Commemoration
Priest-Martyr Mocius
May 11 Old CalendarMay 24 New Calendar
Life
A Roman by birth, and a priest in Amphipolis, a Macedonian city. He suffered in the time of Diocletian. By prayer he destroyed the statue of the god Dionysus, by which he embittered some of the pagans against himself but brought others to the faith. He was beheaded for Christ in the year 295.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, May 11. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on May 11
The full reading for May 11 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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