CATECHESIS & DAILY INSPIRATION
The Holy Hieromartyr Methodius,
Bishop of Patara (or Olympus) in Lycia (312)
Reflections and Daily Inspiration
“The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds.”

- St. Maximus the Confessor
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 JULY 3 / JUNE 20
The Holy Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Patara (or Olympus) in Lycia (312)

Methodius dedicated himself to asceticism from his youth, and like a city on a hill he was seen and called to the episcopacy in the city of Patara in Lycia. As a learned and eloquent hierarch, Methodius wrote against the heresy of Origen. His “God-inspired words shone throughout the entire world like lightning.” The pagans rose up against him, tortured him and beheaded him in Chalcis in Syria in the year 311.