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- Our Holy Father Procopius of Decapolis (9th c.)
- He was from Decapolis near the Sea of Galilee, and entered monastic
life as a youth. When the Emperor Leo the Isaurian began his
persecution of the holy icons, Procopius, who had previously spent his
life in hiddenness and silence, boldly stood forth to defend the true
Orthodox veneration of the icons. For this he was cruelly tortured and
imprisoned. When the cruel Leo died and the icons were restored to the
churches, Procopius returned to his monastery, where he lived in peace
to a great old age. The Prologue concludes, 'In
old age, he entered into God's Kingdom, where he beheld with joy the
living angels and saints whose images were on the honoured icons on
earth.'
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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