Methodius I of Constantinople
Hierarch
Commemorated June 14
Our father among the saints Methodius I of Constantinople was Patriarch of Constantinople during the middle of the ninth century. Chosen as Patriarch of Constantinople by Empress Theodora after the deposition of the iconoclast Patriarch John VII Gramatikos, he followed a policy of moderation toward iconoclasts as veneration of the icons returned to the Church. His feast day is celebrated on June 14 .
Troparion
The truth of things revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith,
a model of meekness and a teacher of abstinence
wherefore thou hast attained the heights through humility
and riches through poverty.
O hierarch Methodius our father, entreat Christ God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion
Thou didst struggle on earth like an incorporeal being, O Methodius,
and hast inherited the heavens,
as one who explained the veneration of icons to the ends of the earth;
for subjected all the more to labors and pangs,
thou didst not cease boldly to denounce those who cast aside the icons of Christ.