A disciple of Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk who founded the Dormition Monastery near Volokolamsk.
Our Venerable Father Leucius of Volokolamsk
Saint Leucius of Volokolamsk was a fifteenth-century Russian monastic who founded the Dormition Monastery on the Ruza River in the region of Volokolamsk. He was a disciple of Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk and an associate of Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk, and he served as the spiritual elder of Saint Daniel of Pereyaslavl.
His monastery stood roughly thirty-two versts from the city of Volokolamsk and two versts from the village of Seredo-Stratilatsk. Leucius died in extreme old age toward the end of the fifteenth century and was buried in the monastery he had established.
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 father Leucius, pray to Christ our God to save our souls!
Text used with permission of the Orthodox Church in America (oca.org).
Leucius established the Dormition Monastery on the Ruza River, situated approximately thirty-two versts from Volokolamsk and two versts from the village of Seredo-Stratilatsk. His monastic lineage descended from Saint Paphnutius of Borovsk, and he is named among the associates of Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk, who founded his own celebrated monastery in the same region.
Saint Leucius is commemorated on August 17, which coincides with the feast of the Holy Martyr Leucius, and also on December 14. By iconographic tradition he is depicted as a grey-bearded elder with uncovered hair, wearing monastic garb and holding a staff.
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