Venerable
Venerable Arsenius of Komel
August 24 Old CalendarSeptember 6 New Calendar
Life
A native of Moscow, of a noble family. As a young man he received the monastic tonsure in the monastery of Saint Sergius of Radonezh. As an exemplary monk he was chosen as abbot, but he yearned for the solitude of prayer and withdrew to the Komel forest, where he practiced asceticism until his death, fighting bravely against the great temptations of the demons. He reposed in the Lord in the year 1550.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, August 24. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on August 24
The full reading for August 24 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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