Maximus the Greek
Saint Maximus is from an ancient family in the Peloponnese (islands in Greece). He was born in 1470 AD. He went to Italy and studied with teachers […]
Saint Maximus is from an ancient family in the Peloponnese (islands in Greece). He was born in 1470 AD. He went to Italy and studied with teachers […]
Originally from the village of Peloponnese. He was raised on piety and fear of God. He became a priest. Teach and rebuke hypocrites. One of these was captured by the Turks and put to death
Our saint was born in Dimitsana, Arcadia, in the year 1745 AD. His father was a shepherd, and he first studied with the monk Meletius and Athanasius Rosepoulos.
George loved God from an early age, so when his parents wanted him to marry him by force, he fled and became a monastic monk in one of the monasteries. Focus on