By Fr. George Dorbarakis
Venerable Stylianos was sanctified from his mother’s womb and became a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit. He even gave all his property to the poor and followed a monastic life, surpassing everyone in arduous asceticism and austerity. Then he went to the desert, and after finding a cave as a place of residence, he received food from a divine angel and became a healer of various incurable diseases. When once the corruption of death, attacking newborns, made those who had given birth childless, the mothers invoked the name of the Saint and by making his honoroable icon they became capable of childbearing again. When he died, his body was deposited in the country of the Paphlagonians, performing many healings and miracles.
