Venerable Dositheus, abbot of Verkneostrov (Pskov) (1482)
Commemorated October 8
The Monk Dosiphei of Verkhneostrovsk and Pskov – was a disciple of the Monk Evphrosyn of Spasoeleazarovsk and Pskov (Comm. 15 May). In 1470 he founded the Petropavlovsk Verkhneostrov monastery at Lake Pskova, where he was hegumen.
Troparion
In thee, O father, was manifestly preserved what is in the image of God, for having taken up thy cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thine own example hast taught that the flesh is to be despised as transient, but that particular care should be bestowed on the soul, as a thing immortal; wherefore, together with the angels, rejoiceth also thine, O holy Dositheus, spirit.
Kontakion
Having divinely armed thyself with the purity of thy soul and unceasing prayers firmly grasping as a spear, thou, our father Dositheus, hast pierced the armies of the demon; supplicate unceasingly for us all.
Source: Crkveni Kalendar
