Saint Bessarion, Archbishop of Larissa

Commemorated on September 15.

Saint Bessarion, Archbishop of Larissa, lived during the sixteenth century and founded the Dusika monastery in Thessaly.

Troparion

In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith,
an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence;
your humility exalted you;
your poverty enriched you.
Hierarch Father Bessarion,
entreat Christ our God
that our souls may be saved.