Venerable Athanasius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves

Commemorated on December 2.

The memory of Saint Athanasius is celebrated also on August 28 and on the second Sunday of Great Lent.

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 Athanasius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!