Feast Day: October 8th
The Life of Saint Thais: Turning toward the East, Thais constantly repeated the short Prayer, “My Creator, have mercy on me!”…
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Prayers
Troparion – Tone 4: O God of our fathers, do not take Your Mercy from us, but ever act towards us according to Your kindness and by the Prayers of Your Holy Thais, guide our lives in peace!
Kontakion – Tone 2: Let us praise the Blessed Thais, the truly fruitful branch from a corrupt root, the sweet stream from a salty source, the image of repentance and rule of patience! Once a vessel of sin, she is now the chosen vessel of Grace! Let us cry aloud to her: O Venerable Thais, entreat Christ God that our Souls may be saved!
“But if you fear God there is no place where you can hide from Him.”
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“Come, all of you who have shared in my harlotry, and watch me setting fire to everything I have got by it, so as henceforth to give myself to repentance.”
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“My Creator, have mercy on me!”
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“From the moment I entered into the cell, all my sins constantly were before my eyes, and I wept when I remembered them.”
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Saint Paul the Simple saw in a Vision the place prepared for the penitant Saint Thais in Paradise.
Below are some Icons, I am uncertain if they are of Saint Thais the repentant harlot or Saint Thais of Egypt (May 10th)
