Miles the Hymnographer

Venerable Miles the Hymnographer, an ascetic and composer of church hymns.

Little is recorded of Venerable Miles beyond his life of asceticism and his labors as a writer of hymns. The synaxarion honors him on May 8.

He reposed in peace.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Miles the Hymnographer is commemorated on May 8. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on May 21 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on May 8

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  John the Theologian

  Apostle, Ιωάννης ο Θεολόγος

  Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the Beloved Disciple.

  Name days: Ioannis, Giannis, Yiannis, Yannis, John

• Arsenios the Great

  Venerable, Αρσένιος ο Μέγας

  Venerable Arsenios the Great, tutor of emperors who fled to the Egyptian desert.

  Name days: Arsenios, Arsenis, Arsenius, Arsenia

• Augustina the Martyr

  Holy Woman, Αυγουστίνα

  Holy Martyr Augustina of Constantinople.

  Name days: Augustina, Avgoustina

• Arsenios of Varnakova

  Venerable, Αρσένιος ο Βαρνακοβίτης

  Venerable Arsenios, founder of the Monastery of Varnakova in Nafpaktia.

• Cassian the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

  Venerable, Κασσιανός ο Έγκλειστος

  Venerable Cassian the Recluse of the Far Caves of Kiev.