August 4, 2004
St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church
Kontakion in tone 3
The Church for which you suffered
glorifies you in hymns, O Emilian;
you were a valiant champion of the Trinity,
therefore we honor your memory.
Deliver your servants from all assaults of the enemy.
170 Lexington Avenue,
Passaic, New Jersey
07055
A parish of the
St. Emilian the Confessor
Saint Emilian the Confessor was an illustrious Orthodox Bishop of Cyzicus who was called to Constantinople by the holy Patriarch Nicephorus to defend the veneration of the holy icons against Leo the Armenian. Saint Emilian was sent into exile by Leo about the year 815, and gave up his soul to the Lord amidst many afflictions and sufferings for the sake of his confession.
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