Afterfeast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple

We also commemorate St. Parthenius, who was Bishop of Lampsacus.

He was a native of the city of Melitoupolis (in northwestern Asia Minor), where his father Christopher served as deacon. The youth did not receive adequate schooling, but he learned the Holy Scripture by attending church services. He had a good heart, and distributed to the poor the money he earned working as a fisherman….

You can read his story at www.oca.org.

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