Hierarch
Saint Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople
February 6 Old CalendarFebruary 19 New Calendar
Life
Photius was a great luminary of the Church. An imperial relative and grandson of the glorious Patriarch Tarasius. An irresistible defender of the Church from papal ambition and other Roman perversions of the faith. In six days he passed through all ranks from layman to patriarch. He became patriarch on Christmas 857, and perished in the Lord in the year 891.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, February 6. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on February 6
The full reading for February 6 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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