January 4

Reading

Saint Theoctistus, Abbot of the Monastery of Cucomo in Sicily, reposed in peace in the year 800.

Apolytikion of Theoctistus the Righteous

Plagal of the Fourth Tone

With the rivers of your tears, you have made the barren desert fertile. Through sighs of sorrow from deep within you, your labors have borne fruit a hundred-fold. By your miracles you have become a light, shining upon the world. O Theoctistus, our Holy Father, pray to Christ our God, to save our souls.

Kontakion of Theoctistus the Righteous

Fourth Tone

Thou didst rise out of the West, O Theoctistus, mystically illumining the Church of Christ like a bright sun with the resplendent and sacred rays of thine ascetical labours, O righteous one.