Venerable Hilarion the New
Hilarion, from his youth given to God and long a hermit, was ordained priest and made abbot of the Pelekete monastery near the Dardanelles; for his purity he was granted foresight and wonders, drawing rain in drought and dividing a river like Elisha.
Coming feasts: Sunday, March 28, 2027
On Great Thursday of 754 the iconoclast commander Lachanodrakon fell upon the monastery in pursuit of the venerators of icons, scattering the Holy Gifts and seizing and maiming the monks; Hilarion suffered in this persecution and reposed a confessor.
On the feast day Orthros sets the life of St Hilarion of Pelecete before you, beside the day's fast and readings, free to read.
