Hierarch
Saint Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople
August 25 Old CalendarSeptember 7 New Calendar
Life
He wisely governed the Church from 536 to 552. Before that he administered the house of Saint Sampson (for the poor and the afflicted). At his consecration as bishop, Pope Agapitus also participated, who had then come to Constantinople for the refutation and deposition of the heretical Patriarch Anthimus.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, August 25. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on August 25
The full reading for August 25 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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