Commemoration

Holy Confessors of Edessa

August 25 Old CalendarSeptember 7 New Calendar

Life

They suffered much in prisons and in exile for the Orthodox faith in the time of Emperor Valens, who held to the heresy of Arius. But under Emperor Theodosius they were set free.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, August 25. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on August 25

Holy Apostle Bartholomew Apostle Holy Apostle Titus Apostle Saint Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople Hierarch

The full reading for August 25 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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