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Thread #35630   Message #487355
Posted By: mousethief
19-Jun-01 - 07:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
Subject: RE: BS: Good Thoughts for CATSPAW
St. Patrick's day is March 17, Sins. Not June 20.

On the other side of the Carpathian mountains, the saints of the day for June 20 are:

METHODIOS, BISHOP OF PATARA. Methodios sought to correct and invite the great and the ordinary to Christianity. He took issue with the early temporal writings of Plato, giving a reply in which he stressed the spiritual and moral aspects of man. He also embattled heretical ideas of the theologian, Origen, who believed the body of Jesus underwent transformation within the tomb. He would chastise the idol and sun worshippers. He would mingle with the skeptics and agnostics, attempting to encourage them to leave their false beliefs and accept the teachings of Christ. He was tortured and martyred for his faith by the pagans in the early fourth century.

KALLISTOS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Kallistos lived much of his ascetic life on Mt. Athos in sketes near Philotheou Monastery. He recorded the lives of St. Gregory the Sinaite, St. Theodosios of Trnovo, and wrote many homilies. He returned to Athos after only four years as patriarch and later was again called to serve in Constantinople. His death was foretold to him by another saint, Maximos of Kapsokalyvia. He said that he would never return from a trip to help council Queen Helena of Serbia, which came to pass.

Hmmm. Well, that's the way the calenar crumbles.

Alex