Venerable (Monastic)13th century
Saint Charitina Princess of Lithuania
Also known as Charitina, Abbess of Novgorod
A Lithuanian princess who became a nun in Novgorod and later abbess, remembered for monastic virtue and leadership.
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Their life
A Lithuanian princess who became a nun in Novgorod and later abbess, remembered for monastic virtue and leadership.
Troparion1 hymnReadHide
By a flood of tears you made the desert fertile,
and your longing for God brought forth fruits in abundance.
By the radiance of miracles you illumined the whole universe!
O our holy mother Charitina, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Text used with permission of the Orthodox Church in America (oca.org).
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints