Venerable
Venerable Gregory the Silent
December 7 Old CalendarDecember 20 New Calendar
Life
Gregory was by origin a Serb. Founder of the Holy Mountain monastery of Saint Nicholas, known because of him by the name Grigoriou. A quarter hour from the monastery is located his cell, where in silence he struggled and prayed. This man of God reposed peacefully in the year 1406. In the year 1761 there was a great fire in the monastery, during which some monks took his relics and transferred them to Serbia.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, December 7. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on December 7
The full reading for December 7 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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