Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Gennadius IPatriarch of Constantinople

Holy Hierarch· Gold: Colour of the kings

“...would not ordain a man to the priesthood unless he was quite knowledgeable in Holy Scripture, and knew the Psalter by heart.”
St. Gennadius I Patriarch of Constantinople

Dates of commemoration for saint

Birth

5th century

Byzantine Empire

Death

471

Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

Life path

  • Monk
  • Patriarch
  • Author

Eras

  • Eutychian heresy
  • Simony

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