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  • The Prophecy of Saint Nilus

    11/09/2004 9:57:26 AM PST · by Pyro7480 · 46 replies · 1,252+ views
    various online sources | c. A.D. 430 | St. Nilus
    The Prophecy of Saint NilusDid this saint forsee the crisis of the Church and world of our time? St. Niluswas one of the many disciples and fervent defenders of St. John Chrysostom. He was an officer at the Court of Constantinople, married, with two sons. While St. John Chrysostom was patriarch, before his exile (398-403), he directed Nilus in the study of Scripture and in works of piety. St. Nilus left his wife and one son and took the other, Theodulos, with him to Mount Sinai to be a monk. The Bishop of Eleusa ordained both St. Nilus and his...