Venerable

Venerable Timothy

February 21 Old CalendarMarch 6 New Calendar

Life

Timothy was a hermit in a place called Symbola on the Asian Olympus. From his earliest years Timothy entered a monastery, was tonsured, and until extreme old age spent his earthly life in fasting, prayer, vigil, and unceasing labor. He remained pure and continent throughout his entire life. And to the pure and continent God grants authority over the spirits of malice, and so He granted it to Timothy as well. By his labor over his own soul, Saint Timothy succeeded in building within himself a wondrous dwelling of the Holy Spirit. This holy man reposed in the year 795.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, February 21. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on February 21

Saint Zacharias, Patriarch of Jerusalem Hierarch Saint Eustathius, Archbishop of Antioch Hierarch Saint John III the Scholastic, Patriarch of Constantinople Hierarch

The full reading for February 21 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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