Venerable Stephen of Piperi

Life

This saint was born in the Niksic tribe, in the village of Zupa, of poor but pious parents, Radoje and Jacima. According to tradition, he first struggled ascetically in the Monastery of Moraca, where he also served as abbot. The Turks drove him out from there, and he settled in Turman of Rovci, at a place now called Celiste. Later he moved and settled in Piperi in a cell, where until his death he remained in laborious and God-pleasing ascetical struggle. He reposed peacefully in the Lord on May 20, 1697. His relics rest there to this day and by many miracles glorify Christ God and God's pleaser Stephen.