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† Repose of Rev. Stefan Makhrishchsky Born and raised in Kyiv, blessed. Stefan 183 accepted monasticism in the Pechersk monastery; there he spent several years in feats of obedience and prayer. The oppression of the papists forced him to move to Moscow, where he was favorably received by the leader. book John II (1353–1359). According to the prince’s letter and with the blessing of the saint, he set up a cell for himself in the town of Makhrishche, not far from the mountains. Settlement, in 35 ver. from the Sergius Hermitage 184; With his own hands he cut down the forest and cultivated the land for his moderate needs. – At first he did not accept those who wanted to live with him, valuing silence; but then he gave in to the requests of zeal. When several zealots of monastic life gathered to him, he built the Church of the Holy Trinity, fraternal cells and a common meal; the saint ordained him as a hieromonk and abbot. This was probably in 1358 185. Gregory, who lived not far from Stefan’s monastery, gave Stefan his land with other property, accepted monasticism in his monastery and was his most beloved disciple. For this reason, the Yurkovsky brothers, who also lived not far from the monastery, launched the most malicious persecution against Stefan; they brazenly scolded him and threatened to kill him if he did not leave the Makhrishchi places. “In vain did the servant of God, with all meekness, persuade them to come to their senses. “God will forgive you, friends; but the unclean one troubles you,” he told them. The reason for such anger was anxieties of self-interest: the Yurkovskys were afraid that the lands they owned would be given to Stefan, who was famous in Moscow. The Yurkovskys said out loud that they would kill Stefan. Always meek, the monk, having entrusted his monastery to the management of Elder Elijah, left the monastery, as if on some business to a distant place. In the Vologda deep forest, on the river. Avnezhe, he and his disciple Gregory founded the desert monastery of the Holy Trinity. Vel. book Dimitri Ioannovich sent books and other donations to the Avnezh hermitage, but called the reverend. Stephen to his Makhrishchi monastery. Here his disciples greeted the good mentor with delight and joy. Vel. the prince lovingly received Stefan in Moscow and listened to his edifying conversation for a long time; The prince assigned meadows, lakes and arable land for the Makhrishchi monastery. Stefan visited the house of the good okolnichy Timofey Vasilyevich. Here the young relative of the okolnik Kozma wanted to see him in order to open his soul to him. Young Kozma sadly said that he had long wanted to retire to the monastery, but he was sure that the okolnichy would not give him permission to do so, and therefore did not know what to do. – Stefan thought and dressed him in a cassock, leaving the rest to the will of God, then he went to the okolnichy. Timofey Vasilyevich was glad to see the respected abbot and, having received him with honor, asked for a blessing for his home. “Your pilgrim Cyril prays for the blessing of your house,” said Stefan, and when the okolnichy asked: who is this? The abbot added: “Kozma, your relative, is now the monk Cyril, who works for the Lord and is your Bogomolets.” Okolnichy flared up and in anger said a lot of rude things to the abbot. The monk calmly answered: “The Lord Jesus said: where they do not listen to you and do not accept you, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them,” and left the house. The God-fearing wife of the deviant, having heard the words spoken by the abbot, began to tell her husband that he had in vain insulted the servant of God. Okolnichy came to his senses and sent to call the abbot; When they met again, they asked each other for forgiveness, and Timofey Vasilyevich fulfilled Stefan’s wish for Kozma 186. Returning to the Makhrishchi monastery, the monk made an order about the rite of full community life and instructed the brethren to strictly follow this rite. When Rev. Sergius withdrew from his monastery from human worries in order to find peace for himself in a secluded place, Rev. Stefan with all his brethren came out to meet him; bowing at each other's feet, the saints quarreled for a long time not over primacy, but over lesser importance; Stefan lay on the ground, asking for Sergiev's blessing; Sergius did not get up, asking the same from Stefan; Finally, Sergius, in the form of a guest, was forced to yield. – After prayer and conversations of love, Stefan gave Sergius his disciple Simon, who knew the surrounding area, and Sergius founded a monastery for himself on Kirzhach. In this spirit St. lived and ruled. Stefan in the Makhrishchi monastery! As strict towards himself as he was lenient towards others, he was not angry at the misdeeds of others and worked for the monastery more than others; He diligently instructed the brethren in the ways of salvation, but spoke the instructions meekly and quietly. His clothes were the thinnest, patched and rough. His monastery, through his prayer and labors, came to a flourishing state - the brethren were zealous for piety, many of the laity came to pray and listen to the advice of the blessed one. abbot. Having reached a very old age, the monk entrusted the management of the monastery to Elder Elijah, experienced in monastic life, and he himself, having accepted the schema, prepared for the transition to the afterlife. Finally, having received Holy Communion Tain, peacefully surrendered his spirit to the Lord on July 14, 1406 187. After Stephen, strict piety was preserved in the monastery for some time. His disciple, Abbot Elijah, attentively supported the piety instilled by the venerable. Stefan, and on Stefan’s memorial day he generously treated the strange. His successor Nicholas wore such clothes that he looked like a beggar, and also carefully tended Stephen’s flock. Their successors were no longer like that. Under the abbot of the Sergius Monastery Arseny (1525–1527), the Makhrishchi centenarian and great ascetic German saw the following during his night prayer: the fire burning at the tomb of St. Stefan, illuminated the monastery with his light. He told abbot Jonah about this, and the abbot saw the same thing. - Bl. Arseny, taking this as a message from heaven, according to the definition of the cathedral, ordered a shrine to be placed over the grave of the teacher. Stephen, cover it with a veil and light an unquenchable lamp; Having performed the conciliar service, he advised the immediate commemoration of St. Stefan 188. The relics of the saint were found incorrupt during the construction of the stone Church of the Holy Trinity, in 1550; A leather paraman with images of the feasts of the Lord was then found on Stephen's chest 189. Of the saint’s miracles, the most remarkable are the following: a resident of the Yuryevsky village of Kuchek’s son Daniel lost his mind in infancy and, when he reached the age of adolescence, he tore his clothes and sometimes ran away into the forest. Not knowing what to do with him, his father brought him to the Makhrishchi monastery and left him in the hotel. An old monk, tall, with sunken cheeks, a long beard, fair-haired, but with gray hair, appears to a sick person in a dream, and says: “Get up, go to the monastery and stay there until death.” – Daniel woke up and found himself completely healthy. – In Alexandrova Sloboda, a certain Arkhippus had his right hand completely dry, so that he could not even lift it. “Why are you sleeping? Go to the Makhrishchi monastery and pray on Stephen’s tomb,” someone told him in a dream. Having awakened, Arkhipp took this for nonsense. Another time, already in reality, during the day, an old man, tall, half-gray, with a long beard, appears to him at the gate of the house and says: “Didn’t I tell you, Arkhipp: go to the Makhrishchi monastery and there you will receive healing.” Archippus, having listened to a prayer service in the monastery, sprinkled himself with St. water and, suddenly taking control of his hand, began to be baptized with it. Resident of the village Semyonovsky Alexey did not have control over his leg - the body on it rotted to the knees and the veins were crumpled. - During a famine, he crawled to the monastery with difficulty; The abbot allowed him to sit at the tomb. The poor man often called upon the monk for help. And suddenly the scabs fell off his leg, and his leg straightened out - the pieces of wood that they used to help them walk remained as a monument in the monastery, and he himself remained to serve the monastery. St. Aquila the Apostle, from 70 He founded the episcopal see in Heraclius of Thracia and was the first bishop there; killed by infidels. Holy Scripture mentions him in Acts. Chapter 17 and Rom. Chapter 16 I also remember February 13 and January 4 in the cathedral 70. Life of Rev. Stefana, written by the monk Joasaph at the behest of Metropolitan Macarius, with the assistance of short notes written by the hundred-year-old monk Serapion, the grandfather of the contemporary Joasaph, hegumen Varlaam. “For me, the humble one,” says Joasaph, who first wrote about the appearance of the relics and the miracles of St. Gregory and Cassian, who were also on Avneg, disciples of St. Stephen, you happen to write about the life of St. Stephen and about his miracles." Syn. bib. No. 542. Review of lit., p. 211. According to his life, Saint Stephen is dedicated to Metropolitan. Theognostom; but Theognostus died before the great. Prince Simeon, and therefore if Stefan received a letter from the great. Prince John II - then his dedication to the abbot was under Metropolitan. Alexia. Pachomius writes about this in the life of St. Cyril: Joasaph takes advantage of his news. Prologue July 14. RKP. Saints: “Rev. Stefan, abbot of Makhrishchi, former interlocutor of St. Sergius the Wonderworker, reposed on the 14th day of July 6914 (1406). This is what the RKP is about. life of Arseny. East. Hier. V, 56. Service of Rev. Stefan at Tsarsky in the RCP. 1592 No. 563.