Commemoration
Saint Paul the Sufferer
April 3 Old CalendarApril 16 New Calendar
Life
A Russian by birth. In his youth he was captured by the Turks. Not wishing to betray the faith of Christ and to convert to Islam, he was tortured and beheaded in Constantinople in the year 1683.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, April 3. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on April 3
The full reading for April 3 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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