The Monk Eulogios, Archbishop of Alexandria
Commemorated on February 13
The Monk Eulogios,
Archbishop of Alexandria, was one of the enlightened and active hierarchs
of the VI Century. At first he was hegumen of the Justinian Mother of God
monastery in Antioch, and then he was chosen to the cathedra-chair of the city
of Alexandria, where he served for 27 years. During all his years the saint
struggled incessantly against various heresies. His activity is known of
through his letters to Sainted Gregory Dialogus, an highly esteemed monk and
pope.
The Monk Eulogios
died in either the year 607 or 608. His writings are preserved particularly in
quotations by Patriarch Photios, and they reveal an Orthodox teaching about the
natures of our Lord Jesus Christ, and are directed against heresies of the time
of Saint Eulogios. In complete form there has reached us only one of his
sermons – for Palm Sunday.
© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.