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Originally from Thebes of Egypt, he, having reached adulthood, withdrew into the desert and labored in labor, prayer and fasting. When wanderers began to visit and bother him, seeking advice and prayers, he retired to Constantinople and, near the Blachernae Church near the city wall, making himself a hut, he remained in it until his death, which followed in extreme old age in the 5th century. He was buried in the Church of John the Baptist. During his lifetime, God glorified him with the gift of clairvoyance and miracles. St. Andrew of Crete († 712) composed two words of praise in his honor, where he mentions the miracles he performed: the healing of a blind man, the healing of a man suffering from water sickness and possessed by a demon, and the healing of cancer on a woman’s chest. St. Apostles: Sosthenes, Apollos. Tychicus, Epaphrodite, Cephas and Onesiphorus. For these see Council LXX, January 4th, also September 7th and 10th, and March 30th. † Repose of Rev. Kirill Chelmsky The Monk Kirill of Chelm was one of the educators of the wild country of Chudi. This was especially what the foreign ambassador, who was in Moscow in 1516 and 1524, had in mind when he wrote: “the desert monks, having for a long time sowed the word of God with a generous hand among the idolaters, many of them had long since been converted to the Christian faith... Suffering hunger and endangering life itself, they did not expect or seek any benefits for themselves; their only goal was to please the Lord and convert lost souls to the path of truth” 145. The Belozersky prince, jealous of the successes of St. faith between the wild Chud (it was the noble prince Gleb Vasilyevich † 1278), after punishing the “white-eyed Chud” for villainous attacks on the Belozersk Christian settlements, he founded the city of Kargopol in Karkun-puoli (in the bearish side) 146. – A sincere disciple of the Gospel of Christ, Blessed Vassian soon founded the Spassky monastery here, serving as an example of patient love for everyone 147. About 30 years after Vassianova’s death, the Rev. settled on Mount Chelma, 50 versts from Kargopol. Kirill 148. Consecrated monastery Rev. Anthony the Roman, he tested himself in this monastery for 5 years with feats of obedience, wandered through the deserts for 3 years, looking for a place to his liking, finally came to the wild Kargopol side and, at the notice of God, chose the secluded mountain Chelma for his permanent stay. The place was wild, but beautiful. At the base of the mountain, on one side there is a vast lake Lekshma, on the other there is a small lake Chelma with a river flowing through it. The mountain was covered with forest and in the summer there were a lot of berries in the grass. For the hermit, the most precious thing was that the place was completely quiet and deserted. – Kirill’s desert-loving soul preferred the wild side to others that he saw, and because this side was already familiar to him; he decided to devote his life to serving the highest interests of the poor, but close to his soul, country. According to the story of his life, Cornilius took him, after three years of Kirillov’s stay on Mount Chelma, who came to him and then soon left him, retired to the Vologda side, which gives the idea of ​​the Belozersky region as native to the brothers 149. Be that as it may, the hermit, having chosen Chelm Mountain for his stay, spent the first winter in a cramped cave, which he dug for himself on the eastern side of the mountain. Then he built himself a “cell” and a chapel with it. Here, caring little about the comforts of temporary life, he spent his time in prayer and fasting. For the Lord he endured both the harshness of the climate and the lack of means of subsistence. He dug the ground with a hoe, planted simple vegetables and ate herbs. The spirits of evil did not like the hermit very much; they wanted to drive him out of his way. Once there was a terrible noise around the cell, and voices were heard: let’s push his cell into the lake. The monk turned with earnest prayer to the Lord, and the prayer drove the unclean downhill into an impenetrable quagmire, which is still called the “Cyril’s Trust.” The hermit had to experience many sorrows from the white-eyed Chudi, who, moving away from Kargopol, now lived on the shores of lakes - the “Raw Food Eaters” tried to drive him away. They cut down the trees that grew along the mountain and set them on fire; the flame was approaching the hermit’s cell and chapel and was ready to destroy him; but the prayer of faith saved the righteous; Only the meager reserves of the hermit, which were in the half-mountain, were burned. The hermit thanked the Lord for his miraculous salvation and began to live peacefully as before. Chud began to think that the hermit was a rich man. She attacked him at night and demanded treasure. The hermit pointed to his only wealth - the icon of the Mother of God. Not soon, but the word of meek faith and the example of Kirill’s holy life penetrated into the hearts of the wild Chud; Little by little, the “filthy raw foodists” turned to the Gospel light and received holy baptism 150. They came “to the Holy Father and listened in sweetness about faith, about St. baptism and all the commandments of God, to the fullness of his teachings I have drunk.” There was not a large Christian population in the Kargopol region when Cyril began his asceticism on Chelm Mountain. “Byahu was not yet baptized, living in the surrounding places, having the Chud language and faith: even at that time Orthodoxy began to flourish in that place and piety to spread.” But under the influence of many years of ascetic life and the gentle instructions of Kirill, “all the Chudians received holy baptism.” The monk spent a whole 52 years on Chelm Mountain; In the last half of his desert life, he built the Church of the Epiphany of the Lord, and few zealots of desert life gathered to him. Having reached a very old age, he felt the proximity of his death and asked the Lord for the mercy of seeing his confessor. Through his prayer, the abbot of the Vassian Hermitage, Joseph, visited him; the monk confessed, received holy communion. Tain and earnestly asked the abbot to visit him again. Saying goodbye to his confessor, St. the elder, being 82 years old, peacefully gave up his spirit to the Lord, on December 8, 1367. Hegumen Joseph found the ascetic deceased and gave his holy body to the earth 151. In 1419, on the site of his exploits, a new church was built in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord, with a chapel in honor of the great martyr. Catherine. Several years after his death, an image of the monk was painted. And then this is what happened. In the monastery of the monk lived the monk Anthony, who had been blind for several years. Hearing that the image of the monk was painted, he left his cell and sat thinking: how did they paint it? In his young years, he saw the monk, often came to him to receive a blessing and brought him something for life. He approached the image, prayed with tears, and when he kissed it, he suddenly regained his sight. “That’s exactly what the monk was like,” he said, examining the image with delight. In subsequent times, many miracles took place at the relics of the saint. - Once the monk preserved his monastery, when, due to the carelessness of one, it was almost destroyed by fire. Herberstein de reb. Mose. p. 30 ed. Starzevsky. In Finnish they say: kakron puoli - oat side and karkun puoli - bear side. From here the Kargopols themselves got the name of the fescue forests. - Arhang. years. 93. “And on Bela Lake there are two cities Kargolom and Kargopol, and before that there was the Great Reign of Belozersk.” In 1547, the builder of the Vassian Strokni Hermitage wrote: “their monastery stands on the river. Onega, in a swamp, and the parish of that monastery has no arable land and no other income and they have nothing to feed themselves: and near the monastery empty places appeared, a wild forest and swamps.” The king ordered the land to be taken away, allowed it to be inhabited and gave a letter of innocence. Act. ist. 1, 112–113. Sl. charter of 1500 in A. e. 1. No. 137. Maksimovich Dictionary 3, 330–332. RKP. The life of St. Cyril was written in the 15th century. and then supplemented with stories about miracles, ex. Nikon. Unfortunately, later correctors introduced errors of ignorance, but these errors are not difficult to distinguish. In a petition to Tsars John and Peter, the Chelm builder Philotheus No. wrote: “in past years they were sent to this monastery (Chelm) E led. book Ivana Vasil. led Princess Sophia of Rome (Fomichna) with her daughter-in-law, who are again turned to Moscow; and at that time the abbot and all the brethren were sent away, and before those they were sent from the prince. Dimitri Shemyaki v. book Vasily Vas. The dark mother Sofia (Vitovtovna), but whether she was taken back or died here is unknown.” According to the chronicle, Sofia Vitovtovna was taken by Shemyaka “to Kargopol” and then released to Moscow in 1447, and Sofia Fomichna “ran from the Tatars to Beloozero” in 1481 (collected years. VI, 177. 178. 232. VIII, 120. 121. 213). The petition of the Chelm builder more precisely determines the temporary residence of the princesses in the north; and the chronicle, compared with the petition, shows that Kargopol and the Chelm Monastery even in the 15th century. were assigned to the Belozersk side. In a petition to Tsars John and Peter, the builder of the Chelm Hermitage wrote that “that monastery was conceived long ago, with the baptism of the inhabitants of the Kargopol district into the Orthodox faith” (Rkp.). On the shrine, the monk is depicted in full height with ancient iconography and the caption, among other things, says: “on the mountain, having lived for 52 years, having created the Church of the Epiphany and a monastery, having established a congregation for the brethren, he reposed before God in fol. 6876 December 8 days.” The same time of death is shown in the RKP. hagiography Therefore, the testimony of the Dictionary of Saints (p. 151): “reposed at the end of the 11th century.” - wrong.