Venerable Macarius of Optina

Commemorated on September 7.

The Optina Elders were glorified by the Moscow Patriarchate 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 Macarius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!