Saint Cleopa of Romania Resource Page

St. Cleopa of Sihastria (Feast Day - December 2)

About 

 

Elder Cleopa Ilie (1912 - 1998) 

 

Eldress Agatha: Mother of Elder Cleopa Ilie 

 

Elder Paisius of Sihastria and Sihla (+ 1990) 

 

The Obedience of Elder Cleopa Ilia to Elder Paisios 

 

Saint Cleopa of Sihastria on the Akathist to the Theotokos 

 

Miracles at the Grave of Elder Cleopa 

 

The Photo of Elder Cleopa Unharmed By Fire

 

 

Saints and Feasts 

 

Homily for the Sunday After the Baptism of the Lord (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

 

Triodion and Great Lent 

 

Homily for the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee -- On Pride and Humility (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son -- On True Repentance and the Mercy of God (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for Meatfare Sunday -- On the Dread Last Judgment (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for Cheesefare Sunday -- The Expulsion of Adam from Paradise (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the First Sunday of the Holy and Great Fast - The Sunday of Orthodoxy (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the Second Sunday of the Holy and Great Fast - The Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the Third Sunday of the Holy and Great Fast - The Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the Fourth Sunday of the Holy and Great Fast - The Sunday of Saint John Climacus (St. Cleopa of Sihastria)  

 

Homily for the Fifth Sunday of the Holy and Great Fast - The Sunday of Saint Mary of Egypt (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for Palm Sunday - The Entry of the Lord Into Jerusalem (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

 

Pascha and the Pentecostarion

 

Homily for the Resurrection of the Lord (St. Cleopa of Sihastria)  

 

Homily for Thomas Sunday (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the Sunday of the Myrrhbearing Women (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the Sunday of the Paralytic (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily for the Sunday of the Blind Man (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

Homily on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Synod (St. Cleopa of Sihastria) 

 

 

Various Subjects 

 

Two Narrations on the Old Calendar vs. New Calendar Controversy  (Elder Cleopa Ilie) 

 

The Three Hierarchs and the Calendar Issue (Elder Cleopa Ilie) 

 

The Wondrous Manner in Which the Monastery of Sihastria Accepted the New Calendar 

 

On the Types of Witchcraft (Elder Cleopa Ilie) 

 

On Occultism, Spiritualism and Necromancy (Elder Cleopa Ilie) 

 

What Some Modern Orthodox Elders and Saints Said About Extraterrestrial Life or Life on Other Planets  

 

A Miracle of the Holy Cross in India 

 

Elder Cleopa On the End Times 

 

Elder Cleopa on the Date of the Second Coming of Christ

 

Elder Cleopa on the Thousand Year Reign of Christ (Chiliasm)

 

 

Canonization 

 

Six Holy Elders Who Reposed on December 2nd 

 

16 New Saints To Be Canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church 

 

Romanian Orthodox Church Canonizes 16 Saints of the 20th Century 

 

The Venerable Elders Paisius Olaru and Cleopa Ilie of Sihastria: Luminous Pillars of Romanian Monasticism