“He was born about 579 and came to the monastery at Mount Sinai when he was sixteen, learning from his spiritual father Martyrius who tonsured him a monk at about age twenty. Martyrius died soon after and John retired to Tholas, five miles from the monastery, to live as a hermit. He lived in prudent [...]
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St. John of the Ladder
Posted in Lives, tagged gift of tears, ladder, Lives, prayers, saints on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »