Feast
Feast of the Lydda Icon of the Theotokos, Also Called the Roman
June 26 Old CalendarJuly 9 New Calendar
Life
Patriarch Gennadius sent this icon to Rome during the time of iconoclasm. It sailed there by itself, faster than any ship, and when the iconoclasts grew weary of their persecution, it sailed back to Constantinople by the same route.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, June 26. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on June 26
The full reading for June 26 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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