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Holy Apostles from the 70: Aristarchus, Pudus and Trophimus About St. Aristarchus, addressed to I. X. Apostle. Paul, it is mentioned in the “Acts of the Apostles” (Acts 19:29) that the artisans who made the silver churches of Artemis and received considerable profit from it rebelled against the Apostles. Paul and his companions, who preached that “those made by human hands are not gods,” and, “seizing the Macedonians Gaius and Aristarchus, they unanimously rushed to the spectacle” ... Another mention of Ap. Aristarchus - in the message of St. Paul to the Colossians - testifies that he was a prisoner with St. Paul: “Aristarchus, who is imprisoned with me, greets you” ... (Post. Col. 4:10). St. also mentions him. Paul in his letter to Philemon: “Epaphras, Mark, Aristarchus and my other fellow workers greet you” (Phil. 1:23). Aristarchus was a bishop in Apamea of ​​Syria. – His death occurred under Emperor Nero; he was beheaded at the same time as App. Pavel, Pud and Trofim. St. Pud, mentioned in the 2nd Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy (2 Tim. 4:21): “Evbul and Pud and all the brethren greet you,” was a Roman senator and a pious man; he received into his house the holy supreme Apostles Peter and Paul, and all Christians, so that his house served as a Church. About Ap. Trophima, who was originally from Ephesus, converted to St. Christ. Ap. Paul, it is mentioned in the “Acts of the Apostles” (Acts 20:4,21:29) that he accompanied Apostle. Paul on his path of evangelism, and in the 2nd epist. to Timothy (2 Tim. 4:20) Paul says: “But I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.” Following Paul and during the persecution under Emperor Nero, he was beheaded in the year 64 along with him and the other Apostles. Holy Martyrs Vasilisa and Anastasia Enlightened by the faith of Christ from the Apostles themselves, these noble Roman women, devoting themselves to the service of Christ, buried those tortured in Rome for confessing Jesus Christ and for this they themselves, after torture, were beheaded under Nero. – Their relics are in Rome, in the Church of the Mother of God the Pacifier. St. Muchch. Sukhiya and 16 Mesukevites St. Muchch. Sukhiya and 16 Mesukevites, his companions, converted to St. Christ. Chrysos and his four disciples, baptized by Ap. Thaddeus. They suffered under the Armenian king Datianos in 123. At the site of their martyrdom, St. Gregory, the enlightener of great Armenia, erected a church and established a brotherhood, which later formed into monasticism. Since ancient times, the Iveron Church has been celebrating the memory of the holy ascetics of Mesukevia. – (See “Full biography of the Holy Georgian Church” - Sabinin). Holy Martyr Savva of Goth In the 4th century, Christianity began to spread among the Goths who lived along the banks of the Danube. During the persecution inflicted on those enlightened by the faith of Christ under Athanaric (as a result of his defeat by the Romans), it turned out that among them there were already many zealous followers of the new teaching who did not retreat from martyrdom for the confession of Jesus Christ. One of these was St. Martyr Savva. In the message of the Gothic Church to the Cappadocia Church, sent with the incorrupt body of the martyr Savva, the exploits and miracles of the saint are described (by eyewitnesses). “For the sake of the memory of the martyr and the benefit of the believers,” the church message says, “we decided, after his death for the Lord, not to keep silent about his glorious deeds, but to commit them to writing. He was faithful, reverent, obedient in every righteous deed, meek, simple in word, but not in mind; speaking boldly to everyone for the truth, he stopped the mouths of idolaters; was ready for every good deed; sang in church, took care of the church of God, despised wealth, prayed and fasted fervently, was free from vanity, encouraged everyone to live a life pleasing to God, observed “faith that works through love” (Gal. 5:6), and was never afraid to speak freely about the Lord, for which he more than once suffered torment from the wicked.”193 When the Gothic leaders saw that the Christian faith was quickly spreading among the pagans, they began to persecute Christians. First of all, they forced them to eat from idol sacrifices. “Whoever tastes meat sacrificed to idols cannot be a Christian!” - Savva reminded and kept Christians from performing pagan rites. For this he was expelled from the village for some time. When the persecution resumed, and the soldiers again began to take away Christians, the residents of the village where Savva lived, fearing a search and persecution, began to assure the head of the region with an oath that there was not a single Christian among them. - Let no one swear for me! - said Savva, - because I am a Christian... And, as a Christian, he was taken and presented to the commander. – Does this Christian have any property? - asked the boss. “He has nothing except the clothes that he’s wearing...” those close to him answered. “In that case, let him go...” the boss responded with contempt, “if he is so poor, then neither good nor harm can be expected from him...” During the Easter holiday, during the renewed violent persecution in 372, Sava was captured by pagans who attacked Christians while they solemnly celebrated the holy days. He, together with the pious village priest, was mercilessly dragged along a cruel path all the way to the city, beaten with sticks and swords and tortured until nightfall; the next day they began to force them to eat food sacrificed to idols, and when they refused, Savva was again tortured and finally drowned in the river. Before his death, he only glorified God and prayed, and when those who led him to execution, touched by the meekness of the martyr, wished and arbitrarily decided to set him free, Savva did not accept their offer: his soul so longed to unite with Christ as soon as possible... St. Sava suffered when he was 38 years old. - The soldiers took his body out of the water and threw it on the shore to be devoured by the birds, but it remained untouched, and after a while one Christian was able to acquire it, who transferred these holy remains to his fatherland - Cappadocia, and the above-mentioned message was delivered, ending like this: - “commemorating the martyr on the day on which he was crowned, proclaim this to the other brothers, and throughout the entire Catholic Apostolic Church, having spiritual joy, they glorify the Lord, who chose His servants for Himself. Hail all saints; the brothers who suffer persecution with you greet you. “To Him who is able, by His grace and love for mankind, to bring us into the Heavenly Kingdom - glory, honor and worship, with His only begotten Son and the Holy Spirit, forever, amen.” † On the same day, the repose of the holy Grand Duke Mstislav Vladimirovich I am the Lord your God; please me and be blameless (Gen. 17:1). This is God's will for man. Book Mstislav Vladimirovich, called great, firmly knew and fulfilled the will of God for man, and he was placed among the saints back in the prologue of the 13th century 194. In 1088, the son of Vladimir Monomakh, baptized Theodore, being 12 years old, was sent by his grandfather to reign in Novgorod 195. At 19, he is already a model of Christian courage and generosity. Oleg, Prince of Chernigov, killed his brother Izyaslav, captured Rostov and Suzdal, which belonged to Mstislav. Mstislav, not wanting to shed blood, sent to Oleg to say: “You killed my brother, but kings and noble people die in war; be pleased with the hereditary city (Ryazan); in this case, I will ask my father to make peace with you.” Oleg did not want to listen to offers of love and was going to take Novgorod. Mstislav gave battle (1096), and Oleg, having lost Suzdal and Rostov, barely took refuge in Murom. Mstislav again offered peace to Oleg and wanted for himself only the return of the prisoners; he convincingly asked his father to forgive Oleg, and the father agreed, admitting that his son had shamed his father with his generosity 196. Oleg pretended to agree to peace. Mstislav disbanded his troops and led them into celebration. much Theodore, on Saturday of the first week of Lent, commune with St. Tain was sitting calmly at dinner in Suzdal when messengers brought him the news that Uncle Oleg was standing on the Klyazma with an army. Mstislav in one day gathered squads - Novgorod, Rostov, Belozersk and was ready for battle behind the city ramparts. After 4 days, his brother came to him with an army. A hot and stubborn battle began; Mstislav's courage tilted victory to his side: Oleg fled and, leaving Murom to his brother, disappeared into Ryazan. Mstislav remained a Christian in happiness. He did not want to take either Murom or Ryazan, and was only content with the freedom of the prisoners. “Oleg ran around in despair, not knowing where to lay his head. Blessed Mstislav sent to tell him: “Svyatopolk and Vladimir,” he did not speak about himself, “will not deprive you of the Russian land, - I will be your intercessor; remain in your reign; just accept it." He then left the Murom region and, returning to Novgorod, reconciled with Oleg Vel. book Svyatopolk and his father Vladimir 197. It is clear that the Novgorodians could not help but value such a prince. At the general council he led. book Svyatopolk with Monomakh and other princes were supposed to send Svyatopolk’s son to Novgorod. The Novgorod ambassadors announced to Svyatopolk: “if your son has two heads, let him go to Novgorod, Novgorod needs Mstislav, Vsevolod gave him to the Novgorodians, and they raised him for themselves.” And Mstislav returned to Novgorod 198. Grateful for God’s mercies, the prince founded the Church of the Annunciation on Gorodishche, near Novgorod. – The prince’s stone church is a victim of his sincere piety. It was decorated with all generosity: its iconostasis was covered with silver 199. For this church, the pious prince commissioned the writing of the Mstislav Gospel, which is precious to us, and an expensive setting for the Gospel was arranged in Constantinople 200 . The verbal Old Believer has already been shown that in this Gospel the name of Jesus is written mostly in abbreviated form, but appears up to 80 times with the vowel doubled at the beginning: “Jesus” or “Jesus” 201. Having made a campaign into wild Estonia, Mstislav (in 1113) founded a stone church in the name of St. Nicholas in the prince's courtyard 202. This church was a monument to his gratitude to the saint and for his healing from illness 203. In a serious illness, the pious prince diligently called for help on the saint, whose relics had recently been transferred to Bargrad 204 and who at the same time worked miracles in Kyiv 205. The saint in a vision ordered to send to Kyiv for his icon, of which the type and measure were shown; the will of the saint was immediately fulfilled, ambassadors were sent; and obedience was rewarded much sooner than could have been expected. Ambassadors of the storm that rose on the lake. Ilmen, they were held on the island of Lipnoy for three days, and on the fourth they found an icon of the saint floating on the water of the same type (round) and size as shown in the vision. - The sick prince, venerated St. icon, received healing 206. Subsequently, on the site of the appearance of the icon, on the island of Lipnoy, a monastery was built with a stone church of the saint 207. In March 1116, the valiant prince again humbled Estov, took Odenpe, burned the villages and captured many prisoners, and upon his return he founded a fortress in Novgorod, more extensive than it was before. - At the same time, he took care of building a new, more extensive premises for the Novgorod ruler 208. At the same time, by his order, mayor Pavel founded a fortress in Ladoga, and a whole stone church was built here in honor of the leader. much George 209. In 1117, Monomakh, wanting to have a close assistant in his son, transferred Mstislav to Belgorod, and left Mstislav’s son Vsevolod in Novgorod. The Volyn prince Yaroslav, in alliance with the Poles, sought to gain seniority over the Monomakhovichs. He became so carried away by the desire for honor that he drove away his wife, the daughter of Mstislav, from himself. More than once pacified either by exhortations or by weapons, Yaroslav in 1123 brought a huge army, Polish and Hungarian, to Russia. - and Mstislav hurried against him with his squad, but - Yaroslav was killed by two Poles 210. In 1125, having mourned the death of his father, Mstislav ascended the grand-ducal throne. In the first two years he had to mourn the misfortune of Russia, which suffered from famine especially in the north. In 1127, the kind-hearted prince, having sworn an oath to protect Prince Yaroslav, expelled by his nephew from Chernigov, but softened by the requests of the boyars and clergy not to shed Christian blood, did not fulfill the oath, and repented of this to the grave. For this, he brilliantly settled accounts with Vsevolod’s allies and Russia’s constant enemies – the Polovtsians: he drove them not only beyond the Don, but beyond the Volga. He also severely punished the princes of Polotsk, who refused to fight against these sworn enemies of Christianity: he expelled them from Russia to Greece. In 1128 he began to build a magnificent church and monastery in honor of Vm. Theodora. This was a tribute of gratitude for heavenly help, which saved him from the troubles prepared by the treacherous Oleg on Feodorov's Saturday 211. – Whether the famous Yuriev Monastery was founded at his request remains doubtful. But in 1130 he wrote in the letter: “here I am Mstislav, the son of Vladimir, who holds the Russian land in his reign, ordered my son Vsevolod to give St. Georgiy Buytse with tribute, virs (duties from criminal court cases) and sales (duties from civil cases) and the Volotsk vein... And you, abbot Isaiah, and you, brothers, pray to God for me and for my children, while the world stands. And the people’s autumn gifts, 25 hryvnia, also to St. George” 212. – In 1131, he built a church near Kyiv in honor of the pie-shaped icon of the Most Holy. Theotokos delivered from Constantinople 213. That same year he went with his children to war against wild Lithuania and returned with rich booty. In 1132, on Easter week (April 15), the valiant and pious prince died at the age of 56 and was laid in the church of St. martyr 214. Even his contemporaries not only called him a kind and Christ-loving prince, but hoped for his prayer as pleasing to God 215. The ancient prologue, saying that he “was uncontrollably merciful to everyone,” ends the description of his life like this: “he did not hold silver and gold in his hands, he did not love wealth, and on the day of his repose, having led away his repose, he commanded his servants to prepare his own grave and thus died more honestly” 216. St. Basil the Great, having received St. the relics of the martyr Savva and a message from Bishop Asholius of Thessaloniki, who strengthened Savva for the feat, and from Saran, the military leader of Scythia, a Cappadocian by birth, thanked them in 374 in letters that have survived to our time (see Works of the Holy Fathers, Part X, 1847). Prologue of Rumyantsev No. 319. Description. Muz., p. 452. Recently the Belgrade Synaxarion of 1340 has become known, where it is also shown under April 15. memory of "the blessed prince Mstislav, whose name in holy baptism is Theodore". The same legend about the blessed prince Mstislav is included here as in the synaxar (prologue) of Rumyantsev. The legend of the Belgrade list is printed in the VI volume of the Western Imperial Academic Sciences, pp. 114. 115. Both the matter itself and part of the language show that in these lists of the synaxar, both the legend about Prince Mstislav and the legend about Prince Boris and Gleb, the Russian composition rightly points especially to the words of the legend about Olga: “from Olga our princes grew up.” See Zap. Academician VI, 111. 114–116. Years. at Karamz. 2, pr. 163. 172. Collection. l. 1, 89. Mstislav was born in 1076 (collection l.1:85). In the story of the miracle of St. Nicholas it is said that Prince Mstislav was called by baptism George. But in the Mstislav Gospel, the scribe thanks God for writing the Gospel “to the God-honored Prince Theodore, and worldly to Mstislav, to his grandson Vsevolozh, and to his son Volodymer, Prince of Novgorod.” And then: “Oh Lord! save our prince Theodore for many years, and worldly Mstislav.” The contemporary knew without a doubt the name of his prince. In the description Antiquities Archbishop. Makaria book. Mstislav is called George (1, 15. 404), i.e., following the story. Collection l. 1, 108. 5, 150. 7, 9. 10. Collection l. 1, 108. 110. 7, 11. 12. In 1093, by mutual agreement of the great princes Svyatopolk and Monomakh, David received Novgorod instead of Smolensk, and Rostov was assigned to Mstislav; at the beginning of 1094, David appeared in Novgorod, and at the end he went to Smolensk, because the ambassadors of Novgorod urgently demanded and received Prince Mstislav. Collection l. 5, 150. 7, 8. Karamz. 5, pr. 172. Known. acad. 6, 222–224. Collection l. 3, 122. 213. 5, 154. Synaxarion of Rumyantsev and Belgrade about the church: “and fetters with gold and silver and precious stones.” The church icon of the Annunciation was painted by Greek masters. Act. e. 1, 248. See note. 85. Inscription of 1551: “The Holy Gospel was renewed in Great Novgorod of the venerable Church of the Most Pure Mother of God of Her venerable and Glorious Annunciation on the Settlement, in the year 7059.” Nevostruev's research in Izv. acad. Sciences IX, 65–80. Conversations to the Verb Old Believer, p. 77. M. 1836. To 2 Novgorod. years: “defeat Mstislav on Bor Chud and build the church of St. Nicholas in Novgorod, in the prince’s courtyard.” In 4 l. l. literally too. In 1 l. also makes sense. Collection l. III, 4. 122. IV, 1. V, 156. VII, 23. 11. 4. Collection l. III, 214. "In l. 6621 (1113) Prince V. Mstislav Volodymerovich - founded a stone church in Novgorod of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the prince's courtyard. That same summer, the image of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra sailed from Kyiv to Novgorod, a round table, and they took it on Lipna under Bishop John, and that icon I built a courtyard in the church in that great church in Yaroslavl.” East. Russian Cer. 1, 99. Collection. l. VII, 3. In the Synod. Apostle 1307: “in fol. 6582 (1074) the transfer by the relics of St. Nicholas.” The legend about the healing of the prince: “having heard about the miracles of the great bishop and the wonderworker Nikola, who were at that time in the city of Barstem, - and in the city of Kyiv in those same days, the great father performed a miracle; the drowned youth before his image in the church of St. Sophia found the gift, the phlegm of water flowing from him, - calling on this glorious miracle worker for help.” The story of the miracle over the prince is known in two forms; older edition, but hardly older than the 16th century, by Rev. Makaria in East. Russian Cer. 2, 180. 289. 335. 339. – Prince George, named Mstislav, acquiring faith in the celibate image, created a stone church with his woman led. Princess Anna, in Grandfather Yaroslavl's courtyard, in the name of St. Nicholas". Another edition of the legend in the Dvorishchensky Chronicle of the 18th century corrects some of the mistakes of the older edition, but not all. Here, the wife of Prince Mstislav Anna is presented as a participant in the construction of the church, and not the woman who died back in 1050. The time of the miraculous event refers here to the time of St. Nikita; but this does not agree with all the chronicles. See pr. 92. In 3 Novgor. l. in addition to the fact that the healing of the prince is shown in 1113, it is also added that the stone church on Lipna was built 180 years after the miracle, in 1292, therefore, the miracle took place in 1113 (collection l. III, 213. 221) O. Macarius (Antiquities 1, 248-251) is carried away by the later story. completely in vain; the story itself dates the event to 1113. Collection l. III, 4. 214. V. 166. VII, 23. II, 7. Inscription on the wall icon of the Savior in St. John’s House: “Image from 1116 according to the chronicle.” Events with the princes of 1136 and 1142 show that then in the courtyard of the ruler of Novgorod. there was more than one Nikitsky house. House with an icon before which St. prayed in 1169. Archbishop, already in the legend was called Ioannovsky, as it is called to this day. All this shows that the house was built by Bishop John Popin at the same time as Prince. Mstislav (in 1116) was building a new fortress. Description Novgorod. bishop at home, pp. 9–11. 29. 30. 45. St. Petersburg. 1859 Collection l. 3, 4. 214. East. Jer. 4, 136–138. According to the 4th Novgorod Chronicle. (collection l.4:123) “that same (1446) summer, Archbishop Euthymius founded the monastery of St. George in the town of Ladoga, and rebuilt the stone wall and the church of St. George and rebuilt the signature, where it had fallen away, and covered it with scales (tiles) and became a refuge for the peasants.” Consequently, only the church, and not the monastery, belonged to the blessed one. book Mstislav. Swedish about the monastery, p. 479. 480. Frescoes from the high place of the St. George Church of the 12th century. from Prokhorov, in Christ. Ancient 1863, vol. 2, p. 103. There is also an image of the church itself and a description of it. T. 2. Collection l. 2. 8. 9. 7, 24. 25. Nikon. l. 2, 53. Collection l. 1, 131. 2, 12. VII, 26–28. Synaxarion in Serbian. sp. Rumyantsev and according to Belgrade in 1340: “in Kyiv, from here the church of St. Theodore and the great saint, with Metropolitan Michael, create the honest monastery of St. Theodore.” The Feodorovsky Monastery of Mstislav was called “fatherly” - fatherly, and many princes were buried here. Kalnofoisky, describing old Kyiv, said: “the church of St. Theodore Tyrone, only the walls stand.” The remains of the Feodorovsky Church are now in the Korolev Garden, in the St. Andrew's Branch. Zakrevsky Kiev § 32 M. 1858 Certificate in Additional to East. Act. 1. No. 2, with explanations by M. Evgeniy in 3 volumes. Work. General East. Sreznevsky in Izvestia. Academician Sciences 8, 348–353. Chronicle: in 1119 “hegumen and Prince Vsevolod of Kuryak founded the Kamyan Church, St. George Monastery, Novgorod.” Collection l. 3, 5. 214. The Pirogovskaya icon was named after the town of Pirogovka. Collection l. 1, 132. 2, 10. 11. 7, 29. Pogodina research. 4, 109. The Gospel scribe calls the book. Mstislav to the faithful and Christ-loving. Naslav, who arranged the salary according to the will of the prince, says: “I took a lot of work and sorrow: but God consoled me the good prince with prayer... May God grant his prayer to all Christians and me bad Naslav, who will rule his tools in truth,” i.e. God grant that through his prayer all Christians and I bad Naslav, obliged to honestly correct his affairs, will be successful. Synaxarion in Serbian. Rumyantsev's list in Music. 452 and Belgrade. list 1340 in Note. Academician 6, 115.