27-е

Reverend Sampson the Stranger Hospitality, that is, the acceptance and repose of poor people without shelter, has been the most sacred Christian virtue since ancient times. Abraham, being a stranger in the land of Canaan, zealously welcomed and treated strangers (Gen. 18:1-9). The Lord, through Moses, legitimized to the Jews: do not embitter the stranger, nor insult him: for strangers are in the land of Egypt (Exodus 22:21), and in the Gospel he calls those who receive strangers blessed (Matthew 25:34–35). Sending the Apostles to preach, He commanded them to find refuge for themselves among those who receive strangers (Luke 10:1–11). The Apostle Paul, between the duties of a bishop, instills in him to be a lover of strangers (1 Tim. 3:3) and among the good deeds of a widow he places: if he accepts strange things (1 Tim. 5:10), and commands all Christians: do not forget to love strangers: therefore, ignorant angels do not accept strangers (Heb. 13:2). Wandering, according to St. Apostle Paul, there is evidence that we are not imams of the city that abides here, but we seek the one to come (Heb. 13:14). So, the hosts serve as a saving haven for homeless beggars, the sick, and everyone who requires help for Christ’s sake. Such was St. Reverend Sampson the Stranger, who was born in Rome from rich and eminent parents who came from a royal family. He studied well the worldly sciences and especially medicine, not for the sake of selfishness and need, because he himself was rich, but for the sake of God, in order to serve those in need. Sampson loved and understood the teaching of the Divine Scripture, in which he practiced a lot. After the death of his parents, having inherited a large property, he, out of his heart's disposition, gave generous alms to the poor, set his slaves free and himself became a servant of God. Imitating Jesus Christ, Sampson became a voluntary wanderer and feeder of strangers and all the poor. Having moved to Constantinople, he built a home for wanderers, the poor and the sick, and devoted all his property, time and knowledge to their benefit and peace. The Patriarch, having learned about his virtues, ordained him a presbyter. Emperor Justinian, healed of an illness by the power of his prayer, set up as a reward for him, at his request, a hostel and a hospital, in which he placed his healer in charge. Here Saint Sampson spent the rest of his God-pleasing life, vigilantly serving the sick and poor. After the death of the holy stranger, in the hospital decorated with his name, everyone who came with faith received healing. Reverend Sampson died in 530 on June 28th. Bones of St. Sampson is reverently preserved in Georgia in the monastery of Gelata. Name of St. Sampson, as a healer and miracle worker, is remembered at the sacrament of St. anointing. † Memory of the Blessed Elder Martin In the Kingdom of Christ there is neither slave nor free (Col. 3:11). No title humiliates a Christian and no occupation constitutes an insurmountable barrier to spiritual perfection. A farmer, a woodcutter, a tanner, a cook in the Kingdom of Christ have the same meaning as a military leader, a city ruler, a judge. On the contrary, civil freedom is not the same as spiritual freedom; With her alone, a person can remain no higher than a steppe animal. – In the Kingdom of Christ there is no place for pride and self-will. Humility is the foundation and beauty of Christianity. That is why it happens that, neglected by the world, but faithful to the law of God, unexpectedly even for themselves, they turn out to be great before Heaven and are honored with visits from the inhabitants of heaven. In the city of Turov, now a town in the Minsk province, there was a monastery of St. princes Boris and Gleb. There was also a see of the bishops of Turov, later of Minsk. Chef Martin was here. “He served under the Turov bishops Simeon, Ignatius, Joachim and George,” of whom Joachim is known from the chronicle in 1144–1146 (?) 280. “Bishop George dismissed Martin from the cook service due to his old age.” The pious elder did not want to part with the monastery; he “took monasticism and lived in the episcopal monastery of St. martyrs in Bologna" (in the pasture). “Living alone, he was often sick: his intestines came out into his womb,” as a result of previous hard work, from which his zeal never abandoned. In fits of serious illness, he lay motionless, screamed in pain and could not serve himself. “Once, when he was suffering from the same illness and was lying in his cell, he was exhausted from thirst, since no one visited him then or served him - there was strong water near the monastery.” – The monastery stood on the river. Pripyat, which had a sleeve under the monastery - Strumen; In the spring, the water overflows and covers the surrounding area, so communication between Turov and nearby villages is possible only by boat. “On the third day” of the helpless situation “they enter St. Martin. the martyrs Boris and Gleb, clearly in their own form, as they are written on the icon, and say: “What is it that you are sick with, elder?” He told them about his illness. “Would you like some water?” they asked. - ABOUT! my gentlemen! he answered, “I’ve been thirsty for a long time.” One took a bucket (handle) and brought water for the old man; and the other took the ladle and gave the old man something to drink. And the elder asked: “Whose children are you?” - “The Yaroslavovs,” they answered. Holy brothers call their elder brother, c. book Yaroslav Vladimirovich by his father. Such is the respect of saints for elders! And during his lifetime St. Boris called Svyatopolk his father, like an older brother 281. But when Svyatopolk, by his “cursed” deeds, deprived himself of the right to all respect, the saints call Yaroslav their father. “Elder Martin thought: these are probably the servants of Yaroslav Georgievich.” In 1146. book Izyaslav (George) planted his son Yaroslav in Turov 282. And the elder said: “May the Lord God multiply the years of your life, my gentlemen, take your own bread and salt and eat, but I can no longer serve you.” They answered: “No, save it for yourself; We’ll leave, and you don’t get sick and go to sleep.” They ceased to be visible, and the elder turned out to be healthy, stood up himself, glorified God and the holy martyrs. He lived another year. He told his spiritual father about this 283. The memory of “the monk Martin” is also visible in the stove. prologue under June 27, 284. † Repose of Rev. Serapion Kozheozersky According to the RCP. saints, “Rev. Father Serapion, also on Kozheozero, in the Kargopol district, a new miracle worker, reposed in L. 7000 June at 27 days.” Rev. Serapion is a beautiful tree that bears excellent fruits of St. love, after he was grafted into Christ the Lord by a wild branch 285. Among the Kazan Tatar prisoners who received St. baptism, there was a young Murza Turtas Gravirovich, who took the name Sergius at the font. He lived in the house of the boyar Zakhary Ivavovich Pleshcheev, who married the Astrakhan queen Eliaksha, in the baptism of Juliana. - The king caressed him 286. Sergius so sincerely, so deeply fell in love with St. faith that he decided to part with the world in order to fulfill the highest rules of the new faith. Having walked around the monastic deserts, on the deserted island of Lake Kozhi he met the hermit Nifont, was captivated by his life and remained to live with him. This was in 1560. The food for the hermits was grass and partly berries; Sergius followed Niphon's instructions with all precision. After the test given to himself, Sergius asked the elder to tonsure him as a monk; the elder, seeing the sincerity and purity of his desires, called him Serapion when he was tonsured. Little by little, the strict hermits were recognized, and the rumor about their high life began to attract zealots of spiritual life to them; Serapion's hermit life lasted almost 18 years. When a sufficient number of monks gathered to Niphon and Serapion, Niphon went to Moscow to ask for land for a monastery; but he died in Moscow without starting business there. The monastery did not know about Nifont’s fate and, due to the lack of food supplies, began to feel hungry. Out of compassion for the suffering, Serapion went to beg for alms. They gave him grain bread and millstones; Using moss and scrap brushwood, he brought all this on himself to the monastery and saved the brethren from death by starvation. Having learned about the death of Niphon, blessed. Serapion went to Moscow. Here he received the royal letter dated September 30. 1584, which was provided with land for a new monastery 4 miles in all directions; and the Metropolitan gave a letter of blessing for the establishment of the monastery. Returning to his place, blessed one. Serapion and the monks cleared the forest for arable land, surrounded the site of the monastery with a fence and built a church in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord; then he went to the new patriarch Job to receive an antimension, and was named the builder of the monastery. Soon another church, a warm one, was built and consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas. This is what the blessed one himself said. Serapion, in his request to the king in 1595: “he erected a church in the name of the Epiphany of the Lord on Lake Lonskoe, on Kozheozer, and another warm one is holy. Nicholas; established a common monastery; and its construction lasted 36 years. “But now they have begun to send disgraced people from Moscow to their Epiphany Monastery, but the elders themselves have nothing to eat and there is no one to take care of those people; royal alms are not given either in money or in bread; patrimonial lands of the Epiphany monastery, only four settlements on the river. Onega, they were bought, and when they arrive, they plow the arable land, but they have no peasants; they themselves boil salt in Piyala for monastic consumption; Yes, in the suburb, in Turchasovo, a yard was purchased for visits. “The royal military men passed by their monastery, and they, helping them and delivering carts, fell into a lot of debt.” As a result of this request, the king freed the lands of the Kozheozersk monastery from taxes and duties 287. In 1608, at the request of an ascetic weighed down by old age, Avramii, his disciple, was appointed abbot of the monastery. Blazh. Serapion died on June 27, 1611, leaving behind up to 40 monks in his community monastery. Life of Rev. Serapion tells us: “We were buried with Christ through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. Therefore, let not sin reign in the mortal body, so that you obey it in your lusts (Rom. 6:11-12). Collection l. 1, 136. 2, 19. 25. Collection l. 1, 186. 2, 19. The guess that Elder Martin meant Prince Yaroslav Georgievich of Pinsk, famous in 1184 (Karamz. 2, pr. 415. 3, pr. 64) is not at all “most natural” (Makaria East. Russian Church. 3. 256). On the contrary, it is completely irreconcilable with the time of Bishop Joachim, while Yaroslav Yuryevich from 1416, Prince of Turov and Bishop Joachim 1144–1147 are exactly contemporaries in Turov. “The Tale of Martin Mnis”, placed in the prologue of Rumyantsev of the 15th century. No. 321, June 27, printed by the Reverend. Makaria in East. Russian Church 3, 256. 257. Another text from the Makarievskaya Menaion is also printed here in variants; but the latter text is largely altered against the ancient one. The Russian translation follows the first text. See example 182. The Tale of the Blessed One. Martinet from the prologue on June 27 is transferred to the story of the miracles of St. princes, placed in the Menaion on May 2. So we see it in the Menaion of St. Demetrius on May 2. Mixed. oh blessed Serapion, extracted from the manuscripts. in the article: “Kozheozersky Monastery”, placed in Moscow. led 1852 No. 83. 34. About Eliaksha Nikon. l. 7, 235. Turtasovo or Turchasov Pogost in the charter of 1549 (Ist. Ak. I, 218. 219) and in the charter of 1536 (A. E. I, 152).