Armenian Church commemorates Hermits St. Triphon, St. Parsam and St. Vonoprios

Today, on August 1, the Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates the Hermits St. Triphon, St. Parsam and St. Vonoprios.

St. Triphon the Hermit was martyred in the town of Nicaea during the reign of the king Dekos, the hermit St. Parsam the Hermit lived in the deserts of Syria in the middle of the fifth century, and the hermit St. Vonoprios the Hermit was born in Egypt in the fourth century.

After living in the monastery for a while, Vonoprios moved to the desert and lived there for 60 years without meeting anyone. Like many other hermits, Vonoprios healed many sick people. That is why people pray, especially to that saint, for healing children and in cases of difficult confinement.