Ascetic

Saint Alypius the Stylite was born in the city of Adrianopolis in Paphlagonia. His mother, a Christian, was widowed early, and she sent her son to be educated by Bishop Theodore. She distributed her substance to the poor, then began to live an ascetic life near the church as a deaconess... continue at https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/11/26/103397-venerable-alypius-the-stylite-of-adrianopolis