Venerable
Venerable Laurence of the Caves
January 29 Old CalendarFebruary 11 New Calendar
Life
He voluntarily chose the life of reclusion like the earlier recluses, Isaac and Nikita, cautiously guarding himself from demonic delusion, to which these two had at first succumbed. By great abstinence, prayer and contemplation of God he attained a high degree of perfection. From a frightened demon he learned that in the Monastery of the Caves, of one hundred eighteen monks there were thirty of them to whom was given by God authority over evil spirits. He departed to the Lord in the year 1194.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, January 29. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on January 29
The full reading for January 29 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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