Saint Hermogenes of Alexandria

A life of faith

Hermogenes was sent to Alexandria to compel Menas to abandon Christianity. The traditional account remembers his astonishment at Menas’s recovery after torture and his request to share the same faith. He received baptism and was consecrated bishop. He later confessed Christ before the emperor and suffered martyrdom with Menas.

The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers saints in prayer and commemoration. Their lives offer examples for Christians learning to live their faith.

A reflection

Hermogenes’s change of heart invites you to reconsider a judgment you have made about someone. Make room to learn from a person you once dismissed.

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