Commemoration
Saint Flavian
February 18 Old CalendarMarch 3 New Calendar
Life
Saint Flavian was Patriarch of Constantinople after Saint Proclus. Contemporary of Saint Leo the Pope. He fought decisively against Eutyches and Dioscorus, but did not live to see the triumph of Orthodoxy at the Fourth Ecumenical Council, for before that at a heretical council in Ephesus he was beaten and trampled so mercilessly that he died there. Faithful soldier of Christ, brave defender and confessor of the Orthodox faith. He reposed in the year 449.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, February 18. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on February 18
The full reading for February 18 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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