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St. Muchch. Chrysanthus and Darius In the second half of the 3rd century, one famous and rich man, the pagan Polemius, arrived in Rome from Alexandria in order to provide the best education for his son Chrysanthus. Received favorably at the court of the Roman Emperor, Polemius soon accepted the position of senator offered to him. “Thus, both his father’s social position and the education received by the young man Chrysanthus seemed to open up for him a brilliant path ahead. But what are human calculations before the truth of Divine Providence and what is the real brilliant path?.. Happiness, real happiness, indeed lay ahead for Chrysanthus, but not on the path on which his people were preparing for him. One circumstance in the young man’s life changed the entire course of human destiny. Studying philosophy, eagerly reading all sorts of manuscripts, he came across some in which pagans talked about Christianity and analyzed Christian teaching from their point of view. The sensitive soul of a pure, scientifically enlightened and inquisitive young man enthusiastically became acquainted with the essence of this teaching, incomprehensible to the pagans. He tried to get works about Christ written by Christians themselves, and the more he delved into their meaning, the more irresistibly he was seduced by the height and truth of the Gospel. He then began diligently to look for a person who could explain to him the secrets of this new teaching. Such a teacher was found; It was one hermit, the presbyter Kappophorus, who was hiding in the mountains on the occasion of the then persecution of Christians. - And to such an extent “she was a Christian in herself” the soul of the immaculate young man, who had not yet had time to be spoiled by the collision with the life of the pagans, that she quickly absorbed the “light of Christ”, and after several conversations with the Christian hermit Chrysanthus was converted, instructed by him and had already received St. baptism. Filled with the greatness of the God-man who suddenly comprehended him, surrendering to Him with all the fervor of his young age, Chrysanthus could not conceal within himself the love for Christ that gripped him... the excess of his heart demanded an outpouring - in the word... And barely a week had passed since he accepted St. baptism, as he had already openly preached the truth that had shone forth for him. One can imagine the horror of Polemius, a man grown up and rooted in pagan concepts, when he learned that his only son was a Christian... Christian! this is a man who puts himself on an equal footing with despised slaves, this is a madman who does not value any property, squanders his fortune, does not tremble at the disgrace and disgrace at the public trial to which his title of Christian exposes him... this is a man who values all earthly pleasures as nothing... who prefers a cave to palaces, animals in the desert to human society... and finally, this is the man who is threatened with persecution, torture and torment, a shameful execution determined by the terrible laws of the pagan state... – Does my son have a similar fate? - the pagan father is horrified and indignant, and takes all possible measures to force the young man to wake up from the hated Christian errors... In his blindness, he does not know that he cannot confuse the soul in which the Christian God has settled... Having tried home confinement and all sorts of social, soul-dispersing impressions to bring his son to his senses, but not achieving the desired success, Polemius, after consulting with his friends, decided to bring Chrysanthus closer to one young, educated, unusually beautiful girl, a zealous admirer of the goddess Athena, at whose temple she lived, counting on the fact that, under the influence of a pagan who could not help but please him, he will cool down in his passion for Christian ideas... Polemius introduced Chrysanthus to his intended bride, Daria, but when he expressed his desire to his son that he marry her, Chrysanthus was embarrassed at the thought of having a pagan wife. He went to the bishop to ask him what he should do in this case? “The Apostle Paul not only does not prohibit, but approves of marriages between Christians and pagans, since the husband should try to convert his wife, and the wife, her husband, to the true faith,” the bishop answered Chrysanthos. Calmed by his answer, Chrysanthus yielded in this case to the will of his father and agreed to be Daria’s husband, but even before marrying her, he managed to have such a strong impact with his Christian speeches on the still unspoiled young soul of his bride that she completely comprehended and accepted his Christian beliefs, and when she married him, she was no longer the former pagan Daria, devoted to the gods of her homeland, but renewed in soul a Christian who with full consciousness has begun that great sacrament that unites people in order to mutually support each other on the path of moral constant improvement. Soon after the marriage of Chrysanthus and Daria, Polemius died. Then the young couple, unhampered by anyone, turned their home into a church, where they openly preached the faith of Christ and attracted many pagans to it. They lived like this for several years, preaching the truth, doing good in every way, devoting all their time and all their strength to serving God. Finally, many of the relatives of the pagans who converted to the Christian faith, dissatisfied with the fact that believers chose, for the most part, a celibate life, reported to the Roman authorities that Chrysanthus and Daria were preaching Christian teaching. Then the tribune Claudius demanded them to come to him and ordered them to be tortured along with the other 23 Christians, but, seeing the truly wonderful firmness of the martyrs, he was amazed by the power of God acting in them and, together with his sons, fell at the feet of Chrysanthus, cried out to him: “I see that your God is the true God! I beg you, bring us to Him, teach us to pray to Him and make us His slaves!” And enlightened by the words of Chrysanthus about the omnipotence, goodness and mercy of the Christian God, close to every person who seeks Him with his heart, Claudius and his wife Hilaria with their sons Jason and Maurus and many witnesses of the torment and preaching about God of Chrysanthus believed and accepted St. baptism. Having learned about this, the emperor ordered Claudius to be drowned, and his sons and all the soldiers who had renounced paganism to be beheaded. The Christians buried their bodies in a cave, near which they were executed: - Here, after that, Ilaria came to pray at the grave of her sons, and when one day the pagans, finding her here, wanted to take her and present her for trial, she, begging them to give her time to pray, fell to the grave of her children and, in the midst of prayer, died... The pagans themselves were amazed and moved at the sight of such a death and left the two the maidservants who were under Hilaria should bury their mistress at the grave of her children... Meanwhile, Chrysanthus, who remained unharmed after various tortures, was taken to prison in chains, and Daria was thrown into one of the dungeons of the Colosseum, and a wild lion was allowed in to her... but, to everyone’s amazement, he lay down at her feet and did not allow anyone to approach her... Daria, turning to those who came to her, continued to convince them of the truth of faith in Christ, performing miracles, which they themselves are witnesses... and exclaimed with inspiration: “O Romans! The time is not far off when you will all believe in Christ!” After many tortures to which Chrysanthus and Daria were again subjected, the praetor, seeing and finally being convinced that nothing could defeat the patience of the martyrs (and the power of God, obviously acting in them, and which the pagans, in their ignorant superstition, explained by magic), seeing also that the number of witnesses to the torment of Chrysanthus and Daria who believed in God was increasing, ordered them to be taken out of the city and buried in the ground alive... Singing praise and glorification to the Lord God, the saints went to their cruel death. A large crowd of people followed them. Having reached a well near the road called Salaria, the executioners pushed the virgin martyred spouses into this deep well and covered them with stones and earth... Since then, miracles began to flow at this place of death of Saints Chrysanthos and Daria. Christians often gathered here - a nearby cave - to honor their memory and pray for their intercession before the Lord. – During one of these meetings, when there were especially many people, armed soldiers, by order of the prefect, filled up the cave and covered the entrance to it, and all the Christians who were there, among whom Diodorus the Presbyter and the Deacon Marian are mentioned, died of starvation (283-284). The death of Saints Chrysanthus and Daria dates back to the time of Emperor Valerian (253–259). Memory of the Righteous Grand Duchess Maria The wife led. book Vsevolod III, famous for her piety and wisdom. In the chronicles she is called the Russian Elena - the second Olga. The mother of a large family, who cared about the Christian upbringing of her children, became seriously ill after the birth of the eleventh of them, and she endured her illness, which lasted for several years, “with the patience of Job.” The chronicler conveys the touching instructions that she taught her children while lying on her deathbed 197. During her illness, a stone church in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God was founded in Vladimir, at her request and with the help of her donation, and a convent for women, Novodevichya, was built with her. Feeling the approach of death, Grand Duchess Maria Shvarnovna (daughter of the Czech Prince Shvarn) wished to take monastic vows, but her monastic vows (under the name Martha) did not last long: from March 2 to March 19, 1206. On the same day she died and was bitterly mourned not only by her loved ones, but by all the people. Her body was buried in the Assumption Monastery that she created. Her memory is still revered among the people; many not only from the residents of the city of Vladimir, but also from surrounding villages and cities often want to perform memorial services and lithiums over her tomb. Rev. Sofia, Princess of Slutsk, who died in 1617 Rev. Sophia, princess of Slutsk, who died in 1617, locally revered in the Minsk diocese. Her relics rest openly in the Slutsk Trinity Monastery. (See “Ved. Minsk Eparch.” 1872, No. 47). † Repose of Rev. Innocent Ave. Innokenty, the son of the boyar Okhlebinin and a relative of the princes Khvorostinin 198, accepted monasticism in the monastery of Kirill Belozersky, then, together with his mentor, Rev. Nil of Sorsky, he wandered for a long time in the east and lived for some time on Athos. From the east he returned to the Belozersky monastery, but did not stay here long; he followed Ave. Nile to the river. Soru also lived with him here for some time. The perspicacious old man, seeing that his student was ripe to be a mentor for others and, moreover, in a life that was not the one he himself decided to lead, said to Innocent: “Go to Nurma: you will have a hostel there, and here my brothers should live alone in cells.” The obedient student, plunging into the depths of the Komel forest, chose a place for himself on the river. Eda, 10 versts from Nurma and 70 from Vologda; here (from 1491) he lived alone for a short time, soon a spiritual flock gathered around him, and he built a church in the name of the angel of the desert, St. Forerunners, founded a communal monastery. Before his death, he wrote a spiritual testament to the brethren. “Here I am, the poor monk Innocent, so said the servant of God, who wrote this will for those whom God will command to live in our desert. First of all, I pray to you, for the Lord’s sake, remember me, a sinner, in your holy prayers; about this I bow to the ground to you, fathers and brothers. “I also bequeath that there should be no quarrel between you, but that there should be love in Christ and spiritual peace.” Young and beardless monks should not be accepted, just as such ones should not be tonsured here; Do not keep young beardless servants. We should not have drunken drinking at all. About how to pray in our desert, how to eat, when to go out for handicrafts and work - all this is established in the writings of my lord teacher, Elder Nil. “There you will find everything pleasing to God” 199. - Rev. Innocent died on March 19, 1521 200. His monastery was devastated by the Tatars in 1538, and three of his disciples then recorded their exploits in blood. The Tatars “accidentally came to the Innocent Hermitage, burned the church of the great Baptist John and the cells, killed three elders, put many Christians of that desert to the sword, and took others captive; some ran away from their hands and, bearing many wounds, came to the monastery of St. Paul.” So says a contemporary 201. Appearance of Ave. Innocent: average height, unforked beard with light gray hair. The relics rest hidden in the stone Church of the Annunciation of his monastery, closed in 1764 202. "Collected Russian Chronicles" T. 1, 178. “Step book.” Part 1, 290–291. RKP. Life of Innokenty Ave. at Tsarskoye No. 134. 274. RKP. Saints: "Venerable Innocent, abbot of the Baptist Monastery, was on the Eda River; reposed in the year 6999 (1491) March 19th." Also in Evgeniy’s note about the Vologda diocese. Why it is said in the Dictionary of Saints (p. 120) that St. Innocent reposed on March 1 is not shown. But the year of death is more accurate in the Oten calendar: “he reposed in fol. 7029 (1521) March in the 19th day.” This is in accordance with the year of death of his mentor, Ave. Nile (1508). See Apr. 7. East. Hier. 4. 300–302. Buslaeva words. and art 2, 352. According to the 1662 census, there are 130 households behind the Innocent Monastery.