33 Martyrs of Melitene
These holy Martyrs confessed during the reign of Diocletian and Maximian in the year 290. Of them, Saint Hieron was from Tyana in Cappadocia, a husbandman, of great bodily strength and high nobility of soul. As he was at work digging in his field, certain soldiers came to impress him into military service. He, however, not wishing to keep company with the impious, refused, and with his wooden tool alone drove away the armed soldiers, who fled in fear because of his strength. Later, however, he went of his own free will, and confessed Christ before the governor. His right hand was cut off, and he was imprisoned with thirty-two others, whom he strengthened in the Faith of Christ. Together they were all beheaded outside the city of Melitene in Armenia.
This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features the parish of St. Paul in Hempstead, NY “Learning from our Parishes”
As the conclusion of the Apostolic Visit to the United States approaches and as he prepares for his return to the Phanar, it is communicated through the present that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was medically examined at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. The results of the check-up were very satisfactory.
Today, October 30, 2021, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended a luncheon at the Marriott Marquis, where he greeted the clergy and presvyteres of the Archdiocese, as well as the students of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC).
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Notre Dame today, October 28th, 2021, at an academic convocation held on campus at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.