November 19, 2021

St. Barlaam (d. 304) was a martyr of Caesarea, in Cappadocia in modern Turkey, although he is listed as dying in Antioch, Turkey. He was arrested and imprisoned for being a Christian, and commanded to sacrifice to the pagan deities. He lost his hand to hot coals of incense before being slain because he would not save himself pain by putting coals to be sprinkled on an idol. St. Basil preached in his honor.

St. Barlaam please pray for us to have only God in our mind and no other God's of money, fame, anxiety in our minds.