He was born
in
1509 in Trikala
, Corinth. He came from the official family of Notaras and was son of Demetrius and the Good.
From
small took Christian and aristocratic upbringing and excelled in school for the ingenuity and the intelligence
of the mind of. Gentle soul by Gerasimos liked their poor peers of and their help in every way.
When
arrived at mature age, he toured various parts, such as the island of Zakynthos, the Istanbul and the surrounding of this, the Mount Athos, various monasteries of the East to stay in Jerusalem. There he served as a nun for a year
in the Church of the Resurrection and was ordained a Deacon and later
Elder, by
the Patriarch of Jerusalem Germanos.
Then
he left and from there and came to the location Omala of Cephalonia, where he built female monastery and named it
New Jerusalem. In this Monastery , after living ascetically and developing
great
virtues, helping spiritually and materially the inhabitants of Kefalonia, he passed away peacefully on 15
August of 1579, at the age of about 70 years.
(Mainly that the
day is celebrated the memory
of
disposing of holy relics of the 1580 to 1581).
Apolitikion. Ήχος α '. Self-sufficient.
The Orthodox prostatin and in college angel, and miraculous God-bearing moderness to us,
epainesomen faithful divine Gerasimon· that competently than God apeilifen, remedies
the Aenaon charin· ronnysi the diseased, daimonontas iatai· same and per timosin him
vryei remedies.
Κοντάκιον. Ήχος γ’. Η Παρθένος
σήμερον.
Ευχαρίστοις άσμασι, των Κεφαλλήνων η νήσος, προσκαλείται σήμερον,
των Ορθοδόξων τα πλήθη,
μέγιστον, νεοφανέντα αγκωμιάσαι,
καύχημα, Ορθοδοξίας
αναφανέντα, τον Γεράσιμον
τον θείον, τον
ρύστην ταύτης ομού και πρόμαχον.
Μεγαλυνάριον.
Της ομολογίας
Χριστιανών, έθετόσε σε στύλον,
αδιάσειστον ο Θεός, το σεπτόν σου σκήνος, Γεράσιμε
δους πάσι, τοις
εναντίοις λίθον, δεινού προσκόμματος.
Saint Gerasimos the new
ascetic, the Peloponnesian (Memory of the resurrection of his holy relics)
He was born in 1509 in
Trikala, Corinth. He came from the official family of Notarades and was the son
of Demetrius and Kali.
From a young age he
received a Christian and manorial upbringing and was distinguished at school
for the ingenuity and intelligence of his mind. Gerasimos was a kind soul, he
liked his poor classmates and he helped them in every way.
When he reached adulthood,
he toured various places, such as Zakynthos, Constantinople and the surrounding
area, Mount Athos, various Monasteries of the East to stay in Jerusalem. There
he served as a nun for a year in the Church of the Resurrection and was
ordained a Deacon and later an Elder, by the German Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Then he left there and
ended up in the location of Omala in Kefalonia, where he built a nunnery and
named it New Jerusalem. In this Monastery, after living ascetically and
developing great virtues, helping spiritually and materially the inhabitants of
Kefalonia, he died peacefully on August 15, 1579, at the age of about 70 years.
(Mainly on this day, the
memory of the resurrection of his holy relics in 1580-81 is celebrated).
Apolitikion. Ήχος α ’. Self-sufficient.
Των
Ορθοδόξων προστάτην και εν σώματι αγγελον, και θαυματουργόν θεοφόρον νεοφανέντα
ημίν, επαινέσωμεν πιστοί θείον Γεράσιμον · ότι αξίως παρά Θεού απείληφεν,
ιαμάτων την αέναον χάριν · ρώννυσι τους νοσούντας, δαιμονώντας ιάται;
Κοντάκιον. Ήχος γ ’. The Virgin today.
Pleasant song, the island
of the Kefallinians is invited today, the crowds of the Orthodox, at most,
newcomers, glorify, boast, of Orthodoxy appearing, Gerasimos the uncle, the
ristin of the same and a bastion.
Μεγαλυνάριον.
Of the confession of
Christians, God set on a pillar, unshakable, your seventh tent, Gerasimos dos
pasi, the ones against the stone, a difficult obstacle.
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