The Holy Martyr Athenogenes.

Commemorated July 16 in the Orthodox Christian Menaion

From the Prologue

The composer of the vespers hymn: 'O gentle Light', he perished for Christ in the flames and was made worthy of eternal glory in the kingdom of God.

From The Prologue From Ochrid by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich
©1985 Lazarica Press, Birmingham UK




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