Tarasius of Constantinople
Hierarch
Commemorated February 25
Our father among the saints Tarasius of Constantinople , (Greek: Ταράσιος), was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 784 to 806. He accepted the see of Constantinople on the condition that a council, the Seventh Ecumenical Council , be convened to settle the issue of veneration of icons . His feast day is February 25 .
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 Tarasius our father, entreat Christ God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion
Having illumined the Church with Orthodox dogmas
and taught all to honor and bow down before the precious icon of Christ, O blessed one,
thou didst denounce the godless decree of the iconoclasts.
Wherefore, we cry out to thee:
Rejoice, O wise rather Tarasius!