Christian feast day: Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)

Hypatius of Bithynia

Hypatius of Bithynia was a monk and hermit of the fifth century. A Phrygian, he became a hermit at the age of nineteen in Thrace. He then traveled to Constantinople and then Chalcedon with another hermit named Jason. He became abbot of a hermitage at Chalcedon.

Eastern Orthodoxy

Major branch of Christianity

Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream Eastern Orthodox…

Greek Catholic Church

Index of articles associated with the same name

Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to:The Catholic Church in Greece The Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Catholic Churches that use the Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite: The Albanian Greek Catholic Church The Belarusian Greek Catholic…