Venerable (Monastic)19th century

Righteous Methodia of Kimolos

Also known as Methodia

A nun of the island of Kimolos, born in 1865, revered for her ascetic life and spiritual gifts.

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A nun of the island of Kimolos, born in 1865, revered for her ascetic life and spiritual gifts.

Customs & Traditions

The recluse nun who is patroness of the Cycladic island of Kimolos; her feast is among the island's chief festivals, when pilgrims venerate her relics at the church of Panagia Odigitria.

Kontakion & Troparion2 hymnsReadHide
KontakionTone 4

(Podoben: “You have appeared today...”) You lived a blameless life,
mystically gladdening the entire island of Kίmolos with the light of your virtues,
O God-inspired Methodίa.

Text used with permission of the Orthodox Church in America (oca.org).

TroparionTone 1

Let us the faithful honor with hymns the Venerable Methodίa, the offspring of Kίmolos,
the treasury of virtues, and truly the peer of the Holy Ascetics of the earliest times,
imitating the deeds of her life, beloved by God, we cry out:
"Glory to Him Who gave you strength.
Glory to Him Who crowned you.
Glory to Him Who numbered you in the choir of the Saints, O Mother."

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