George of Diipion

Venerable George of Diipion, called the Newly Appeared, lived in the tenth century. According to the Paris codex he flourished in the time of John I Tzimiskes (969-976), and according to the Vienna codex in the time of Romanos and Constantine Porphyrogenitus (956-963).

George had a wife and children, whom he left, and he wandered from place to place, from cities to the desert, in want and affliction. In the last seven days of his life he came to Constantinople and took refuge in the church of Saint John the Theologian at Diipion, where he reposed in peace. Those who prepared him for burial saw with astonishment that he had very heavy irons bound to his body, which had consumed his whole body. Understanding that he was an ascetic, they made a stone sarcophagus and buried him in the narthex of the church. From then on that place flowed with myrrh, which healed various diseases and worked many miracles. He is commemorated on 11 March (new style).