Venerable (Monastic) · 9th century
Venerable Kassiani the Hymnographer
Also known as Kassia of Constantinople
A noble Byzantine nun, abbess, and the first woman whose hymns entered the Church's services; a confessor in the time of the iconoclasts
Customs & Traditions
Hymns and verses, including the Troparion of Kassiani
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Related Saints
- Venerable Maximus the Confessor · Venerable (Monastic)
- St. Gregory the Theologian · Hierarch
- St. Joseph, Bishop of Thessalonica · Hierarch
- St. Ephraim the Syrian · Venerable (Monastic)
- St. Mark of Ephesus · Hierarch
- St. Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople · Hierarch
Notes
Her hymn on the sinful woman is chanted on Holy Wednesday; patron of Kasos
Sources: Synaxarion