Hierarch
Saint James, Bishop and Confessor
March 21 Old CalendarApril 3 New Calendar
Life
Neither the place of his birth nor the place of his episcopal see is known. It is known only that he fulfilled the law of Christ, laboring greatly in fasting and prayer, and that in the time of Copronymus he endured great afflictions and torments from the iconoclasts: hunger, imprisonment, and mockery of every kind. At last he gave up his soul to God, Whom he had faithfully served in this life. He lived and suffered in the seventh century.
From the Hymn of Praise
### VENERABLE SERAPION
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, March 21. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on March 21
The full reading for March 21 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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