Venerable Hilarion of Optina

Commemorated on September 18.

The Optina Elders were glorified by the Moscow Patriarchate for universal veneration on August 7, 2000.

Troparion

Divine healer of passions, tried and tested helmsman of faith,
you received the gift of healing from the Lord, and glorious victories over demons,
O wondrous Father Hilarion,
all that was hidden has been revealed, and heretical ideas destroyed.
Therefore, pray to Christ God to deliver us from the delusion of the devil, and to save our souls.

Kontakion

Fellow participant in the spiritual mysteries of the Optina Elders,
and co-inheritor of the land of the Sovereign Lady,
you blossomed like a prolific tree in the garden of the wilderness
and, like a good shepherd, you strengthened the flock of Christ.
Now entreat Christ God to preserve us in Orthodoxy and in piety,
and to strengthen all who revere you with love.