Proclos of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople, disciple of St. John Chrysostom.

St. Proclos was a disciple of St. John Chrysostom and served as Patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century. A gentle and eloquent shepherd, he taught the faith with clarity, honored the Theotokos in his celebrated homilies, and brought the relics of his teacher Chrysostom back to Constantinople with great solemnity, healing an old wound in the Church.

Tradition also connects his patriarchate with the establishment of the Trisagion hymn in the services of the Church. He reposed in peace and is commemorated on November 20.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Proclos of Constantinople is commemorated on November 20. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 3 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Proklos

Also commemorated on November 20

• Proclus the Martyr

  Martyr, Πρόκλος

  Holy Martyrs Proclus and Hilarius.

  Name days: Proklos

• Gregory the Decapolite

  Venerable, Γρηγόριος ο Δεκαπολίτης

  Venerable Gregory the Decapolite, ascetic and defender of the holy icons.

• Dasius of Dorostolum

  Martyr, Δάσιος ο εν Δορυστόλω

  Holy Martyr Dasius, the soldier of Dorostolum who refused to play the king of the Saturnalia.

• Nerses and Joseph of Persia

  Hierarch, Νιρσάς και Ιωσήφ

  Hieromartyrs Nerses the Bishop and Joseph his disciple, with many others martyred in Persia.

• Eustathios, Thespesios and Anatolios

  Martyr, Ευστάθιος, Θεσπέσιος και Ανατόλιος

  Holy Martyrs Eustathios, Thespesios and Anatolios of Nicaea, three brothers.

• Sozomenos of Cyprus

  Venerable, Σωζόμενος ο Θαυματουργός

  Venerable Sozomenos the Wonderworker, hermit of Karpasia in Cyprus.

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