(296—373), archbishop, guided the Alexandrian Church for 47 years from the age of 28. He defended Orthodox precepts from the Arian heresy. His teachings served as the basis of the resolution of the I Ecumenical Council of Nicaea on anathema against the Arianism. He spent over 20 years in exile hiding from the Arians. He wrote numerous works: four Orations directed against the Arian heresy, an epistle on the human nature of Jesus Christ, four epistles on divinity of the Holy Spirit, commentaries to Holy Writ, hagiography of St. Antonius the Great. Feast day: 2(15) May and 18 January (jointly with Cyril of Alexandria).
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