Hierarch

Saint Florus, Bishop of Amisus

December 18 Old CalendarDecember 31 New Calendar

Life

Florus lived in the time of Emperors Justin II and Maurice (565-602). Florus was from the nobility and a nobleman. Florus left the tumult and vanity of the world and withdrew to a monastery for ascetic struggle for the salvation of his soul. Then Florus was chosen as bishop of the city of Amisus in the region of Cappadocia. Both as an ascetic and as a hierarch, Florus was pleasing to God and passed peacefully into the Kingdom of God.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, December 18. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on December 18

Holy Martyr Sebastian and Others with Him Martyr Saint Modestus, Patriarch of Jerusalem Hierarch

The full reading for December 18 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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