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† St. Rev. Pelagia of Palestine The Lord chose St. as an instrument of salvation for the sinner Pelagia. Bishop Nonnos. He was known for his high virtues even in the Tavern monastery. In 448, he was invited to the Odessa See, to replace the deposed Willow; when in 451 the Council of Chalcedon returned Iva to the Odessa See and the Patriarch of Antioch was given the blessing. Nonnu another department, then Nonnus took the department in Iliopolis. Here his activity was wonderful: he turned to St. faith up to 30,000 Arabs. After the death of Willow St. Nonnus in 457 again occupied the Odessa See 100 and remained there until his death, which followed in 471 101. “The Most Holy Bishop of Antioch,” writes an eyewitness to St. Nonna and Pelagia 102, “gathered to himself, on one matter, eight bishops: among them was a holy man of God, my bishop Nonnus, a wondrous man and the strongest monk of the Tavensky monastery. For his incomparable life, he was taken from the monastery and made a bishop. The Bishop of Antioch ordered the assembled bishops to be in the church of St. much Juliana. We entered and all the other bishops; They sat down in front of the entrance of the martyr's church. When the bishops were sitting, my lord Nonnus was asked to give a sermon. The holy bishop immediately began to speak orally for the instruction of everyone. Everyone marveled at his holy teaching. And now the director of the dancers and pantomimists of Antioch passes by; sitting on a donkey, she rode with great pomp, dressed up so that only gold, pearls and expensive stones were visible on her. Her legs were covered with gold and pearls, and with her was a magnificent cortege of young men and girls dressed in expensive clothes. There was a chain around her neck. Some rode in front of her, others behind. Secular youth could not get enough of her beauty. As she passed us, the air was filled with musk and other aromas. When the bishops saw her passing without a veil and so shamelessly, they sighed from their hearts and turned away from her face as if from sin. His Beatitude Nonnus looked at her intently and for a long time, so that he looked back at her when she passed. Then, turning to the bishops, he said: “Are you not taken by her beauty?” They were silent. He bowed his face to his knees and wet with his tears not only the handkerchief that was in his hands, but also all his knees. Sighing heavily, he said to the bishops: “Were you not taken by her beauty? And I am truly captivated by her beauty. God will point out this beauty to us bishops at His court, when He judges us and our government. What do you think, beloved, how much time did this wife spend in her dressing room, washing, tidying up, looking around in the mirror with all the tension of her thoughts, so that there would be no lack of attire, so as not to be humiliated in front of her lovers who are now alive and gone tomorrow? We have an Heavenly Father, an immortal Bridegroom, who bestows eternal rewards on His faithful, which cannot be estimated. The eye did not see, the ear did not hear, the mind did not imagine what God had prepared for those who love Him. What to say a lot! We, who are promised the honor of seeing the great, bright, incomparable face of the Bridegroom, which the cherubim do not dare to look at, and we do not adorn ourselves, do not cleanse the impurities from the hearts of our poor, but abandon them through negligence.” “After that, the bishop took me, a sinful deacon, and we entered the inn where we were given a cell. Entering the bedroom, he fell to the ground with his face and, striking his chest, cried and groaned. “Lord Jesus Christ!” he said, “Forgive me, a sinner and unworthy. The attire of one day on a harlot far exceeds the attire of my soul. With what face will I look at You? How can I justify myself before You? I cannot hide my soul before You: You see all mysteries: Woe to me, a sinner! I stand before Your throne and do not display my soul in the beauty that You desire. She promised to please people - and they do. I promised to please You and lied because of my negligence. I am naked before heaven and earth; I do not keep Your commandments. So, I have no hope in my works; My hope is only in Your mercy, from which I expect salvation.” So he spoke and grieved for a long time. On the same day we celebrated a holiday. On the next day, which was Sunday, after we had performed the night prayers, St. Bishop Nonn says to me: “Brother Deacon! I had a dream and I am very confused. I saw in a dream: a black dove, covered with all kinds of dirt, stood at the altar; it flew around me and I couldn’t stand its stench. She stood next to me until the prayer of the catechumens was completed. When the deacon cried out: “You catechumens, come forth,” she no longer appeared. When, after the prayer of the faithful and making an offering, the people were released, the dove, covered with uncleanness, came again and flew near me. Stretching out my hand, I took it and lowered it into the font of the vestibule of the church. The dove came out of the water completely clean and white as snow. Flying, she rushed upward and disappeared from sight.” When the holy Bishop of God Nonnus told his dream, he took me, and the other bishops and I came to the great church, where we congratulated the bishop of the city. Entering the church, he taught the people; the bishops sat in their pulpits. After the statutory service, or after reading the Gospel, the bishop of the city, presenting the Holy Gospel to His Beatitude Nonnus, invited him to preach a lesson to the people. He spoke the wisdom of God that dwelt in him - he did not say anything refined or philosophical or disorderly, but, filled with the Holy Spirit, he convicted and exhorted the people, speaking with all sincerity about the future judgment and about the future reward. All the people were greatly distressed by his words, so that the floor was wet with tears. According to the arrangement of God's mercy, the harlot about whom it was spoken also came to the same church. And a wonderful thing, she who never thought about her sins and never went to church, was suddenly struck by the fear of God, shed streams of tears and could not restrain herself from sobbing. Then she said to her two servants: “Stay here; when Bishop Nonnus comes out, follow him and find out where he lives; then come and tell me.” The servants did as the mistress ordered; following us, we came to the church of St. Martyr Julian, where there was a hotel or cell for us. Then they left and told the lady: “He lives in the Church of St. Martyr Julian." Hearing this, she immediately sent the following letter with the same servants: “To the holy disciple of Christ, sinner and disciple of the devil. I have heard about your God that He bowed down the heavens and came down to earth not for the righteous, but in order to save sinners. He humbled himself so much that he approached the tax collector, and He, whom the cherubim do not dare to look at, walked among sinners. And you, my lord, in whom there is so much holiness, although you did not see with your bodily eyes Christ Jesus speaking with the Samaritan woman at the well, are a sincere admirer of Him, as I heard from Christians. If you are His disciple, then you will not reject me, who desires to see the Savior through you.” Holy Bishop Nonnus answered her in a letter like this: “everything is open to God, both your deeds and your desire. But I tell you: do not tempt my humility, I am a sinful servant of God. If you sincerely desire piety, accept the faith and see me: there are other bishops here with me and in their presence you can see me, but you will not see one.” When the sinner read this, she was very happy and ran to St. Church. much Juliana made her arrival known. The holy Bishop Nonnus, hearing about this, invited the bishops to his place and then ordered her to enter. Entering the place where the bishops were gathered, she fell to the floor and grabbed the feet of Blessed Nonnus the Bishop. “I beg you, my lord,” she said, “be an imitator of your teacher, the Lord Jesus, pour out your kindness on me, make me a Christian. I, my lord, am a sea of ​​sins and an abyss of wickedness. I ask you to baptize me." Barely St. the bishop could convince her to stand up. Then he said to her: “The church rules command that a harlot should not be baptized unless she presents guarantees that she will no longer wallow in sins.” After hearing this decision, she again fell to the floor and grabbed the saint’s legs. bishop and, washing them with tears, said: “You will give an answer to God for my soul and I will lay the wickedness of my deeds on you if you begin to put off the baptism of the vile woman; You will not find a share with God with the saints if you do not remove me from my evil deeds.” Then all the bishops and the assembled clergy, seeing such a sinner, so ardently desiring piety, said: “We have never seen such faith as the faith of this sinner.” They immediately sent me, a deacon, to the bishop of the city to inform him about everything and ask his beatitude to order one of the deaconesses to be sent. Hearing this, he said: “Okay, venerable father.” And he immediately sent with me the first of the deaconesses, Lady Romana. She found her at the feet of Bishop Nonnus. He could barely lift it. “Rise, daughter, to perform the spell; Confess all your sins." She answered: “If I look at my heart, I don’t find a single good deed in myself. I know my sins, there are more of them than the sand of the sea. I trust in your God, that He Himself will weigh the weight of my sins and look upon me.” Then Bishop Nonnus asked: “What is your name?” “My parents,” she said, “called me Pelagia, and the citizens of Antioch call me Margaret, because of the weight of the ornaments with which my sins adorned me, I am beauty and a vessel of the devil.” The holy bishop said: “Your natural name is Pelagia”? “Exactly so,” she answered. Then the bishop performed a spell on her and baptized her; He placed the seal of the Lord on her 103 and gave her the Body of Christ. Her spiritual mother was Mrs. Romana, the first deaconess. Taking her, she brought her to the chamber of the catechumens - because we were there too. St. Bishop Nonnus said to me: “brother deacon, let us now rejoice with the angels of God, in addition to custom, we will eat food with oil and accept wine with spiritual joy, for the sake of the salvation of this maiden.” While we were eating, suddenly we heard a cry as if from a person being crushed; the devil shouted: “alas, alas, what am I suffering from this old man? The 30,000 Arabs you took away and baptized and brought to your God are not enough for you! Iliopolis, which was also mine, is not enough for you - all its inhabitants honored me, but you took it away and brought it to your God! Now you have taken away my best hope from me. And I can't stand your tricks. Cursed is the day on which you were born." Then, turning to the newly baptized girl, he said: “What are you doing, my lady Pelagia? You are imitating Judas. He, crowned with honor, betrayed his Lord: and you did the same to me.” Holy Bishop Nonnus tells her: “protect yourself with the cross of Christ and curse it.” She signified herself in the name of Christ, blew on the demon, and he immediately disappeared 104. Two days later, when she was sleeping with Saint Romana, the devil appeared to her at night, woke up God’s servant Pelagia and said: “My lady Margaret, are you not enriched with gold and silver? have I not adorned you with pearls and stones? Why are you offended? answer me, and I will do everything for you, just don’t make me the laughing stock of Christians.” Then the servant of God Pelagia became famous and, blowing on the demon, said: “My God, who snatched me from your teeth and brought me into His heavenly palace, may He arise for me against you.” And the devil did not appear again. On the third day after her baptism, Saint Pelagia called her servant, who was in charge of everything, and said to him: “Go into my dressing room and copy everything that is in silver and gold, in finery, in expensive clothes - and bring it to me.” The servant fulfilled the will of the mistress and brought all her property. She immediately, through her mother Saint Romana, invited the holy Bishop Nonnus and transferred all her property into his hands. “Here, lord,” she said, are the riches that Satan has endowed me with; I hand them over to the will of your holiness; do with them what you want; I need to desire the gifts of my Lord Jesus Christ.” He called the senior custodian of the church and, in her presence, gave all the property into his hands. “I conjure you,” he said, by the indivisible Trinity, “none of this should go to the bishop’s house or to the church, but everything should be distributed to the poor, widows and orphans; let what is poorly collected be squandered wisely”... She invited all her servants and maidservants and gave everyone freedom; She gave them gold chains and said: “Hurry to free yourself from the wicked world, so that, just as we were together in this century, so we would be together in that blessed life.” On the eighth day, when it was necessary to take off the white clothes, getting up at night, which we did not know, she took off her baptismal clothes and put on the hair shirt and cassock of Bishop Nonnus and from that time disappeared from the city of Antioch. Saint Romana wept for her; but Saint Nonnus consoled her and said; “Don’t cry, daughter, but rejoice: Pelagia chose a good share, like Mary, whom the Lord preferred to Martha.” Pelagia went to Jerusalem and built herself a cell on the Mount of Olives, where the Lord prayed. The bishops were each released to their own city. Three or four years later, I, Deacon Jacob, wanted to go to Jerusalem to worship the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I asked my bishop for permission to go. Letting me go, he said: “Brother Deacon! When you come to Jerusalem, find there a certain brother Pelagius, a monk and eunuch, living in seclusion for several years - truly you will benefit from him.” He spoke secretly about God's servant Pelagia. I came to Jerusalem, bowed to St. resurrection of our Lord, and the next day I found the servant of God. I found him on the Mount of Olives, where the Lord prayed, in a small locked cell with a small window in the wall. I knocked on the window. She opened the door and recognized me, but I did not recognize her. How could I recognize the one I once saw as a beauty, and who was dry from fasting? Her eyes seemed to have sunk into depressions. She said to me: “Where did you come from, brother?” “I was sent to you by Bishop Nonnos,” I answered. - “May he pray for me! He is truly a saint of God,” she said. And she immediately closed the window and began to sing for the third hour. I prayed at the wall of her cell and then withdrew with great benefit from having seen an angel. Returning to Jerusalem, I began to visit the monasteries. The great glory of Mr. Pelagius spread throughout the monasteries. Therefore, I decided to visit him again in order to take advantage of his saving instructions. When I came to the cell and began to push and call even by name, there was no answer. I waited another and a third day, called Pelagia by name and heard nothing. Therefore, I said to myself: either there is no one here, or the monk has left. Then he said to himself: I’ll see if he’s dead? I opened the window, looked and saw the dead man. Having closed the window and covered it with clay, I hastened to Jerusalem with the news: St. Monk Pelagius, who performed miracles, died. Then the holy fathers came with monks from different monasteries and the entrance to the cell was opened. The holy body was taken out and placed like a jewel. When the holy fathers anointed him with myrrh, they learned that she was a woman 105. They wanted to hide it, but the people found out, and everyone exclaimed: “Glory to You, Lord Jesus, that You have hidden ones on earth, not only men, but also wives.” The rumor spread everywhere, and all the monasteries of virgins came, both from Jericho and from the Jordan, with candles, lamps, and hymns. The holy remains were buried with honor by St. fathers" 106. Thus, purified by the waters of baptism, Pelagia became so elevated in four years of selfless life that she performed miracles during her lifetime. According to the time of the Iliopolis pastorate of St. Nonna, it must be assumed that St. Pelagia died no later than 461 107. The Western pilgrim Antoninus in 600 saw the relics of St. Pelagia 108. The Russian abbot Daniel wrote in the 12th century: “on the Mount of Olives there is a deep Velmi cave, near the Ascension of the Lord, at noon, face to face, and in that cave is the tomb of St. Pelagia the harlot” 109 . The monk Zosima said in 1420: “the second church (on the Mount of Olives) is small, in it Pelagia the harlot, and her coffin is like an elbow from the wall, and oh a miracle! whoever wants to go past her coffin, she won’t let him in unless he’s worthy” 110. †Saint Taisia of Thebaid She who is now revered among the great saints was for a long time a great sinner. Taisiya's fatherland and the city that witnessed her sad victories are unknown 111. All that is known is that she lived in Egypt, and all of Egypt knew about her excessive debauchery. Her mother was a woman of bad life and not only did not care about instilling good rules in her, but she herself taught her to trade in debauchery. With such lessons, the beautiful daughter became scary. Rich people of all ages rushed to catch her attention and ruined their fortunes on gifts; lovers in the charming woman’s house not only fought, but also killed each other; The peace and happiness of many families were upset by the mercy of this servant of Satan. The rumor about the charming Taisia ​​reached the monastery of Abba Paphnutius of Heracles 112. Paphnutius was such a high ascetic that they looked at him as an angel of God. Zealous for the salvation of souls, he turned many forgetful laymen to the path of salvation 113. Hearing about Taisia, Paphnutius took off his hermit's clothes and, in the attire of a rich secular man, with a supply of money, appeared in a crowd of admirers of the charming woman. Taisiya has not yet completely drowned out the demands of religion in her heart; She still believed in an omniscient God, she believed that after death there would be a judgment of righteousness. But these thoughts only flashed in her soul, like all secular women; they were obscured and did not reach the depths of her heart, under the influence of her addictions to secular pleasures - to luxury, bliss, carnality, a cheerful life. Paphnutius used the truths available to her soul to save Taisia. Having used means that would open access to pitiful women, Paphnutius asked Taisia ​​to set up a meeting in a secret place, in such a secret place where not only people, but God Himself could not see them. She answered with a smile that this was impossible - God is everywhere and sees everything. Then Paphnutius vividly imagined to her the horror of the audacity to sin so brazenly, so vilely, as she sins; revealed to her what a terrifying answer she must give before God both for her abominations and for the iniquities of the souls seduced and destroyed by her, for the many souls tormented by her debauchery or who lost their very life in the pursuit of her. Taisiya soon felt that the one who spoke to her in such a language was not a secular sinner or even a secular wise man, but a man sent to her by God, and her heart was illuminated with heavenly light. Trembling, shedding tears, she threw herself at the hermit’s feet and said: “Subject me to whatever repentance you please,” I feel my abomination, I tremble at the torment ready for me, “but I also hope that through your prayers God will have mercy on me; give me no more than three hours of the time I need, and I will appear wherever you order and do everything that you require of me.” Paphnutius agreed and appointed a meeting place. Taisiya collected all the treasures she had collected, the fruits of her terrible debauchery, outfits, jewelry that cost a huge amount; ordered everything to be demolished to the square; here, in the presence of the people, she herself lit everything on fire and loudly called on the participants in her depraved life to repent of their sins; Consigning the fruits of sin to fire, she made it clear that she recognized her former life as vile, did not find the property acquired by sin worth even distributing it to the poor, but burned everything as if it were plague-ridden. Having completed this, she appeared at the place appointed by Paphnutius. He took her to a convent and locked her in a cramped cell; A lead seal was attached to the door, and through a small window it was ordered that a piece of bread and some water be served to the repentant. Imprisoned as if in a coffin, Taisiya asked the departing Paphnutius one thing: how should she pray to God? “You are unworthy to call on God and name Him with your lips, and you are unworthy to raise your hands to heaven; your lips are full of wickedness and your hands are defiled with transgressions. Turning to the east, repeat one thing: He who created me! have mercy on me!” 114 The penitent religiously fulfilled the severe repentance assigned to her. Three years later, Paphnutius felt regret for the prisoner in his heart. He went to the great Anthony to find out whether God had forgiven Taisiya’s sins? Appearing to him, he told him about Taisiya’s life. St. Anthony gathered his main disciples and invited them to spend the night in prayer, would the Lord reveal His will about the need of Paphnutius? The will of God was revealed to Paul, whose name was the Most Simple. A bed appeared to him in heaven, covered with robes of inimitable beauty and guarded by three maidens with bright and beautiful faces. Paul said with delight: “Surely this is ready for my father Anthony.” Then a voice told him: “No, this is not for Anthony, but for the harlot Taisia.” This is how Paphnutius learned the will of God about Taisiya. Appearing at the monastery where Taisiya was locked, he opened the doors of her cell. Taisiya meekly told him that she would like to remain in seclusion. Paphnutius announced: “Come out, God has forgiven you your sins.” She obeyed and said: “God is my witness, from the moment I entered the cell, all my sins were before my eyes, and I shed tears, looking at them.” “It is precisely this,” said Paphnutius, “that the merciful Lord has had mercy on you, and not because of the severity of your imprisonment.” Taisiya lived only 15 days after leaving the purification prison. Her soul, washed by repentance and allowed by Him who took upon Himself the sins of the whole world, flew to heaven for an imperishable reward. Paphnutius, the day before his death, spoke about Taisia ​​to his former hermits, showing through experience that there is no state in life that would be allowed to be despised, and that the greatest criminals can achieve both forgiveness and great rewards through sincere repentance. Since blessed Taisiya labored and rested, she led. Anthony († 356) and Pavle Preprost († 340), then her death followed no later than 340 115. How beautiful are the feet of those who preach peace, who preach good things!” (Rom.10:15). This exclamation of the prophet, repeated by the Apostle, we can repeat when thinking about the blessed. Tryphon of Vyatka, preacher of faith and goodness, from his youth to his grave 116. The son of pious farmers of Mezen (Arkhangelsk region), the village of Malaya Nemigozhka 117, Tryfon from a young age felt the desire to live for the Lord alone. “They wanted to marry him, and since the brothers laid the girl in the cage where he slept; but, as if from a demonic spell, the chaste young man fled from her. - Secretly leaving his parents’ house, he, dressed as a beggar, came to Ustyug and lived here for some time under the guidance of the pious parish priest John. Then, with his blessing, he lived in the neighboring volost of Shemokse, earning bread through labor and secretly laboring in prayer. – The owners, having fallen in love with him for his love of work and meekness, wanted to tie him in marriage and had already betrothed him to his bride; but, remembering the promise of his conscience to live in chastity, he secretly fled to Orlets, the town of the Stroganovs. Here he settled near the parish church and for a whole year endured either heat or cold, in torn clothes. Once, in a severe frost, Stroganov’s people met him on the street and, in a malicious joke, pushed him down a steep mountain to the river; the snow covered him with its blocks, and he barely escaped from near death. Without complaining to anyone, the humble young man disappeared from Orlets to the village. Nikolskoye, which belonged to the bishop's department. After spending some time here in feats of prayer, at the parish church, he went to the river. Kamu. At the Pyskor monastery he studied monastic life and took monastic vows from Abbot Varlaam. He was then 22 years old. And this was not before 1565 118. Without missing a single church service and laboring from the heart in the bakery, he went out into the swamp at night and, half naked, allowed insects to torment his body. From exhaustion from his exploits, he became seriously ill and lay sick for 40 days. Saint Nicholas appeared and healed him and said that he had come to help him so that he would be even more established on the good path. Blazh. Tryphon decided to seek deeper silence. He went down the Kama to the mouth of the river. Mulyanki, to the site of the present mountains. Perm. Out of a secret desire, having walked 5 versts along Mulyanka, he went ashore, climbed the mountain and saw a wonderful area: surrounded by a dense forest, it was fragrant with flowers. It was impossible not to fall in love with such a place for a lover of silence. He soon learned that this was a prayer place for the Ostyaks, where they were going to make sacrifices. For the ardent ascetic of the faith, this was a new reason to choose this place for his stay. When the Ostyaks heard that some strange man had settled in their treasured place, foreman Zevenduk with 70 Ostyaks came to see who this brave man was? They found him digging the earth, and the farming tools seemed terrible to them. Zevenduk began to ask who he was? and why did you come? “I am a servant of my Lord Jesus Christ,” answered Tryphon. - Who is your God and why are you His servant? asked the pagan. Tryphon in his answer explained the vanity of idols, showed the Provider and Creator of the world, told the story of the creation and fall of man, the coming of the Savior of the human race, pointed to the future world judgment and the bitter eternity of sinners. The simple children of nature listened in amazement to the teachings of the hermit and told Prince Ambal about him. “Neither we nor our fathers heard anything like this,” they said about what they heard from Tryphon. Ambal said that in due time he would look at the strange alien. - Theodore Sukhoyatin, who had long been familiar with this side through his trade affairs, presented Tryphon with an ax of Takiyan iron, better in comparison with the Russian one; He also told how much respect the Ostyaks and Voguls hold for the treasure trove, near which he lives, and how afraid everyone is to touch the revered but formidable tree with an ax. – Tryphon fasted and prayed for up to six weeks, and then, taking the Deesis icon (an image of the Savior with the praying Mother of God and the Forerunner), he went to the idolized fir tree. She differed from the others in both height and thickness; It was two fathoms in volume, and its branches extended four fathoms from the trunk. – Kneeling before the icon, he earnestly prayed to the Lord for the destruction of the demonic flattery that kept poor people in destructive darkness. Then, loudly repeating the name of the Lord Jesus, he began to cut down the tree and finally felled it. - The offerings that hung on the branches of the spruce tree and consisted of silk flies, furs, gold and silver, were put on fire, just like the tree. - Prince Ambal, having heard about this, came with many Ostyaks and marveled at how a formidable tree could be incinerated by a hermit! “For one intention to insult the spruce,” he told Tryphon, others were punished with death; Are you stronger than our gods? The monk answered: “You have already heard what God I preach to you; By His power, I, His least servant, accomplished this deed, which you marvel at, so that this tree would not destroy you and your children.” “Great is the Christian God, He is stronger than our gods,” exclaimed the Ostyaks. Nevertheless, they went to the town of Sylva to the head of the town. - “A Christian monk, they said, settled in the forest in thin clothes, cut down and burned our prayer tree and, preaching Christ, commands us to be baptized; What should we do with this person?” The Stroganovs' clerk Tretyak Moiseevich, who had already heard about the Rev. Tryphon said to Prince Ambal: “I know the man you are talking about; he is a good man: if he taught you to believe in Christ the Lord, do what he commands you; By obeying a holy man, you will receive eternal life.” The Ostyaks expressed indignation at the destruction of their god, but after admonitions they calmed down somewhat. Meanwhile, a new circumstance caused displeasure among the Ostyaks against Tryphon. It became known that the Cheremis were robbing ships along the Kama and going to war with the Ostyaks. This was learned from the Russians who fled to the Ostyaks from the Cheremis. The Ostyaks came to the idea that Tryfon would open the Ostyaks' homes to the Cheremis, out of displeasure for their dislike towards him. – Zevendik and others decided to kill Tryphon. They came to his place; but by the grace of God they did not find Tryphon, although he stood in his cell praying. After that, little by little, respect for the man of God, then for the teaching he preached, appeared in the Ostyaks. Before others, the daughters of the Ostyatsky prince Ambala and the Vogulsky Bezyak accepted Christianity. Following them, many others were baptized. Those who were baptized began to bring honey, wax and something else to Tryphon. Rejoicing in the appeal to St. faith, Tryphon lovingly accepted offerings and turned them either to glorify the name of God or to help the poor. Monuments of the appeal of the Mul Ostyaks to St. The faith is served by the St. Nicholas Church in Verkhniye Muli and two chapels of Nizhnii Muli, known from the scribe book of 1624 119. The brothers of the Pyskor monastery, having heard about the glorious exploits of Tryphon, really wanted to see him in their monastery; they asked the clerk of the Stroganovs to bring Fr. Tryphon. The monk, having arrived at their monastery against his will, spent a little time here; but in a short time he managed to convert the Ostyakovs who lived near Solikamsk to Christ, including the wealthy landowner Irteg, whose descendants Irtegov still live to this day 120. According to his desire to live in solitude, the Stroganovs, Jacob and Gregory, suggested that he could live in their homeland on the river. Chusovoy. – Trifon moved to Chusovaya. Here, having dispelled the fear of superstitions about the place where he decided to live, he erected a chapel with holy icons, and then built a monastery in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God 121. - But here a temptation was encountered that removed Tryphon from Perm. To prepare the land for sowing grain, he lit stumps and roots of felled trees near his cell. The fire, intensified by the wind, spread through the forest and destroyed the huge reserves of firewood prepared for the Stroganovsky salt trades. Local settlers, embittered by the loss of firewood, chased Tryphon to kill him. Stroganov Grigory put him in chains; then advised him to leave his possessions. Father Tryphon entrusted the monastery to his disciple John, and he himself decided to move to Khlynov. Jan. On the 18th, 1580, he came to the first Vyatka city and went to Khlynov. – The wanderer walked around the churches of God in Khlynovo and most often visited the church of St. Nicholas, where the miraculous Velikoretsk icon of the saint stood. The deacon of this church, Maxim Maltsov, fell in love with the servant of God and hosted him. Then other Khlynovites began to invite him to their homes. Having become familiar with the surrounding area of ​​Khlynov, he chose a place for a monastery and, appearing at the meeting of the Vyatka people, asked permission to build a monastery outside the city near two churches, of which one, dilapidated, was in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Everyone was delighted with this proposal. With Vyatchan's request for a monastery, the monk went to Moscow. The saint ordained Tryphon as a hieromonk - the builder of the new monastery, and Tsar John Vasilyevich gave a charter for the land for the monastery 122. Upon returning to Khlynov, on the site of the dilapidated church, the monk began to build a stone church. Soon the brethren gathered at the new monastery. The new Vyatka governor, Vasily Ovtsyn, a faithful servant of the king and a God-fearing ruler, especially helped the monk in protecting the monastery from extreme needs; he often talked with the monk about the salvation of the soul. At his suggestion, the Vyatchans willingly delivered donations for the new extensive Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, and the church was built. The number of brethren increased to 40, but the means of subsistence were insufficient. The monk again went to Moscow; he asked for c. Theodore to give land to the monastery. The good king mercifully accepted the request, “ordered to give the brethren land, villages and lakes with fishing for food.” This is what the monk himself writes in his will. – Probably at this time the patriarch honored him with the rank of archimandrite and gave many icons, books and utensils for the monastery. In Moscow, he was received by Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Vorotynsky, who grieved with the princess over his childlessness. The monk said to the boyar: “Prince, you have looked upon me, a poor old man, for God’s sake; but you did not honor me, but the Lord, fulfilling His commandment; know that you will have a son, Alexy.” The prince and princess were embarrassed by the pleasant news for them; They asked the saint’s prayers, gave him a lot of alms for the monastery, and a year later the elder’s word came true. After that, Vorotynsky was the most zealous benefactor of the Tryphon monastery. – The monk, having become the archimandrite of a crowded monastery, did not change his ascetic life: he did not allow himself either tasty food or soft clothing; On his body he wore heavy chains and a stiff hair shirt. He gave everything that was sent to him to the monastery treasury, and in his cell there were only books and icons. The strict life of the monk was not liked by some. Little by little the displeasure against him increased. The elder decided to evade evil, especially since he could, he thought, serve the edge on a different path. “He handed over the management of the monastery to his disciple Jonah Mamin. The latter, being one of the Moscow nobles, easily achieved in Moscow that he was appointed abbot of the Vyatka monastery. The elder went on a journey. Nikita Stroganov built a cell for the exiled elder in the Solvychegodsk Vvedensky monastery and supported him at his own expense. The elder wished to pray at the Solovetsky monastery. Stroganov gave him a ship with supplies and people to deliver to the island; but the elder, as Stroganov later complained, released the people, sold the supplies and the ship, and, having visited Solovki, used Stroganov’s gifts for the Vyatka monastery. – Stroganov did not quite understand the elder. The soul of the elder burned with the desire to promote the Christian enlightenment of the remote region, while the Vyatka side had a need for monasteries, churches, and even chapels. At this time, a monastery was established in Slobodskoye in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord 123. And the elder gave part of Stroganov’s gifts to the construction of this monastery. The blessed one understood what he would get from Stroganov for inaccurately fulfilling his will. But love is patient. To this day, the chapels along the banks of the Kama and Vyatka, which Trifon built on the way from the Stroganov Varnitsa to Khlynov, are still intact. – On the road from Slobodskoye to Kai in the village of Verkhosvyatsky there is an “ordinary” church, now very dilapidated, built by Blessed. an old man during illness 124. This is what the blessed elder used Stroganov’s gifts for! In the new Slobodskaya monastery they joyfully laid to rest the elder who cared for her. He didn't want to be a burden to anyone; on the contrary, he was eager to make things easier for others. With his disciple Dositheus, he went to Solvychegodsk to get alms for the new monastery. With the simplicity of a loving soul, he appeared to his benefactor Nikita Stroganov; but he angrily drove him away from him. The monk calmly went to other houses, and in the evening he said to his disciple: “Patience is necessary for good; Tomorrow you will appear alone to Stroganov in the church, after Matins.” Stroganov, having learned that Dositheus was a student of Tryphon, received him with humble love beyond his expectations. “I suffered a lot that night for insulting the servant of God,” he said. Then he said that he had known Tryphon for a long time and had helped him a lot, and that Tryphon’s act with the ship assigned to Solovki aroused from his soul the anger with which he had received it yesterday; “I feel and confess my sin,” added the good Christian; ask Father Tryphon to visit my house with his blessing.” – Received with love by Stroganov, the Elder of God received generous alms for the monastery. In the last years of his life, Tryphon once again wandered to the Solovetsky monastery to worship the wonderworkers. The Solovetsky elders advised him to stay in their monastery, pointing out his decrepitude. His soul yearned for his beloved Assumption monastery. The patient was taken to Khlynov. But when he sent a novice to ask Abbot Jonah to accept him into the monastery, the cruel disciple refused. Deacon Maxim took the patient into his home. He stayed here for two months, and since he felt that he would not live long, he asked the archpriest and priests to beg the abbot to accept him into the monastery. Jonah’s heart softened and when they met, he asked his mentor for forgiveness. “May God forgive you, my son,” answered the elder; what happened is the work of our old enemy, he has been fighting for a long time with those who fear the Lord.” Jonah, expecting reproaches, was amazed at the meekness of the teacher; The monk was glad that he was again in his monastery 125. He wrote a spiritual will for his beloved monastery, which he founded. Having spoken about the labors it took him to found and protect the monastery of the Mother of God, he says this to the brethren: “the flock gathered in Christ, fathers and brethren! listen to me, a sinner. Although I am rude and worse than everyone else, God and His Most Pure Mother allowed me, the bad one, to run His house. I pray you, for God and His Most Pure Mother, have spiritual love among yourself. Without it, no virtue is complete before God. The mouth of Christ spoke to the disciples: love one another. Everyone understands this, as you are My disciples, if you have love among each other. According to the Apostle Paul, bear each other's burdens. Do not judge one another before God, whether in church or in a cell, alone or in fellowship with the brethren. Perform cell prayers with fear. And don’t skip church singing at all; no matter what happens, run to the Church of God for spiritual singing. First of all, give the things of God to God, and then do other things. Do each other great honor. I bless the sinful Archimandrite Tryphon that my disciple, the cell elder Jonah Mamin, will be in my place in the house of the Most Pure Mother of God. And you, fathers and brothers! obey him in everything, listen to him. When he calls you to serve: for God’s sake, perform the service without grumbling. Take care of the monastery; Do not give for the monastery without the blessing of the abbot, and do not be friends with anyone with monastic goods, and do not give anything monastic to your relatives without the blessing of the abbot. And don’t take your property either from money, or from buildings, or from anything else. You, brother and master, Elder Jonah! For God's sake, both for the Most Pure Mother of God and for your parent, be diligent in obedience to our prayer. Take care of the house of the Most Pure One and the flock - the brotherhood gathered in Christ, about the estates and lands... For God's sake, be jealous of St. fathers, how they legitimized living in monasteries and laurels, i.e. St. Euthymius the Great, Savva the Sanctified, Theodosius Kinoviarch, also the holy fathers who shone in Russia, Sergius, Varlaam, Cyril, Zosima and Savvaty. I pray you, for God’s sake, have love for your brethren and bear the burden. It is written: you bear the strong infirmities of the weak. Let there be no chaos. According to the Apostle, insist, reprove, rebuke in time and untimely. I ask you, for God’s sake, do not introduce intoxicating drink into the house of the Most Pure One. Just as during my lifetime there was no intoxicating drink and no tables in cells, so let there not be such things after me. First of all, let you not have bread drinks or tables for yourself or for your guests. For the brethren at the meal, let there be enough food and good kvass. Comfort the brethren so that there is no scarcity in the meal. The house of the Most Pure One will not become poor because... If you have love among each other, then the house of the Most Pure One will never become scarce. For God's sake, do not forget me, a sinner; remember me at litias and memorial services, large and small. Always remember, and God will remember you. May the peace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ and His Most Pure Mother and my blessing be with you, forever and ever, amen” 126. The Reverend died on October 8, 1612. His relics rest in secret. Local memory of him is celebrated on the day of his death. Every year on Saturday of the 4th week of Lent people gather at Bogomolye and from surrounding villages to the well, which he dug himself. †Saint Ignatius Martyr Rev. Ignatius, baptized John 128, was born in the village of Eski-Zagora, diocese of Ternovskaya. His parents, George and Maria, having moved to Philippopolis, sent their son here to learn to read and write. Having good abilities, he soon learned what he was taught. From a young age, he felt a desire for a desert life and retired to the monastery of St. John of Rylsky. - The elder came across a cruel man; For six years he lived with this elder, fulfilling the position of a reader in the church and with the joy of gentleness enduring abuse and beatings from the elder. Finally, when the angry elder endangered the life of obedient John with a storm of anger, he was forced to run away from him. At that time there was a war between the Serbs and the Turks. The Mohammedans forced Father John to go to war with the rank of commander of a thousand, as a strong and brave man; but he answered that he could not fight against his fellow believers and fellow tribesmen. The savages pierced his side and then decapitated him. Dissatisfied with this, in a frenzy of fanaticism, they captured the wife and two daughters of the sufferer and, through fear, forced them to hang out. John, having changed clothes, disappeared into the house of a kind old woman; They looked for him here, but they didn’t recognize him in disguise. A kind old woman escorted him to Wallachia. Moving from one place to another, he ended up in Bucharest and here he became friends with the blessed one. Euthymius 129. There was debauchery in Bucharest even then. – John, fearing temptations, decided to make his way to Athos. He was on his way to Shumla and here in grief he learned about the fall of his friend Euthymius. Meanwhile, a bandit band of Turks, carrying out robbery, captured John and forced him to turn Turk. – John made a promise to convert to Islamism and, left free, fled from Shumla to Eski Zagora. From here, with one Athos resident from the monastery of Gregory, he came to Athos and settled in Grigoriat. After staying here and in other places for some time, he came to Anna’s monastery to visit Blessed Basil. When necessary, he went with him to Thessaloniki; Here, in their presence, the teacher suffered for Christ. David; - the firmness of the sufferer inspired John with the desire to shed his blood for the faith of Christ. Upon returning to the monastery, the elder soon fell ill and died. John moved to the same strict monastery of Kavsokalivsky. Skete of St. Anna on the eastern slope of Mount Athos; “nearby there is the Kavsokalivsky monastery and the third hermitage - Karulya. All these higher schools of achievement are located in wild, difficult places and barely accessible to the traveler. – The eastern tip of Athos is still faithful to the first example of Athonite asceticism, left on Mount St. Peter." So says a recent visitor to Athos 130. In the Kavsokalivsky monastery, John learned that his friend Euthymius had committed a martyrdom. Rejoicing at his friend’s blessed lot, John began to desire martyrdom even more. Appearing to the venerable confessor Nicephorus, he earnestly asked to be accepted into spiritual leadership. The elder entrusted it to elder Akakios. His food was bread and water, and even then in small quantities; day and night he prayed on his knees and read the Holy Scriptures. Despite such exploits, he was cheerful. Ancient anger raised a strong battle of the flesh against him; he fell to the ground and lay for a long time, fighting the hellish fire; then he ran to his guardian Akaki and asked for help. The elder consoled the grieving person. The ascetic came to the church, took in his hands the icon of the Mother of God and, kissing and with tears, prayed to the Most Pure One to deliver him from the battle. The Most Pure One did not leave her without help. The blessed one suddenly felt a wonderful fragrance, and the abuse did not return. When confessor Nicephorus saw in John a firm determination to be a faithful confessor of the name of Christ, he tonsured him into monasticism with the name Ignatius and then sent him to Constantinople with the experienced elder Gregory. Arriving in Constantinople on September 29, the travelers found the necessary dress and decided to begin their feat on Friday. On the appointed day, Blessed Ignatius appeared in court, but learned that the hearing would not take place until Tuesday. The confessor prepared with tearful prayer before the icon of the Mother of God in the house of one Christ-lover, Gregory. On Tuesday, appearing in court, he told the judge: “bad people pass off a counterfeit coin as a real one, and even force them to take it.” “Yes, this is not a good thing,” said the qadi; “Who are these wicked people?” “You are Mohammedans,” answered the confessor. “In my youth, your Turks forced me by force to promise to renounce Christ and accept Mohammedanism. I see the wickedness of my promise - and I freely say that Mohammedanism is a lie and the destruction of the soul.” With these words, he threw off the green bandage from his head. “Who brought you here?” The judge shouted angrily. “My own desire is to clear my conscience.” And, taking out the icon of the Savior, he added: “Do you see the Judge of the universe?” “Leave nonsense,” said the impudent Kadi. “It will be better if you keep your promise - you will be held in high esteem and have money. Otherwise, a terrible execution is ready. Think carefully." The confessor answered with a smile: “I willingly surrender to you all earthly happiness; the poor Mohammedan cannot have any other share than earthly and bestial life. And there it will be much worse for both him and his deceiver!” The judge's face changed with anger, and the servants locked Ignatius in the gatehouse, putting iron chains on him. Dissatisfied with this, they either brazenly mocked him or beat him, forcing him to accept Mohammedanism. Kadiy, having completed other matters, again demanded a confessor. "Who brought you here?" the qadi asked again. “Lord Jesus Christ,” answered the confessor. “Listen, my friend,” the qadi said affectionately, “you are hot-tempered and arrogant, come to your senses: you will have to experience such torment as you do not even think about.” “Eternal fate, judge, is worth working hard about. Indifference in such a matter is not smart and criminal. If we do not value heavenly truth and calmly love the lies of human arbitrariness (and how immoral and low that is!), then it is no longer wise to be carefree about our eternal fate. – Isn’t it? Meanwhile, it is not difficult to understand that just as much as the paradise of Mohammed is dirty and smelly, the paradise opened by Christ the Lord is a true paradise. So, whether you order my head to be cut off or hanged, I am ready to do anything with joy,” said the confessor. The judge ordered him to be taken to prison. Companion Gregory happily listened to what happened to the sufferer. “And other Christians also praised the Lord and prayed for the confessor. What they did with Ignatius in prison is not truly known, but the Christians of Constantinople said that the sufferer was cruelly tormented there. When the qadi again called Ignatius to himself and saw that neither caresses nor torture changed the firm confessor, he decided to strangle him. So the saint, hanged on the parma-cani, was strangled on October 8, 1814 on Thursday at 6 o’clock. Elder Gregory, three days later, bought the relics of the martyr at a high price and on October 20 arrived with them on Athos 131. Asseman, Orient. Bibl. I, 47. 64. 135. Libeatus. Breviar. c. 12. Concil. chalced. act. 10. St. Nonnos is remembered by the Eastern Church among devotees on Saturday of Cheese Week. Roman martyrology on December 2: “in Edessa the death of St. Nonwa Bishop; Through his prayers the repentant Pelagia turned to Christ.” Narrative of Deacon Jacob in. Vit. Patr. I, 663–672. Act. Sanet. Oct. IV, 248 S. in Chet-Mineya Oct. 8. Ancient Slav. translation from Tsarsky 375. 389. “He placed the seal of the Lord on her” - performed a mysterious anointing on her. This is evident from the content of the descriptions, where the laying on of a seal differs both from baptism and from communion of the Eucharist. Confirmation is usually called by the fathers the seal of the Lord. St. Cyprian wrote: “what was lacking, Peter and John accomplished... This is how it happens with us... They are perfected by the Lord's seal.” Er. 70 ad. Jan. See Dogma. Theology, 2, 232–233. 238–240. Chernig. 1866 Life, St. Pachomius § 17: “he, protecting his forehead with the sign of the cross, blew on him (the demon), and he ran away.” § 48: “protecting himself with a cross and blowing on it, he said: get away from me, devil, cursed are you and your vision and your tricks - there is no place for you among the servants of God. And he became dust and filled the cell with a disgusting stench.” Palladius in a conversation about the life of Chrysostom: “demons are bound by one breath of believers.” Blowing on a demon is the same as cursing it. Tertullian on idolatry § XI. “A Christian selling palm, walking past a pagan temple, will spit on the smoking altars and blow on them, which he cares for so much.” Blazh. Augustine, explaining the words of Joseph: “and commanded the youths ενταφιασταις ενταφιασαι of his father” (Gen. 50:2), says: “In the Latin language (as in Russian) there is no word corresponding to ενταφιασταις. For it is not they who bury or bury the bodies of the dead, which among the Greeks is expressed not by the word ενταφιασαν, but by the word έθαψαν. Ἐνταφιασται are prepared for the burial of the dead - they are anointed, dried, wrapped and tied. This is what distinguishes the care of the dead among the Egyptians.” Act of torment. Avina at Metaphrastus on November 15th. “They wrapped (the body of the martyr) in expensive linen and anointed them with expensive ointments.” In vain Weiss (Leben d. Heiligen 74, 295) doubts that Pelagia performed feats in the clothes of a monk. The eyewitness report leaves no room for doubt. The expressions of the Menologue do not justify Weiss: “having come to Jerusalem and becoming a nun, she received such boldness from God that she performed many miracles.” These words just do not accurately express the matter. More precisely, the Prologue according to the Synaxarion says: “and having put on hair and disguised himself as a man, he reached the Mount of Olives and shut himself up in his cell and lived his entire life pleasing to God, resting in peace in the Lord.” Theophanes in the chronicle speaks of Pelagia under 442. This is inaccurate. Antonini itinerarium in Act. Sanet. Mai II. 10.S. Daniel's Journey according to the ed. Norova, St. Petersburg. 1864, p. 48. Travels according to the publication. Sakharov, St. Petersburg. 1849, p. 64. Pilgrim 1582: “in the midday country of the Mount of Olives there stands a church, and in it the tomb of St. Pelagia; and the Turks own the place, and that church stands behind the seal of the Turkish people; and before that the strangers, when they came, confessed their sins at that tomb.” Ibid., p. 147. Western pilgrim Anselm in descript. S. terrae in 1509 wrote: “below the place of the ascension, descending 20 steps or so, is the place or cell where Saint Pelagia performed repentance.” – Thesaur. nionum. ed. Basnagii IV. 786. An ancient legend about St. Taisiya in Vit. patr. 1.661–663 ed. Migne, Act. Sanet. Octob. IV, 223 S. in Chet-Minea on Oct. 8. Brief news in the Menologue and Synaxarion of the Menaion. The Greeks have Heraclea, the Jews have Ganes, the Arabs have Anas, one of the cities of the Heptanom province, located between Lower and Upper Egypt, and also included in Upper Egypt (Allidi Allberht. 2, 95. Landsh. 1844). Potamon, Bishop of Heraclea, confessor under Maximus, defender of Athanasius, was martyred and martyred by the Arians (Le-Quien. Or. ehr. 2, 582). He should be remembered in the canon of Cheese Saturday. About him Rufinus in hist. monach. With. 16. Palladium in Lavzaik ch. 57. In Synaxar, Taisia’s mentor is called, after his homeland, Sidonian. Paphnutius of Heraclea, a student of Anthony, was not a bishop. Paphnutius, Bishop of Tais, was the defender of St. Athanasius and suffered exile; this is the one about whom the Martyrology for September 11th. (Le-Quien Or. ehr. 2,519). Vershinsky (p. 217) confuses Paphnutius the Monk of Heraclea with Paphnutius, Bishop of Tais. The custom of praying with the face turned to the east, Vasily Vel. (Chapter 27, book on the Holy Spirit), Gregory of Nyssa (Demon 5 on the Lord's Prayer), Chrysostom (Commentary on Dan. VI, 10) explain by the fact that in the east there was a paradise, which people lost for the crime of their ancestors and which we hope to regain by faith in the Lord Jesus. Tertullian (against Valent. Ch. 3) says that the east is the image of Christ enlightening, which is why Christians pray to the east and build churches with an altar to the east. According to the Synaxarion: “became famous in 344.” - incorrect. RKP. Life of Ave. Tryphon, written by Vyatchanin, in b. Moscow spirit. acad. and in Tsarsky No. 136. The first half of it, where Vyatchanin wrote from rumors and stories, sometimes gullible, requires special caution and verification. The narrator did not notice the strangeness that Tryphon, at a young age, 20 years or so, works miracles every now and then, but Tryphon the elder ascetic did almost nothing miraculous. Spiritual life doesn’t work that way. Life in full edition. See Vyatka Diocese. Ved. 1863 No. 15. Pyskorsky Monastery was founded in 1558–1560 East. Hier. 2, 604. 605. Additional. to the source act. 2, 110. Perm province. led 1857 No. 23. 24. The town of Orlets or Orlov on the Kama was built in 1524. The royal charter about its construction is in additional. to the source ak. 1. No. 117. F. m. enlightenment 1857 Feb., p. 250. The document on the division of the estate between the children of Irteg and his relative Shurteg dates back to 1579. Nowadays there is the village of Chusovskoye, hitherto called a monastery. The royal charter of June 2, 1580 into act. e. 1. No. 305. Letter from P. Job dated January 4, 1599 on the construction of the Epiphany Monastery in Slobodskoye, ed. A. e. 1. No. 11. Here Tryphon is called archimandrite and abbot of the Vyatka monastery. - Therefore, it is clear that Jonah was left blessed. Tryphon in the form of treasurer of the monastery, and that after 1599 he obtained for himself the title of abbot. J. think. internal Affairs 1843 4, 420. 421. 1844 5. 512. Vyatsk diocesan Ved. 1863 No. 15. Proceedings of the community ist. 3, 1, p. 265. Described. Monast., p. 93. “Prayer singing in memory of St. cr. Stefan Decanski", page 33. Belgrade 1850 See about him Athos Patericon 2. 271–305. Devotee of St. Mountains, pp. 239. 240. K. 1864 On Athos the memory of the martyr is honored on October 20, the day of the transfer of the relics to Athos, and also on May 1. Patericon of Athos 2, 306. 318.