Commemoration
Blessed Michael
January 11 Old CalendarJanuary 24 New Calendar
Life
Blessed Michael was a fool for Christ. A Russian, of princely lineage. He pretended to be mad in order to hide his virtue from the world, and so that people would not praise him. Thus he prepared praise for himself before God. He ended his life in the year 1453 in the Klopsk Monastery, near Novgorod where his relics also rest.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, January 11. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on January 11
The full reading for January 11 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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