From his youth, the Monk Memnon the Wonderworker labored in the Egyptian desert. By hard fasting labors he achieved the victory of the spirit over the flesh.
After becoming abbot of one of the Egyptian monasteries, he wisely and carefully led the brethren. Helping them with prayer and advice, the monk did not cease his labors in the struggle against temptations.
Through unceasing prayer and labor, he received the gift of foresight: through his prayer, a source of water opened in the desert; locusts that destroyed crops died; shipwrecked people, calling on him for help, were saved. After the saint's death, the mere invocation of his name drove away the locusts and destroyed any machinations of the spirits of malice.
The Church remembers St. Memnon, the wonderworker of Egypt
12.05.2026, 06:00
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