St. Tryphon
St. Tryphon was born in the village Kampsadi in Phrygia (now Turkey) and lived in the third century. His parents were poor, and since he was a child, he kept geese of wealthy locals for a piece of bread. However, says that he had healing powers since childhood and the Roman Emperor Gordian, whose daughter Gordijana was mentally ill, learned about his abilities and none of the doctors could help her, once the evil spirit spoke from her and that no one could expel him except Tryphon. But the king didn't know which Trifon is the healer so he ordered to bring all man named Trifon and try to cure his daughter. After some time, Phrygia king's army found the small boy Tryphon and took him to the emperor in Rome. Poor boy will instantly heal the girl, and the king will richly reward him, but the boy on his return to home gave away all the gifts to the poor. When he returned to his village, he continued to live as before, to keep geese. When the new king Dakij heard about his powers, as a great opponent of Christianity, he orders to close the boy in a cell and to expose him to great torture. But Tryphon shall bear all tortures until he was stabbed with a sword. He was only 18 years old.
A young goose-herder from a village of Kampsade in Phrygia (now Turkey), St Tryphon became famous for his ability to drive out evil spirits and cure diseases. He was martyred for his faith at the age of 18.
The saint is depicted on horseback, wearing a short tunic and a cloak. In his right hand is a falcon, a reference to a miracle attributed to his intercessions. later in Russia, St Tryphon helped Boyar Trifon Patrikeev, a falconer of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, to find a lost hunting falcon, in commemoration of what a church in the name of the saint was erected in Moscow. In the foreground, amidst a rocky landscape, is a pond with geese.
St Tryphon is widely revered by both Western and Eastern Christians. In Russia, St Tryphon is traditionally venerated as a patron of birds and a heavenly protector of hunters
St. Tryphon was born in the village Kampsadi in Phrygia (now Turkey) and lived in the third century. His parents were poor, and since he was a child, he kept geese of wealthy locals for a piece of bread. However, says that he had healing powers since childhood and the Roman Emperor Gordian, whose daughter Gordijana was mentally ill, learned about his abilities and none of the doctors could help her, once the evil spirit spoke from her and that no one could expel him except Tryphon. But the king didn't know which Trifon is the healer so he ordered to bring all man named Trifon and try to cure his daughter. After some time, Phrygia king's army found the small boy Tryphon and took him to the emperor in Rome. Poor boy will instantly heal the girl, and the king will richly reward him, but the boy on his return to home gave away all the gifts to the poor. When he returned to his village, he continued to live as before, to keep geese. When the new king Dakij heard about his powers, as a great opponent of Christianity, he orders to close the boy in a cell and to expose him to great torture. But Tryphon shall bear all tortures until he was stabbed with a sword. He was only 18 years old.
A young goose-herder from a village of Kampsade in Phrygia (now Turkey), St Tryphon became famous for his ability to drive out evil spirits and cure diseases. He was martyred for his faith at the age of 18.
The saint is depicted on horseback, wearing a short tunic and a cloak. In his right hand is a falcon, a reference to a miracle attributed to his intercessions. later in Russia, St Tryphon helped Boyar Trifon Patrikeev, a falconer of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, to find a lost hunting falcon, in commemoration of what a church in the name of the saint was erected in Moscow. In the foreground, amidst a rocky landscape, is a pond with geese.
St Tryphon is widely revered by both Western and Eastern Christians. In Russia, St Tryphon is traditionally venerated as a patron of birds and a heavenly protector of hunters