Hierarch
Saint Celestine, Pope of Rome
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Life
A great zealot of the Orthodox faith. At the time of the Third Ecumenical Council he wrote an epistle against the heretic Nestorius. He reposed peacefully in the year 432.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, April 8. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on April 8
The full reading for April 8 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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