Clement the Hymnographer

Venerable Clement the Hymnographer, abbot of the Studion.

Clement was a monk and later abbot of the Monastery of the Studion in Constantinople in the ninth century, a disciple of the tradition of Saint Theodore the Studite. He composed many canons and hymns for the feasts of the Church.

He suffered for the holy icons and reposed in peace.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Clement the Hymnographer is commemorated on April 30. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 13 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on April 30

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  James the Apostle, Son of Zebedee

  Apostle, Ιάκωβος Ζεβεδαίου

  Holy Apostle James, son of Zebedee, brother of John the Theologian.

  Name days: James, Iakovos, Jacob

• Donatus of Euroea

  Hierarch, Δονάτος Ευροίας

  Saint Donatus, Bishop of Euroea in Epirus, wonderworker.

  Name days: Donatos, Donatus

• Maximus of Ephesus

  Martyr, Μάξιμος ο εν Εφέσω

  Holy Martyr Maximus of Ephesus, who suffered under Decius.

• Ignatius Brianchaninov

  Hierarch, Ιγνάτιος Επίσκοπος Σταυρουπόλεως

  Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, Bishop of the Caucasus and Stavropol, ascetic writer.

• Aphrodisios and the Thirty Martyrs

  Hierarch, Αφροδίσιος ο Ιερομάρτυς

  Hieromartyr Aphrodisios and the thirty martyrs who suffered with him.