OCHRID
Saints

Venerable

Venerable Hesychius of Jerusalem

March 28 Old CalendarApril 10 New Calendar

Read March 28 in the Prologue

Life

A presbyter and profound theologian. A disciple of Saint Gregory the Theologian. His celebrated work On Sobriety and Prayer ought to be read. He was a contemporary also of Saint Euthymios the Great. He fell asleep in the Lord peacefully around the year 434.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, March 28. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on March 28

Venerable Martyr Eustratios of the Caves MartyrVenerable Hilarion the New, Confessor VenerableHoly Martyr Boyan, Prince of Bulgaria MartyrWondrous Event of Taxiot, a Soldier from Carthage Commemoration

The full reading for March 28 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

Open March 28 in the reader