Venerable Isaac I of Optina

Commemorated on August 22.

Saint Isaac (Antimonov) fell asleep in the Lord on August 22, 1894.

The Moscow Patriarchate authorized local veneration of the Optina Elders on June 13,1996, glorifying them for universal veneration on August 7, 2000.

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