Patron saints
Who Is the Patron Saint of Actors?
Saint Genesius · Feast day August 25
The patron saint of actors is Saint Genesius, whose feast day is August 25.
Who was Saint Genesius?
Saint Genesius, by tradition, was a Roman actor performing a mocking play about Christian baptism before the emperor when, in the middle of the scene, he was genuinely converted and declared his faith in Christ. He refused to recant and was martyred.
Why the patron of actors?
For that conversion upon the stage, he is the patron of actors and performers.
In the Word
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
A note for all traditions: patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as examples of faith and as friends who pray with us, never worshiped, for worship belongs to God alone. Many Protestant Christians honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. Across all traditions, there is one Lord and one mediator between God and us, the man Christ Jesus, and every one of us, not only the saints, is called to holiness and to him.
All the saints point to Jesus, and so are you called
Saint Genesius was not the point; Christ was. Every saint is a window, and the light is Jesus, who is Lord of all. You are called to the same holiness and the same love. Pray, read the Word, and gather with the family of God on The Living Bread. Free, with no ads, for all people.
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