June 20
Reading:
Because of his wisdom and virtue, this Saint was surnamed
Eubulus ("of good counsel"). He was an eminent theologian and one of the
first to oppose and refute the heretical writings of Origen. According
to Jerome (De vir. ill., 83) and Socrates the historian (Eccl. Hist.,
6:13), he was bishop, not of Patara (as a sixth century work by Leontius
the Byzantine wrongly asserts), but of Olympus in Lycia, and later, of
Tyre in Phoenicia. It appears he was called Bishop of Patara by later
writers because his famous dialogue concerning the resurrection takes
place in that city. He underwent a glorious death as a martyr in Chalkis
of Greece in the year 311, under Emperor Maximinus. Among his extant
writings is one called Symposium of Virgins.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the
Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of
ascent to divine vision. Wherefore, having rightly divided the word of
truth, thou didst also contest for the Faith even unto blood, O
Hieromartyr Methodios. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be
saved.
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