St. Myrtidiotissa, Nun

Today, along with St. George is celebrated another Saint who loved him. St. Myrtidiotissa of Klisoura was a fool for Christ and Ascetic woman who was a faithful member of the Church following the Old Calendar. She would encourage all to follow the Old as she did. This is not something recognized by those on the new calendar, who refer to her as “St. Sophia.”

St. Myrtidiotissa was tonsured a nun by her Spiritual Father, Archimandrite (future Metropolitan) Cyprian who at that time was under Archbishop Auxentius, and her sponsor in Monastic life was Mother Mary Myrtidiotissa Nun of the convent of the Annunciation on the island of Oinousses, which also followed the Old Calendar. This can be seen in the first Photo below, which shows on the left St. Myrtidiotissa, which her sponsor on the right, Mother Mary Myrtidiotissa. The second picture also shows Mother Mary, with Archimandrite Panteleimon (+2016) on her left and Metropolitan Makarios of Toronto on her right, who is still the Spiritual Father of the Convent (where the hair of St. Myrtidiotissa cut at her tonsure is kept) until this day thus also showing her strict adherence to the True Orthodox Faith.

St. Myrtidiotissa once told people that St. George (who she loved greatly) would come to her on his horse and collect her and bring her to the heavens on his feast day, which he told her himself. This indeed happened, and of course it was according to the Old Calendar, while today the New calendarists celebrate her with an incorrect 13 day difference, even though she died in the 70s, well after the calendar change…

Whenever anyone on the new calendar comes and tells you about “St. Sophia,” remember this and explain it to them, show them the pictures, and hope that their love for St. Myrtidiotissa would compel them to change their thinking.