Blessed Maximus the Fool for Christ of Tot'ma - Troparion & Kontakion

Troparion — Tone 4

Having served God blamelessly in the priesthood, you chose foolishness in the midst of worldly vanity; / you took up the Cross and followed Christ with unswerving will and love. / Forsaking earthly things, you received heavenly things. / O Blessed Maximus our Father, entreat Christ God to preserve the city of Tot'ma unharmed, / and that our souls may be saved..

Kontakion — Tone 4

Following the divine call, you were zealous to instruct your flock, / not by the wisdom of words, but by a life of foolishness;1 / with dispassionate, unceasing prayers, and streams of tears, / you cleansed your soul and body, exhausting the flesh with the extremes of weather; / therefore, even after death, the Lord has glorified you with miracles, / that we may cry out to you with faith, / "Rejoice, O divinely-wise Father Maximus."


1 1 Corinthians 4:10