{"id":272300,"date":"2020-02-28T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T22:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=272300"},"modified":"2020-02-28T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T07:29:45","slug":"venerable-basil-the-confessor-hieromartyr-proterius-the-patriarch-of-alexandria-non-liturgical-day-cheese-milk-eggs-fish-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/venerable-basil-the-confessor-hieromartyr-proterius-the-patriarch-of-alexandria-non-liturgical-day-cheese-milk-eggs-fish-allowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Venerable Basil the Confessor; Hieromartyr Proterius the Patriarch of Alexandria (Non-liturgical day. Cheese, milk, eggs, fish allowed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Venerable Basil the Confessor<\/h4>\n<div id=\"main-col\">\n<div id=\"main-col-contents\">\n<article>Saint Basil the Confessor was a monk and suffered during the reign of the iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741). When a persecution started against those who venerated holy icons, Saint Basil and his companion Saint Procopius of Decapolis (February 27) were subjected to much torture and locked up in prison. Here both martyrs languished for a long while, until the death of the impious emperor.<\/p>\n<p>When the holy Confessors Basil and Procopius were set free along with other venerators of holy icons, they continued in their monastic struggles, instructing many in the Orthodox Faith and the virtuous life. Saint Basil died peacefully in the year 750.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside id=\"sidebar\">\n<h4 id=\"sidebar-contents\">Hieromartyr Proterius the Patriarch of Alexandria<\/h4>\n<div id=\"main-col\">\n<div id=\"main-col-contents\">\n<article>The Hieromartyr Proterius, Patriarch of Alexandria, and those with him. The priest Proterius lived in Alexandria during the patriarchal tenure of Dioscorus (444-451), an adherent of the Monophysite heresy of Eutyches. Proterius fearlessly denounced the heretics and confessed the Orthodox Faith.<\/p>\n<p>In 451 at the Fourth Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, the heresy of Eutyches was condemned and the teaching of Christ as Perfect God and Perfect Man, existing in these two natures \u201cunconfusedly\u201d and \u201cindivisibly\u201d [and \u201cimmutably\u201d and \u201cinseparably\u201d] was set forth. The heretic Dioscorus was deposed and exiled, and Proterius, distinguished for his strict and virtuous life, was placed upon the patriarchal throne of Alexandria.<\/p>\n<p>However, many supporters of Dioscorus remained in Alexandria. Rebelling against the election of Proterius, they rioted and burned the soldiers who were sent out to pacify them. The pious emperor Marcian (450-457) deprived the Alexandrians of all the privileges they were accustomed to, and sent new and reinforced detachments of soldiers. The inhabitants of the city then quieted down and begged Patriarch Proterius to intercede with the emperor to restore their former privileges to them. The kindly saint consented and readily obtained their request.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-272299\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/sfantul_sfintit_mucenic_proterie_patriarhul_alexandriei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the death of Marcian the heretics again raised their heads. Presbyter Menignus (\u201cthe Cat\u201d), himself striving for the patriarchal dignity, and taking advantage of the absence of the prefect of the city, was at the head of the rioters. Saint Proterius decided to leave Alexandria, but that night he saw in a dream the holy Prophet Isaiah, who said to him, \u201cReturn to the city, I am waiting to take you.\u201d The saint realized that this was a prediction of his martyric end. He returned to Alexandria and concealed himself in a baptistry.<\/p>\n<p>The insolent heretics broke into this refuge and killed the Patriarch and six men who were with him. The fact that it was Holy Saturday and the Canon of Pascha was being sung did not stop them. In their insane hatred they tied a rope to the body of the murdered Patriarch, and dragged it through the streets. They beat and lacerated it, and finally they burned it, scattering the ashes to the wind.<\/p>\n<p>The Orthodox reported this to the holy Emperor Leo (457-474) and Saint Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople (July 3). An army arrived at Alexandria, the rebellion was crushed, and Menignus was brought to trial and exiled.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the death of the Hieromartyr Proterius, four Thracian bishops of his time wrote: \u201cWe consider His Holiness Proterius to be in the ranks and choir of the saints, and we beseech God to be compassionate and merciful to us through his prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venerable Basil the Confessor Saint Basil the Confessor was a monk and suffered during the reign of the iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741). 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