THE HOLY MARTYRS INNAS

January 20

From the Prologue

They are considered to be the first Slavic martyrs who are mentioned in history. They are referred to as Scythians and disciples of St. Andrew the Apostle. They suffered for the Faith at the hands of their pagan neighbors on the right side of the Danube river near Varna. Tied up on the ice, Innas, Nirras and Pinnas froze and died in the Lord.

HYMN OF PRAISE

SAINT EUTHYMIUS

The eye which sees all, the ear which hears all,

With all, travels and everywhere they travel;

Without changing place, they are in every place.

Where virtue is being kneaded, God is the yeast in the dough,

Where light is sought, He gives of Himself;

Where help is cried for, He does not absent Himself;

Quietly and silently, but always on time,

He has the time to reap and to sow the seeds,

He has the time to reproach, He has the time to reward,

To make the young old and to make the old young,

To weed, to trim and to caress fruits -

He reaches wherever He wants and He reaches when He wants.

Whenever a person alone thinks, behold, He listens,

Where two people speak, as a third party, He hears,

Where the weaver weaves the cloth, her threads He counts,

The universal fabric, in His mind He weaves,

O, who will His footsteps and paces know?

Who could enumerate His paths and places?

Eternal and Immortal, Triune and One,

In the roadless net of the universal fabric

Unseen and seen, regardless from where He is viewed

He cuts out the paths and reveals the direction.

In the roadless net, He looks at all the paths,

And does not allow not even an ant to stay.

Thoughts about Him, Saint Euthymius

For eighty years on earth, dedicated to Him.