Venerable
Venerable Euthymius the New
October 15 Old CalendarOctober 28 New Calendar
Life
Born in Ancyra in 824, of righteous parents, Epiphanius and Anna. He served in the army, married, and had one daughter, Anastasia. He practiced asceticism rigorously and for a long time in the Olympian monasteries, and then on the Holy Mountain. For a time he lived as a stylite near Thessalonica. Near Thessalonica he also founded one monastery for men and one for women. He reposed on the Sacred Island near the Holy Mountain at the end of the ninth century. His holy and wonderworking relics rest in Thessalonica.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, October 15. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on October 15
The full reading for October 15 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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