Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Patara.
The Holy Hieromartyr Methodius was Bishop of Patara in Lycia at the turn of the fourth century. A learned shepherd and one of the notable church writers of his age, he defended the resurrection of the body and the purity of the faith, and composed works in praise of virginity. In the last great persecution he was seized for his confession of Christ and put to death by the sword.
The Church honors him as a teacher who served the truth with both pen and blood. He is commemorated on June 20.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Methodius, Bishop of Patara is commemorated on June 20. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 3 of the civil calendar.
Who celebrates a name day
People with these names keep their name day on this feast:
Also commemorated on June 20
Nicholas Cabasilas
Venerable, Νικόλαος ο Καβάσιλας
Saint Nicholas Cabasilas of Thessaloniki, lay theologian and author of The Life in Christ.
Callistus I, Patriarch of Constantinople
Hierarch, Κάλλιστος Α΄ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Saint Callistus I, Patriarch of Constantinople, hesychast of Mount Athos and disciple of Saint Gregory of Sinai.
Athanasius of Pentaschoinon
Venerable, Αθανάσιος ο Πεντασχινίτης
Venerable Athanasius the wonderworker of Pentaschoinon in Cyprus.
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