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Saints Isaac, Dalmatus and Favsta Ave. Isaac (May 30) died in 383, transferring the abbess of the monastery he founded to Dalmatus, after whose name it was called Dalmatian. Dalmatus, a warrior in the world, despised everything worldly and left his wife and children, took only his son Faustus and accepted (381) monasticism in the monastery of Isaac. Having become abbot, he labored more than before, fought against heretics and rendered an important service to Orthodoxy. When at the Council of Ephesus (131) the heretical side was ready to suppress the Orthodox, he, having become the head of the abbots, monks and laymen faithful to Orthodoxy, went to the royal palace and boldly spoke before the emperor for the truth, while until this 48 years he had not left the monastery, despite the requests of the king himself, that he, during the former earthquakes, participate in general prayers. He died at a ripe old age, after 437. The son of Dalmatus, Favst, was also famous for his virtues and peacefully surrendered his spirit to the Lord. On the same day Rev. Pelagia of Syria. A sincere ascetic who died in October 502. About her, see June 10th in the life of St. Pansemnia. † Rev. Anthony the Roman All things are possible to him who believes (Mark 9:23). If anyone says to this mountain, “Move and throw yourself into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that his word will come to pass, whatever he says will be done for him” (Mark 20:23). “These are the words of Him whose every word is her and amen.” Experiences of this are in the life of St. Anthony of Novgorod. The Monk Anthony was born, as he himself told his disciple Andrei 10, in Rome, from very rich and Orthodox parents. It is also known from other sources that in Italy in the 10th and 11th centuries. There were quite a lot of Orthodox Greeks living there and there were Orthodox monasteries 11. After the death of his parents, Anthony, seeing the unrest and strife in the world, decided to devote himself to serving God. At the age of 19, he took monastic vows and lived for several years in the desert, where the monks spent their monastic life. On Great Saturday of Lent, they gathered in a small desert church, listened to the liturgy and received Holy Communion. Tain; On Easter they also listened to Matins and St. liturgy and after communion of St. The Mysteries dispersed in the cell 12. A persecution arose against the Orthodox by the proud high priest of Rome, and the monks fled wherever they could; Anthony, moving from place to place, found a stone on the seashore and began to live on it. So he lived for a year, in fasting and prayer. But a terrible storm arose at sea, the waves rolled like mountains across the sea and reached the stone on which the hermit lived; They tore the stone from its place and carried it across the sea: under God's protection, the servant of God was saved from all dangers. He arrived in Novgorod: but here both the people and their language were unknown to the hermit. In the city he met a man whom, by his clothes, he recognized as a Greek merchant and from him he learned that the city was Novgorod the Great, the inhabitants were Orthodox Christians and their bishop was blessed. Nikita. Anthony thanked the Lord for His wondrous destinies. Having become somewhat familiar with the Russian language, he came to the bishop to receive a blessing; the bishop asked him: who is he and where is he from? Anthony answered only one thing: I am a sinner, and only in private, under the condition of deep silence, did I tell him everything that happened to him. With the blessing of the archpastor, Anthony built a small church in honor of the Nativity of the Mother of God, since on this holiday he set foot on the shore. This is 3 versts from the city, along the Volkhov River. - The next year, the fishermen who were fishing, at the request of Anthony, cast a net and pulled out, along with a lot of fish, a barrel that Anthony had long ago entrusted to God’s keeping; expensive things were stored in the barrel. The monk bought land from the mayor's children for the monastery. Here is his deed, which in other acts is called a bill of sale and a deed of purchase (landmark): “Here is the work, my Most Rev. Lady. Mother of God, which I worked on in this place. I bought land for the house of the Most Pure One from Simeon and Prokofy, sons of the mayor John; but he gave me 100 rubles.” This is followed by a contour of the land or an indication of the boundaries 13 . – According to the Novgorod chronicles, in 1106 “the teacher sailed to Great Novgorod from Rome. our father Anthony"; in 1117 a stone church was founded in its monastery in honor of the Nativity of the Mother of God; in 1119 it was consecrated and painted in 1125. After another two years, a stone table was built, at which a church was then built in honor of the Meeting of the Lord; during the consecration of this church, St. Anthony (1128) was appointed abbot 14. Latin inscriptions on some of the things of St. Anthony, hitherto intact, confirm the legend of the arrival of St. Anthony from the west. In the monastery of Anthony, his musi icons are preserved, on which the musia is superimposed on copper boards: three depict the Lord Pantocrator, and the other three depict the Crucified Savior with the Latin inscription: IHSXPS, i.e., Iesus hominum Salvator, Xristus Patronus sanctissimus - “Jesus the Savior of men, Christ the most holy patron”). Along with the icons, at the saint’s shrine, there is his stone cross: on the upper crossbar of this six-pointed cross are the words in mosaic: Isa. Xs. 15. Two precious bowls of St. Anthony with the image of four-pointed crosses on them are now in the Moscow Assumption Cathedral 16, having been taken to Moscow by Tsar Ivan the Terrible 17. Of his three service books, shown in the inventory of 1636, one is kept in the synodal library: St. Chrysostom, depicted on this service book, is represented giving a name-giving blessing 18 . In his main stone church, the monk built a “goddess” for his solitary prayers, where there is now a small, round church: according to ancient inventories, this place is called “Anton’s goddess” 19. According to ancient life, the monk used whatever income he received at the monastery not only for the brethren, but also for feeding the poor, unfortunate, orphans and widows. In his spiritual letter he wrote: “here I am, Anthony, the worst among the monks, came to this place, having received no property either from the prince or from the bishop, but only having received a blessing from Bishop Nikita; Pasha on a foreign land, I did not give myself peace and upset the brethren and orphans, the Christians here.” The monk calls the villagers who lived on the monastery land and worked for the monastery orphans: how love sounds in this name! “The Mother of God herself,” continues the monk, will correct everything, but how much sorrow I have endured for this place! I entrust him to God and the Holy Mother of God and Christians, wishing for him freedom. – I entrust this place of abbess (whoever breaks my word, may God and the Holy Mother of God judge him) to the one whom God appoints and the brethren choose. Let no one of the brethren be oppressed in this place. If any brother of this place seeks the abbess through bribery or violence: let him be under oath. Will the prince participate in this through violence and bribery: and he is subject to an oath; whether the bishop will supply (the abbot) for a bribe and begin to create violence here: he is subject to the same. I also declare that when I sat down in this place, I gave 70 hryvnia for the land and land, and 100 hryvnia for the village of Volkhovskoye.” Finally, the quitrent people of the monastery are named” 20 . The experience that Rev. Anthony cared about the spiritual enlightenment of his disciples, as evidenced by the works of his disciple, the domestic of the Anthony monastery, Kirik, who during Anthony’s life in 1136 wrote an article on the number of years 21 and then proposed questions to the bishops of Novgorod about various subjects of deanery and worship 22. The manuscripts of the monastery that have survived to this day are all written in clear and beautiful writing and on parchment of the best quality 23 . In one of them, from the 13th century, which contains church daily life, among other things, a “testament to young monks” is written. Since in the monastery of St. Anthony they copied this covenant for their edification: we will repeat it here too, as we agree, in any case, with the thoughts of St. Anthony 24. “The job of a monk is to guard the mind and resist strange thoughts; a monk is an intelligent catcher of thoughts, sitting at the door of the heart; The monk's job is thanksgiving. Prayer, singing, is the work of angels, prayer is food for the soul, enlightenment of the mind, an ax against despondency, an obstacle to falling. Prayer must be done with the mind, from the soul, with an understanding of the words - correct, it is said, in the knowledge of the mind (Prov. 9:6). Enlighten yourself, monk, for eternity, force yourself to strengthen yourself through the effort of the cross, work in obedience and handicraft: by taking bodily food, feed your soul with sacred words. Always keep your mind in the sky. Don’t get used to walking from cell to cell to please your carnal desires; Go out only to pray in church, or to serve the brethren. - Do everything with the blessing of the elder. Don't live for yourself, live for God, caring about eternity. Let your cell be a coffin, before an ordinary coffin. Do not have property, do not live for corruption, which you have given up. Praise God with the angels. – When you see the abbot: bow to the ground, ask for a blessing. Having met your brother, bow and say a prayer: with the prayers of St. our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. After Vespers, do not speak to anyone. A brother will come from outside, from another monastery: when you meet him, say the prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us, amen. Entering the cell with him, say the same prayer, then, having consoled yourself spiritually, treat him. – Never laugh until you bare your teeth and don’t look impudent. Your clothes are a simple retinue, cloth, homemade, tight-fitting to the body; the belt is leather, not higher than the loins. The gait is neither greyhound nor lazy. While walking, have your arms bent on your chest. Do not talk to the worldly, especially to the young and children - do not sit or stand with them; Don’t even bother teaching your children to read and write. Run away from where there are games, blasphemy and laughter. Do not put your arms around your brother or touch him; Don’t allow anyone to touch you or look at your face - turn away and move away. Especially beware of looking at the face of a young and bare-moustached man. Beware of jokes and fun. The black man is called a monk because he alone listens to God day and night. Beware, do not sit young, one with the other, in idleness. Everyone, beware of unclean love - run faster than poison, so that death does not jump through the doors, according to the prophet - through the doors of the five senses, tongue, smell, hearing, touch, sight. Block these doors with the fear of God. Be all eyes. Take sleep when the need is great. Before going to bed, pray for a long time, read books, do handicrafts. Otherwise, thinking to be on the narrow path, you will find yourself on the wide road that leads to destruction. When lying down, be girt around your retinue, with a hood on your head, with your arms bent on your chest; when you itch, do not stretch your hands over your body, under your retinue, for destructive passion; in a dream and never stretch out your hands to your private parts, don’t touch them or look at them, even if they rot. May your mind be at its best. - Beware of harmful manual fornication. The Apostle says: “Do not be deceived: neither idolaters, nor fornicators, nor those who commit the sin of Sodom, nor those who commit manual fornication, nor robbers, nor drunkards, nor thieves will partake of the kingdom of heaven.” - Beware of unclean thoughts, harmful looks, the same touch and hearing. - Do not lie on a bed with another and do not sit on a horse with another; Beware of unclean connections, do not destroy yourself. And when getting up and lying down and sitting at meals and walking and sitting, always say a prayer: with the prayers of St. our fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us, amen. If a monk prays only during prayer (general); this is not a prayer book. He must pray every hour. This prayer is short: but it brings great benefit to those who pray with faith; the invoked God drives away demons. Glory to him with the Father and the Holy One. Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.” The blessed death of St. Anthony followed on August 3, 1147 25. His relics were discovered in 1597; he has been revered locally almost since the 13th century. He is called a venerable and wonderworker according to monuments from the very beginning of the 6th century; some of his miracles described belonged to 1546–1576. At his grave, the strength of the weakened returned; sight was given to the blind and hearing to the deaf; covered with purulent, old wounds became healthy, and the same thing happened with those possessed by demons. And not only did healings occur at his grave, but also those who, far from Novgorod, called upon the monk for help, received the desired help 26 . “You were a mentor to the monks, Father Anthony! But first you offered yourself as a bloodless sacrifice to God, through abstinence, spiritual reasoning, high humility, and merciless fasting, and you put the enemy to shame. Pray for our souls to be saved." 27 † On the same day St. Maranas and Kiras Blazh. Theodoret of Cyrus speaks about his homeland, the province of Cyrus: “many of the females chose a pure life; Moreover, some lead a hermit life, others live 250 together, more or less, they eat only bread, sleep only on mats, spin wool with their hands, and devote their lips to sacred songs.” He holds up St. as examples of the highest life. Maran and Cyrus. And truly, these were wonderful ascetics. “Marana and Kira (Μαρανα кαι Kυρa), he writes 28, came from a noble family of the city of Beria and were raised in accordance with their position in the world. Out of love for the Lord Jesus, they despised all the advantages of their condition, all the lures of the world, and chose a life of repentance. Near the city they found a gorge and, entering it, blocked the entrance with stones and clay. They allowed their maids, who wanted to share their lives, to live nearby, in special housing. From the window, the ascetics see how they live, and force them to pray, warming up their love in deeds of piety. They themselves have neither a house nor a hut, but live in the open air, exposed to all the changes in the air. The necessary food is taken through the window; Through the same window they talk with those wives who come to them. However, one time has been appointed for this, Pentecost; at other times they remain silent; Marana alone talks to those who come; no one heard the other one talking. They also wear chains and they are so heavy that Kira, weak in body, is always bent to the ground and cannot rise. The covers on them are long, so that their backs drag along the ground and completely cover their legs; in front they go down to the waist, completely covering the face, neck, chest and arms. I have often seen them, the blessed one says about himself; they ordered the entrance to be opened for me, respecting the dignity of the priesthood. I also know the weight of their chains, and a strong man could not bear them. After my long request, they removed these chains. But when I left, they again put them on themselves, on my neck - a neck chain, on my loins - a belt, on my arms and legs - special chains. And so they live not five or ten years, but 52 years. While they have been laboring for so long, they are zealous to work, as if they had recently begun to struggle. Captivated by the beauty of the Bridegroom, they easily bear the labors of the feat and rush to reach the end of the feat; they see - He stands at the end and shows the crowns of victory. For this reason, they endure rain, snow, and the heat of the sun, without feeling any suffering or pain. Imitating the fast of Moses, they fasted three times 29. Jealous of Daniel's example, they remained without food for three weeks. Once they wanted to see the holy places of Christ’s suffering and they went to Jerusalem, but did not eat anything the whole way. When they arrived in the city and performed worship, they took food. They made the return journey again without food. And the entire journey is at least 20 days. They also wanted to see the house of Thekla, the famous winner, in Isauria - they wanted to warm up their love for the Lord and - they again walked back and forth without eating food. Those who adorned women’s work with such a life, becoming models for others, appeared crowned with the Lord with crowns of victory.” According to other news, St. Marana and Cyrus, while living on earth, performed miracles, restored sight to the blind, healed the possessed and allowed the lame to walk upright 30. Their death followed around 430. RKP. life of the Rev. Anthony, according to all lists, is the work of his student Andrei. – (Review of spiritual literature § 28–33. 133. 195). Published in Orthodox. Interlocutor in 1858. It was supplemented and changed in some places by Niphon, who described the miracles of the monk (note 14). Andrei writes: “Having the monk announce his departure to God, he called me and called me the spiritual father and confessed kindly with tears, telling my wretchedness his coming from Rome and about the stone and about the wooden vessel, that is, about the barrels.” See in add. to creativity father 1860. It would be more beneficial for the honor of the historian Kostomarov if he did not say a word about ancient life, without dealing with the monuments. (Northern Russian People's Rights 2, 320, 321). If anything else, then these features of ancient hermit life, so little known to Russia in the 17th century. They undoubtedly convince of the accuracy of the fact that Anthony’s student Andrei wrote notes about Anthony’s life from his words. Diploma nap. in history Hier. 3, 123. in the form as it is written on the saint’s shrine. It is either mentioned or literally repeated in the royal letters of August 15. 1573 (Ist. Jer. 3, 145), from Dec. 1592 ibid. 3, 155. 158. 160–164), dated August 11. 1606 (ibid. 197. 198. 203. 2U), dated August 25. 1621 ibid. 219. 222–226). The end of the cancer is missing, as can be seen from the letters. Life: “They began to build a monastery and buy land near the monastery from the mayors of the city and with the people living south of that land. Collection l. III, 4–6. 123. 124. 213. IV, 2. 8. IX, 150. 154. Life: “live 14 years from his coming until he became abbess.” It was necessary to say: 24. Andrey could not have written that the construction of the stone Church was carried out under Bishop Nikita, who died in 1108. Collected. l. 3, 4. 5. 214. The ancient list spoke, of course, about the construction of a wooden church. . Notes of Russian. archaeol. I, 23. 24. St. Petersburg. 1851 Izves. acad. Sciences IV, 377. Snegirev monuments pp. 35. 36. According to his life, Anthony took from the barrel “vessels of church gold and silver and crystal, chalices and dishes, and many other things from sacred church things, and gold and silver from the estate of his parents.” Nifontovo description. Anthony's miracles and words of praise. Spirit review. Literature § 27. Archim. Savva will indicate. synod. sacristy p. 250. M. 1858 Macarius of antiquity in Novgorod 1, 458. 459. Diploma ed. in history Hier. 3, 124. In the form as it is written on an ancient shrine, and in Karamzin 2 pr. 210. About it in the life: “at the great river Magus, buy fishing gear for the needs of the monastery and mark the boundaries and write a letter and write it in your spiritual letter... The reverend offers the brethren a commandment: if it happens, elect an abbot, but elect from brethren, whoever suffers in this place, and if the prince sends the abbot or the bishop, by violence or by reward, the venerable one will curse them too.” It is ed. into labor total ist. 1828 IV, 122–128. with Khavsky's comments in the reading. total ist. 1847 No. 6. Monuments of the 12th century pp. 173–203. The everyday life, service book and missal are described by Kupriyanov in the review. parchment handwritten No. 57. 72. and 78. Izv. acad. VI, 229–301. 314–318. In everyday life, the “testament to the monk” is preceded by the “prayer canon of Cyril the sinner”, St. Kirill Turovsky. This indicates that the covenant belongs to St. Kirill and may have been sent to the Anthony monastery by Kirill himself. – In everyday life, the covenant is written with errors. In two miracle hands. XIV century Errors have been corrected, but clarifications have also been added. We retain the ancient text and subsequent amendments, without explanation. Testament ed. in mater. for ist. rus. Cer. pp. 157–161. Collection l. III, 10. 124. IV, 8. In the monastery there is still a gospel with a postscript: “l. 7045 (1537) I gave this Gospel to the Nativity House of the Most Pure One and to the Reverend Father Anthony.” East. Hier. III. 145. II about RKP. two descriptions of miracles are known: one Nifontovo 1598, another unknown depicts miracles 1546–1576 Rumyants. music p. 209. 210. Otensky calendar: “his relics were found Bysha in l. July 7105 (1597) in 1 day and rest on the top of the earth; there is service and many miracles; memory of his St. The church celebrates August for 3 days.” He was also celebrated on January 17th (St. Anthony Ave. in Egypt): but in 1678 it was cancelled. Orthodox review. 1861 1, 299. Stichera of the service in August. less. M. 1646 by Tolstoy II, No. 190. Bogolyubskaya history ch. 29. The province of Kirrestika, so called after the city of Cyrrhus, stretched between the plain of the cities of Antioch and the Euphrates, ended in Commagene and Aman in the north, and went to the desert in the south. Cyrrhus is two days' journey from Antioch. Ritter Erdkunde X; 928. In the Kirrhu diocese under bl. Theodota had up to 800 churches and many monasteries. Le Quien Or. chr. II, 930. Menologist Vasily: “We ate and drank only once after 40 days.” The news of St. Theodoret is not accurately conveyed. Menologist Vasily on February 28. Roman Martyrology – Aug. 3. “In Berreya in Syria, the death of the holy women (virgins) Varana and Kira.” Vershinsky (p. 33) Marina is inaccurate.