Venerable
Venerable Anthusa
July 27 Old CalendarAugust 9 New Calendar
Life
After a long ascetic feat of solitary life, Anthusa founded a monastery of ninety sisters. During the time of iconoclasm under Constantine Copronymus, all ninety nuns were slain, and the Venerable Anthusa herself then also died in the year 759.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, July 27. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on July 27
The full reading for July 27 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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