Venerable

Saint Stephen the Sabaite

October 28 Old CalendarNovember 10 New Calendar

Life

The author of many beautiful canons. He practiced asceticism in the monastery of Saint Sabas the Sanctified. He was later a bishop, and peacefully reposed in the year 807.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, October 28. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on October 28

Holy Martyr Parasceva Martyr Saint Arsenius, Archbishop of Pec Hierarch Holy Martyr Terence Martyr Saint Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople Hierarch Saint Demetrius, Bishop of Rostov Hierarch

The full reading for October 28 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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