St. Stephen the Sabaite | |
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 Image from the Church and Archaeological Cabinet of the Moscow Theological Academy. | |
| Stephen the Hymnographer | |
| Born | 725 Julis, Gaza |
| Died | 796 or 807 Mar Saba |
| Feast | 10 November [O.S. 28 October (where the Julian calendar is used)][1] |
Saint Stephen the Sabaite (725 – 796 or 807), also known as Stephen the Hymnographer, was a Christian monk from Julis, Gaza, a district of Gaza. He was a nephew of St. John of Damascus[2] and spent a half-century in the monastery of Mar Saba. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- ^ [1] "Orthodox Holiness Around the Church Year with St John — John Moschos - March 11", Retrieved 2011-09-13
- ^ Bishop Kallistos (Ware); Mary, Mother (2002), The Lenten Triodion, South Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, p. 41, ISBN 1-878997-51-3