St.
David
of Wales
March
1st
Troparion (Tone
1)
Having
worked miracles in thy youth, founded
monasteries and converted the pagans who had sought to destroy
thee, O Father David, Christ our God blessed thee to receive the
episcopate at the place of His Resurrection. Intercede for us,
that our lives may be blessed and our souls may be saved.
Kontakion
(Tone 6)
The living
waters of godly discipline encompassed
thee and the saving waters of faith flowed through thy teaching,
O Hierarch and Waterman David. Symbolising the baptism of Wales
in thy life, thou art worthy of all praise, wherefore we keep
festival in thy honour, glorifying thy eternal memory.
King Xantus of South
Wales, while
riding through a field on his horse saw St. Non and was so
overtaken with her beauty and his lust for her that he raped her.
She returned to her monastery and bore St. David. He was raised
in the women's monastery. He was ordained a priest and later
studied under St. Paulinus. He is said to have founded ten or
twelve monasteries and 50 churches in Wales and is the Apostle to
Wales and its Patron Saint. His monasteries were known for their
more extreme asceticism, following more of the Eastern model. The
monks ate no meat or fish and drank only water, no wine or beer.
Thus, by the 9th century, he had acquired the nickname Aquaticus
or "Waterman". David attended a
synod at Brevi in
Cardiganshire and strongly opposed Pelagianism. He was
consecrated archbishop by the patriarch of Jerusalem while on a
visit to the Holy Land. The Welsh church held onto this tie to
resist the innovations of the West and to hold onto Orthodox rite
and theology. St. David died at his monastery in Menevia. The
date for his death is reported by various sources as 544, 589 or
601. His name is Dewi
or Dewid
in Welsh. St.
David's godly and fruitful life speaks out forcibly against
abortion.
His scroll reads: "O Lord our Lord, how excellent is your
name in all the earth."
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