ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 28th of December WELCOME! SAINT THEONAS, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR Saint Theonas succeeded St Maximus in that patriarchal chair of Alexandria in 282, and held it almost nineteen years, being himself, by the shining light of his sanctity and learning, the greatest ornament of that church at a time when it was in both respects most flourishing. St Pierius was then priest and catechist in that church, and supported the high reputation of its school, so as to be styled himself the young Origen. Among the many works which Pierius left, nothing but some few fragments have reached us. "THE DISRESPECT WHICH IS SHOWN TO IMAGES FALLS BACK UPON THAT WHICH THEY REPRESENT" Photius tells us, that in a book which he wrote upon St Luke’s gospel, he proved that the disrespect which is shown to images falls back upon that which they represent. St Theonas himself wrote a useful letter of instruction, how the Christians wh...