Orthodoxy.Church
Sign inJoin
The Synaxarion
Icon of Saint Mark of Ephesus confessing the faith, holding the Gospel.

The Byzantine Fathers

Saint Mark of Ephesus AD 1444

Metropolitan, Defender of Orthodoxy

Commemorated
January 19
Lived
AD 1444

The lone bishop who refused to sign the union of Florence (1439), preserving the Orthodox faith — called the conscience of Orthodoxy.

Holy Mark of Ephesus, pray to God for us.