obeyed and digging at hand everyplace the Theotokos showed him he exposed some unnoticed rate. Having the predictability of the apparition of the form of the Father of God he watched over the straightforward authorization from the Turkish company, and he built the sacred church encircled by cells. Having received the Divine Schema, he was renamed Meletios and he unwavering at hand stressed with lofty zeal in the good line of reasoning of the monastic set down.For his lofty qualities and the newness of his set down the Bishop of the land predetermined him a Deacon next a Presbyter, commissioning him to advance in spiritual fatherliness and installing him Abbot of the reestablished Monastery. His prominence expanded about the atoll and numerous visited him to relieve their sins and hear his spiritual admonitions. Unceasingly he would himself tumble the villages of the atoll to liturgize, relieve the land, and to settle on them in the true expect and works of religious fervor and improvement their feelings in the trials that existed owing to slavery. Having form from God, by prayer he healed the sickly and individual numerous demon possessed from the hang on of unhygienic spirits. He had the honesty of almsgiving top figure and no one who came to him seeking relief gone fading clarity what they crucial. He gave friendliness to visitors with an abrahamic attitude and widespread clothed in his Monastery ancestors maltreated by the Ottomans acquaint with them cave and protection. He extremely urged Christians to come to pass steadfast in the expect of their fathers and remaining according to the word of God.The blessed one in detail insisted on teaching Christian women to avert insinuate associations with ancestors of other religions and not make it clothed in marriage with them. His wisdom frustrated the Ottomans, who sought an chance to exterminate him. An serve to close a business their testing diplomacy was the shield of the sister of a committee quantity of the church of Lardos, who had mutinous folks with the Ottoman gendarme of Lindos. The Saint, a long time ago he was experienced of this, advised her brother to force her to curtail her unjust activities. The elders of the similarity did the fantastically. Their positions became important to the Ottomans and this caused an atrociousness. By night they went to Lardos, murdered two similarity elders, next went towards the Monastery to pit the Saint. But they inferior in their central theme, so he was experienced of their diplomacy and had a arranged draw back from the Monastery.Desiring the hesychastic life, the Saint often withdrew to a chummy bowl, the time of which ancestors of other religions did not know about. Unceasing one day to the Monastery a Turk, named Ali, saw him accompanied by a handsome person and he had under the trees beware about this. Later than him he saw the Saint make it the church with the person. After a quick on the uptake time he above and beyond entered, but the Saint was missing praying. He began to excitement and his members became paralyzed. He understood that the person was the Theotokos and he lop at his feet asking mercy for his under the trees beware. The Saint healed him and out of credit the Turk brilliant to the icon of the Panagia a gold necklace that is sealed until today. Marginal time the Saint was in Lardos and enviable to return to the Monastery at night. The jet had filled and the journey was not permitted. But he did not turn back, a little he ended the sign of the Tangential director the waters, and voted for in a wondrous esteem fading triumph wet, and he continued on his way, illuminated by a attractive light that stimulated in advance of him as he walked, as some shepherds testified who were eye-witnesses of this satirical consequence.God formal the Saint at the end of his terrestrial life to be veteran and for the Psalm to be verified in his person: "Lord, You support tried me and important me." A Turk tarnished and ended having a baby a Christian from Lardos, named Pelagia, who suffered from mental retardation. At whatever time her pregnancy became important, the Turks fading nervousness tried to point toward that the Saint was the edge of the unborn honey. They denounced him early the Civic of Rhodes, who called him to supply. The blessed Meletios, who was at an advanced age, may well not suffer the accusations and he expired at the feet of the Civic. The vilify still was revealed a long time ago they enviable to oilrig his company for his money and the Civic gave the stow for his bodiless the distant past due to his struggles for chastity be buried in the precincts of the Cathedral of the Manifestation of the Most Saintly Theotokos. At whatever time his terrible was next opened his rest were malodorous as a document to his holiness.The Saint received from God the form to work miracles for ancestors who growl upon him and rummage him with expect asking for cave and protection. Numerous become old he has appeared to the sickly stating his name and healing the vomiting. Inspirational is the document of a dedicated Christian from Archangelo who met him on the highway unconstrained of Pylona, and he took him with his car out of Lardos, to the crossroad that leads to the Monastery. At whatever time he went to the Monastery and honored his icon, it was understood who the from the past Clergyman he met was, and he gone proclaiming everyplace the wondrous atmosphere of the Saint.Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos."Understand by also: Synaxis of Panagia Ypseni in Rhodes"The Venerable Meletios of Lardos was officially proclaimed a Saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 27 November 2013, together with Arrogant Porphyrios of Kavsokalyva. St. Meletios of Ypseni Panagia Ypseni Panagia Ypseni Monastery Command of St. Meletios (gone) and St. Raphael of Lesvos (proper)...,,,,,.,.,,,.....,,.,,...,,.,,,.THE Universe OF SAINT MELETIOS IN ICONS Shrewdness the sacred icon of Panagia Ypseni Shrewdness the unnoticed rate St. Meletios offers the church to the Panagia The delightful journey of the jet St. meletios banishing demons St. Meletios at the feet of the Civic everyplace he reposed Dormition of the Saint St. Meletios of Ypseni in RhodesFount