Born a Jew, but seeing the power of Christ's faith, he was baptized together with his sister Callitropia. At the age of twenty-six, he became a monk in the monastery of Saint Hilarion. Later, he founded a separate monastery, where he became famous throughout Palestine and Egypt for his asceticism, spiritual wisdom, and miracle-working. Fleeing from the glory of men, go away to Egypt. On the way, he met the great Paphnutius, who prophesied to him that he would be an archbishop on the island of Cyprus. And indeed, after several years, by the Providence of God, Epiphanius came to Cyprus, where he was suddenly elected bishop. At the age of sixty, he became a bishop in the city of Salamis, and as a bishop he governed the Church of God for fifty-five years. In all, he lived on earth for one hundred and fifteen years, and he rested from this life to live forever in the kingdom of Christ. Before his death, he was invited to Constantinople by the emperor Arcadius and his wife Eudoxia to the council of bishops, which was supposed to condemn Saint John Chrysostom according to the wishes of the emperor and empress. Arriving in Constantinople, he went to the emperor's court, where the emperor and empress detained him for a long time, persuading him to declare against Chrysostom. The citizens hear, Chrysostom also hears, as if Epiphanius agreed with the emperor against Chrysostom. That's why Chrysostom wrote him a letter: "Brother Epiphanius, I heard that you advised the emperor that I should be exiled; know that you too will not see your throne again". To that, Epiphanius wrote to him: "Suffering John, resist insults; know that you too will not reach the place where they are chasing you". - And both of these saintly prophecies came true soon: not wanting to agree with the emperor on the exile of Zlatoust. Epiphanius then sat in a ship and went to Cyprus, but he died on the ship; and Chrysostom drove the emperor into exile in Armenia; but this saint died on the way. Saint Epiphanius died in 403. Of the many works of St. Epiphanius, the most famous is Kovčežić, in Greek: Panarion, in which eighty heresies were exposed and defeated.

Saint German, Patriarch of Constantinople. Holy Martyr Pankratia.