Saint Stylianos - The protector of children

 

He cured many people of both physical and mental illnesses.
Saint Stylianos is known as the protector of children and when depicted in an icon, he is always holding an infant.

When an illness would strike children, the inhabitants of Paflagonia believed that the Saint would cure the youngsters. They would paint an icon of the Saint and place it over the head of the child.

 

It was in this same cave, where he spent most of his life, that Saint Stylianos died on the 26th of November.