SAINT TARASIUS

Saint Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople was the son of one of the foremost princes in Constantinople, and was originally a consul and first among the Emperor's privatecounselors. Then, in 784, he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople by the Sovereigns Irene and her son Constantine Porphyrogenitus. He convoked the Seventh Ecumenical Council that upheld the holy icons, and became the boast of the Church and a light to the clergy. He reposed in 806.