Venerable

Venerable Cosmas of Zographou

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Life

Of a noble Bulgarian family by origin. When his parents wished to marry him off, he fled to the Holy Mountain. A hermit and wonderworker. He practiced asceticism in a cave near the Monastery of Zographou. The Most Holy Theotokos appeared to him on several occasions. The greatest ascetic and wonderworker of Zographou. The fearsome cell in which Cosmas silently practiced asceticism and battled with demons exists to this day northwest of the Monastery of Zographou. He saw with the eyes of the spirit and described events distant in time and space. He reposed in old age on September 22, 1323, and after a life of many labors departed to the joy of his Lord.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 22. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The full reading for September 22 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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