Saint Neophytos: from Simbirsk classes to Moscow Golgothatranslated

October 30, New Style, is the day of general church memory of the Hieromartyr Neophyte Lyubimov. According to family legend, his earthly journey ended on September 17, 1918, and just two days later, on September 19, his son-in-law, martyr Nikolai Varzhansky, was also shot.   I collected data about their life, service and feat bit by bit many years ago, when the state archive of our region was still located in the building of the Lenin Memorial.

I remember how I walked in the morning and prayed to myself: “Father Neophytushka, help me, please!” I plunged headlong into the archives and, when I managed to find something, I went out into the empty corridor with joy and literally ran back and forth to throw out my feelings. Years later, I still love to leisurely walk through those places that help preserve the memory of the saints. Today we will go along the route of memory and remember the places where they lived and carried out their ministry.

D Theological Seminary

On January 12, 1846, Deacon Porfiry Petrovich Lyubimov and his wife Evdokia Gerasimovna had a son, who was named Neophyte. Now there is not a trace left of the village of Lipyagi: today it is the territory of the modern city of Novokuybyshevsk, and then it was the Samara district of the Simbirsk province. It is in Samara…