The Virgin Nativity Cathedral
Section of Central Lengthwise Nave. South View

Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimyphunteia from The Liturgy of Church Fathers

(end of the 3rd cent. – c.348), bishop, was born on the island of Crete. He was a shepherd, had a wife and children and gave away what he had to the poor. He had a miracle-working gift. After his wife’s death he was ordained bishop of Trimyphunteia under the emperor Constantine the Great. He took part in the 1st Ecumenical Council against the Arian heresy. Feast day: 12(25) December.