Feast Day: June 26th
The Life of Saint David the Dendrite: One day, therefore, he became so fervent with zeal and his heart so filled with compunction, that he climbed up an almond tree that was by the left side of the church. He remained there upon a branch of the tree where he made a small bench as well as he could, and there he struggled in ascetic labours with wondrous patience, tormented by the winds, the rains and the snows, burned by the searing heat of the sun in summer, and suffering many other afflictions…
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Prayers
Apolytikion: O David, your love for God the Word gave you wings, and you lived an Angelic life in a tree. You produced for us fruits of Grace, and we partake of them Spiritually, crying to you with faith: Pray for us to Christ Our God to grant us His great mercy.
Kontakion: An Angel on Earth, and stranger to all Earthly things, you made a tree your dwelling like an eagle’s nest, whence, O David, you soared up to Heaven, where you found that Tree which in Eden we lost of old. Remember us all, who keep your memory.
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