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Vladimir Alekseevich Troitsky, the future archbishop and martyr, was born on September 13, 1886 in the family of Alexy Troitsky, the parish priest of the village of Lipitsa, Kashira district, Tula province. Lipitsy is a “large, two-state village” 8, “5–6 km below Serpukhov along the Oka River” 9. In October 1923, Kashirsky district became part of the Moscow province 10. Perhaps for this reason, some biographies mistakenly attribute the birthplace of Archbishop Hilarion (Troitsky) to the Moscow province 11, which, however, Bishop Hilarion himself would hardly regard as a mistake: “The Lipitskys are from Moscow,” he wrote from the Yaroslavl prison in 1926, “which means I have become a natural Muscovite!” 12 In addition to the eldest Vladimir, there were four more children in the family of father Alexy Troitsky: Dmitry, Alexey, Olga and Sofia. The legacy of prisons and exile, a serious and debilitating illness caused the early death of Bishop Daniel on March 17, 1934. He was notified of the day of his death by the appearance of angels. Before his death, he received unction and received Holy Communion 13. Alexey (born March 24, 1891) became a priest, taking the place of his parent who died in 1917. Later, like his older brothers, he was subjected to repression (among other things, for fighting the renovationist schism), and on September 23, 1937, he was shot at the Butovo training ground near Moscow 14. The following is known about the sisters of Bishop Hilarion. Sofia (born March 17, 1889) taught in one of the Moscow schools in 1914, without completing women's courses 15. In 1915, we find her “married to a teacher at the Simferopol Theological Seminary” 16. But soon, in February 1916, at less than 27 years old, she died, according to some sources - during childbirth. Olga (born May 27, 1897) in 1915 served as “a teacher at the M. [ministry] N. [arodny] Ave. [lighting] of the school in the village of Shepilov” 18, which is 2-3 kilometers from Lipitsa, and in 1920-22 she lived in Moscow 19 and worked “somewhere in an easy place, of course for nothing, like all her co-workers” 20. Later, Olga Alekseevna also lived in the capital and worked as an accountant. She died on October 25, 1967 21. Dmitry (born October 6, 1887), after graduating from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, became a monk with the name Daniel. Subsequently, he became vicar of the Oryol and Smolensk dioceses, then bishop of Oryol and archbishop of Bryansk. Just like his older brother, Archbishop Daniel was an active fighter against the Renovationist schism and a confessor. We know about the ancestors of Bishop Hilarion that his paternal great-great-grandfather John was a deacon, and his great-grandfather Ivan Ivanovich bore the surname Rozhdestvensky (1795-?) and served as sexton and sexton in the Tula villages of Durakovo - “Ushakovo also” 22 of Kashirsk district, Arkhangelskoye - “Starodubki also” Tula district, Banino 23. On March 27, 1818, he was transferred to the position of sexton at the Savior Church 24 in the village of Kvashnino, Tula district 25. Of the three children of Ivan Ivanovich, the grandfather of the holy martyr Hilarion, Peter Ivanovich (1820? - 06/08/1892) 26, was the eldest. In 1840, in the village of Kvashnino, 27 a new stone church was built and consecrated in the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity 28. For this reason, Pyotr Ivanovich, who was studying at that time in the first class of the higher department of the Tula Theological Seminary, received the surname Troitsky? 29. If not for this circumstance, then his illustrious grandson might not have turned out to be Trinity, but by the name of his great-grandfather - Rozhdestvensky or, according to the place of his ministry, Spassky, like, for example, the deacon of the Kvashninsky church Anastasy Ivanovich Spassky 30 . Peter Ivanovich Troitsky, who graduated from the seminary with the 1st category in 1842, was ordained a priest at the Annunciation Church in the village of Lipitsa, Kashira district, Tula province, on November 21, 1846. 31 Father Peter’s wife Marya Grigorievna (1829-?) 32, grandmother of the future Archbishop Hilarion, was the daughter of a local priest Grigory Alexandrovich Lyapidevsky. His widow Marya Romanovna lived “in the house and supported by her son-in-law, the priest of the 1st state, Peter Troitsky, under obligation” 33. This means that by the time of Peter Ivanovich’s ordination, Father Grigory Lyapidevsky died, having no sons capable of replacing him in the priesthood. Therefore, according to the established practice of that time, Peter Troitsky took his wife, as they say, “with a place”, taking on the obligation to provide for his mother-in-law. According to the clergy records of the village of Lipitsa for 1880, it is clear that Bishop Hilarion’s grandfather was an active and conscientious priest. Father Peter, in addition to the priestly service, also carried out a number of additional types of service: spiritual deputy, observer of parish schools, confessor of the deanery, assistant to the dean, censor of sermons and catechetical teachings, teacher of the law, chairman of the parish guardianship. He was also awarded a bronze pectoral cross in memory of the Crimean War of 1853–1856 34 . “The parishioners preserved the memory of him as an extraordinary person. When he was dying, all the villagers came to say goodbye to him and receive his last blessing." 35 Apparently, the good qualities of Father Peter were passed on to the youngest of his five sons, Alexei. Alexey Petrovich Troitsky (February 17, 1863, February 36 - February 25, 1917 37) graduated from the Tula Theological Seminary in June 1884, and on January 19, 1886 he was ordained a priest in the village of Lipitsy 38. He was the initiator of the creation of two parochial schools and served as a teacher in the zemstvo school, “teacher of the law in... one-class M. [ministry] N. [national] P. [enlightenment] school,” head and teacher of the law of several schools 39, district observer of church schools, investigator for the first and second Kashirsky districts, member of the Kashira district department of Tula Diocesan School Council 40. In 1896, Father Alexy was awarded a silver medal “in memory of Emperor Alexander III” 41, in subsequent years - a bronze medal for the national census (1897), a silver medal in memory of the 25th anniversary of church schools (1909), a breastplate and a light bronze medal in memory of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov (1913) 42. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, “Father Alexy was very loved and honored by parishioners and was himself an extremely attractive person. Tall, portly, with long brown hair, always lively and eloquent..." 43 We can supplement his portrait using some indirect sources. “Tell me who your friend is, and I will tell you who you are,” says popular wisdom. In the diaries of the Tula archpriest Kapiton Vinogradov, we often come across the names of family members of Father Alexy Troitsky. From 1887 to 1899, Father Kapiton served in the village of Spas-Tashilovo, located a little over five kilometers from Lipitsa, and since then their families maintained friendly relations, which were not interrupted when Father Kapiton moved to the Alexander Nevsky Church in Tula. “The communication between our families was frequent and very friendly,” 44 recalled Father Kapiton’s son Victor. They visited each other, corresponded, celebrated holidays and memorable dates, and attended the baptism of children. Over time, this friendship naturally developed into nepotism. We know of at least two such cases. Father Peter Troitsky in 1888 performed baptism and became the successor of Father Kapiton's son Victor, and Father Alexy Petrovich in 1898 also baptized and received from the holy font the Vinogradovs' daughter Maria 45. Some diary entries of Archpriest Kapiton Vinogradov, in their general mood and tone, resemble the diaries of Righteous John of Kronstadt: “After confession, how easily and delightfully the service is performed. On Thursday after Matins I confessed. The priest must confess himself first of all, so that he can then confess 46 others. How to allow others to be connected? What reproof and instruction can be given from a heart burdened with sinfulness! Experience has shown that with a clear conscience, teaching flows like a blessed river and is impressive for the listener. Or you speak from the word of God, but ineffectively. Oh, how omnipotent would be the word of the priest, his prayer and deeds, if he himself, with a reverent mood and heartfelt tenderness, and the burning of love, began and performed God’s work. Liturgy. We are burdened by what our strength, honor and glory lie in. We consider being close to a bishop to be a blessing, but a bishop who has passed through heaven considers the divine meal that deifies us to be a burden: isn’t this an extreme deprivation of one’s “grace,” unknown even to the angels! Isn’t that why our pastoral ministry is fruitless!” 47 Repentance, a sense of one’s own unworthiness and trust in Divine help run like a red thread through many years of writing: “After an early visit to Fr. spiritual archpriest Vasily Pavlovich Bozhenov. A deep consciousness of one’s sinfulness – may this be the beginning of a new life! Everything hasn't been fixed yet! God, reserve the rest of your life to please You." 48 Having received the pectoral cross in the twenty-seventh year of his ministry, Father Kapiton writes: “Thanks be to God and glory! Not according to merit" 49 . The same feelings remain unchanged with the onset of old age: “The day of my angel. 60 years have already passed. Alas for me! I haven’t yet strengthened anything good in my life. I remain to this day a play of passions. I have not yet made the beginning of piety. In You, Lord, I trust, save me!” 50 Even the bishop’s blessing and presence during participation in some untimely events do not drown out the reproaches of his conscience: “...was in a noble meeting at a lecture by Trustee. district "The Life of Prehistoric Man", and musical plays and choirs were performed - from all educational institutions. Both bishops attended the meeting. But then he condemned himself: to be at the joyful music and singing during the Holy Pentecost is shameful for our brother. So our morals have changed! " 51 Given the close friendly relations between the priests Kapiton Vinogradov and Alexy Troitsky, it is natural to assume that similar pious thoughts and moods were also inherent in Father Alexy. Therefore, it does not seem accidental that the priesthood for his children became a conscious choice, and not a forced measure determined by class. Apparently, based on the experience of his family, at the Local Council of 1917–18, Archimandrite Hilarion spoke about the fact that “the shepherds of the Church prepared their children for the shepherding that was dear to them” 52 . The fates of Alexei Petrovich, his father Pyotr Ivanovich and his grandfather Ivan Ivanovich were united by one sad life circumstance - they were all widowed early. So, Alexey Petrovich was left without a wife at the age of 35. “The first grief of this family remained in the memory of its unexpected great sorrow - mother Varvara Vasilievna, still a very young, blooming, lively woman, died tragically, drowning while swimming in the Eye, leaving five orphans” 53. This happened in 1898 54. Varvara Vasilievna was 32 years old 55. Volodya was then 12 years old, and his younger sister Olga was a little over a year old. “Father Alexy bravely bore his cross” 56. From that time on, the unmarried sister of the deceased, Nadezhda Vasilievna, a teacher at the parish school, began to help Father Alexy in caring for the motherless children. A large parish, consisting of 2 priests, 1–2 deacons and 2 psalm-readers. V. K. [Vinogradov, Viktor Kapitonovich] Memoirs / publication, intro. Art. and note. N. A. Krivosheeva // Bulletin of PSTGU. Series II: History. History of the Russian Orthodox Church. 2010. Issue. 11:1 (34). P. 122. Fomin N.K. Zoning in the Tula province (1924) URL: http://tounb.ru/tula_region/historyregion/histori_fakts/sobitiya_34.aspx For example: Hilarion (Troitsky), archimandrite. There is no Christianity without the Church. –M.: Orthodox conversation, 1992. P. 3. Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop. Letter from L.P. Arkhangelskaya dated February 3. 1926 – Archive of A.V. Nikitsky. 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Hereinafter - the original spelling. Vinogradov Kapiton, prot. Diary. 1901 February 18. Manuscript. – Archive of the church in honor of St. blgv. book Alexander Nevsky, Tula. Right there. 1912 August 3. Right there. 1913 March 26. Acts of the Holy Council of the Orthodox Russian Church 1917–1918: Acts 118–136. -M.: GARF, Novospassky Monastery. 2000. T. 9. P. 119. There, p. 125, footnote 3. Nikitsky V. A. Native people and native places of the Hieromartyr Hilarion // Zasechny rubezh (newspaper), 2004, May, No. 18. P. 7