Martyr · 3rd–4th century
Menas of Egypt
Martyr Menas of Egypt
New Calendar November 11 Old Calendar November 24
Why they are a saint
Menas of Egypt was an egyptian soldier-martyr; his shrine at Mareotis was a great pilgrimage. In Orthodox popular devotion asked for lost things and by travelers. The years given for this life are 3rd–4th century. The New Calendar feast is November 11.
Patronage / why chosen as patron
Patron of finding lost things, travelers, soldiers, because he was a soldier.
Prayer
O holy Menas of Egypt, pray to God for us.
A short general prayer to a saint, not a liturgical text. No public-domain troparion for this saint is included.
Do not confuse with Menas of Constantinople; Menas of Sinai; Menas, Hermogenes and Eugraphus.