Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk (23 May): Butler's Lives of the Saints

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:17][Music] [Music] [Music] the lives of the Saints by father Albin Butler  May 23rd St Euphrosyne of Polotsk by the end of the 10th Century Russia adopted along with  the Catholic faith the Byzantine liturgy and the rich and complicated constantinopolitan  calendar in time Russian saints were added to the Greek Saints in the Saints calendar but the  Eastern calendar differs from the Western one in two points first the martyrs are relatively  unimportant in the Eastern calendar compared to the athetics second the Eastern calendar hardly  celebrates the Virgin Saints except of course the mother of God the early Russian iconography  totally ignored the virgins mentioned in the Greek calendar on the other hand 11 of the 12  Saints of the Russian Church were married the 12th is St eup frosini of Pat eup frosini was  the daughter of Prince vatslav of patk at the age of 12 she took the Habit in her hometown and  embraced the solitary life in a Cell adjoining the Cathedral of St Sophia she spent most of  her time copying books and the proceeds from the sale she devoted to helping the sick and  needy following the example of other inmates St eup forini traveled extensively she founded a  Convent of nuns in selce in Constantinople she was received by Emperor Emmanuel I and patriarch  Michael III gave her the icon of Our Lady of corsun the saint made in her last years a  pilgrimage to the holy land at the time of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem and there she was  received by King amori I and patriarch amori she also visited the famous monastery of maraba  between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea which was still inhabited eupan died in Jerusalem her body  was transferred to Kiev where it was buried in addition to the Russians the ruthenians  and lithuanians also venerate the saint