20 April / 3 May

Our Holy Father Theodore Trichinas

A citizen of Constantinople, he was the son of wealthy parents. He left parents, home and riches while still a young man and settled in a remote monastery in Thrace, where he undertook the most rigorous ascetic life. He slept on a stone so that he might have less sleep; he was always bareheaded and dressed in a hair-shirt, from which he was called 'Trichinas' or 'hairy'. Because of his great and self-inflicted sufferings for the sake of his soul's salvation, God granted him the gift of working miracles, both in his lifetime and after his death, and he died peacefully in about 400. Healing myrrh flowed from his relics. Our Holy Father Anastasius of Sinai.

The Holy Apostle Zacchaeus

At first, Zacchaeus was a tax collector and a sinner. When our Lord saw him in Jericho in a tree and entered his home, Zacchaeus was brought to repentance. Later on, Zacchaeus followed the Apostle Peter who appointed him bishop of Caesarea in Palestine where he faithfully served the Gospel and died peacefully.

St. Caedwalla, king of the West Saxons (689)

He became king by conquest being notoriously violent but then abdicated and went to Rome to become a Christian. He was baptised on Holy Saturday 689 being given the name Peter by Pope Sergius. Soon afterwards he was taken ill and died, still wearing his white baptismal robes. He was aged about 30.

On the same day: Blessed Anastasius the Sinaite, Patriarch of Antioch; Blessed Gregory, Patriarch of Antioch; Our Holy Father Anastasius of Sinai; Our Holy Father Athanasius of Meteora; Blessed Anastasius the Sinaite, Patriarch of Antioch; Blessed Gregory, Patriarch of Antioch