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Venerable John, disciple of Gregory Dekapolitus, Saint Cosmas and his disciple Auxentius John, having left the world in his youth, went to St. Gregory Dekapolit, tonsured by him, shared his labors and exploits, and accompanied him on his wanderings. In 814 he arrived with his teacher in Constantinople, and here they, together with Joseph the Songwriter, instructed and strengthened the Orthodox against the heresy of the iconoclasts. When Joseph, sent to Rome, fell into the hands of enemies and languished in captivity on the island of Crete, then Gregory died; and John continued his exploits to save his neighbors. Upon his return, Joseph died (maybe 821) and was buried by him at the tomb of Gregory. Cosmas, Bishop of Chalcidian, suffered tribulations and exile from St. Auxentius during the time of Leo the Armenian (813–820), died in exile. † Memory of the Rev. Euphemia, Antonia and Felix Korelsky The Monk Euthymius was the founder of the Korelsky Nikolaev Monastery, on the Korelsky coast not far from the White Sea 236. This was around 1410. But barely the zealous worker had time to build the saint’s church and several cells, when in 1419 the Norwegians attacked the monastery, burned the church and killed several monks 237 . It was necessary to re-establish the monastery, and Rev. Euthymius set about the holy work. Meanwhile, the sons of Martha the mayor, who owned vast expanses of land in the north, while inspecting their estates, drowned at the mouth of the Dvina. Struck by their loss, Martha provided Rev. Euthymius received rich funds for establishing a monastery. According to the chronicle, Martha is called the wife of Isaac Boretsky. In her letter to the monastery, she writes: “Here I, God’s servant Martha, wrote this manuscript during my lifetime, erecting a church to St. Nicholas in Korelskoye, over the tombs of my children Anthony and Felix; I gave it to St. Nicholas, the purchase of my husband Philip - a village on the island of Lavle, and two villages in Konechny... I order the house of St. Nicholas to my master brother-in-law Feodor Grigorievich and his children and my son-in-law Efrem Vasilyevich" 238. Therefore, it is clear that Anthony and Felix were the sons of Martha’s first husband, Philip Vasilyevich. since Martha was a protagonist in the events of 1470, it is easy to understand that the construction of the St. Nicholas monastery by Martha took place after 1419 and that Felix and Anthony ended their earthly course as young people. Felix is ​​also known for his personal charity, specifically to the monastery of St. Mikhail, which is 30 versts from the mouth of the Dvina, on Pur-Navolok 239. Blessed Euthymius is known not only for his labors and concerns in constructing the buildings necessary for the monastery, but, what is much more important, he himself, filled with zeal for spiritual perfection, enlightened the wild Korelsky region with the light of the Gospel truth and aroused zeal for a life worthy of those created in the image of God. In the Pomeranian coast, between the Russian colonies, there lived then five types of Finnish tribe, or, as the Novgorodians called them, Korelian children. These were the Kuroltsy, Rovkultsy, Vymoltsy, Tivrultsy and Valedoli or Valdolei clan. These Korels and Lapps had their homelands, lands, lands and industries in Pomerania. This is evident from the Solovetsky charters 240. What was their faith? This is what the old Solovetsky story says about this: “Of ancient times these above-mentioned ancestors were like wild beasts, living in impenetrable deserts... They neither knew nor understood the one true God and Jesus Christ who was sent from Him; but if anyone then satisfies the belly, then it will set up God; Even if he sometimes kills an animal with a stone, he reveres the stone, and if he hits something he catches with a club, he worships the club, and even now in the Samoyeds the hardened malice is found, also in Loparekh, both in part” 241 . These are the kind of people the Rev. happened to live among. Euthymia! The ascetic of God, full of love for people and for heavenly truth, enlightened the lost both with his word and with his life. He instilled in his disciples a sincere zeal for holy asceticism 242. Death of Rev. Euphemia followed around 1435. According to the manuscript. Saints Rev. Evfimy "Arkhangelsk Wonderworker". His relics, glorified by miracles, were discovered in 1647 243. At first there was a chapel over the tombs of Anthony and Felix, and since 1749 there has been a Church of the Presentation of the Lord 244. St. torment. John the New, Yaninsky Great was the zeal for God of young John and - with what generous gifts the Lord responded to the man’s zeal! In the simple, humble soul of John, an impulse for a higher feat was ignited, and the Lord sent him the strength to accomplish this feat and glorified him both in earthly life and in eternity. Originally from Ioannina - in Epirus 245, John was raised in a pious family. He grew up loving God. His favorite leisure activity was visiting church and reading the Holy Scriptures. Scriptures, from which he applied the lessons to life. He was devoted to work and divided the earnings he received into three parts: for his parents, for the poor, and the rest for his own and all other needs. Orphaned at a young age, he moved to Constantinople and began trading. Next to him, some were Turks (in whose power Constantinople was then) trading in their shops, and some were apostates from the Christian faith, who had submitted to the then victorious Mohammedanism. Both of them disliked the Christian youth. For former Christians, it served as a visual denunciation of their cowardly apostasy; The Mohammedans were annoyed that an exemplary worker in all respects belonged to an environment alien to them by faith. The Mohammedans, in general, both out of fanaticism and because they value Christians as capable, intelligent, honest workers, try to convert them to Islamism. And therefore, they could not ignore the hard-working, conscientious, intelligent, and, moreover, distinguished John among the working people... They really wanted to attract him into their midst, that is, to convert him to Mohammedanism. “It would be wrong for such a beautiful young man to live in such a dark place!” - the Turkish traders said to their neighbor, - if you accepted our faith, then a wide road would open before you, you could achieve great honors and wealth... John complacently laughed off such crazy reasoning in his eyes, not paying any attention to them at first; but since these reasonings and persuasion began to take on a more serious character, became urgent, they led John to the idea that he, as a Christian, would have a serious struggle with them... he began to imagine the outcome of the struggle - the usual one under the influence of Turkish rule: martyrdom... The first thought of such an outcome affected his soul not with fear, but with heavenly joy. John was so full of love for God that the thought of martyrdom flashed in his soul only in the form of his union with the One whom he had been accustomed to love since childhood. And so, he hurries to accept the advice of an experienced mentor regarding the feelings that filled his heart. He informs the archpriest of the great church, named Kalofet, of his intention, even if it leads him to martyrdom, to defend his faith, from which he is so strongly urged to deviate... The shepherd, however, tried to deviate John from his intention, reminding him that even the holy canons forbid arbitrarily undertaking martyrdom - in view of the fact that no one can measure in advance the extent of their strength and that they can waver under the weight of trials... John obeyed the advice of the shepherd, but the desire for achievement did not cease in his soul. Meanwhile, Lent began. Among the intensely pious mood aroused at this time in the soul of every true Christian, ridicule and encouragement from the Turks to convert him to Islamism somehow resonated especially sensitively in John’s soul. At the same time, the determination to defend his faith grew in him, the impulse to suffer for Christ flared up in him... On the night of Good Friday, in a dream, he saw himself, like the youths of Babylon, surrounded by flames and singing the glory of Christ and, taking this as a sign of the will of God, he came again to the shepherd and convincingly asked him to guide him to the feat with prayers, blessings and communion of the Divine Mysteries. Seeing the young man’s uncontrollable desire, the elder prayed for him from the bottom of his heart and communed him with St. Tain and, having said a good word, let him go. John joyfully returned to his workshop, and it did not take long for his cherished desire to come true... He was still in his piously-enthusiastic mood, when suddenly his neighbors surrounded him and, as if in agreement among themselves, began to again encourage him to accept Islamism and to this they also added slander, as if he had made a promise in the city of Trik-Kale to renounce Christ, and yet still does not fulfill his promise. -Are you talking about me or someone else? - John asked them angrily. - Yes, about you! - the slanderers confirmed. – Never and nowhere did I have the thought of renouncing Christ! - John objected passionately, - on the contrary, I have lived and will live in my Christ and am ready to die for Him! Is it possible to betray Him for the sake of the impostor and enemy of Christ, Muhammad? I reject both Muhammad and his faith. Do with me what you want, and the more you torture me, the more good you will do to me. Brought to trial for such words, John firmly confessed Christ and sharply denounced the teachings of Muhammad. The judge handed him over as a sacrifice to an angry crowd, which furiously attacked the Christian. The sufferer patiently endured the torture and only prayed to God to give him the strength to endure to the end. The judge, assuming that if John was given time to think and discuss his situation, he would come to his senses and retreat before further suffering, ordered him to be taken to prison for the night, but the next morning he saw him unshakable in his confession of the faith of Christ, and then, losing patience, he ordered a fire to be lit in order to immediately put an end to the martyr, but, having received a sum of money from the Christians, he decided to fulfill their request - to postpone the execution of John until the end of holidays. The extra days of languor did not weaken John’s spiritual strength and, brought out again to trial on a conditional day, he, in response to the pressure to renounce Christ, joyfully exclaimed: “I will never renounce the sweetest and saving name of Christ, the true God! He is my wealth, my glory, my praise! I will accept all suffering for Him! A martyr's crown and eternal life - that is my only thought! Why are you laughing, you unfortunate people? I rejoice in my God and sing to Him together with the angels!” And then in a wonderful voice he sang: “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and giving life to those in the tombs!” The judge finally sentenced John to be burned at the stake. While they were inflaming him, the fanatics inflicted cruel blows on the martyr with sticks and stones. He, as if not feeling them, joyfully sang: Christ is risen! Finally, when the fire was ready, John himself threw himself into the fire; surrounded by flames, he continued to chant: Christ is risen! - And thus his dream came true. Seeing his suffering, some Christians, with the help of money, begged the executioners to behead John’s head with a sword so that his suffering would quickly end, and at the price of gold they purchased his charred remains and transferred them to the great church. Here, with all the Christian people gathered to worship the martyr, the relics of John, who suffered for the faith of Christ, were placed in a decent place in the patriarchal church and since then, according to the testimony of the writer of the life of John, a contemporary of his Archpriest Nicholas Malax of Nauplia, they have exuded abundant and great miracles 246. “Many of us are excited and confirmed and strengthened by his example not to betray our faith as easily as before” ... says the biography of John. The suffering of John, which was witnessed by numerous eyewitnesses, took place on April 18, 1526. Memory of the Maximov Icon of the Mother of God The Maksimovskaya Icon depicts the Mother of God in full height; in front of Her is Metropolitan Maxim, kneeling and receiving her omophorion from the most pure hands. - “This holy and miraculous image of the Most Holy Theotokos, as the inscription on this icon says, was written in the summer of 6807 (1299), according to the vision of Maxim, Metropolitan of Vladimir and all Russia, a wonderworker, a Greek by birth, after his arrival from Kyiv to Vladimir, when he, having fallen asleep in his cell from a worthwhile procession, sees Abiye, Like reality, the light is great and unusual, and in that light the Most Pure Virgin Mother of God appeared to him, holding the Eternal Child in her hand, and the verb: My servant Maxim, you have come kindly to visit My city, and give him an omophorion, saying: accept this omophorion and feed the verbal sheep in My city; he was a receptionist, aroused from sleep, and there was no one in the cell, and the omophorion was found in his hand. He was overcome with fear for many hours, he told Grand Duke Andrey about it, and he built the ark of gold, and placed that omophorion in it, and this miracle became famous throughout the Russian land and in Palestine, and he commanded that this image be painted in the same likeness as Saint Maximus saw during the time of the godless Tsarevich Talych, when he captured the city. and ruin." Thus, the appearance of the Mother of God to Metropolitan Maxim served as a sign of heavenly blessing for the transfer of the metropolis from Kyiv to Vladimir. Subsequently, the Maksimovskaya icon became famous for many miracles and is now located in Vladimir in the cathedral church. RKP. Saints: “St. Euthymius, head of the Korelsky monastery on the Dvina River.” Dvinsk let., p. 7. Collection. l. 3, 108. “Murman, - with 500 people, in beads and augers, fought in the Varguza (Varguza River, Kola District, Arkhangelsk Province), Korelsky Churchyard and in the lands of the Zavolochskaya Churchyard: in Nenoksa (Arkhangelsk District), in the Korelsky Monastery of St. Nicholas, the Final Churchyard, Yakovlya, Kuryu, Andreyanov Beach, Kit Island, Karya Island, St. Michael’s Monastery, Chiglonim, Khlechinimo; 3 churches were burned; and Christians and the Chernorisets were flogged.” Russian Church in the Northern Pomerania in Orthodox. Interlocutor 1860, pp. 12. 13. Dosithea described. Solovets. monastery 1, 40. According to the RCP. Saints in the Korelsky monastery rest, in addition to the righteous Anthony and Felix, “the righteous ascetic Stefan, the venerable fathers Isaiah and Nikonor, the new wonderworkers.” The story of the discovery of the relics and miracles of St. Euphemia at Tsarskoe No. 136. Maksimovich Geographer. Dictionary 3, 738. 739. East. Jer. IV, 630. According to the inventory of 1662, Korelsky Nikolaev mon. 55 yards. Ioannina or Ioannina is a city considered to be the ancient Kassiona between Tricca of Thessaly and Ambrakia of Epirus to the south ("Full Month" by Arch. Sergius, vol. II, part II, p. 110). See Christian Martyrs in the East. Solovyov (p. 33).