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The Fifteenth Day of the Month of January

Menologion

• Ven. Paul of Thebes (341) and John Calabytes (the "Hut-dweller") of Constantinople (450)
• Monk-martyr Pansophius of Alexandria (3rd cen.)
• St. Ita, hermitess in Ireland and foster-mother of St. Brendan
• St. Gabriel, founder of Lesnov Monastery in Bulgaria (11th cen.)
• St. Prochorus, abbot in Vranski desert on the river Pshina in Bulgaria (11th cen.)
• St. Maximus, bishop of Nola (250)
• St. Ita of Killeedy, hermitess and foster-mother of St. Brendan (570) (Celtic & British)
• St. Maurus, disciple of St. Benedict (584) (Celtic & British)
• St. Salome of Udjarma, and St. Perodzhavra of Sivnia, Georgia (4th cen.)
• St. Barlaam of Keret Lake near the White Sea (16th cen.)

Troparion of St. Paul of Thebes Tone 3

Inspired by the Spirit, thou wast the first to dwell in the desert,/ in emulation of Elijah the Zealot;/ as one like the Angels,/ thou wast made known to the world by St. Anthony./ O righteous Paul, pray to Christ our God to grant us His great mercy.

Troparion of St. John the Hut-dweller Tone 4

Thou didst fervently long for the Lord from childhood,/ thou didst abandon the delights of the world and train as an ascetic./ Thou didst build thy hut at thy parents' gates/ and shatter the demon's snares./ Wherefore Christ has glorified thee, O blessed John.

Kontakion of St. Paul of Thebes Tone 3

We gather today and praise thee with hymns/ as an unwaning ray of the spiritual sun;/ for thou didst shine on those in the darkness of ignorance,/ and lead all men to the heights/ holy Paul, adornment of Thebes,/ firm foundation of ascetics and fathers.

Kontakion of St. John the Hut-dweller Tone 2

In longing for Christ-like poverty/ thou didst forsake thy parents' wealth, O John;/ thou didst follow Christ our God with the Gospel in thy hand,/ interceding unceasingly for us all.

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• St. Paul the First Hermit (Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine)
  The Life of Paulus the First Hermit by St Jerome
• St. Ita (The Saints: A concise Biographical Dictionary by John Coulson)
• Russian Icons
• Prologue From Ochrid by St Nikolai Velimirovich
• OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day
• OCA - Troparia and Kontakia
• Mesyatseslov of Saints Lives (Russian)

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