Venerable
Venerable James the Confessor
March 24 Old CalendarApril 6 New Calendar
Life
He suffered for icons at the hands of Emperor Leo the Armenian. He was a monk and brother of the Studite Monastery. When the great Theodore the Studite was in exile, this James was subjected to great torments that he might renounce the veneration of icons. But he remained steadfast and faithful to Orthodoxy to the end. Beaten and tormented, they returned him to the monastery when the wicked Emperor Leo met a wicked end. In the monastery he died from the severe beatings and departed among the citizens of heaven.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, March 24. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on March 24
The full reading for March 24 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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