Venerable
Venerable George of Sinai
VI век
Also known as: Георгий Арселаит
Venerable George of Sinai was abbot of Mount Sinai in the 6th century, during the reign of Emperor Justinian I; he is glorified for a miracle recorded by St. Sophronius of Jerusalem — during the Liturgy he was instantly, invisibly transported from Sinai to Jerusalem to receive Holy Communion, then just as instantly returned.
Venerable George of Sinai served as abbot on Mount Sinai in the 6th century, during the reign of Emperor Justinian I. His Life survives in a record by St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem: once, while celebrating the Liturgy on Sinai and commemorating the living and the departed, St. George caught himself wishing he could receive Holy Communion that same day at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem — and in that same instant he was invisibly transported there, received Communion from the patriarch's hands, and was immediately returned to Sinai, continuing the service from the very point where he had left off. Some sources connect him with Venerable George the Arselaite (early 7th c.), a fellow ascetic and companion of St. John Climacus, commemorated March 10 — possibly the same person, or two closely contemporary Sinai ascetics.
NOTE: the entry's original structured dates (275-303) and feast days (Apr 23/May 6/Nov 3/Nov 26) were an erroneous contamination with the dates of the Great Martyr George of Lydda — corrected to the accurate 6th century/March 11.