Venerable Memnon the Wonderworker, abbot in Egypt.
April 28
Memnon was a monk and abbot in Egypt who was granted the gift of working wonders. Tradition relates that by his prayer a spring of water appeared in a dry place and locusts were driven from the fields.
He reposed in peace and was honoured by the faithful of his region.
May 19
Memnon was an abbot of a monastery in Egypt, remembered for his gift of working wonders; tradition relates that he brought forth water in the desert and delivered the district from locusts through his prayer.
He reposed in peace and is commemorated on May 19.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Memnon the Wonderworker is commemorated on April 28. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 11 of the civil calendar.
On the New Calendar, Memnon the Wonderworker is commemorated on May 19. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on June 1 of the civil calendar.
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Also commemorated on April 28
Apostles Jason & Sosipater
Apostle, Ιάσων και Σωσίπατρος
Holy Apostles of the Seventy Jason and Sosipater.
Cyril of Turov
Hierarch, Κύριλλος Επίσκοπος Τούρωφ
Saint Cyril, Bishop of Turov, preacher and hymnographer of the Russian land.
Auxibius the Venerable
Venerable, Αυξίβιος
Venerable Auxibius, ascetic commemorated in the Greek synaxaria.
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