Saint Macarius of Oredezhsk

Commemorated on August 9.

Venerable Makarios of Oredezh was a disciple of Saint Alexander of Svir (+ August 30, 1533). He contested on the Oredezha River near Lake Ladoga, where he founded a Monastery. He reposed in 1532.

Saint Makarios is commemorated at the Synaxis of the Karelian Saints (the Saturday between October 31 and November 6); and also at the Synaxis of the Novgorod and St. Petersburg Saints (the third Sunday after Pentecost).

Troparion

(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...”)
With the streams of your tears, you cultivated the barrenness of the desert,
and by your sighings from the depths, your labors bore fruit a hundredfold,
and you became a luminary of the world, radiant with miracles,
O Makarios our Father. Intercede with Christ God that our souls may be saved.

Kontakion

(Podoben: “Seeking the things on high...”)
Having divinely armed yourself with purity of soul
and firmly grasping unceasing prayer as a spear, you slew the hordes of demons.
Therefore, we beseech you, O Father Makarios:
“Always intercede for those who honor you.”