Venerable
Venerable Senouphios the Standard-Bearer
June 28 Old CalendarJuly 11 New Calendar
Life
A great ascetic and wonderworker from the Egyptian desert; a contemporary of Patriarch Theophilus and Emperor Theodosius the Great. He was called the Standard-Bearer because by his prayers he once helped Emperor Theodosius win a victory over an enemy army. When the emperor invited him to come to Constantinople, he replied that he could not come, but he sent him his own poor monastic robe and a staff. Going to war, the emperor put on the robe of Senouphios and took the staff. And he returned from the war victorious.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, June 28. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on June 28
The full reading for June 28 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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