Sun Apr 13 15:29:43 EEST 2008

St. Mary of Egypt

Today in the Orthodox Church we celebrate the memomy of St. The priest during the liturgy today narrated the fascinating story of this woman who used to be a leecher and later after a miraculous convert she become an ascet who lived in the Egyptian Desert. The monk one year before her dead saw her to walk on water. Pretty interesting this is absolutely a must read read it here .