Several years ago, at the Lenten Men’s Retreat organized by St. George Cathedral, Sayedna BASIL led us in considering the life and writings of Archimandrite Justin Popovich. The Holy Synod of the Church of Serbia has finally gotten around to formally declaring St. Justin’s glorification. His feast day is 1 June. I commend to all readers of this occasional blog, the book of St. Justin’s from which most of Sayedna’s meditations on St. Justin’s teachings were taken: The Orthodox Church and Ecumenism.
Apolytikion (Tone 1)
Let us honor with splendor the divinely inspired theologian, the wise Serb Justin, who by the scythe of the Holy Spirit hath thrashed the error of atheism and the insolence of the Latins, being a mystic of the God-man and lover of piety, crying out: Glory to Christ Who hath glorified thee, glory to Him Who hath crowned thee, glory to Him Who hath rendered thee a luminary to those who are in a state of darkness.
Kontakion (Tone 1)
We proclaim to the faithful the inexhaustible fount conveying the Orthodox doctrines, and an angel-like man full of divine zeal, the divine Justin, the offspring of the Serbs, who by his sound teachings and writings hath strengthened the faith of all in the Lord.
