Venerable Joachim, abbot of Opochka Monastery (Pskov) (1550)
Commemorated September 9
The Venerable Joachim, founder and abbot of the now abolished Opochka St. Elias Monastery 20 versts (about 13 miles) from the city of Porkhov (Pskov Government). He was tonsured at the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. His relics repose under the porch of the church of his abolished monastery.
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 Joachim, spirit.
Kontakion
Having divinely armed thyself with the purity of thy soul and unceasing prayers firmly grasping as a spear, thou, our father Joachim, hast pierced the armies of the demon; supplicate unceasingly for us all.
Source: Crkveni Kalendar
