[Kolokotronis]

Here's a link to the vespers for this feast day: http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk/servansg.htm

[lightman]

Ansgar also appears on the calendar of Commemorations in both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church.

He is therefore one of a small company of truly universal post-Apostolic saints who bridge East and West.

I did not know until reading the biography above that he was born in Picardy, France. I shall try to remember to include the hymn "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" set to the tune "Picardy" next February when this festival will be on a Sunday. On the Lutheran calendar that will be Transfiguration (Quiquagesima) but the hymn will still be a good fit.