grew up, the church of which was dedicated to the Great Martyr Barbara. Dwelling in the monastery, the saint performed many miracles, healing sicknesses of soul and of body. See also Mystical levitation in Christianity Saints and levitation Notes References Sources Walter Robert Connor, Carolyn Loessel Connor (Eds.). The Life and Miracles of Saint Luke of Steiris: Text, Translation and Commentary. Volume 18 of Archbishop Iakovos Library of Ecclesiastical and Historical Sources. Hellenic College Press, 1994. 178 pp. External links Saint Luke of Mount Steirion - Hand-Painted Icon. Orama World. Φώτης Κόντογλου - Ὁ «Ἀμαθὴς καὶ Ἀγροῖκος Ἅγιος» Λουκᾶς ὁ Στειρίτης. Απὸ τὸ Ἀσάλευτο Θεμέλιο, Ἀκρίτας, 1996. (Brief life of the saint, given by Photios Kontoglou) 10th-century Byzantine people 10th-century Christian saints Angelic visionaries Byzantine hermits Byzantine saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church Greek Christian monks People from Phocis Saints of medieval Greece Stylites Miracle workers