Venerable Philotheus, founder of Philotheou Monastery, Mount Athos

Commemorated on January 24.

Saint Philotheus, the founder of the Philotheou Monastery on Mount Athos, lived toward the end of the tenth century.

Troparion

By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile,
and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance.
By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe!
O our holy father Philotheus, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!