Venerable
Venerable Paphnutius of Borovsk
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Life
The son of a Tatar nobleman who later accepted the Christian faith. In his twentieth year Paphnutius was tonsured a monk and lived in the monastery until his ninety-fourth year, when he reposed in the Lord. He was a virgin and an ascetic, and because of this a great wonderworker and clairvoyant. He reposed in the year 1478.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, May 1. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on May 1
The full reading for May 1 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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