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''See also disambiguation of the name [[Arsenios]]''

Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Arsenius, Archbishop of Kerkyra''' (Corfu), was a native of Palestine and lived in the ninth century. He is commemorated by the church [[January 19]].

He led a strict ascetic life and was a well educated man and renowned spiritual writer. He was glorified by wisdom, and by the constantly defended his flock from the wrath of the emperor Constantine VIII (979-1028). Because of his great virtue, St. Arsenius was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as [[Archbishop]] of Kerkyra. He was a defender of widows, a father to orphans, and a comfort for the sorrowful, and so God rewarded him with the gift of miracles. He fell asleep in the Lord toward the end of the ninth century. His [[relics]] were placed in the [[cathedral]] at Kerkyra, and many miracles and healings took place at his tomb. St. Arsenius composed the Canon chanted during the Sanctification of Oil, a Panegyric on the [[Apostle Andrew]], and a Discourse on the Suffering of the Great Martyr [[Barbara of Heliopolis|Barbara]]. Several of his letters to St. [[Photius the Great|Photius]] (February 6) still survive.

==Source==
* ''[http://ocafs.oca.org Feasts and Saints]'' ([[OCA]])

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