Venerable
Venerable Theoctistus
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Life
A co-faster and co-ascetic of Saint Euthymius the Great. Theoctistus was the abbot of the Lavra of Euthymius, situated six miles from Jerusalem on the road to Jericho. In everything he was a disciple of Saint Euthymius, and under his spiritual guidance he directed the monastery until his ninetieth year. He pleased God by his life and reposed in the Lord in the middle of the fifth century, in the time of Patriarch Anastasius of Jerusalem.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, September 3. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on September 3
The full reading for September 3 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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