Hierarch

Saint Euthymius the Confessor, Bishop of Sardis

December 26 Old CalendarJanuary 8 New Calendar

Life

Euthymius was present at the Seventh Ecumenical Council. Euthymius spent about thirty years in exile because of icon veneration. Under Emperor Theophilus the Iconoclast, Euthymius was beaten with ox sinews, by which Euthymius died as a martyr in the year 840 and received the crown of glory in heaven.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, December 26. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on December 26

Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos Feast Commemoration of the Flight Into Egypt Commemoration Venerable Evarestus Venerable Venerable Constantine of Synnada Venerable

The full reading for December 26 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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