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i;;Our Father among the saints '''Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople''' , (also 'h' ` ':;;;;;;;;, ``Mennas''') is remembered by the Church on [[August 25]].`.`.`h `$;;;;==Life==Saint Menas was at first a presbyter and supervisor of the Home of St Sampson, $r `:;;;;;;;;, a hospitable for the poor and needy in Constantinople during the reign of St [[Justinian I]].`.`.`.$ J$i;;h $; `;;;;;;;, ``.`.`h$, .$$$$h;, ,C; `;t;;;;Because of his profound virtue and firm confession of Orthodoxy, `he became to be [[Patriarch]] of [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]].`.`.?c $$$$$$h;, $;, .j???c, :?);;, `.`.'?h, $$$$$$$; j'; J;;;;i;LEarly in 536 St. `:?);;Agapitus I, `'[[Pope]] of [[Church of Rome|Rome]] came to Constantinople to depose the [[heretic]] Anthimus,C?hwhile there he participated in the [[consecration]] of Menas. ?$$$$$$; $;Later in 547, `$;;;$h9;L `;L;;during the Three Chapters controversy, `(C;;?; 3$$$$?; J?;Pope Vigilius arrived at Constantinople, `$;?ii$;;h ;L;, $;;$?hand cut Mennas off from communion for four months. Mennas retorted by striking the pope' $$$$;;' s name off the [[diptychs]]. They soon reconciled,C;;but in 551 Mennas was again, h;;;;;;P ;3;for a short time, $;;?h$'excommunicated by Rome. '$$;;: $;;;, `?CjjF `;3; `h;;;F (?;; `The holy Patriarch Menas ruled the Church of Constantinople for sixteen years.JF;;;During his patriarchate at Constantinople, `;3; `hiF '?;' .`.`.c$h;;;;, ;;f;, the famous [[Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)|Church of Hagia Sophia]],;iFthe Wisdom of God,;; was consecrated.`The saint died peacefully in the year 552.`JCCC$;;;;; ;;$;;;; `;i;, ,;;J;;  ==External link==*[http://ocafs.`oca.` JF;;??$hi;;;;org/FeastSaintsViewer. ..;;$;;;;;, ;asp?$;;, ,;i$$,SID=4&ID=1&FSID=102397 St Menas the Patriarch of Constantinople]- [[OCA]] Website' `.`. ,C;;;;, `"h;;;;;,,,,,,;;;;i$?;;;;;;;, *[http:;?h;;;//www.,;;;9" ?ec-patr. org/list/index.`.` .$;;;;' "?php?iijjjjii?""`.`;;;;;;;, lang=en&id=55 Menas] - [[Church of Constantinople]] website `;;?h;;;;iP' $, `.`. ,C;;;, """" `;;;;, `;;;J;" `h .`. ,C;;;;' ;;, ;;;9$ $. `.` ,C;;;;f `;;, `;;J''r ';{{start box}}{{succession|before=Anthimus I| .` z$;;;;, `;, ;;9 '$ ;.title=[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]]| j"'h;;;' `,;, ;;$; r; ';years= 536-552| j' ;c;;, ,; ;;$, '$ :; after=[[Eutychius of Constantinople| Eutychius]] }} .P $;;, `;,, .;;$. '? ''';.{{end box}},C ';;;; ,;; `;;J; ;r ';, ;;;;, `r'., ;;9; '$ ';. h;;;` $@)' ;;$. r; '3[[Category:Bishops]] ,c;;, '$'" ;;$; '$ 'h[[Category:Patriarchs of Constantinople]] <$;;, ';, ';;$. '? '$.[[Category:Saints]]