Hierarch
Saint Ignatius, Patriarch of Constantinople
October 23 Old CalendarNovember 5 New Calendar
Life
The son of Emperor Michael Rangabe. He became patriarch after Saint Methodius in the year 846. In 858 he was deposed from the throne and sent into exile. In his place Photius, the emperor's first secretary, was installed as patriarch. But when Emperor Basil the Macedonian came to the throne, he restored Ignatius to the patriarchate. And Saint Ignatius governed the Church with great zeal and wisdom. He built the Monastery of the Holy Archangel, in which he also reposed in the Lord in the eighty-ninth year of his earthly life.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, October 23. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on October 23
The full reading for October 23 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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