Commemoration
Saint Theophanes the Merciful
September 29 Old CalendarOctober 12 New Calendar
Life
A wealthy citizen of Gaza. He was so merciful that by distributing his possessions to the destitute he himself became destitute. Toward the end of his life the disease of dropsy befell him, and he breathed his last in that illness. But from his body there flowed a healing myrrh by which the sick were healed.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 29. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on September 29
The full reading for September 29 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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