Opening of the relics of Saint Daniel of Pereyaslavl
Commemorated on December 30.
In 1652, after the appearance of Venerable Daniel to the novice John Daurov, his holy relics were recovered and found to be incorrupt. Then they were placed in the Monastery near the altar of Holy Trinity Cathedral. His relics were recovered on November 18, 1653, and they were authenticated by Metropolitan Jonah of Rostov and Yaroslavl on December 30.
Many miracles and healings occurred before Saint Daniel's holy relics. His wonderworking icon, painted by a healed iconographer named Demetrios, was kept in the Monastery. There was a well which the Saint himself dug, and its water is miraculous. Pilgrims drank it, bathed in it, and the sick received healing from their ailments.
Troparion
From your youth, O blessed one, you devoted yourself entirely to the Lord,
always obeying God and resisting the devil, you overcame sinful passions,
thereby becoming a temple
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of God and you built a beautiful monastery for the glory of the Most Holy Trinity,
and for Christ's flock gathered in them, O God-pleaser, you departed to the eternal abodes, O Father Daniel.
Entreat the tri-hypostatic God, one in essence, for the salvation of our souls.
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Corinthians 3:16; 6:19.
Kontakion
You appeared as an unfading Light, a bright luminary enlightening all with the purity of your life, O Father Daniel,
because you were a model and a rule for monastics, a father of orphans, and benefactor of widows.
Therefore, we your children cry out to you:
“Rejoice, our joy and crown; rejoice, for you have a special right to address God;
rejoice, great strengthener of our city.”