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Holy Martyr Varlaam the Elder An amazing example of steadfastness in conviction, carried out with unconditional self-sacrifice, is the case during the suffering for the faith of the St. remembered today. Martyr Barlaam, who died in agony in 304 in Caesarea in Cappadocia. When, having in mind in particular that the example of betrayal of the Christian faith on the part of a universally respected elder could have a stronger effect on others, the persecutors subjected to cruel torture a Christian from Antioch - Barlaam, then, not having time to force him to renounce his confession, they, in order to make him at least an involuntary participant in idolatry, forced him to hold his hand over the flaming altar, in which they placed hot coals with frankincense and myrrh. Pain and the slightest lack of self-control could force the preacher to involuntarily drop the incense placed in his hand onto the altar and thereby give his enemies a reason to say that he had honored the pagan gods... But the elder had the strength to unwaveringly hold out his hand extended over the fire; he did not make the slightest movement with it and did not release the coals from it until the burnt compounds in his fingers began to fall off... Thus, “having his right hand instead of the altar of the Lord,” as St. Basil the Great, in his words of praise to this martyr, Barlaam not only did not justify the calculations of the pagans, but by the example of his firmness he strengthened his influence over the believers and even in the very opponents of the faith of Christ aroused attention and respect for Christians, among whom were such strong and invincible confessors of the doctrine they persecuted... The examples of their lives are beneficial for those who are even now ready to respond to the words of the Apostle: “Watch, brothers, stand in the faith, take courage, be strong!” (1 Cor. 16:13). But they will have other ways of obedience. “The time of persecution has passed,” says St. John Chrysostom - but the martyrdom continues; people do not torture, but are pursued by temptations: the executioner does not act, but the cruelest of all tormentors acts; you are not scorched by burning coals, but scorched by the flames of passions. The martyrs despised the kindled coals, but you despise the fire of nature; they fought with beasts, and you curb the anger of this fierce and indomitable beast; they withstood invincibly unbearable pain, and you conquer the nasty and evil thoughts that come from the heart... Then you will be a martyr." † Repose of Rev. Varlaam Pechersky Prince Izyaslav, says Ave. Nestor, had John as the first of the boyars.” This is the father of St. Varlaam, the famous commander Jan Vyshatich, famous for his military exploits against the Polovtsians 282, as was his brother Putyata 283. The father of Jan and Putiata Vyshat was in power during the century. k. Yaroslav 284. Jan Vyshatich was not only a skilled commander, but also a sensible Christian who knew how to admonish people like the Magi 285. Ave. Nestor, who used his information for the chronicle, calls him kind and intelligent 286. Ave. Theodosius, being abbot, loved Ian and his wife Maria, since they, says Nestor, lived according to the commandments of the Lord and loved each other 287. It is not surprising that the son of such parents was a kind young man. He often came to St. Anthony and Nikon to listen to their instructions and his heart flared up with love for the Lord. Finally, he “decided,” Nestor narrates, to live in a cave, despising everything in this life and imputing fame and wealth to nothing. The word of the Lord touched his heart, “For it is convenient for me to pass through the ears of a needle, rather than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 19:24). He announced his intention to Anthony alone. “I would like, father,” he said, if God wills, to be a monk and live with you.” The elder tells him: “A good desire, my son, and a gracious thought; but beware, child, that the wealth and glory of this world do not bring you back. When the Lord said: no one, lay his hand on the forehead and in vain turn back, is ruled in Heaven (Luke 9:62); then a monk who returns to worldly thought and cares about worldly things cannot achieve eternal life.” And the elder talked with the young man about many other things, and his heart became even more inflamed with love for God. The young man went home. The next day, dressed in bright and glorious clothes, he mounted a horse and rode to the elder. The youths surrounded him, and others led the horse, richly decorated. So he rode magnificently to the cave of the fathers. When they drank and bowed to him to the ground, as befits a nobleman, then he bowed to them to the ground. Then, taking off his boyar clothes, he laid them before the elder; He presented the horse and said: “Here, father, are all the beautiful delights of this world; do whatever you want with them; because I, having despised all this, want to be a monk and live with you in this cave, and will never return to my home.” The elder says to him: “Look, son, who are you promising? whose warrior do you want to be? For behold, the angels of God stand invisibly, accepting your promise. When your father comes, he will drag you away with the violence of power, and we cannot help you; See, then, that you do not appear before God as a liar and an apostate?” The young man said to him: I believe in my God, father, that if my father begins to torment me, I will not listen to him to return to the world. I ask you, father, to cut my hair quickly.” Then St. Anthony ordered the great Nikon to tonsure him and clothe him in monastic clothes. This, having performed prayers as usual, tonsured him into the monastic rank, dressed him in black robes and named him Varlaam.” “Boyar John was inflamed with anger for his son. Taking many youths, he went to the holy flock to disperse them. Entering the cave, he took his son, reverent Varlaam, and led him out of it. Then he took off his holy mantle and threw it into the forest; He also took off the helmet of salvation that was on his head, threw it away, and at the same time clothed him in bright and glorious clothes, as befits the boyars. The son threw her to the ground, not wanting to see her, and he did this several times. Then his father, in anger, ordered his hands to be tied, dressed in the aforementioned clothes, and in this form he should go through the city to his home. Varlaam, flaming with sincere love for God, saw a hole on the road and, hastily entering it, with God's help, threw off his clothes and trampled them underfoot in the mud, trampling, at the same time, the evil thoughts of the evil enemy. After they entered the house, his father ordered him to sit with him at the table. He sat down at the table, but did not taste the food at all and kept bending over, looking down. At the end of the table, his father sent him to his chambers and assigned the youths to watch him so that he would not leave. And he ordered his wife to dress in a shiny dress to seduce the young man and serve before him. But Christ's servant Barlaam entered one room and sat down in the corner. His wife, as she was ordered, looked after him and asked him to sit on his bed. Seeing the insolence of his wife and learning that his father had prepared this to seduce him, he prayed in the depths of his heart to the all-wise God, who could save him from delusion. He stayed in that place for three days and did not get up, did not eat food and did not put on clothes, but was in only a monastic shirt. Ave. Anthony with those with him and with the blessed one. Theodosius, in grief, prayed to Christ God for him. The good God, seeing the young man’s humility and patience, turned his father’s strong heart to mercy. The youths came to the boyar and told him: the fourth day has already come, and your son does not eat food and does not want to put on clothes. Hearing this, his father took pity on him, fearing that he would die of hunger and cold. Having called him, he kissed him warmly and released him. Then an amazing thing happened; There was a great cry, as if for the dead. The male and female servants wept for him because their master was leaving them; father and mother cried that they were separated from their son, and everyone saw him off with great weeping. The warrior of Christ left his house and like a bird freed from a net, or like a chamois from a snare (Prov. 6:5), so he quickly ran and reached the cave. Seeing him, the fathers rejoiced, stood up and glorified God for hearing their prayer.” When the number of brethren in the cave increased to fifteen people, “Rev. Anthony locked himself in a cave cell, and in his place appointed the reverent Varlaam, the son of the boyar John, as the head of the brethren.” Blazh. Varlaam built a small church above the cave in the name of St. Mother of God, commanding the brethren to gather there for Divine praise. “From that time on, this place became visible to everyone, but before it was unknown to many”; in the dense forest that covered Mount Berestovskaya, it was not easy to find a cave that hid the hermits from the eyes of the world; when the church was erected on the mountain, above the cave, it pointed towards the cave dwellers. Blazh. Varlaam did not remain abbot of the cave brethren for long; by the will of the Grand Duke, he was transferred “to the monastery of St. M. Demetrius and was appointed hegumen in it" 288. This was in 1057 289. Monastery of St. Demetrius was built by Grand Duke Izyaslav in honor of his great martyr angel. Demetrius 290. In the 17th century, “the site of the Dimitriev Monastery is visible not far from the Lavra” 291. Blazh. Varlaam tried to introduce the spirit and rules of the venerable fathers of Pechersk into the new monastery. Since in his time in Russia Christianity was still a new phenomenon and many of the ancient rules of the Eastern Church had to be introduced again, and had to be borrowed from the East; then bliss. Varlaam, having the means, traveled to the East twice, both for the benefit of his soul and for the good of the Church. These labors, together with monastic feats, were so difficult for the boyar’s son Vyshatich that, exhausted by illness, he died on the way. “Blessed. Varlaam, says Rev. Nestor, son of boyar John, abbot of the monastery of St. Demetrius, built by the Christ-loving Izyaslav, went to St. the city of Jerusalem and, bypassing St. place, returned to his monastery. Some time later he went to Constantinople. Here he visited all the monasteries and, having bought everything useful for his monastery, set off on horseback to his own country. During the journey, he became very ill, so that, having reached the city of Vladimir (Volyn), he entered a monastery located near the city, called the Holy Mountain, and there, resting in peace, he ended his life. He gave the commandment to those with him to conduct his body to the monastery of St. Theodosius and put it in it; and everything that he bought in Constantinople, icons and some other necessary things, he ordered to give to the blessed one. By order of Nikon, his body was brought to the monastery of Blessed. our father Theodosius and laid in it, on the right side of the church, where his tomb is still located 292. Since the dying Varlaam ordered the delivery of St. Rev. icons Theodosius and, at the same time, St. his body was brought to the cave church “by order of Nikon” - this is the earthly feat of the Rev. Varlaam ended, no doubt, in 1065, when Nikoi came from Tmutarakan to Kiev and, at the will of Theodosius, sometimes took charge of his monastery 293. Holy Prophet Obadiah. Obadiah the prophet, a contemporary of Jeremiah, threatened the Edomites with disasters for their gloating and hatred of the Jews, then conquered from the Chaldeans, who destroyed Jerusalem (fn. Jer. 49: 7–22), and predicted a joyful future for the Jews: Mount Zion will be holy, he said, and there will be salvation there. Memory of St. Martyr Iliodor Memory of St. Martyr Iliodor, who in Pamphylia, around the year 273, suffered many torments from the ruler (eparch) for the faith of Christ and died by the sword. Rev. Barlaam and Joasaph, prince of India, and his father Abner Having learned from the spiritual mentor, King Joasaph, to know God, having been enlightened by baptism, you turned people to faith, and you became your father’s receiver from the font, leaving the kingdom, you reached the desert, and you laboriously labored in it. Pray to Christ God and your teacher Barlaam - to save our souls!” (Trope.). “Who knew your good will from infancy, Joasapha, is the only God who knows the heart, for He brought you from the kingdom of the earth into monastic sojourn, worthy to follow the great Barlaam; with him now the heavenly Jerusalem, the brightest fatherland, having the desired kindnesses, redly enjoying the Holy Trinity, we pray to you, royal beauty, remember us, who honor you with faith!” (Cond.). Thus sings St. The Church remembers today Barlaam, Joasaph and Abner, whom she canonized as her saints on the basis of their lives, the author of which writes that “he compiled it on the basis of information received from reliable witnesses” 294. The authenticity and reliability of this biography is also defended by the scholar Lambetius on the basis of inscriptions in ancient copies of Greek manuscripts and on other grounds - so it is unfair to consider this life as the legendary life of Buddha on the sole basis that the circumstances that disposed Prince Joasaph to accept Christianity resemble similar circumstances in the life of Prince Siddarth from the Shakya clan (600 BC). Chr.), who, having experienced the vanity of earthly goods, became a hermit and laid the foundation of Buddhism 295. So, on the basis of the narrative, “found in Greek manuscripts for the most part under the name of John of Damascus 296, to which scientific criticism does not present strong objections,” it is known that Joasaph was the son of the powerful Indian king Abner - an idolater who hated and persecuted Christians, who had already begun to spread in India since the preaching of the word of God in this country, as legend says, St. Apostle Thomas, but due to their persecution at this time, many hid and labored in the deserts, while others, not established, fearing persecution, betrayed the faith of Christ. Therefore, danger faced all the good plantings in the country, and only by the providence of God could it be preserved, and the eternally active providence of God was awake even now and showed salvation in a miraculous way... At the time when Prince Joasaph, of extraordinary beauty, was born, his father, observing the custom of the country, convened the most famous magicians and sages to ask them about the fate of the newborn baby. They all hastened to predict to him all sorts of earthly blessings... - Yes, your child will grow up to possess the greatest blessings! - confirmed one of the wise men, - but with his enriched and wise soul he will dwell not in your kingdom, but in another, incomparably vast one... I foresee that he will accept the Christian faith that you persecute... and I believe that my prediction will come true... The words of the sage frightened and saddened the king, and he decided to take all measures to prevent them from coming true. He settled the prince in a remote luxurious palace, surrounded by magnificent gardens, where, among loving teachers and cheerful companions, he was supposed to live so well that it would not even occur to him to wish for anything better; here everything sad in life had to be carefully hidden from him: no one should even mention illness, old age and death, but especially no one should have given him the slightest idea about Christ or Christians, not even uttered this name... And in order to destroy any possibility of access to the palace of influence of Christians, Abner issued the strictest decree to mercilessly exterminate them throughout his entire kingdom. Thus, until his youth, Prince Joasaph lived in this commanded, hopeless circle. From his teachers, meanwhile, he acquired various knowledge, and gradually thoughts and feelings inherent in the nature of the human soul arose and developed in him, despite his limited, monotonous and one-sided environment... Finally, a moment came when the young man felt cramped and unsatisfactory in his beautiful home and he wanted to get acquainted with what was outside of it... He wondered why he was assigned to lead a reclusive life. Then, wanting to clarify the bewilderment that upset the reasonable prince, one of his educators, under the condition of secrecy, explained to him the king’s motives - to separate him from the world, among which he could meet Christians and accept their faith, as was predicted at his birth. The prince thought about the words of his teacher, but did not calm down; on the contrary, he began to ask his father to allow him to leave the palace. In vain did his father convince him that nowhere could he be better than in the dwelling built for him, where everything is adapted and everyone lives only for his pleasure - and he warned his son that in the world he could meet something that would offend him or disturb his peace - the prince insisted on his desire to find out what was unknown to him... The king finally agreed to give him freedom to leave the palace, however, taking all precautions so that nothing unpleasant would happen to him. Despite this, Joasaph was amazed one day while walking by the sight of one leper and one blind man who met him. Having no idea about the mutilation of human nature or illness (since all those who fell ill were immediately removed from his palace), the prince asked with horror what kind of people these were, and why they were like this? The embarrassed teacher explained to him about the existence of diseases and other causes of diseases. – Can anyone be affected by a disease? and can he foresee it, or does it strike him unexpectedly? - asked Joasaph. And, having listened to the answers, he thought about the information that was presented to him for the first time... Another time, the prince met a decrepit, weakened old man. Joasaph was surprised to receive the first concept of old age, that it is inevitable for everyone who has survived a certain number of years, and that it ends in death, like the life of every person in general - sooner or later... – If this is so, then a very sad phenomenon is human life with its suffering! - the young man exclaimed, - and who can consider himself happy if he must constantly expect death?... - And from then on he began to think often and deeply about the new objects that had opened up to him, and most importantly - about the fragility of everything earthly that struck him. “If everyone has to die,” he thought, “then I will die, although I don’t know when... when I die, then after a while everyone will forget that I lived, as if I had never lived; Therefore, is it worth cherishing this life that is passing? Is it worth getting attached to something if everything ends in death?... But is there another life besides this? Will a person not pass on to another world when his existence on earth ends through death? Confused and worried by all the new concepts aroused in his soul, the prince one day turned to his favorite teacher and, having not received a satisfactory answer to all his questions from him, asked him to show him a person who could explain them to him and enlighten him about what he wanted to know. “There were such wise hermits in your kingdom who knew these objects,” the teacher answered, “they were called Christians, they believed in eternal life beyond the grave, abandoned all earthly goods for its sake, spent their lives in fasting and prayer.... but I already told you that your father expelled these hermits from the whole earth, and none of them can be found here now... Meanwhile, at that time there lived in the remote Senarid desert one holy elder, his name was Varlaam, and his rank was a priest. By inspiration from above, he wished to see Prince Joasaph, left his desert and arrived in India; under the guise of a merchant selling precious stones of extraordinary value and beauty, he was admitted to the palace, since those around Joasaph took advantage of every opportunity to entertain the now constantly pensive and sad prince. “Show me your extraordinary stone, which you told my teacher about!” – the prince affectionately greeted the unfamiliar merchant. - Tsarevich! “I told your teacher the truth, that I have one stone of extraordinary price,” answered Varlaam, “but before I show it to you, I must see how you accept the words that I want to tell you, for which I came from afar... Listen to the parable that God and their Teacher told the people: “A sower went out to sow, and as he sowed, some of his seed fell on the road and the birds pecked at it; the other fell on a stone and dried up because it had no root; some fell among the thorns and was choked by them; some fell on good soil and bore fruit a hundredfold.”... What kind of land does your heart represent? If it is fruitful and kind, then I will not be too lazy to sow the Divine seed on it, I will not be too lazy to say a word that your heart is able to accept, and then you will see my priceless stone... you will be enlightened by the dawn of true light, and you will bear fruit a hundredfold... - Oh, venerable old man! - Joasaph exclaimed, - I have long been thirsting to hear a new word... I have long wanted to know about another life, but until now I have not met a person who could tell me the desired truth about what worries my soul... If I had met such a person, then the words I heard from him would not have been betrayed to either the birds or the beasts, and would not have turned out to be stone or full of thorns, as you say, but would have received them with gratitude and kept them in my heart. And therefore do not hide from me what you know, since barely |' I saw you, my heart was filled with joy and hope... And then, as if inspired by God, the hermit began to enlighten the young man with the knowledge of the true God, the Creator of the whole world; he told him about everything that had happened since the creation of the world, about the crime of Adam and his expulsion from paradise, about the forefathers and prophets, about the incarnation of the Son of God from the Holy Virgin Mary, about His free passion and the resurrection; about the Holy Trinity and baptism, and about all the mysteries of the holy faith. The spiritual eloquence with which the elder proclaimed the highest truths, like refreshing dew, covered the soul of the young prince who thirsted for them; all the vague premonitions of his other world were now being realized; all his longings in the rush to higher knowledge were resolved and, illuminated by the Divine light, he realized what a precious stone he had, who called himself a seller of extraordinary price and value of jewelry... With tears of tenderness, the young man hugged his teacher and showered him with endless questions, and listened with all his soul to his wondrous answers, opening before him the wonderful world of Christianity... and became attached to him with great love, and he wished never to part with him, because he felt that conversation with him quenched his soul and he could never hear enough of his sweet words. Hearing from the elder with amazement about the life of hermits, about their rejection of the vanity of the world, about arbitrary poverty and unceasing prayer, this life in the desert seemed most blessed to him, and he immediately rushed to follow his elder there, and put on the same hair shirt, and share with him both earthly poverty and heavenly wealth... “Now is not the time to fulfill your desire,” Varlaam objected to him, “if you do this, you will anger your father and he will raise a new fast against you, Christians.” Now accept St. baptism and stay here. I will return alone to my desert, and when God pleases, you too will come to me: I believe that in this century and in the future we will live together... To Joasaph’s offer to share his wealth with him, the hermit replied: - The rich give to the poor, and not the poor to the rich; We who confess Christ are already enriched with heavenly gifts, and the least of them is more precious than all earthly riches. You are still poor... Now, if you yourself become rich in the same wealth, then you can generously share it with others, - and he added in explanation to the perplexed, newly enlightened: “gold is the cause of sin, and therefore we shy away from it, like a poisonous snake... and you want me to take this snake to my brethren, who must trample it underfoot”... Having enlightened the prince, Varlaam visited him for some more time to prepare him to receive the sacraments of baptism and communion; then, having baptized him in the font that stood in the palace garden, he retired into his desert, leaving him his hair shirt at his request. With great zeal, Joasaph devoted himself to fulfilling his new Christian duties, which could not but be expressed in many changes in his life, and therefore did not escape the attention of the king. He was inflamed with great anger when he learned of his son’s conversion to the Christian faith... He ordered a search everywhere for the hermit who converted him and, resuming the persecution of Christians, killed many of them at that time. Meanwhile, he used every effort to deviate the prince from the new teaching; convened a council of magi and sages, on whom he hoped that they would have the power to refute all the arguments of Christian doctrine in a scientific meeting. These expectations, however, were not justified, and it was precisely the most learned of the Magi, named Nahor, who suddenly saw the truth from above, instead of refusing it, he began to most eloquently defend faith in Christ, so that he even converted many unbelievers to it... who began to resort to Joasaph, seeking his saving instructions, and Nahor himself, having been baptized, devoted the rest of his life to asceticism in the desert. Having had no success on this side, King Abner hoped to use all kinds of worldly satisfactions to distract the soul of his son from love for the Christian God; By the way, he gathered the most brilliant girls to the capital, among whom he invited the prince to choose a bride for himself, but nothing worldly attracted him anymore; he was often visited by visions of heavenly bliss, after which the entire earthly world seemed gloomy and cramped to him, and only the desert attracted him with its silence and solitude, among which he could freely ascend to God with all his feelings and thoughts. But the desired desert was inaccessible to him; Instead of this only satisfaction with which the soul of Joasaph could be satisfied, he had to wage a difficult struggle with his father, who insisted on his renunciation of the Crucified Christ. - Father! - he once turned to the king, exhausted, if not mentally, then physically, under the yoke of this struggle, - why are you trying to drag my soul into destruction? Why do you forbid me to walk the straight, right path? Know that if the God of Israel had not helped me, my soul could have perished. Oh, if your ears are still closed to hear the truth that I am telling you, then do not prevent me from standing on the right path and wishing all the best... but I wish that, leaving everything in the world, go to where the saint of Christ, Barlaam, lives, and spend my life together with him to the end... If you, father, forcibly keep me here, then you will soon see me dead of sadness... Not understanding in his blindness the blessed state of his son, Abner, on the advice of one of his confidants, resorted to the last means of distracting Joasaph from the thoughts possessing him: he transferred half of his kingdom to him for control, hoping that his diverse and extensive activities would scatter and give a different direction to his thoughts. Indeed, a calming change took place in the life of the prince. Seeing how much good could be done with the help of royal power, he remembered the words that Varlaam had told him, among other things, that “even in the world you can serve God”... and with full zeal he devoted himself to the great royal concerns about the well-being of his subjects; but his main concern was the eradication of idolatry and the enlightenment of his people with the Christian faith. He prayed earnestly for God's help in this work of his, he prayed earnestly for the enlightenment of his father, and his prayer was heard. Finally, King Abner understood the truth, and the son himself, having prepared him for baptism, removed his father from the font. Then, following the example of the king, an appeal to Christ and his subjects quickly followed. King Abner, enlightened by the faith of Christ, spent the last years of his life in repentance, fasting and prayer, leaving his son to rule the entire state. After the death of Abner, Joasaph, having transferred the rule into reliable hands, renounced the world for the long-desired desert. Having replaced his royal clothes with a stiff hair shirt, he went to look for Varlaam and, finally finding him in a cave in a remote desert, settled with him here forever. After many years of labors under the leadership of the holy hermit, Joasaph was present at the blessed death of the hundred-year-old elder Barlaam and, having buried him, continued to struggle alone until the end of his life. When the time came for his repose, he was buried and laid near his mentor by a hermit who labored nearby. – The time of Joasaph’s life and death is unknown. Letop. under 1071. 1089. 1093 and 1106 According to the chronicle, Putyata was voivode in 1099 and thousand of Kiev in 1113. Vyshata “Father Yanev” went to war against the Greeks in 1043. Chronicles under 1071 Sl. about Rostov. Saint Isaiah May 15th Letop. under 1106. Collection. l. I, 94. 120. Collection l. I, 94. Jan Vyshatich died at the age of 90, in 1106, and his wife Maria died in 1091. Jan was laid in the vestibule of the great Pechersk Church, and his wife Maria, according to the prophecy of St. Theodosius, was buried near the tomb of St. Theodosius, in the church itself. – Collection l. I. 91. 120. Nestor in the life of St. Feodosia. Notes of academician books. 2, pp. 141–146. To Nikon. l. 1, 142 instead of: “I went to Varlaam to the Demetrius Monastery,” it is said: “And to Varlaam I went to Elder Anthony.” It could be both. Collection l. 3, 122. 1, 68. 69. 5 Suprasl. years. 14, 128. Kossovo Patericon, page 56. Joseph Trizny Patericon: “Life of the Rev. Varlaam, abbot of Pechersk, eight saints. Demetrius of the monastery, former abbot of the Izyaslavl monastery, also on Klov - Life of St. our father Isaiah the wonderworker, abbot of the former monastery of St. Dmitry, others like him on Klov." Kossov also says about the Klovsky Stefanov Monastery that it was not far from the Lavra. Therefore, the words of Trizna, not inconsistent with the words of Kossov, more accurately determine the place of the Dimitriev Monastery - they indicate to him a place near the monasteries of Stefan and German. Kiev old-timers say that the Demetrius Monastery was located on the steep bank of the Pechersk Mountain, where the church is now. Nestor's life, Feodosia Ave., p. 154. Collection l. 1, 71. 72. Nestor’s life, Feodosiya Ave., p. 155. According to the RKP. Saints St. Varlaam “repent on November 19th.” See “Month. East." archim. Serg. vol. II, part 2, pp. 364–365. And also - their biographies with the name of John of Damascus, rewritten by the calligrapher Eustathius in 1057 and located in the Escurial Library (“Month. East.”).