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Our father among When Hilarion was three he would chant the saints[[hymn]] "Holy, Holy, '''HilarionHoly, Bishop Lord God of Meglin in Bulgaria''' was born in Sabbaoth!" constantly. At the village age of Promahi (Edessaeighteen, Greece) around 1080-1090 he joined a local [[monastery]] and was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]]. He was well educated and lived in extreme asceticism for many years. Due to his virtuous and is commemorated by strict life, he was chosen to be the Church on [[October 21abbot]] along of this monastery. He was very concerned with [[Hilarion the Great|another saint salvation of the same name]] monks' souls. He was particularly persistent on eradicating drunkenness from within the same daymonastery.

His parents, were During his life he was well known for founding and establishing a monastery based on the Rule of Greek origin, extremally pious yet barrenSt. [[Pachomius the Great|Pachomius]]. After years of unceasing prayers and litanies, one night This monastery was dedicated to the [[Theotokos|Virgin MaryApostles]]. The oldest historical [[synaxarion]] appeared record for this saint does not distinguish whether this monastery was dedicated to his mother and promised her that she would give birth the twelve Apostles or specifically to a son who would take many people from the depths of deceit Apostles [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and return them [[Apostle Paul|Paul]]. This clarification was later made through an archaeological find called the Markianos Code, Codex #524, dated to the light of 13th century. This text exists in the knowledge of GodGreek language.

At the age In 1134, he was consecrated [[Bishop]] of 18Meglin by Eustathius, Hilarion joined a local monastery and was tonsured a monkArchbishop of Trnovo. He lived in such great asceticism Holy Tradition holds that later on Eustathius was also visited in life, he worked many miracles and his fame spread throughout the area. At some stage, just as the a vision by the Virgin Mary appeared to his mother, she also appeared to the Archbishop Αχρίδας Ευστάθιο, and who announced to him that the saint Hilarion would soon be placed shortly as the leader of the church of the ΜογλενώνMeglin region. It was not long after During this visiontime, that the prophecy Bogomil heresy was spreading through Bulgaria. The followers of this group believed that 'good and evil manifest themselves as independent principles and a struggle between the Virgin Mary was fulfilledtwo ensues.'

His episcopal seat is famed lifelong struggle and contribution to be the area where Orthodox church was against the village is today called Hrisi (Greek: Χρυσή) in Greece. This area was full of Armenian and Βογόμιλους monophysites[[Bogomilism|Bogomils]]. Through his teaching and discussionsIn refuting their teachings, he managed to convert many of the monophysites back to the church.Hilarion said:

He is also famous for establishing a monastery in :''You are not Christians at all, since you are hostile to the area dedicated to Cross of Christ the ApostlesSavior. The synaxarion does You do not distinguish if this was for acknowledge the One God, you slander the Holy 12 Apostles or merely teachings of the Peter [[Old Testament]] venerated by Christians. You deceive people by hypocritical meekness while full of pride. True piety is not possible in those who do not see their own heart's corruption, but by those who ask God's grace with prayer and Paulhumility. This clarification has been found through an archaeological Markianos CodeEvil thoughts, envy, vanity, Code 524greed, dating lies are not the deed of some evil thing within man to be conquered by mere fasting. These vices are the 13th centuryfruit of self-love which demands rooting out by spiritual efforts. This text is in Greek and exists '' <ref>[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103010 Translation of the relics of St Hilarion the Bishop of Meglin in the Greek language and has not been translated at present.Bulgaria] (OCA)</ref>

This code describes the death Because of the Saint. Ilarion pre-empted the time of his own death Hilarion's prayers and prepared the brotherhood for his departure. His discipleexhortations, of many years, monk Peter, was blessed by Ilarios to take his place as Abbott of the monastery upon his repose. He had a peaceful death and as founder and builder of the monastery was given an honourary burial service and place of honour. It is noted in this code, that his all-holy relics, streamed myrrh from his eyes Bogomils abandoned their teachings and he would appear in visions [[conversion|converted]] to the monks he would weaken in their monastic dutiesOrthodox Christianity.

His holyHilarion struggled successfully against the rise of the Armenian [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]]s in Bulgaria, who acknowledged only the divine nature of [[Christ]]. Hilarion pre-relics were forcefully translated from empted his death and reposed peacefully in the Lord in the year 1164. At his request, he was succeeded as abbot of the monastery sometime by his disciple of many years, monk Peter. It is noted in Codex 524 that during his burial service, [[myrrh]] streamed continually from his eyes and that he later appeared on many occasions in visions to the monks of the monasteries to strengthen them in their monastic duties. ==Transfer of relics==The transfer of the [[relics]] of St. Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin, to the Bulgarian city of Trnovo, occurred between 1204 -1206, by the Bulgarian Tsar Ioannis Asanis to the Church of the 40-saints . Prior to this event, the body of the saint rested in his countrythe city of Meglin.

This page has been loosely translated from the following page*[http://www.promahi.gr/moni_agiou_ilariona_GR.htmlΜονή Αγίου Ιλαρίωνα] ("Monastery of Saint Hilarion" in Greek)*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103010 Translation of the relics of St Hilarion the Bishop of Meglin in Bulgaria] ([[OCA]])*[http://www.westsrbdio.org/prolog/my.html?month=October&day=21 Saint Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin] (''[[Prologue of Ohrid]]'') ==Reference==<references /> ==External link==*[http://www.transfigcathedral.org/faith/Bulgakov/0382b.pdf Translation of the Relics of Our Ven. Father Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin] (PDF) [[Category:Bishops]][[Category:12th-century bishops]][[Category:Bulgarian Saints]][[Category:Byzantine Saints]][[Category:Greek Saints]][[Category:Saints]][[Category:12th-century saints]]