day 20

January 20: Our Venerable & God-bearing Father Euthymius the Great

On “Lord, I have cried…”, 4 stichera, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: “Joy of the ranks of heaven…”—

Now & ever…: Theotokion

The 20th Day of the MONTH OF JANUARY

Soaring far above the circles of heaven in divine virtue, O most blessed father, thou didst descend into darkness; and thereby thou wast truly shown to receive effulgence, O venerable one, not in indistinct images, but in the grace of God. Twice

Commemoration of Our Venerable & God-bearing Father Euthymius the Great

Having enlightened soul and mind with the virtues, thou didst pass over to the heavens, to the kingdom of Christ, O thrice blessed Euthymius, offering Him the most severe of thy pangs; and shining forth in ascetic endeavors like a lamp thou findest delight in the sustenance which waxeth not old.

If the superior so desire, we celebrate a vigil.

The truly consubstantial and unoriginate Trinity, having established the abode of the Spirit within thee, showed thee to be a most radiant beacon, O God-bearing Euthymius; and having passed above all things which would drag thee down, thou hast found a dwelling-place in the heavens.

AT LITTLE VESPERS

Glory…, in Tone II—

O venerable father, having diligently learned the virtues from childhood, thou becamest an instrument of the Holy Spirit; and receiving from Him the ability to work miracles, thou didst exhort men to spurn pleasures. And having been illumined now most purely with divine light, illumine thou our thoughts, O father Euthymius.