Venerable Euthymius the Great - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 4

Be glad, O desert which hast not given birth; be of good cheer, you who have not travailed; for a man of desires1 has multiplied your spiritual children and planted them in piety, and through abstinence, he brought them unto the perfection of the virtues. Through his supplications, O Christ our God, make our life peaceful.


1 A greatly beloved man. This epithet appears in Daniel 9:23, 10:11, and 10:19.

Kontakion — Tone 8

(Podoben: “As the first-fruits of our natureā€¦”)
Creation rejoiced at your august birth, and at your divine memorial, O Venerable one, and gladly received many of your miracles; now bestow them abundantly upon our souls, and wash away the stains of our sins, / that we may sing: “Alleluia!”