The Earthquake of A.D. 740
The great earthquake commemorated here took place in 740, during the reign of Leo the Isaurian, the first of the Iconoclast emperors.
The Menaion has hymns and a canon in commemoration of this earthquake, jointly with the service to Saint Demetrius, bringing to mind the multitude of our sins, the great need for repentance, and the long-suffering of God Who both chastens and has mercy on His creation.
The above account is taken from the Great Horologion,
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