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Venerable (Monastic) · 8th century

Venerable Prokopios the Confessor of Decapolis

Also known as Procopius of Decapolis

A monk of the Decapolis who defended the veneration of the holy icons during the iconoclast persecution, suffering imprisonment and torture for the Orthodox faith. He reposed in peace after the triumph of Orthodoxy.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints