Holy Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople

Life

He was first a presbyter of the Church of Alexandria, but after the death of Patriarch Flavian, he was elevated to the throne of the Patriarch of Constantinople in the year 449. In his time, the throne of Constantinople was recognized as equal to the throne of Rome, and this at the Ecumenical Council in Chalcedon in the year 451. He battled greatly for the purity of the Orthodox faith and suffered much from the heretics, until at last he was slain by them in the year 458, in the time of Leo the Great. He governed the Church for nearly nine years and passed over to dwell among the holy hierarchs in the Kingdom of God.