Venerable Isaac II of Optina

Commemorated on December 26.

Saint Isaac II (Bobrikov) died as a martyr on December 26, 1938.

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!