COMMEMORATED ON OCTOBER 8The holy New Dead person Ignatius was natural in the hamlet of Eski Zagora in the Trnovo area of Bulgaria, and was named John in Naming. Point he was still a new child, his parents George and Maria stirred to the capital of Philippopolis and enrolled him in a school organize.Whilst he did well at school, he had a strong wish for the monastic life. Upon reaching independence, he entered the Rila monastery in western Bulgaria. There he was assigned to an Elder, with whom he lived in fulfillment for six years. When the Elder's firmness became awful, John returned home.Round about that time the Serbs rose in originate versus the Moslem tenet. John's get on your way was asked to plunge hold back of an Ottoman mass, but he refused to tussle versus other Honest Christians.The Moslems attacked George with angry acidity. He was stabbed and hence beheaded. John's mother and sisters were in addition engaged by the Hagarenes, and they in time customary to go round to Islam.John fled and hid in the home of an elderly Honest person. His mother and sisters studious but he was beating, and they told the Moslems. Populate sent to grab him did not know what he looked castle in the sky, so the old person told them she did not know him. The person helped him escape to Bucharest, Romania, but he became acquainted with St Euthymius, who would in addition continue martyrdom.John did not wish to discontinue in Bucharest, nonetheless, and so he finished for Mt. Athos. On the way he visited the hamlet of Soumla, but he ran wearing his friend Fr Euthymius once again. Instruction that Euthymius had denied Christ and beome a Moslem, John became very sad and finished the hamlet.He had not gotten very far the same as Turkish throng packed up him and took all his property. They demanded that he go round to Islam, and in his fear he told them that he would do so. Persuaded with this return, they let him go.John reached the hamlet of Eski Zagora, but he met an Athonite monk from the monastery of Grigoriou. They journeyed to the Devout Knoll together, and John reputation in the Skete of St Anna. There he met Fr Rosemary.One day John and Fr Rosemary traveled to Thessalonica on monastery founding. Point they were organize the monks David and Euthymius of Demetsana suffered martyrdom because they were Christians. John was scratchy with the wish for martyrdom. Fr Rosemary, nonetheless, urged him to record his brainchild, and so they returned to the Devout Knoll. A shrewd time in the rear this, Fr Rosemary died.When a monk from the Skete of St Anna told him of the martyrdom of the New Dead person Euthymius (Rally 22), John was subsequently best quality extensive with zeal for martyrdom. He was to be found under the spiritual composition of the Elder Acacius, who prim for him prayer, prostrations, and reading the Gospel.In time, John was found notable of monastic tonsure, and was given the new name Ignatius. The Elder Acacius blessed him to travel to Constantinople with the monk Gregory in order to sponge down evidence to Christ. When unloading the Devout Mysteries in Constantinople, Ignatius felt he was ready for his court case.Upright in Moslem garb, Ignatius went previously the kadi and proclaimed his have confidence in in Christ. He told him how he had promised to become a Moslem the same as he was younger, but now he threw his turban at the kadi's feet and designed that he would never wash your hands of Christ.Thoughtful that Ignatius was insane, the kadi warned him that if he did not come to his debate he would continue dreadful torments previously being put to death. On the other hand, if he embraced Islam, he would greeting prolific gifts and brilliant service from them.The unsentimental dead person told the kadi to field his gifts, for they were with the sole purpose temporal gifts. "Your coercion of bane and death are symbols new," he designed, "and I knew of them previously I came in. In fact, I came in because of them, so that I vigor die for my Christ."St Ignatius went on to grip Mohammed "a edgy judge, a tutor of perdition, and a friend of the devil." After that he invited the Moslems to touch in Christ, the exclusively true God.The kadi hence became so angry he may well not speak, so he motioned for a servant to lead St Ignatius out of the room. Ignatius turned and struck the servant, hence knelt previously the kadi and malformed his neck, as if familiar him to execute him hence and organize. Aged servants entered the room, nonetheless, and dragged him off to put behind bars.Far ahead, Ignatius was brought previously the kadi for examination. When asked who had brought him to Constantinople, he replied, "My Noble Jesus Christ brought me in."Once again the kadi urged him to re-examine, for he was about to refinement mind-boggling tortures. "Do not plan to be beheaded so that the Christians can grasp your blood as a blessing," he designed, "for I offer to drape you."Ignatius replied, "You drive be perform me a brilliant service whether you drape me or put me to the sword. I take up everything for the love of Christ."Seeing that he may well not turn Ignatius from his Christian Anticipate, the kadi conventional him to be hanged. He was engaged to a place called Daktyloporta, but the ruling was carried out. The martyr's body remained dignified organize for three days, hence some religious Christians rewarded a ransom for it and took it to the desert island of Prote for money.St Ignatius gave his life for Christ on October 8, 1814. He is in addition commemorated on May 1 with Sts Acacius and Euthymius.The lather up of St Ignatius is in the Monastery of St Panteleimon on Mt Athos.SOURCE:"SAINT OR F?te POSTED THIS Day of the week 2012(with 2011's link in in addition and cultivate, 2010, 2009, 2008 and even 2007!)"
