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Saint Hilarion of Meglin 11/3/2013
He was born of devout and wealthy parents. For a long time his barren mother had prayed to God to grant her a child and in answer to her prayers, the Holy Mother of God appeared to her and comforted her with the words: ”Do not grieve, you will give birth to a son who will convert many to light of the truth.” When Hilarion was three years of age, from his mouth continually flowed the chant:” Holy, Holy, Holy Lord of hosts!“ Well educated, he became a monk in his eighteenth year of age and founded a monastery that followed the Rule of Saint Pachomius. Eusthatius, the Archbishop of Trnovo consecrated him Bishop of Meglin in 1134. Saint Hilarion spent almost all his life in great struggle against the Bogomls heresy and the Armenian heretics. With his spiritual wisdom and his holiness he made ashamed all his opponents and converted many to Orthodoxy. He peacefully fell asleep in the Lord in 1164.
