Ss. Onuphrius & Peter the Athonite
No Troparion is given in the Menaion.
Hymns
Thursday June 25, 2026 / June 12, 2026
Kontakion for the venerable Peter, Tone II, "Seeking the highest..."
Having withdrawn thyself from human companionship,/ out of divine desire and love for thy Lord, O Peter,/ thou didst dwell in caves of stone and deep ravines;/ and thou didst receive a crown from Him.// Pray thou unceasingly, that we be saved.
Kontakion for the venerable Onuphrius, Tone III, "Today the Virgin..."
Illumined by the radiance of the all-holy Spirit,/ O divinely wise one,/ thou didst forsake all the tumults of life;/ and on reaching the desert, O venerable father,/ thou didst gladden God the Creator, Who is over all things.// Wherefore, Christ, the great Bestower of gifts, doth glorify thee, O blessed one.
Sts. John, Andrew, Heraclemon, and Theophilus, hermits of Egypt, s, Troparion, Tone IV
O God of our fathers, deal ever with us according to Thy gentleness; take not Thy mercy from us, but by their supplications direct our life in peace.
Kontakion, in Tone VIII
Come ye, let us hymn them that were brethÂren in the flesh, yet more so in spirit: the glorious John with the faithful Heraclemon, wondrous Andrew, and Theophilus, beloved of God. For, lo! loving the cruel life of the desert, they attained unto the longed-for heavenly homeland; where, abiding now in blessedness, they pray with boldness for our souls.