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2 hours. Memory of St. Andrew the Fool for Christ A wealthy Constantinople nobleman bought, among other things, slaves and a blessed one. Andrey 579. Slave Andrei was a Slav and turned out to be superior to the modern smart people and rich Greeks. He was distinguished by his physical beauty, intelligence and good behavior. The master fell in love with him and sent him to study book wisdom. With good abilities and diligence, Andrei soon learned and, while going to church, read books and prayed; He did not like worldly distraction and gaiety, but sought what was necessary for eternity. Called by a special vision to the ascetic path, he tore his clothes and, covered in rags, began to seem insane in meaning. The master felt sorry for him and ordered the chained man to be taken to the church of St. Anastasia, healer of the mindless; he lived here for four months and his master, seeing that Andrei remained in his previous form, gave him complete freedom to live as he wanted. The holy fool Andrei walked the streets as if lost; They laughed at him, they pushed him and beat him, he didn’t seem to understand or feel it. If anyone gave him alms, he gave it to the poor and, moreover, in the form of a joke or with abuse. He usually did not eat anything for three days; If they didn’t give me a piece of bread, I would go without food for a week or two. He had no shelter; in severe cold, in only rags, he lay down wherever it happened; It also happened that in severe cold he would lie down between the dogs, but sometimes they would run away from him. This is a feat of new martyrdom. Purified by sorrows and needs, St. Andrey was awarded the gift of spiritual insight. Once an unkind man decided to rob a buried rich virgin. Andrei, meeting him, said: “don’t steal, you won’t see the sun.” The thief understood the threat and, however, having dug up the grave, he stole expensive clothes from the virgin, but lost his sight. This unfortunate man later collected alms and spoke about his sin. They carried the rich dead man to the grave; the funeral was wonderful. But Andrei sees hundreds of evil spirits in the air, angrily rejoicing at the dead man as their prey. – Why did the poor man fall into the power of demons? - Andrei thought with sorrow. “He was,” the Angel told Andrei, “a cruel, voluptuous man who knew nothing sacred: up to 800 girls were deprived of their innocence, he killed several people secretly.” One monk led a fasting life and prayed fervently; Due to his strict life, many came to him for advice and brought alms. Little by little the monk became addicted to money and began saving it. St. Andrew sees a light and a black spirit arguing about the soul of a monk. The black one says: he is mine because he loves money; “No, he’s mine,” says the bright one, “because he’s fasting.” - A heavenly voice announces to the bright one: - leave him, he has given himself over to Satan. In grief for the monk’s soul, Andrei privately shows him the state of his soul and begs him to change his life. The monk distributed all the money he had collected. They brought him money again, with a request to distribute it to the poor, but he did not take anything else; “What good is it for me,” he said, “to tinker with someone else’s thorns?” The last, wonderful vision of Andrei was in October 1, 909. He stood with his disciple Epiphanius in the Blachernae church during the night service. And then he sees the Most Holy One in the air. The Mother of God, surrounded by prophets, apostles and angels, and covering the people with an omophorion. “Do you see,” he says to the student, “the Queen Mother of God praying for the world?” “I see it and I’m horrified,” answered Epiphanius. Following this, the saint died 580. They wrote that according to the vision of St. Andrew, the Greek Church soon began to celebrate the Intercession of the Mother of God 581. But in the Greek church they did not and do not know this holiday 582. The celebration of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary is a Slavic holiday, just like the Slav - St. Andrew, who saw the Mother of God praying. In the Slavic prologue we read: “Behold, when I heard and thought, what a terrible and merciful vision (intercession for us) there was without celebration. Thus we delight, so that Thy holy cover, O Blessing One, may not remain without celebration.” Who says this? Of course, one of those who had the right to establish a holiday in the church is the Russian Metropolitan or the Serbian Archbishop or the Bulgarian First Throne, or a pious prince. Which one of them exactly? Book In 1164, Andrei Bogolyubsky built a monastery in honor of the Intercession of the Mother of God 583. The Feast of the Intercession is shown in the Russian monthly book of the 13th century. 584 In the Menaion of Macarius we see, in addition to the legend, two words on the Intercession of the Mother of God 585. According to one monument, in the suburbs of Constantinople there was a Bulgarian Church of the Intercession of Our Lady; but the Bulgarian and Serbian monuments are not yet known enough to draw a decisive conclusion about the existence of a holiday between the Bulgarians and Serbs 586. 4 hours. Memory of the righteous Stefan Shchilyanovich Righteous Stefan Shchilyanovich was born from pious parents in Župa, now called Pastrovitje, on the southern side of Zaholmie. Even in his youth he turned out to be a lover of God; when he reached mature age, he tried to fulfill the will of God with all zeal. He was smart, brave, and well acquainted with military affairs. Having entered service under the Serbian despot, he carried out all orders faithfully and successfully. At the same time, he remained a faithful servant before the Lord; With the fear of God, he drove away the very thoughts of sin from himself, all the more so he did not allow his soul to be overcome by any sin. Church of the Arch. Michael in Prizren, built by the pious commander Shchilyanovich, is still intact to this day 587. “For his faithful service, the despot gave him lands near Srem. Stephen lived here as a righteous man: he shared his surplus with the poor and observed honesty and truth in his relations with his neighbors. There was a severe famine in the region, not because of a grain harvest failure, but because the wicked Turks, having fought for many years with the Serbs, stole all the livestock from Christians and deprived them of the means to cultivate the land. Righteous Stephen opened his granaries for the unfortunate and fed the poor in times of famine. Since the violence and robberies of the Turks did not stop even after the hungry year, and there was no strength to defend against them, Stefan was forced to surrender to the protection of the Hungarian king. The king gladly accepted an honest and brave warrior into his service; he gave him beautiful lands along the banks of the Drava 588. The righteous man continued to live for his neighbors and in the fear of God. In 1515 he died blissfully. His wife Elena, having buried his body with honor, retired to her relatives in Germany. A week after that, the Turks took possession of the region. At one time they saw a light over the grave. Thinking of finding buried silver, they dug up the grave and saw the incorruptible body. - Based on the report, they began to ask Pasha who was buried? Those who knew announced that this was the righteous Stephen, a benefactor of the poor. It turned out that the pasha, a former Christian, was a relative of the blessed one. Stefan Shchilyanovich. The reverent monks begged the pasha for a generous gift of the relics of the righteous man and transferred them to the monastery of Frushka Mountain, Sishatovec. His wife Elena, having heard about the incorruptible body of the righteous husband, although she was restrained by her relatives, hastened to arrive in Shishatovets and kissed the relics of the righteous man. Having accepted monasticism, she began to live in solitude, not far from the monastery, in prayer and fasting. Three years later she died and was buried in the monastery. The relics of Righteous Stephen rest in the church of the monastery 589. “Glory in battle, warrior Stefan Shchilyanovich, great healer who comes to you with faith,” - this is what the Serbian church says in its prayer 590. 8 hours. The suffering of St. Ignatius Rev. Ignatius, baptized John 591, was born in the village of Eski-Zagora, diocese of Ternov. 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 in a storm of anger, he was forced to run away from him. At that time there was a war between the Serbs and 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 replied 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 592. There was debauchery in Bucharest even then. – John, fearing temptations, decided to make his way to Athos. On the way he was in Shumla and here, to his sorrow, he learned about the fall of his friend Euthymius. Meanwhile, a bandit gang of Turks, carrying out a 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. Having stayed 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, St. 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 monastery of Kavsokalivsky 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 593. In the monastery of Kavsokalivsk, 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 mourner. The ascetic came to the church, took the icon of the Mother of God in his hands and, kissing and tearfully praying 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 the 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 himself 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 deed,” said the qadi, “who are these wicked people?” “You are Mohammedans,” answered the confessor. “When I was young, 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 with anger. – My own desire is to clear my conscience. And taking out the icon of the Savior, he added: you see the Judge of the universe. “Stop nonsense,” said the impudent qadi. - It will be better if you keep your promise - you will be held in high esteem and with money. Otherwise, a terrible execution is ready. Think carefully. The confessor answered with a smile: “I willingly concede to you all earthly happiness; a poor Mohammedan cannot have any other share than earthly, bestial life. And there it will be much worse for 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 and arrogant, come to your senses; you will have to experience such torment as you cannot imagine. “Eternal fate, judge, is worth working hard about. Indifference in such a matter is stupid and criminal. If we no longer value Heavenly truth and calmly love the lies of human arbitrariness (and how immoral and low that is!), then it is already too foolish 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 the Mohammedans is dirty and stinking, 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 listened with joy to what happened to the sufferer, and other Christians also praised the Lord and prayed for the confessor. It is not known for certain what they did with Ignatius in prison, but Constantinople Christians said that the sufferer was cruelly tortured 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 for an expensive price and on October 20. arrived with them on Athos 594. 10 o'clock. The suffering of the Bulgarian monks of the Zograf monastery Imp. Mikhail Paleologus thought to strengthen his weak empire by an alliance with the pope - union. He declared the union in 1274, and the following year he executed those who condemned the union in the capital. In 1278, he issued a decree to introduce a union by all means of violence 595. The Athonite monks sent a message to Michael. Here they thoroughly proved that neither the primacy of the pope, nor his commemoration in churches, nor the celebration of the Eucharist on unleavened bread, nor the addition to the creed: and from the Son, should be tolerated. “We clearly see,” they continued, “that you are a heretic, but we beg you: leave all this and abide in the teaching that you have accepted... Reject the unholy new teachings of false knowledge, which adds guesswork to faith” 596. Particularly strong protests were made by the Slavic communities; the Serbian king Milutin protested with the sword, taking away from the empire several cities where the Slavs lived 597. Proud Mikhail was very annoyed. The wandering crusaders, expelled from Palestine and hidden in Romagna, declared to Michael their zeal to expand the power of the pope with fire and sword. Mikhail also hired Turks and Tatars. So he in 1283 moved against Serbia. On the way was now the hated Athos. In order not to irritate the Greeks, he decided to vent his anger for the union on Mount Athos, especially on the Slavs. Even under the act of 1162, “Simeon ink and abbot Zografo” signed 598. – A century later, of course, only Bulgarians lived in Zograf, who considered Zograf their monastery, like the Serbs Hilandar. By the will of Michael, the pope's servants fell with all their anger on the Zografs. When the Zographians were presented with an insistent demand to accept the union, no one wanted to hear about papism. Most of the Zografs scattered wherever they could. The toughest ones, 26 in number, locked themselves in a military tower. These were Abbot Thomas, monks: Barsanuphius, Cyril, Micah, Simon, Hilarion, Jacob, Job, Cyprian, Savva, Jacob, Martinian, Cosmas, Sergius, Mina, Joasaph, Ioannikios, Paul, Anthony, Euthymius, Dometian, Parthenius and 4 laymen. When, regardless of any beliefs and any threats, the Zographians did not want to hear about the union, considering it wickedness and an insult to the evangelical faith, the firm confessors, all 26, were burned in the tower 599. On the outer wall of Zograf there is presented “the torture of 26 Zograf monks, burned by the pope in the monastery tower” on October 10, 1284 for Orthodoxy 600. According to the Gregorian calendar, it was October 10, 1283. Imp. Michael, before reaching Serbia, died suddenly in 1283. Nowadays the “confession” of Michael’s widow is known, where she pledged to the church not to remember the soul of her deceased husband Michael. “My royalty,” she wrote, “hates and considers vile the thing (union) that recently happened in the church and confused it all.... since the Church of God condemned Vekkos (patriarch) for his blasphemous dogmas and Melitiniot and Metochites with him and excommunicated them from communion with itself, then my royalty, as a result of such a decision, worthily considers them alienated and rejected. And since the same holy Church of God has determined not to honor the statutory commemoration of my deceased husband, lord and king, for the aforementioned deed and confusion, then my royalty, which prefers the fear of God and obedience to the holy church to everything, approves and accepts this determination of her and will never force a commemoration of the soul of my lord and husband” 601. 12 o'clock. The suffering of St. Maximilian and Cyrinus, bishops of Norich The place of preaching ministry of Saints Maximilian and Cyrinus was Norica 602. This was the country of the Norich Slavs, who got their name from staying in mountain holes, caves and gorges 603. “The Norse are the essence of Slovenia,” said the reverend. Nestor. Norici are part of the Vends, who occupied, under various private names, a vast country between the Adriatic and the Danube and from the top of the Danube far to the west 604. Imp. Augustus, having conquered the Noriches, built several fortresses in the country of the Noriches, including Lerch (Layreacum) 605. Now the homeland of St. Maximilian is called Krajina, as the extreme country of the Slavs, pushed back to the south by the Germans. Nowadays in Carinthia there are up to 400,000 Wends or Slovenes and up to one and a half million Croato-Serbs 606. Blazh. Maximilian was born in the mountains. Potion (Celeius), at the top of the river. Sava. – The son of rich parents, in the 7th year he had as a mentor the priest Orani (plowman), an educated and sincere Christian. In the 19th year, having lost his mother (his father died as a martyr under Decius 6 years earlier), Maximilian remained the heir to a rich estate; but he distributed it to the poor and, having given freedom to the slaves, devoted himself entirely to serving the Lord. Around 260, Maximilian was elected and consecrated bishop of Norwich, for whom the see was assigned in the city of Lerche. - In this title, he worked with complete zeal to spread the Holy Spirit. faith between the Slavs. He not only enlightened his native land with the gospel teaching, but also traveled west to what is now Bavaria, then inhabited by the Slavs. The fruits of his labors were enjoyed here for centuries and after him. A parchment collection from the 10th century was found here; in it there are two confessions and a teaching in the Slavic language, with differences in the Serbian dialect, written in Latin letters. The teaching is the same as that read in the prologue on April 25th. Confessions and instruction in content are assigned for newly baptized Slavs 607. - Bl. The saint cared with love for the possible reassurance of the sick and poor, especially those who suffered persecution for the sake of St. faith from the pagans. When imp. Numerian declared a persecution of Christians, the prefect of Noriki terrified the Christians with his cruelty, and a considerable number of them made sacrifices out of fear. “The saint hurried to his native land in order to encourage his dear relatives with his presence and living words. Appearing before the prefect, he said in the presence of others: “Aren’t you sent here to protect the country from enemies? And you turn out to be the most cruel enemy." The prefect was embarrassed; then he said with importance: take the venerable one to the church of Mars to make a sacrifice. No threats from the prefect forced the saint to act in an insult to the name of Christ. And the prefect ordered Maximilian's head to be cut off. Determination completed Oct 12. 282 608 The martyrdom of the saint contributed to the spread of Christianity among the Slavs on the river. Save and on the Adriatic coast. Soon after the saint (in 297) in coastal Norica, some of the soldiers suffered the most cruel tortures for the saint. faith 609. Blazh. Jerome in his chronicle speaks respectfully of the Pannonian saint and martyr Cyrinus; Prudentius sang it in verse; the third ancient teacher classifies him as one of the most famous witnesses of Christ. An ancient record of 610 has also been preserved about his martyrdom. Chair of St. Kirina was on the river. Sava, in Siscia, now a trading town, while the pulpit is in Zagreb. When the prefect of lower Pannonia, Maximus, launched a cruel persecution against Christians, St. Kirin withdrew from his city. By order of the prefect, they searched for him for a long time and, seizing him, brought him to the chief. Why were you running? – Maxim asked. “They think in vain,” answered the bishop, “that fear drove me; I did the will of my Lord. Who said: when they persecute you in one city, go to another.” -Who ordered this? – asked the prefect. “Christ, the true God,” answered Kirin. “Don’t you know,” said Maxim, “that the decrees of emperors will find you everywhere?” He whom you call God will not deliver you; here you are caught. - Kirin answered: “He is always with us, wherever we are and He can help whenever He wants. He was with me, and now He strengthens me.” “You are avoiding fulfilling the will of our sovereigns,” said Maxim; disobedience is criminal. “The bishop answered: “I don’t fulfill it because that will is contrary to the will of God; your gods are emptiness; and God, Whom I serve, is in heaven and on earth, He is above everything and contains everything, everything was created by Him and is preserved by Him.” - Maxim said: you are out of your mind and delirious; obey; otherwise there will be torment and death. “The bishop answered: “I consider the misfortunes that you threaten to be glory, and the promised death will give me eternal life; I worship my God and offer a worthy sacrifice to Him, but not to earthly kings.” “The prefect ordered him to be brutally beaten.” Then he said that if Kirin obeys, recognizes the power of the gods to whom the Roman Empire is subordinate, he will be given the position of priest in the church of Jupiter; otherwise he will be sent to the prefect of upper Pannonia. The bishop answered: “I am already a true priest, I offer myself to my God.” Maxim ordered to keep him in prison and in heavy chains. In prison, the saint praised the Lord for his fate and prayed. At midnight the dungeon was illuminated with a strong light. The warden of the prison, Markell, seeing this, fell at the feet of the bishop and said with tears: “Pray to the Lord for me; I believe that there is no other God except the one you honor.” The blessed bishop instructed him and sealed him with the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Three days later, Maxim ordered Kirin to be sent to the prefect of the first Pannonia 611. The bishop was led in chains through all the cities of the Danube. – The prefect of Pannonia was returning from Ceprega (de civ. Scarabetensi) and Kirin was presented to him; but he ordered Kirin to be taken to Sabaria, where he himself would be. Pious women brought food and drink to the bishop here; he blessed the offering for their faith, and they kissed his fetters. When he had eaten, the guards took him to Sabaria (now Sarwar, under Rab). The prefect was in the theater when Kirin was introduced to him. After reading the notice, he asked: is all this true? The bishop answered: “I confessed the true God in Siska; I always worshiped Him and carry Him in my heart; He is the only true God and no one will separate me from Him.” The prefect used everything to shake the saint’s firmness; He said that he regretted his old age and that it was unwise to neglect life. It was all in vain. “I don’t look like madmen,” said the confessor, “they, by the desire of life, renounce God, truly die; and by confessing I pass on to eternal life; your laws do not satisfy me, and I fulfill the commandments of Christ my God, proclaimed to the faithful.” The prefect decided to throw Kirin into the river with a stone around his neck. When he was thrown, he remained on the surface of the water for a long time, convincing the audience to be firm in faith and not to be afraid of either torment or death; Finally, only through his prayer, the waves hid him. The saint was crowned with the crown of martyrdom in 309 612 The martyrdom of Saint Kirin, as well as the suffering of St. Maximilian, not only caused imitators of the holy example among believers 613, but also contributed to the spread of faith among the Slavs on the river. Save and on the shores of the Adriatic: Bishop of Mursa, on the river. Save, defended Orthodoxy at the Council of Sardica in 347; the Bishop of Yadra from the Adriatic was at the Council of Aquileia in 381 614 14 h. Memory of the teacher. mother of our Petka-Paraskeva Bulgarian “The law of love is this,” says the describer of the life of St. Paraskeva, - that he encourages us to renew in the memory of those dear to our hearts, so that we can contemplate their image in our minds and paint their speeches, the more gratifying for the heart is the memory of God's saints, so useful for everyone. Just as on summer days, under the beneficial rays of the sun, everything comes to life and grows: so a spiritual story, driving away the cloud of sadness, cheers and enlivens the soul and gives strength to our zeal, leading us to the best. Already throughout Mysia, Thrace and Dalmatia the name of St. Paraskeva" 615. The parents of blessed Petka were Slavs and not poor people who enjoyed fame; they lived in the town of Epivatos (Pivat, Turkish Bayados), on the seaside, between Silimvria and Constantinople. In addition to their daughter Petka, they had a son. They sent him to school, and his daughter was raised in her parents' house, under the supervision of her mother. A fiery desire to live for the Lord was revealed early in Petka. “If anyone wants to follow me, let him deny himself” (Matthew 16:24): these words, heard by her in the church, like an arrow, pierced her heart and she, upon leaving the church, gave her rich dress to the poor man she met, exchanging rags for him. Her parents scolded her for her changed outfit; but her heart burned with love for the Lord. After some time, she again gave her clothes to the beggar and then repeated the same thing more than once. They scolded her sharply, but she felt that she could not live otherwise. Brother Petka, when he was sufficiently taught the Holy Scriptures, wished to become a monk and, with the consent of his parents, took monastic vows under the name of Euthymius. Ascending gradually in spiritual life, he became a firm man. Due to the knowledge of his high life, he was elevated to the episcopal see of the diocese of Madita; here he became famous for his virtues and his fight against heretics. He died at a ripe old age and his body was laid in the cathedral church, where miracles exuded. Michael Psellus, in his eulogy to St. Michael Cerularius (1043–1058), speaks with praise of Saint Euthymius as a contemporary or somewhat earlier who flourished in the see of Madita, on the seashore 616. Upon the death of his parents, Blessed. Petka decided to leave the world completely. According to information collected by the holy mountain dweller Nicodemus, before she retired to the Palestinian desert, she visited Constantinople and walked around St. its places; here she listened to the instructions of zealous ascetics. On their advice, she settled in the suburbs of Irakli at the secluded Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God; she spent five years here in prayer, fasting and tears. Fulfilling her long-standing desire, she went to Palestine and, having venerated the places sanctified by the life of the Savior, remained to live in the Jordanian desert. - The Lord alone knows all the exploits of the desert life of St. virgins Melting now from the heat, now from the cold, she ate only grass, and then only after sunset. The evil spirit tempted her with dreams and ghosts: “but kind Petka of the Most High, take refuge for yourself.” So she spent her life until old age, giving herself no rest, waiting for the heavenly Bridegroom. One day, when she was standing in prayer, an Angel appeared to her and said: “Leave the desert and return to your fatherland, there you need to leave your body on earth and go to the Lord with your soul.” “The venerable woman rejoiced that the time for her release from the body was near, but she was sorry to part with the deserted solitude. Obeying the will of Heaven, she went to her fatherland and experienced a storm at sea. Arriving in Constantinople, she visited St. Sophia and in the Blachernae church she prayed before the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. Returning to her native place of Pivat, she did not find any of her acquaintances alive, and at the church of St. The Apostles remained in prayer. Two years have passed since her return from the desert. The blessed one prayed in her solitude and during prayer she gave up her spirit to God. Her body was buried by Christ-loving people, like the body of a wanderer who did not tell anyone about herself where she was from. This was in the first half of the 11th century. Near the place where the saint was buried, a stylite labored. A sailor happened to die and his body was thrown not far from that place. The stench from the body was so strong that the pillar was forced to descend from the pillar and ask close residents to bury the body of the unfortunate man. Pious people began to dig a grave and found a body that was not touched by decay. At first they were frightened and perplexed: what to do; as they were unfamiliar with spiritual things, out of simplicity, they left the incorruptible body in the grave and immediately buried the stinking corpse. Then, when one of them, the pious George, after evening prayer, lay down to rest, a maiden dressed in a royal robe, surrounded by soldiers, appeared in a dream; the light surrounding her was so strong that he could not look; one of the warriors came up and took him by the hand and said: “Geory! Why did you despise the body of the reverend so much? Paraskeva? Immediately take him out of the stinking grave and place him in a shrine; The king wants to glorify her on earth.” Then the wondrous maiden said to the embarrassed George: “Hurry to take out my relics, I can’t stand the stench; my homeland Drink where you live.” That same night, the reverent wife Euphemia had a similar vision. When both apparitions were announced, they hurried to the grave and took out the incorruptible body of the holy virgin; it was solemnly laid out in the cathedral church of the Apostles, and streams of healings flowed from it: the blind received their sight, the lame began to walk, those sick with serious illnesses received health. Almost two centuries have passed since the death of the teacher. Paraskeva. Constantinople and the places close to it were in the hands of the papist crusaders. The Bulgarian Tsar John Yasen, the son of the eldest Yasen, decided to free St. the relics of Paraskeva from the evil power of the papists 617. The Franks trembled Ash. Therefore, when he announced that he wanted to transfer the relics of the saint to his capital city, they immediately agreed to let them go. So the Tsar and Patriarch Vasily greeted them with triumph in Ternov and they were laid (1238) in the church built for them by St. Paraskeva 618. When Sultan Bayazet took Ternov, all the shrines were plundered; The Wallachian ruler managed to take the relics of the saint, dressed in only rags, and transferred them to his capital. In 1396, Wallachia also fell under the rule of the Mohammedans and its ruler was exiled to Brussa. The pious Serbian princess Milica, visiting the Sultan, begged for the relics of St. The Paraskevs and they were transferred to Serbia in 619. Under the ruler Vasily Lupul, in 1641 they were reverently transferred to Iasi and they rest to this day in the Iasi Cathedral Church of the Three Saints. – With the glory of their miracles, they everywhere glorified, as they glorify, the faith of Christ, to strengthen the weak in the faith 620. 18 o'clock. The suffering of St. Gold of the Great Martyr The holy virgin and bride of Christ Zlata was born and suffered in the Mglin Bulgarian diocese, in the village of Zlatin. The daughter of a poor simple villager, she shone with both spiritual and physical high qualities: spiritual - firm faith in the Lord Jesus, humility and purity of heart, physical - rare beauty, which was the reason that her life was adorned by the sufferings of the great martyr. A local Turk, seduced by the rare beauty of Zlata, decided to find time and, at all costs, satisfy his vile passion. One day Zlata and others went into the forest to get firewood. The voluptuous Turk, having persuaded scoundrels like him, with their help, seizes her and takes her to his house. He first tries to seduce her into Islamism with various promises and gives her his word to marry her; If she refuses, he threatens her with torture. Zlata was amazed at the impudence, but refused with firmness. Calling on the name of the Lord Jesus for help, she answered: “I believe and worship only the Lord Jesus and I will not renounce Him, even if they cut me down; and I also took a vow of virginity, which I also will not change for anything.” “The Turks realized that this girl could not be won over to their side by ordinary means, but that they needed to come up with something special. They entrust it to women who, in such matters, are more capable of luring the girl into deception. And what didn’t they do with the poor woman? What tricks were not used to seduce Zlata into the bestial, sensual, life of Mohammedanism! And the delights of a luxurious life and the benefits of wealth and the passions of sensuality were presented to her in the most tempting pictures. It all turned out to be in vain. Zlata’s pure soul felt the foul stench of the preachers and turned away from them with trepidation. – Their singing was for her satanic singing. The Turkish women were irritated by the firmness of the bride of Christ; they call on the parents and three sisters of the sufferer to use their influence on the girl - to persuade her to Mohammedanism; otherwise, they said, they would be subjected to severe torture. Struck by fear, her parents and sisters persuaded Zlata to accept Mohammedanism, but their words did not change her intentions. “Our daughter, our dear! - the father and mother said, sobbing, - have pity on us and our sisters; we will all perish if you do not agree to the wishes of the Turks; God is merciful and will forgive your sin, forced by necessity.” One can imagine the struggle that Zlata had to endure. Love for parents, love for sisters pulled in one direction, but the duty of a Christian demanded its own. The tears of her parents and sisters tore and tormented her heart. “Finally she said: “If you are already forcing me to renounce Christ the Lord, then you are not my parents or sisters!” My father remains only the Lord Jesus and matter – His Most Pure Mother – and my brothers and sisters are martyrs and martyrs.” When the infidels, and especially the kidnapper of the girl, saw that all their tricks had led them nowhere, they turned to torture. At first, for three months, they beat the sufferer every day with sticks. Then they cut the straps from her back and hung them in front of her eyes; blood flowed from it and covered the entire floor. That wasn't enough for them. Animals, not people, heated an iron rod and pierced her head from one ear to the other. The patience of the sufferer was obviously beyond human strength. It was a work of the strong grace of Christ, always close to humble hearts. Despite her high patience, the sufferer did not expect anything special from herself. She expressed this in experience. She heard a rumor that in the village there was the abbot of the Stavronikita Athos Monastery, the confessor of her father, Fr. Timofey. She sends one Christian to him with her earnest request to pray for her, so that the Lord will grant her the ability to complete her feat in a manner pleasing to God. “Her humble prayer was fulfilled: the Lord gave her the strength to complete the feat of the great martyr. The bloodthirsty Mohammedans finally hanged the sufferer in a vacant lot and chopped her entire body into pieces. So St. Zlata, purified by the fire of suffering into pure gold, gave up her soul to the Lord, whom she loved with a love as strong as death. The great martyr moved to heaven in October 1795 621 21 o'clock Repose of St. Hilarion, Bishop of Mglinsky Blazh. Hilarion came from noble and pious parents 622. They sincerely tried to live according to the commandments of the Lord and were zealous prayer books of God. “They didn’t have children for a long time.” This made them sad. The mother especially grieved over her infertility and often poured out her grief before the Mother of God. The Queen of Heaven, compassionate for the sorrows of Christian hearts, asked her for consolation from her Son and God. Once in a dream vision, the Most Holy One told her: “Do not grieve, you will give birth to a son and he will turn many to the light of truth.” – The words of the Most Pure One were fulfilled. The born son is named Hilarion, meaning that he was a joy for the mourning parents. A three-year-old child sang “holy, holy, holy is the Lord.” The boy was taught to read books and made rapid progress. At the age of 18 he left the world and became a monk. In the monastery he passed obediences with zeal and the abbot was comforted by them. Several years passed like this. On his deathbed, the rector gathered the brethren and handed them over to the care of the blessed one. Hilarion. With the rank of abbot, Hilarion was an intelligent mentor and continued his strict life. Having studied the rules of Rev. Pachomius, he often spent whole nights without sleep - in prayer and reading what was useful to his soul 623. Caring for the salvation of the souls entrusted to him, he encouraged them not to waste precious time on sins. He especially did not tolerate drunkenness and strictly drove her out of the monastery. There was a severe famine in the country. Hilarion prayed to God and his empty granaries were filled with grain; he fed not only his own, but also strangers who came to him. A strict life glorified the blessed one. Hilarion and his celebrity attracted many to the monastery; some came for Hilarion's advice, others remained to live under his leadership. At the inspiration of the Mother of God, the Bulgarian Archbishop Eustathius dedicated the blessed. Hilarion as Bishop of Mglinsky, in 1134 624 The good heaven stood up for its Church and sends the necessary figure to Bulgaria, while human politics, through its blindness, caused itself terrible troubles. The Manichaeans, living in Armenia, among Mohammedanism, did little harm to Christianity. Imp. Tzimisces (969–976) resettled them from Armenia to Bulgaria, while there were already Bogomils here anyway. If Tzimiskes were the villain of St. faith and empire, such an act would be natural for him. But without being like that, but remaining a bad master of the empire, he transferred a destructive beginning to the environment of the empire and the church 625. Mglin (Μεγλενα, Μογλενα), northeast of Vodina - Greek Edessa, the main city of the region 626 and the neighboring Slavic region of the Dragovichi during St. Hilarion became notorious. The heresy teachers of the Bogomils themselves wrote: “our Roman, Dragovitsky, Mglinsky, Bulgarian, Dalmatian societies are separated in places, but not in any way contradictory to each other” 627. According to another review, all Bogomil societies that spread throughout different Western countries originated from the Bulgarian and Dragović Bogomils 628 . The Dragovic party of dualists adhered to the old theory of the primordial existence of evil equal to good; the Bulgarian Bogomil party adhered to the new theory of dualism, combining dual command with unity of command 629. In essence, both Manichaeism and Bogomilism are the same as what later became known with the name of Protestantism; here and here proud arbitrariness, dressed in the clothes of a converter of Christianity, interpreting the revelation of God as it pleases and subordinating God to man. Anyone who valued Heavenly truth, the glory of God and the salvation of people had to wage a fierce struggle with people of proud arbitrariness and had to have a lot of grace in order to fight with success. St. Hilarion armed himself with apostolic zeal and fervent prayers. He tirelessly denounced the wickedness of the Bogomils, removing from them the mask of hypocritical goodness with which they deceived others. His preaching, supported by living piety, had a miraculous effect. The number of those who abandoned the delusion increased from time to time. The leaders of the heresy were angry and used various unclean measures to maintain their society. But the truth reached the hearts, conveyed by the living word of sincere piety. The modern definitions of the Church of Constantinople served as an aid to the saint in the fight against the Bogomils. In the Orthodox East, after the physician Vasily was burned in 1110 for spreading Manichaeism 630, they continued to vigilantly watch every manifestation of Manichaeism. Archbishop of Ohrid, modern Blessed. Hilarion, was twice present at the councils in Constantinople against the Bogomils. At the first, in 1140, the writings of Constantine Chrysomachus, who had become infected with the teachings of the Bogomils, were condemned, and on another occasion, in 1144, the monk Niphon was condemned and imprisoned, who was carried away by the criminal severity of Manichaeism against the body and rejected the Jewish God; in 1147, Patriarch Kozma himself was dethroned from the throne because he, in his simplicity, praised the strict Niphon 631. The leaders of the heresy dared to enter into an open dispute with Saint Hilarion. Why, they said to the saint, don’t you accept the obvious truth - the thought of two principles, good and evil, when good and evil are before the eyes of everyone in this world? Why do you not distinguish the good Creator of the sky from the evil builder of matter? - The saint answered: some of you consider heaven itself to be the creation of the enemy. How does God rest in heaven, the creation of the evil one? We must learn everything from the eternal truth - God, we must think and believe as the revelation of God teaches. And the revelation of God tells us about one Creator of the world, of everything visible and invisible. Our Father, who art in heaven, Thy will be done as it is in heaven and on earth (Matthew 6:9, 10): this is how the Lord Jesus commanded us to pray. Isn’t He clearly showing us that there is only one Lord of heaven and earth, one is the true God, omnipotent and omnipotent. And there can only be one true God; two omnipotents cannot be conceived; one must be somehow lower than the other; and in this form he is no longer God. The evil that exists in the world did not come from the Creator of the world; it appeared in the world after the world was created. Why insult both God and history with a stupid thought about the beginning of evil? The Bogomils said that the flesh of Christ was brought from heaven. Hilarion answers: where did you get this teaching? Which of the apostles or evangelists taught this? Nobody. If the body of Christ Jesus were heavenly, it would not experience hunger, thirst, fatigue, or suffering and would not be subject to death on the cross. The Bogomils said that the Old Testament was the work of the evil one. If the Old Testament had come from the evil one, said the saint, then Christ would not have said: try the Scriptures, for in them you believe to have eternal life (John 5:39). Christ the Lord recognized the commandments of love for God and neighbor given to Moses as the highest commandments. Do not think, He also said, that I came to destroy the law; I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill (Matthew 5:17). The Bogomils expressed hostility towards the cross of Christ. “What will we think,” said the saint, “when the sign of the Son of Man, His Cross, appears in heaven and all the tribes of the earth who did not believe the Cross or did not live according to the will of the Cross will weep?” Poor people expose themselves to lies - they say that all trouble comes from evil matter, and yet they do not want to bow to that tree with which the material world is sanctified. “Why are you Bogomils,” the saint continued, “deceiving yourself and others, calling yourself Christians when you are not Christians at all, being hostile to the Cross of Christ the Savior, not recognizing one God, as Christians believe, defaming the ancient revelation, revered by the word of the Lord by Christians?” You deceive simple good people with hypocritical meekness when you breathe pride. There cannot be true piety in those who do not recognize the corruption of their hearts through self-love and do not ask for God’s grace through prayer and humble submission to the order of salvation established by the Lord. What are your posts for? Believe yourself sincerely - and you will see that evil thoughts: envy, vanity, vanity, deceit, lies, deceit - are not the work of an evil substance in us, and are not overcome by fasting, but they are the fruit of spoiled pride and therefore require spiritual medicines and spiritual achievements for themselves. Heeding the pastoral admonition, many of the Bogomils were touched in their hearts and, condemning their former wickedness, united with the Church of Christ 632. The zealous shepherd of the Mglin church still had to fight the Armenians. These all-world traders appeared in Bulgaria and, according to trade calculations, 633; but they were also companions of the Paulicians, resettled by Tzimiskes from Armenia. – The Armenian teachers were annoyed that Saint Hilarion acted so successfully on the Bogomils. – They dared to enter into a dispute with Hilarion about the advantages of their church; boasted that “they contain the most ancient traditions, holy services, fasts and everything that the Apostolic Church has betrayed from the first times.” “It’s good,” answered the saint, “to maintain the ancient rituals. It is even more important that until the IV Ecumenical Council you adhered to the teachings transmitted in the Church from the Apostles; but the trouble for you is that after the Council of Chalcedon you separated from the Church, holding on to the wicked teaching of Eutyches.” The saint denounced the Armenians for not mixing wine with water in the Eucharist. “The cross,” he said, “no matter what it is made of, do not begin to honor it before you baptize it as a person, drive nails into it and anoint it with sacrificial blood.” If a cross, imagined by the hand, in any case sanctifies the objects it overshadows, why do you baptize and smear it with blood? Where did you get the Artsyburiyev post from? It is not the post of fathers at all. The denounced Armenians were cruelly angry with the saint. Once they got to the point where, defeated by his answers, in a fit of rage they took up stones and left the saint beaten dead in a field, near the place where he loved to retire to silence. God revived him; he came to his senses and somehow reached his deserted cell. The Orthodox Mlinians, having learned about all this, wanted to kill the Armenians, but the saint restrained them. “Everyone who lifts a knife will die by the knife,” he said in the words of the Lord. - The Armenians, having heard about such a decision of the saint, came to hesitation and then were divided in their opinions. “This is a good, true shepherd,” some said; “No,” others said, “he is cunning and deceives people.” Some of the Armenians joined Orthodoxy. Imp. Manuel at that time was against the Armenians. Teroz, the Armenian prince, made many insults to the empire and Manuel in 1156 was forced to tame his insolence by force of arms 634. In such a disposition, having learned about the exploits of the Mglinsky saint against the Armenians, the emperor sent a message, which, encouraging him to continue his work, provided the blessed one. Hilarion to expel the rebellious and restless Armenians from the region. The will of the emperor had the effect that the Armenians who remained committed to false opinions accepted Orthodoxy. Blazh. Hilarion built a magnificent church of St. on the site of the heretical meeting. Apostles and built a monastery. Peter, a disciple of the saint, a man of spiritual life, was placed in charge of the monks. Blazh. Hilarion himself kept a keen eye on the lives of the monks; He especially did not tolerate drunkenness between them. Blazh. Hilarion died peacefully in 1164. After his death, his commandment about sobriety began to be violated in his monastery. Hegumen Peter exhorted the weak and mourned their lack of attention to himself. In a dream vision, he sees that Hilarion threateningly denounced some, and cruelly punished others with a stick. It turned out that the first ones lay sick for a long time, but recovered, while the others soon died. – According to the cathedral’s definition, his relics were discovered and turned out to be incorrupt. Many sick people received healing from his relics 635. Under the Bulgarian Tsar John Yasen, in 1206, the relics were transferred to Ternov, and under his son, 40 martyrs were laid in the new church 636. When the Turks attacked, they were lowered into a dungeon and, recently discovered, they were secretly transferred to Constantinople 637. 28 o'clock Repose of St. Arseniy, Archbishop of Serbia According to Serbian monuments, it is shown to honor the memory of St. on October 28th. Arseny, Archbishop of Serbia 638, and in the Russian facial original it is depicted “Saint Arseny, Archbishop of Serbia, sed” 639. The son of Orthodox Slavic parents who lived in Srem, Blessed Arseny, feeling an attraction to a solitary life, retired to a monastery and became a monk. After some time, having heard about the exploits of Savva the Serbian, he comes to the Zhichsky monastery. The spiritual saint assigns him simple obediences for the first time; then, recognizing his abilities and zeal for exploits, he appointed him ecclesiarch; This appointment inspired Arseny to perform feats of the most sincere service to the Lord. – When they expected that the Hungarians, at the promptings of the offended pope, would invade Serbia with devastation, as they invaded before, St. Savva instructed Arseny to look for a resting place in Serbia for the archbishop's chair, and Arseny found Pec; “The place,” he told Savva, “is fenced on the east by two high ridges,” “seems to be very convenient for the archbishopric.” The saint approved the choice. Arseny was appointed abbot of Zhich. Going east for the first time, St. Savva entrusted the Zhichi abbot not only with the monastery, but also with some of the affairs of the department 640. Upon returning from the east, to his consolation, he found in the Zhich monastery such order as he could wish for. – Having decided to make a second trip to Jerusalem and together to renounce the see, the saint appointed Arseny, whom he had tested, as his successor and ordained him as an archbishop. St. Sava never returned alive to Serbia; On the way back he died in Ternov. “And we are bitter and ashamed,” said Arseny to the king Vladislav, “that the enlightener of Serbia lies on the wrong side, and finally, a year later, the relics of St. Savvas were transferred to the Mileshov Monastery in 641. The most diligent activity of the Serbian archbishop was now directed towards the establishment of an archbishopric in Pec and the construction of a church there in honor of the apostle. Peter and Paul. 642 The attack of the Mongols, who burst into Serbia from Hungary in 1242, stopped the progress of the bishop’s concerns about the cathedral monastery, 643, but the long-term administration of the Serbian church allowed the zealous archpastor to fulfill his intentions regarding the archbishopric. In 1263 he was still alive 644, the last three years of his life he was very ill, being cleansed by sorrows for eternity and died on Oct. 28, 1266 645 On the altar wall of the Pech church one can still read a beautiful inscription: “Lord our God, come, visit and bless this church... change the sinner Arseny.” On the left side of the royal doors near the iconostasis there is a shrine with the heads of the holy “five-fold” martyrs that the blessed one received. Arseny from Bulgarian Ternov. Near the pillar on the right side of the church is a white marble tomb in which rests the relics of the founder of the Pech monastery, St. Arsenia 646. The Reverend Daniel conveys the wonderful experience of the afterlife activities of St. Arseny. The Bulgarian prince Shishman, calling on the predatory Tatars for help, moved with troops to rob the then rich Pech monastery. - “That night, to those sleeping near that place, God showed them a great sign of fear, through the prayers of his saints and the apostle of Christ Arseny, who was lying in the house of St. Apostles. The sign I say is this: they saw a great pillar of fire descending from heaven, from which fiery rays emanated, scorching their faces, and the men, having images of fire, also having weapons in their hands, cut off their regiments with great need in persecution.” “Shishman fled in horror and lost most of the army. It was at cor. Milyutin 647. 30 hours Memory of St. Milutin, King of Serbia, his brother Dragutin and their mother Helen “Come with me,” said St. George to the Mohammedan, - I will show you the king Milyutin, who lies in this city - Sofia; he rests as if asleep and gives off a fragrance like a flower” 648. Blessed Milutin was the youngest son of King Stefan Urosh I and the grandson of the first-crowned 649. His elder brother Dragutin did not rule all of Serbia for long (1270–1275). Having broken his leg, he was burdened in his soul by the fact that for him his father was removed from the throne and voluntarily gave the throne of Serbia to his brother Milutin, and he settled in Srem 650. Dragutin, little to blame for the sad fate of his father, acted this way not only according to the voice of his tender conscience, but also according to the convictions of the Serbian people, a very strict honorer of the commandment of God: honor your father and your mother (Ex. 20:12). This is what the Serbian biographer Bl. writes. Stephen the Despot: “The respect of the Serbs for their parents is so great that not a single son, even in his own home, dares to eat food with his father, but stands at the table as a servant. This can be seen in both the rich and the poor, including extreme poverty. And it is not heard that anyone insulted his father and mother" 651. After this, it is clear that it was not easy for Dragutin to reconcile his mother with himself, but he finally reconciled her with himself. The younger brother, although the king of all Serbia, respected the elder, giving him the title of King of Srem, and they joined forces when it was necessary to act against external enemies. Dragutin worked hard to convert the Basan Bogomil heretics to Orthodoxy and was a wonderful ascetic of God, hidden from the gaze of people. According to the news of his confessor, after a few years of marriage, he did not touch his wife’s body, but lived with her like brother and sister; He distributed alms to the poor, monastic monasteries and churches with a generous hand; among other things, he sent gifts to the churches of Russia, which suffered so much from the Tatars; he was in a friendly relationship with Grand Duke Vasily Yaroslavich († 1276). His grave was dug for secret exploits; there were stones and skulls scattered in it; It was here that he shed tears about his sins and spent his nights in prayer; when he fell asleep from exhaustion, sharp stones soon woke him up. Before his death († Mar. 22, 1316) he became a monk under the name Theoktista. When they prepared him for the tomb, “he was girded with a sharp reed over his naked body and clothed in hair sackcloth; wanting to take him away from his body, he was unable to do so, and with much washing water, he barely separated him from the body of this blessed one” 652. The Dubrovnik trading republic hastened to ask the new king for a letter of freedom of trade in Serbia. Kral Milutin wrote in 1276: a) “what kindness my brother Stefan (Dragutin) showed them, my kingdom also shows; b) their merchants can trade freely in my land as long as the truth is not offended; c) they give the kingdom 2,000 perpers every year on Demetrius's day; d) if they are found guilty before my kingdom, then the court will hear the case according to the law; If the court does not decide the case, then a deadline is announced three months in advance by which their merchants must leave Serbia with their property” 653. Not long after that, Milyutin had to start wars with his neighbors. This was required by the affairs of the fatherland and faith. Wars went on one after another for 20 years and everyone was amazingly happy. Grateful before the beneficent Lord, the pious king himself describes these matters in one letter, and we can only add explanations to his news. “Being a servant of my Lord and Savior Christ,” he writes, “I Stefan Urosh, by the grace of God the king and autocrat of all the Serbian and Pomeranian lands, understood your sweet words for me, Jesus, teaching us in the Holy Gospel: let your light shine before people, so that they may see your good deeds and glorify the Heavenly Father (Matthew 5:16). Having learned that there is nothing better for kings and apostles than to explain with reverence the law of God at councils, I came to the cathedral Pech church and, having bowed to the icons, kissed the venerable hand of the Baptist John, having accepted the blessing of my spiritual father Nicodemus, Archbishop of Serbia, and the cathedral existing with him, I believe in the cathedral so that they will not remain in oblivion Wonderful Works of God: to renew Hilandar, to resume writing in the Zhidich monastery, to give the village of Uliarskoe for the Pech monastery.” The works of God were like this. “The Greek empire extended to Lipljana and the Greeks did violence.” The king talks so much about the reasons for the war with the Greeks. Obviously, he didn't quite speak out. – On the one hand, behind the Serbian mountains, on the Macedonian plain, there were Slavic settlements; they were once part of the Bulgarian kingdom; and now they were in the power of the Greeks. This was abnormal and offensive for the Slavic soul. On the other hand, Michael Palaiologos in 1274 drew up a council in Constantinople on the adoption of a union with the pope. With the exception of the court party, all others were against papism. Mikhail turned to measures of violence against those who disagreed with his thoughts. The cruelties in places and at times were inhuman; The Athonites suffered especially greatly, sending a bold reproof to Michael; in 1279 the cruelties intensified 654. And so the pious king declares a protest against papism with his sword. He decided to save at least the dear Slavs from papism. “Being blessed,” he says, “I went into the borders of the Greek kingdom and when no one resisted, I occupied both Canopies with cities and districts, the glorious city of Skopje, then Ovchepol, Zlatov, Pianets; conquered all the places and expelled the Greek authorities from those regions. - The angry, crafty Greek leaders surrounded me before King Palaiologos. He recruited Tatars, Turks, Franks and went to war against the king; but having reached Ilangyf, where the church of St. George, died suddenly and was buried in Silivria. - His military leaders rushed with an army to Serbia; They reached Lipljana and Prizren and, having caused a lot of trouble, returned. One part of the Tatar militia reached the river. Dreama, but while swimming across it, she was partly beaten, partly drowned; The head of the elder from Chernoglava was brought to the king. - Having accepted courage and blessing, with the help of my brother Stefan, the king of Srem, I went again to the Greek borders, reached the place at the Judgment and, having celebrated the Nativity of Christ there, reached St. Mount Athos. Having occupied all the borders of Strum and Ser, Chrysopolis and other nearby places and taking wealth and property, returned to their homeland. - Having sent King Stefan back to Greece, we took the land of Debra, the power of the land of Kichavskaya, the land of Porec and annexed all this to our kingdom. Then we fought the Vlachiot land (Epirus) and took incalculable wealth there.” All these military actions in the regions of the empire, which resulted in the annexation of Slavic settlements to the Serbian kingdom, took place in 1382–1385. 655 The price of these acquisitions of the Slavs was also raised by their relationship to papism. Palaiologos wandering crowds of crusaders did little damage to Serbia; but what were they doing on Athos? They tortured and killed various confessors of Orthodoxy. Milyutin protected the Slavs from the ferocious arbitrariness of Romanism 656. “In Branichev, two noble brothers Kudelin and Dreman with their forces attack King Stefan’s brother, joining many Tatar troops. Then Stefan comes to my kingdom and encamps on the Morava near Machkovtsa and asks for help. My kingdom immediately marches with troops against those godless and achieves what it wants; These bad people took flight, crossed the Danube and died. “Then Prince Shishman of Bulgaria, who lived in the mountains, stood up. Bdyne (Viddine) and owned many neighboring Bulgarian cities. He, having annexed the damned Tatar people, reached the place of Khvostno and wanted to take the place of Zhdrelo. “Then a great miracle happened: a pillar of fire and fiery-looking men appeared and drove out the Bulgarians. “Then we went to the mountains.” Bdyna. He crosses the river in the trees. Danube. Having occupied all his possessions, my kingdom was ready to destroy all the dwellings and the city where his palace was. But he humbly begs, like the lowest of servants, promising to be in complete obedience to my kingship. It was proposed from me that he take as his wife the daughter of my nobleman, the great župan Dragoša, and he did so. Then I gave my daughter to his son Mikhail.” The war with western Bulgaria took place in 1292. Shishman decided to profit at the expense of Serbia, just as Milyutin was gaining strength at the expense of the empire; but Stratimir did not calculate that his means were far from those of Milyutin 657 . “The strong, wicked, Tatar king Nogai rises against me with all his might. My kingdom sends him gifts. The lawless king, who hastened against me, is returning back. I sent my son Stefan with his famous commanders to serve him. When they were already despairing of his return, he returned unharmed; civil strife began to boil among the wicked.” Tatar Nogai, so well known to Russia, in 1294 overthrew Terter from the Bulgarian throne and imprisoned Smiltsa; - the proud khan threatened Milyutin with the same thing. Not long after that, civil strife began to boil between the sons of Nogai; the eldest son Tshuke (Tsoka) smashed the younger one on his head; he filed a complaint with X. Tokhtage; the war ended with the capture and death of Nogai in 1299 658 “The godless Persians and Arabs armed themselves against the Christian race. They settled in the great Romagna and took root here in complete freedom, living for 20 years. My kingship calls on some of them to serve, to the envy of the kings' neighbors. When they plotted the destruction of my kingdom, then I finally humbled them not only in my kingdom, but also in Romania; their cities were destroyed; “There is no one left from this wicked family in all of Romania, with the exception of those who became slaves of the Serbian commanders.” The crusaders expelled from Palestine, who mixed there with the Arabs, appeared in Thrace with the name of the Arabs; At first they tolerated them and gave them lands in Romagna. But having settled down, they began to manage in the manner of robbers, seizing other people's property, kidnapping wives and girls. The Mohammedans who persecuted them increased the suffering of the Orthodox. The powerless empire could not cope with the violent vagabonds. When those who pledged to serve Milyutin formed a conspiracy against his life, Milyutin decided to settle accounts with the uninvited guests in his own way. He drove them all beyond the Danube, with the exception of the best who remained among the servants 659. “Cyrus Andronicus Palaiologos, the universal king, begged the sincere son of the sovereign kingdom to send an army against the Persians in Anatolia. Convinced by his father-in-law’s prayer, he detached a squad with the great commander Novak Grebestrek. She, having reached the mountains. Irakliya, was joyfully greeted by Andronikos and, entering the ships, moved to Anatolia. After many battles she won and Andronika returned with gratitude.” The weakness of the empire was so great that the Serbian king had to defend it from eastern enemies 660. Milyutin does not mention in his letter about his war with Andronikos 661, which began in 1298. The best Greek commander then locked himself in Thessaloniki and was afraid to leave the fortress. The Serbs freely occupied all the places from Vardar to Athos; commander Andronikov finally wrote to the capital that there was no hope of defeating the king by force and the only way to save the empire was peace with Serbia, especially since the empire was still in danger from the Mohammedans. Then began the struggle between Greek cunning and the open Slavic mind. After long negotiations, the emperor offered the king the hand of his daughter Simonida. Milyutin, a widower after his first marriage, agreed 662. The war with the Mohammedans, mentioned in the charter, took place in 1303 and after it Milutin married Simonides 663. – There is no doubt that the Greek empire would have ended its existence even under Milutin, if Milutin had wanted it. His generosity was favored by the fact that the exhausted empire continued to drag out its existence. But it would almost be better for everyone if the intelligent and full of life Serbian king took control of the empire. The Turks would not have gained strength, to the misfortune of the Christian world. And the immediate consequences of reconciliation with the empire were bitter for Serbia. – The spoiled Greek Simonida caused a lot of trouble for Serbia and Milyutin. With her intrigues, she brought her husband to the point that his eldest son Stefan, heir to the throne, was blinded and sent to Constantinople for custody 664. Milutin's last military affairs dated back to 1318. The Pope was greatly indignant at the pious and intelligent king. Yes, and there was a reason for it! The pope was just about to count Milutin and his kingdom among his subjects, wrote a letter to Milutin with a confession of faith, which he should accept, appointed his plenipotentiary ambassadors to complete the union with the Roman Church, and in one day signed as many as six letters about Milutin. And Milyutin not only rejected the pope’s proposals for union, but tamed papism wherever he could. Having subdued the Ragusians, who were seizing Orthodox cities for themselves and papism, by force of arms, he “imposed double tribute to the Ragusians for the sake of the Roman confession,” and took away several border places from Hungary 665. The pope's plans to add Milyutin and his subjects to the number of the pope's servants, if they were not just a comedy where everything was false, meant a foolish step of arrogance, which did not think of meeting a rebuff to its desires. In any case, the failure of the Roman manifestation was bitter, especially when Milutin added to the bitterness with orders in Ragusa and Macva. Such a blow to the pride of the proud could not be forgiven in Rome. From 1314, the pope began to preach a crusade against Milutin; he raised almost half of Europe against him - the German emperor, the kings of Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, and Neapolitan. In 1318, Robert of Hungary united with Charles of Sicily and the counts of Brebir. Robert occupied Bosna and Machva. The Sicilians entered Epirus. “But the riot that broke out in Hungary forced Robert to rush to Hungary. The Sicilians were expelled from Epirus. The pope's dreams of a union of Epirus dissipated, although he thanked the three Epirus nobles for opposing the “schismatic Serbian king.” Thus passed the storm raised by the Pope 666! King Milyutin's feats of piety were amazing. Having said in his letter about his determination to make sacrifices for the three churches of God, he spoke only about the beginning of the work. From 1304, his activities were devoted mainly to organizing the internal life of the kingdom. He built more than 40 stone churches, and many of them had monastic monasteries, and others also had pulpits. Its most prominent and richest churches are: the Church of the Mother of God in Treskavica with a monastic monastery 667, the cathedral church of the archd. Stephen in Bansk, appointed builder for his burial, amazing with masses of gold 668, a cathedral monastery with hospitals in Prizren, its capital 669, the cathedral of Our Lady on the river. Gracanice 670, Church of St. George in the Kichavi district 671. Churches kr. Milyutin - Byzantine style, with four or 8 columns supporting a dome or cupolas, with frescoes of the Panselin school, with a baptismal sanctuary in the west; the southern column is still hung with hair cut at baptism and reminiscent of the baptismal vow - a wonderful distinction 672! Milyutin also built churches of prayer and houses of charity in foreign places. In Constantinople he built a church and with it an extensive hospice house, and lands were assigned for their maintenance. Churches of St. were built in Thessalonica. Nicholas and the Holy Trinity 673. Hilandar was especially provided with it, although other monasteries of Athos were not forgotten 674. “How often,” says a new Western writer and, moreover, a Protestant, “Western writers laughed at the many Serbian monasteries! But the state of the Serbian rulers fell and the monasteries founded by them, connecting the nationality with religion, contributed most to the preservation of both; rightly explain the transition of the Bosniaks to Islamism by the fact that in Bosnia there were fewer monasteries than in Serbia... The monasteries of the ancient kings were revered by all Serbian tribes” 675. – This lesson of history should especially be reinforced by Luther’s dull disciples, who unconsciously repeat words of dissatisfaction with his monasticism, while history exposes their disagreement with the Gospel. The historian of the blessed king and his confessor writes: “The poor and beggars came to him not only from his fatherland, but from overseas countries and from the islands and from the city of Jerusalem. Strangers came to him from Asia, the lame, the blind, the sick, and no one ever left without help. It's hard to know how much money he gave away. When night fell, the wonderful sovereign took off his royal clothes and, putting on simple and holey clothes, and covering his face, went with two or three faithful servants to look for poverty, giving money to some, clothes and food to others. – He firmly remembered the words inspired by God: blessed is he who looks upon the poor and wretched; on the day of cruelty the Lord will deliver him... We also need to know the exploits of Milutin, known to us, - the confessor continues, - exhaustion of the body, night vigils, warm tears, a kind and friendly disposition. His wealth in silver, gold, cattle, horses, fields is innumerable. And yet all this did not change his good soul and pride was not accessible to him until death” 676. - Blazh. Milyutin, with all his happiness, maintained the simple life that his father loved. The following case is remarkable. Mikhail Paleologus, who learned from the pope to use all sorts of means to achieve a goal, wanted to deceive the core into his union. Urosha. He sent a magnificent embassy to Serbia and with him his daughter, offering her as a wife to the king’s son Milutin. “What is this? What is this for? - the king said to the magnificent embassy. “We are not used to this kind of life.” And pointing his hand at a girl dressed very simply and sitting at a spinning wheel, he continued: “This is the outfit we dress our daughters-in-law in.” The clever ambassadors trampled, trampled, and turned their shafts back to give Mikhail the unenviable name of a fool 677. The pious king came close to death due to a serious illness that befell him in the palace of Rome and died on Oct. 29, 1320 678, was buried in the Bansk monastery, in accordance with his long-standing desire 679. – Two and a half years later, after several signs, the coffin was dug up and the king’s body turned out to be incorrupt, so much so that not a hair of his head had slept. – His relics were placed in a rich shrine and transferred to the magnificent Church of Sophia, built by himself 681. The blessed king's mother, Elena, was, by all accounts, also an exemplary Christian. She was smart and kind, led a temperate and pure life. In Scutar, where she lived after her husband, she built houses for poor villagers, monasteries for virgins, and instilled in the local residents the fear of God. So, near Spich, she built the Rech Monastery and endowed it with land 682. Before her death, in old age, she accepted monasticism, and died on February 8. 1306 Her body was buried in the Gradece monastery by Archbishop Savva 3 in the presence of the king's son. Three years later, the body was found incorrupt and Bishop Pavel of Russia placed the shrine with the relics in the church in front of the iconostasis 683. Life of St. Andrew, described by the Sofia priest Nicephorus, his confessor, for example. in. Act. Sanct. Maii, append, ad t. VI p. 1–111. Short description in less than 2 Oct. Parts of it are in different numbers of the October prologue. Complete Life in the Menaion of Macarius. The writer says: “I described the wonderful and glorious life of the most pious and holy Father Andrew, collecting and presenting in the order that I saw partly with my own eyes, and partly I learned from Epiphanius.” Vershinsky Monthly Book pp. 156, 157, 329. Debolsky Days of worship I, 129. Sunday read 1838 p. 321. Dobrokhotova Ancient Bogolyubov pp. 22, 23, 105. Everyday worker of the 13th century. in the Rumyantsev Museum No. 284. But it is not in either the Ostromir or Mstislav Gospels. Izv. acad. X, 114. Undolsky Contents of the Menaion of Macarius, page 7. In the Serbian monthly book of the 13th century. (The Worshiper of the Mountain p. 311) does not have this holiday. According to the life of Paraskeva Ave., on the outskirts of Constantinople there is a Bulgarian Church of the Intercession of Our Lady. See Oct. 14 d. But Du Cange does not show the Pokrovsky monastery in the Irakli suburb, where there was a monastery of the life-giving spring. Constant, lib. 4 rub. 174, 183. Only in Cyprian’s Serbian collection of 1721 is it written: “Oct. on the 1st day, cover the Most Holy Theotokos.” Glasnik IX, 245. Zap. geogr. total XIII, 210. In present-day Slavonia. About the migrations of the Serbs in 1481–1526 from the right to the left bank of the Danube; see Popov: Serbs in Austria (Russian Bulletin, May 1865) pp. 264, 265. Synaxarion and service in Serblyak 1861. In the picture of St. Stephen is called a despot and is depicted in a despot's robe. But the synaxar does not say that he was a despot. Raicha 4, 338. Popov in the Bulletin of 1865, p. 265. “Prayer singing in memory of St. cr. Stefan Decanskago” page 33. Belgrade 1850 His suffering from the RKP. Printed on the Forerunner Monastery. in Athonite Patericon 2, 306–318. See about him Athonite 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 bringing the relics to Athos, and also on May 1. Patericon of Athos 2: 306, 318. Pachymera History, pp. 517, 518. St. Petersburg. 1862 This message was found by Fr. Porfiry: Conversations of P. Photius, p. 99. St. Petersburg. 1864 Grigorovich has 93, 89. The Venerer of St. mountains 40. Grigorovich rightly believes that the charter of the imp. Leo, inscribed in the zographic chrisovul c. Dushan, belongs to the monastery, which was later annexed to the Bulgarian Zograf (Putesh. p. 93); but it still remains unknown by whom and when Zograf was created for the Bulgarians. Slavic manuscripts of Zograf in Grigorovich pp. 62–73. In the Fan, pp. 327–340. About the ancient monasteries of Athos, testimony of acts from Grigorovich, pp. 87–90. Mountain Fan has 38–40. Avramovich (Antiquities p. 82) has a letter to Zograf of the Bulgarian king John Yasen in 1192; another charter from the Bulgarian Tsar Alexander in 1342. Athonite Patericon I, 233. A special legend is printed. in the book: Mental Paradise, Iver. mon. 1668 Grigorovich (p. 90) indicates in the Hilandar manuscript the story of the ruin of Athos; but it is not known whether this is the same as what was printed in the Iveron Monastery. The humane deeds of the Latins on Athos are also shown in the letter of Protus to c. to Vasily Vasilyevich, written around 1445 (eg in 9 volumes of the Chronicle of the Activities of the Archaeological Commission, p. 31). It is said here about the Zographians that for their firmness in faith they were strangled by fire in the tower “and now the relics of those are consecrated by the imams.” The Vatopedi abbot urged his people to leave the monastery; the best obeyed him and left with the abbot; the stubborn remained and gave themselves over to the Latins; since they were anathematized by the abbot, after death their bodies lie black as coal. The time of the event is stated here in such a way that it was after the end of the power of the Latins over Constantinople. Devotee of St. mountains page 322. The confession was found and published by Fr. Porfiry: Conversations of Photius, pp. 99, 100. After that, of course, they will no longer raise doubts against the ruin of Athos by the papism of 1283, as Grigorovich in Putesh had hitherto doubted. 91 and Worshiper of the Mountain p. 322. Life of St. Maximilian, described in the XIII century. Potava Presbyter, ed. int, script, rerum avstr. T. 1 and with Hansen's explanations: Germania sacra t. 1. Extracts from Weiss: Leben d. Heiligen V. 14, 546–555. Leben u. Werken d. Heiligen, B. 2. 427. Regensburg 1840. Warnefried: Karniolia slavorum mater, slavorum regio, quae Zellia vocatur VI, 52, IV, 40. News of Strabo, Ptolemy, T. Livy, Pliny - from Chertkov: Thracian tribes in Italy, Temporary. 16 hours 69–86, at Savelyev in Slavs. collection 123–135. Dionysius the Periegetus: “Noriki, Pannonians and Myses, living on the southern side of the Danube, all of Thracian origin, immigrants from northern Thrace; all the banks of the Istra, along its entire course, are inhabited only by Fraks.” P. Gregory wrote to the bishop of Salon in 600: de slavorum gente, quæ vobis valde imminet, affligor et contristor; affligor in his, quæ jam in vobis patior; contristor, quia per Histriæ aditum jam in Italiam intrare cæperunt. About the Khorutan Slavs Safarik Ancient. III, 83–110. Weiss, Leben d. Heligen 14, 552. Hauffler, Sprachkarte d. östeirreich. Monarchie, Pelth 1846. Part of the teaching above. Sreznevsky in Antiquities of Prokhorov, 1864, p. 124. In Kanisius Antiq lect. VI, 113 ed. lngolst, in the life of Rupert: “St. Maximilian from Zelya was an excellent ruler of the Lerch church... He came to his homeland and here he lost his head.” In the additions to Usuardov’s martyrology, the Grevenian martyrology: “October 12. Maximilian of Lerch, bishop and martyr, who under the emperor. Kare and the Nymerians received the crown of martyrdom... then transferred by the Bavarian count to Potavia, it is highly revered.” Molanovo edition: “in Zele (Celeno_e), which is in Panonia, Maximilian, Lerch bishop and confessor; his body was transferred to Lerch by Rupert, the Bavarian apostle (590), who built many churches in his honor: finally in Potavia (on the Drava River) he was transferred by the imp. Henry 2" († 1024). Patrol. 124, 569, 570. Weiss, Leben d Heiligen VI, 140–144. Martyrol. Adonis p. 260. Usuardi p. 19–22 (Lat. Patrol, t. 123.,124). Note on the martyrdom of St. Kirina ed. in Ruinart: Acta Martyrum Sinc. 3, 165–172. Weiss, Leben. d. Heiligen zu 4 June. In the acts, the prefect of the first Pannonia is Amantius. In Prudentius: Hic sub Galerio duce, qui tunc illyricos sinus urgebat ditionibus. Since Illyria included both upper and lower Pannonia, Galerius was also the commander of Maximus; the latter, not having the right to the life of the defendant, sends the defendant to Galerius. The prefect of Illyricum was called both Amancius and Galerius: two names for one person is a common thing. Chronicon b. Hie onymi ad an. 310: “Kirin, the bishop of Sis, dies gloriously for Christ. For when he was thrown into the river with a millstone around his neck, he floats on the surface for a very long time, talks to the audience so that they would not be afraid of his example, and barely reaches the point of being immersed through prayer.” Prosper in the Chronicle of St. Kirina: cum sociis gloriose pro Christo interficitur. – In Jerome’s martyrology on the same day as St. Kirin: in Sabaria oivitate Rustuli cum aliis duobus. Wiltsch Kirchl. Stati t. 1: 42, 129. On the state of Orthodoxy and papism in the coastal cities of the Adriatic - “Orthodox eparchy in Dalmatia” in the Serbo-Dalmatian Magazine for the summer of 1850, Zagreb pp. 1–50. Life of St. Paraskeva described by P. Euthymius around 1385. in Glasnik VIII, 131–141, but according to a list in which the sheets are broken, and the publisher did not bother to put them in order. Tsar's list No. 135. Slightly modified by St. Demetrius in the fourth quarter of October. 14 days Wiltsch kirchl. Statistik 1, 425. Leonis expositio ecclesiarum p. 46 ed. Tafel. The legend of the “kingdom of the Greeks was exhausted by the scepter, by the permission of God the Romans.... the reigning city was lost, all the holy judgments were taken without cold, and also the honorable relics of the saints, the crown of all the utensils and all the royal estates and everything, just say, the beauty of the city. Let go and forgive everything... To the pious Tsar of Bulgaria John Asen, the son of the old Tsar Asen, I am horrified by those barks, and even more so in time to find it safely, jump on the wicked hordes of bravery and take all the Macedonian monstrosities, and also Ser’, etc. Macedonia and Thrace were taken from the Latins and Greeks by Old Ash, and not by the son of Old Ash. The son finished his father’s work: he restored the Bulgarian nation, using almost no drastic measures. Stritteri Bulgarica § 267; 274, 277–281. Prologue Oct. 14. Izv. acad. VII 153, 154. Church of St. Petki is now a mosque. Grigorovich 173. In Tsarsky No. 135, “the legend of how the saint was quickly brought to the glorious Serbian land, copied by Gregory Tsamblak.” In the list of Russian cities of the 14th century: “I will visit the country of the Danube, Trynov, where St. lies. Friday". Daskalova's discovery in Ternov, in Chten. total ist. 1859 book. 2. Grigorovich's journey. 173. P. Nektarios (in replies to the papist Peter), listing the saints of modern times, writes: “we also know the new Paraskeva, honored with blessed celebrations throughout Bulgaria, but her body was transferred from Constantinople to Moldova and heals, as we ourselves saw, many.” About her martyrdom - Christian. martyrs in the east, pp. 275–279. The description is compiled from the words of the confessor, Fr. Timofey. Life of St. Hilarion is described by P. Euthymius. Izv. acad. VII 155, 156; at Tsarsky No. 614, 719. In the prologue Oct. 21 only the news of the transfer of his relics to Ternov. Shown in the life of St. Hilarion, the Bulgarian Archbishop Eustathius is not shown in the well-known list of Bulgarian archbishops (Rosenkampf on Helmsman note 73). One must assume that he was the predecessor of the archbishop. John Komnenos. Anna Komnena, Alexiada cap. 14, says that Tzimiskes thought to see in the Paulicians a stronghold “against the northern Scythians,” i.e. Russians; but those “being a freedom-loving and rebellious people” soon made themselves known to the empire by riots, “everything around Philippopolis became heretical” Glick East. 4,624. Mglin was considered at the same time as Edessa (Chertkov about the chronicle of Manasi 124, 134), but erroneously. Edessa among the Slavs Vodin. Tafel de Thessalonica r. 308, 309. So says the head of the Bogomils, Nikita, in 1167 at a gathering near Toulouse. Sandii Nucleus hist. eccl. p. 390. Colon. 1676, Slavs of Drahovichi and the Diocese of Drahovichi between Thessaloniki and Bereya. Tafel de Thessalonica r. 59. Safarika Ancient. III, 368–370. Rainer (Summa de catharis et Leonistis †1252) among the 16 Bogomil communities shows the following communities: Slavonia, Bulgaria, Dugunitiæ - Dragubitiæ; then it was added: “but all of them came from the last two.” Kozma already distinguished between these two sects: “the devil, the creator, is called man and all of God’s creation (the old theory of dualism). They denounce the other angels who have fallen away and commit unrighteousness” (softened dualism). Ordo de Bulgaria and ordo Durgutiæ - in Schmidt: Histoire des Albigeois ou Cathares 1, 58. The founder of a softened dualism was the priest Bohumil; The Dragovichi party adhered to the old dualism and lived partly near Thessaloniki, partly in the Philippian diocese. Safarika Antiquities II 362, 369. Narratio de bogomilis ed. a Gieselero, Götting. 1842. L'art de verifier les dates, Par. 1818 t. ad an. 1140, 1143. Kinnama reign of the Komnenov pp. 67–69. Allatii De consensu eccl. 2,678. Later, under the Bulgarian Tsar Boris, at the Council of 1210 it was decided to pronounce anathema to the Bogomils on the week of Orthodoxy, as well as to wish peace to the Bulgarian archpastors: the patriarchs of Preslav and Ternov, the metropolitans of Cherven (Ruschuk), Lovech, Sredech (Sofia), Ovech ( Προβατον - Pravod), Drister (Silistrian), Ser, Bdin (Viddin), Philippopolis, Mesemvrian; Archbishops of Ohrid; to the bishops of Velbuzhd (Kyustendil), the Battle of the Danube, Belgrade, and Nishev. Temporary book. 28. Ed. acad. II, 111. Another book. Boris wrote in a letter to P. Nicholas: Multi ex diversis locis christiani advenerunt, qui prout voluntas eorum existit, multa et varia loquuntur, i. e. Græci, Armenii et ex secteris locis. Kinnama East. pp. 192, 195–200. St. Petersburg 1859 Prologue Oct. 21. Tsarskoe No. 563 has service on Oct. 21 “for the transfer of the relics of St. Hilarion, Bishop of Meglin." Description music page 539. Daskalova Openings in Ternov - on Thursday. total ist. 1859 book. 2. pp. 6, 7. Grigorovich 174, 175. Glasnik XI, 193. Serblyak. Prokhorov Antiquities 1864 Tetr. Oct 8 28 “robes and crosses”, i.e. priestly chasuble with crosses, polystavrion, as the inscription says; and in the picture Arseny is in a robe. The Tronoshsky late chronicler (Glasnik V: 40, 41) presents the matter as if the attack of the Hungarians, on the occasion of which Sava sent to look for a new place for the archbishopric, took place in the absence of Sava to the east and, however, in the cr. first crowned. This is confusion. St. Savva went to the east after the death of the first-crowned. Meanwhile, neither under Radoslav nor under Vladislav are there any visible Hungarian attacks on Serbia; on the contrary, Vladislav took Srem from Hungary. Raicha 2,374. Zap. geogr. total XIII 309, 310. Nowadays the Pech church is in honor of the Ascension of the Lord (Western Geographical Society XIII, 172), but the original one was in honor of the apostles. See note. 58. In the afterword to the six-day i. Exarch Theodore writes: “in l. 6771 (1263) – under the grandson of St. Simeon and under the son of the first-crowned King of Serbia, Stefan Urosh, under Archbishop Arseniy, a book was written with the command of “Dometian, Hieromonk, then future confessor of his brotherhood of the Hilandar Lavra.” Kalaidovich Exarch p. 164. According to Serblyak’s synaxarion, he ruled the church for 30 years. Glasnik VI, 26–28. Zap. geogr. total XIII 173, 174. In Rajic 2, 455–457. The thief Milyutin speaks about this in his letter. The suffering of St. George - in Letop. archaeogr. commissions. According to Glasnik XI, 39 in the Serbian RCP. “The Life of God-Bearing Stephen, the Rightful Scepter of the Kingdom of All Serbian Lands” by Milyutin. This life, with the replacement of Serbian expressions with Slavic ones, was published in Serblyak. – It was written no earlier than 1360 and therefore not without errors. See note. 58, 62. and December. 20 approx. 26. The Chronicle (Glasn. V, 49–58) shows Dragutin's management in excellent form. He speaks about the relationship of the son to the father as follows: the Hungarian king Vladislav gave his daughter away to Dragutin so that the father, after the marriage, would transfer control to his son Dragutin and the condition would be accepted by Urosh. When Uros did not fulfill the conditions and thought to transfer the throne to Milutin, the Hungarian king started a war, his army forced Uros to retire to the border of Serbia, and the Serbian army passed to Dragutin. The time of Urosh’s death in the chronicle is 1270. Glasnik XI, 146; V, 59. On coins Dragutin appears as follows: first-much. Stefan gives Stefan Dragutin a banner with a star at the end; king without a crown, in a robe. Glasnik III, 212–214. Words of Daniel in Rajic 2, 423–429. The Tronosh Chronicle (Glasnik V, 56–58) also says that the king of Srem a) built several canals; b) built the Rana monastery above the Drina, the Lovnica monastery, decorated with green marble, a church in the Nevesinsky area; c) his wife created after him the Tronoša monastery in the Jadar district; d) his sons built the monastery in the zvorniki district. Tamma. - Another chronicle (from Safarik, Memories 2, 52) about Dragutin: “you are inflamed for the love of God and for Orthodoxy, to live a life pleasing to God, to love others, to honor the elders, to drink the young, to practice righteousness and the truth, and to strengthen your body with this fasting and prayer.” – Hilferding: “in the church (St. George’s Pillars) to the right of the door there was a tomb with the relics of King Dragutin, in the monastic life of Theoktistus, the renovator of the monastery of St. George’s Pillars. They lay unharmed long after the monastery was abandoned, until the sacrilegious hand of some Novopazar Christians, the Znobichs, stole them for sale in parts.” Zap. geogr. total XIII, 140. “Good life. King Stefan of Srem, monk Theoktistos,” written by George the Grammar, in Serbian. RKP. It says here: “The end of this blessed month came to pass.” March on the 22nd day." Glasnik XI 39, 41. Service of St. Milyutin in Serblyak glorifies both brothers of the kings and their mother Elena. Serbian companions No. 24. This agreement was renewed 5 years later by another charter, 1281 No. 31. According to the life of Milyutin, “he was a ruler and autocrat since the year 1275.” See October 10 o'clock. Daniel's genealogy, repeating the words of the letter, calls imp. Michael was a man of blood, a man of evil faith. In Rajic 2, 441–445. Daniel in Raich 2, 112–350 adds little to the news of the letter. Pachymer 2: 45, 174 and Nikephoros Gregoras Hist. 1: 98, 113, 125 only in general terms indicate these wars of Serbia; They tasted so good to the Greek taste. – Stritteri Serbica § 81, 85. The Greek notes that Michael’s successor allowed the mercenary army to enter Serbia most of all out of fear that otherwise restless crowds could embark on plunder in the empire. Milyutin’s life: “rushing to the Serbian land, for the sake of captivity, - otherwise, I was scattered, hastening to the Lord.” Daniel: “against so much multitude and strength, I have not done so much harm to the pious fatherland.” – Athonite Patericon 1, 232–234. See October. 10 hours. Mikhail Paleologus died suddenly at the end of 1283. Pachymer, Prince. Chapter 6 36. The life of Milyutin, “with his forces as far as Khvostno, not far from the Pechsky patriarchy, which he wanted to capture.” Genealogy in Rajic II, 452–457. Ždrelo is a narrow valley between parallel mountains through which a river flows, in the Pozheravichi district. Glasnik IV, 192–194. Raich's guess about the time of the war against Kudelin and Dreman (2, 454) is not correct; this war must be attributed to 1291; moreover, it is more than likely that these wealthy aristocrats of Dragutin acted on the suggestions of Shishman, who was jealous, as Daniil says, of Milyutin, and after their destruction wanted to take possession of their inheritance. Hammer Purgalt Besch. d. goldene Horde S. 271–273. Tronosh. years. in Glasnik V, 59. Daniel and Gregoras in Rajic II, 496–482. About Novak Grebostrek, from the Komnenov family, Glasnik XII, 434–436. Certificate printed in Grigorovich pp. 32–45. She reached without end and therefore without a year. But since it talks about the war with Persia in 1303 and the king calls the emperor his father-in-law, it must be assumed that it was not written before 1304. About the time of the war with the Greeks, Pachymer in Rajic II, 463. Gregoras and Pachymer (Stritteri Serbica § 83–91) fight with all their might to close, either with silence, or with smart words and slander, the empire humiliated by Milutin. Their slander is too vulgar. However, Pachymer and Gregora’s anger at Milyutin is understandable. But it is strange that not only Reichel (Western archaeological society I 352, 353), but also Maikov (Ist. Serbian language, M. 1857) repeat the slander of famous people about Milyutin’s polygamy. Why is this so? They wander after Du Cange, while in Du Cange’s outdated work there are now errors on almost every line. Maikov even became entangled in contradictions: he either says (p. 226) that Milyutin married Elisabeth of Hungary, or calls (p. 231) Dechansky, Elisabeth’s son, the illegitimate son of Milutin. Maikov thinks that Milyutin, for political reasons, allowed himself to do things offensive to Christian morality. - No, a sincere Christian king could not be so frivolous. The law of Christ is above all for him. And the policy that Maikov likes is the most unreliable policy, followed only by pathetic fools. Maikov is so strange that he writes: “Milyutin married the sister of Dragutin’s wife Ekaterina.” Why, not even a single priest would agree to officiate such a marriage, not just an Orthodox priest! The Serbian priest knew the law of the first-crowned - he also read the Bible. According to the ancient life of St. king, Catherine, the wife of Dragutin, was the daughter of the Hungarian king Vladislav, and Elisabeth, the wife of Milutin, was the daughter of Cor. Andrei the Venetian (Serblyak l. 55). In addition to Tsamblak (Glasnik X, 41), all chronicles name Dečanski as the son of Milutinov’s first marriage, which took place in 1271 (Raich II 439, 440. Glasnik X, 265; I, 165; V: 61, 68; XI, 147). In the inscriptions above the wall images, Milyutin’s first wife is called the beautiful Elena (West Geographical Society XIII 139, 140, 148, 236); but the wife of Tsar Dushan, the sister of the Bulgarian Tsar Alexander, was called either Ragozna (in Orbini and Luccari), or Elena (in inscriptions and letters). The name Elena was the favorite name of the Slavic queens. Raich II, 487. The betrothal of K. Milutin to Simonida was carried out by the Ohrid Archbishop Macarius in 1300, and the marriage was postponed until Simonida was of marriageable age (Pachimer de Andronico 4, 4). Tsamblak in the life of Dečanski: “Let no one take me, this I hear, to praise Stefan and that worthy and shining one of our words of dishonor. Let there be no such placelessness. Such a father, as a pious and right champion of the faith with the light of the imams, and as from that God with the incorruptible power we worship and kiss, the illumination is acceptable... We denounce the hedgehog’s agreement with the devil. And you are subject to a small penalty: before you listen to that unmerciful person, give up your firstborn to the court.” Glasnik XI 47, 48. Also the chronicle in Glasnik X, 265. The Life of Milyutin shows Milyutin to be completely right and his son to be completely guilty. An awkward technique for a biographer! Lies don't make anyone look good. Milutinović (History of the Serbian people I, 135–147. Beograd 1833) writes: “if we judge impartially, it is clear that both father and son have sinned; the son because he raised his hand against his father, and the father because he did not free his son from the penalty of blinding.” Milutinovich supplements his court with the news that, as a son, it was not without reason that he trusted the enemies of the Greek party; So the father fought against the intrigues of the same party, returning Simonide’s brothers to their mother. – Dečanski’s opinions about Simonida’s party were also justified by the events that followed Milutin’s death. - Blessed Milyutin, in relation to his son, was definitely carried away by the malicious slander of Simonides’ party. Such is the earthly holiness of people! Raich II 487, 488. Tronosha Chronicle. in Glasnik V: 60, 67, 68. Here hostile relations towards Dubrovnik refer to events that followed 1303. Venice sent ambassadors and a letter to Milutin in 1309 (Glasnik XI 321, 326). The pope's letters about the union were written in 1308 (Monumenta slavorum merid. pp. 124, 127. Acts of the history of Russia from foreign archives 2, 353–362). – Who lied against Milutin, as if he expressed a desire for union, as the pope wrote, whether the Ragusin ambassadors who delivered Milutin’s message to the pope (Marcus Luccari and Tryphon are obviously Ragusinians), or along with them the papal college, which always conscientiously and humbly explained the courtesy of the sovereigns, remains unknown; but what is certain is that Milyutin never wanted union; - he did not like papism and, with all his meekness, embarrassed him even in Ragusa - the double tax he imposed on the Ragusan papists was abolished only by Dushan (Tronosh. years. 67). – The king repaid the pope’s troubles by confirming his grandfather’s gift to the Mletti Benedictine monastery (Avramovich Memorial No. 52). Momirovich East. Serbia pp. 11, 12. St. Petersburg. 1839 Raicha II 500, 506. Maikov p. 230. About Treskavica, Dusan’s letter: “his grandfather and parent - visited with good alms.” Glasnik XIII, 369. On the current state of Grigorovich 137–139. The chronicle - “Ban's gold - is not found anywhere” (Safarika Memoriam. 61). Another chronicle (ibid. 53): “St. hello. Chr. Stefan at the city of Zvečani, which is Banska, where his holy relics lie and decorate all the walls with gold, so that you can wash it or be gilded.” Tronoshskaya letop. “Many churches and hospitals were created in Prizren” (Glasnik V, 60). Life: “in its capital city of Prizren there is a church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary and many hospitals (erected).” Daniel in Rajic II, 494., “creating the Church of the Dormition - as the bishopric of Prizren says.” Gift. letter from K. Milutin Gračanice, printed. in Izv. acad. VII, 155–159. The king writes: “having seen the destruction and decline of the church of St. Mother of God of Gračanica, Bishopric of Lipljana, - created it from the foundation, painted it, decorated it from the outside and inside... Here I am Stefan the sinner, King Urosh the second, I am writing this chrysovul. These are the people who were called by Bishop Ignatius... In Suhogrel, who are inscribed in the chrysovule, I took and gave to St. Nicholas, the bishopric of Debra... Give the land according to your mercy, whether to the bishopric of Prizren or Lipjana.” Tronoshskaya letop. “a new six-trulled (with six domes) on the Reci Gračanica sozida.” Glasnik V, 60. Life: “in the Kuchi region the church of St. great George with precious utensils." Daniel in Raich II 494, 496 indicates three more churches in Skopje - Three Hands, c. Konstantin and M. Nikita, in Serava church. St. George, in Nagorichny St. George, in Studenica St. Joachim and Anna, in Orahovica St. George. The Life also adds the church of God’s wisdom in Sredets. Sl. letop. in Glasnik V, 60; X, 146. Memorial. Safarika 2: 53, 60, 61, 70. Serbiens byzantinische Monumente – von Kanitz 1862. Hilferding about Gracanica in the West. geogr. total XIII 236, 237 about the Sopochansky church, which was restored by K. Milyutin: “on the outer wall of the bell tower there is a wonderful picture: some are cutting stone, others are kneading lime, others are carrying water; above one, which controls the work, is written: “Vasta”; in another place there is an inscription: “agonisate” - strive. Here are the costumes of the Serbian common people from the 13th century.” pp. 146, 147. Letop. at Safarik in Memory. 2: 53, 60, 70. In the Solunsk monastery of St. Nicholas, the Serbs lived back in 1185, as can be seen from the words of Eustathius of Thessalonica (Tafel de Thessalonica p. 142). Now in Thessaloniki the Church of St. Nicholas τ. αρχοντων, i.e. Serbian kings. Grigorovich 104. “The King’s Hospice House” in Constantinople is also known from Greek manuscripts. Da-Cangii Constant. Christ R. 263. In Bar in 1319 in honor of St. Nicholas Milyutin arranged a silver icon of the saint with silver candlesticks (Glasnik VII, 95). In Kareya, the Gospel of 1316 with the postscript: “our lord Stefan the king, son of the great king Urosh, unuk of the first-crowned king Stefan Nemanja, who created many victories, commanded these books to be written under Archbishop Osmos Savva, by the hand of George the clerk Radoslav 6824 (1316)". – Grigorovich p. 28; four letters of Milyutin to Hilandar from Avramovich in the Description. ancient No. 2, 6, 3, 4; Grigorovich pp. 41, 45, 46. Two in particular are remarkable (Avramovich no. 2, 3). Here Milyutin says that he built a pier at Hilandar in Chrusia, large and strong, fenced with a wall, to protect Hilandar from sea robbers; inside the walls is the Church of the Ascension of the Lord and cells, of which one is for the king himself; the elder who manages the feast is elected from the Hilandar brethren and communities by the council, and is not removed from management without guilt; The village of Kutsevo with all its income is given in favor of the feast. The first charter of 1302. Life of Milyutin: “first of all, the Hilandar church, having destroyed it to its foundations, created and decorated a larger one.” Also Daniel in Raich 2, 489. Ranke East. Serbia p. 47. M. 1857 Genealogy in Rajic 2: 478, 492–499. Pachymera East. pp. 322–326. St. Petersburg 1862 Raicha East. 2, 399–402. The year of his death is determined by the accession of his son to the throne, which followed on January 6. 1321 Gregoras (in Rajic 2, 413) also writes that K. Milyutin died in 1320, having previously forced his father-in-law to send Simonida to him, who did not return to him after the death of her mother. Raicha East. 2: 496, 510 and the life of Milyutin. Another indication of some chronicles (not all, see pr. 90) is an error. Daniel at Rajic 2, 518. In Gračanica his image is: an old king with a long gray beard. Also in mon. Yuryev's Pillars (Western geog. general. KhSh: 236, 139). Probably at the same time a service was written for him, for October 30 (in Grigorovich, p. 33; in Glasnik XI 38, 39; in Tsarsky No. 563). The relics are still in Sofia... Grigorovich p. 161. Serblyak l. 57, 58. Luccari saw them here and wrote that his hair was also incorruptible. Milyutinovich East. I, 143. In the West acad. III, 365, ex. Chrysobul 1313 cor. Milyutina. Here the king says: “I enclose this with St. to the monastery of the Mother of God of Ritcha - Dubrovin... from Spis... which my lady Kralitsa Elena gave to my mother, looking for... she gave it and wrote it down.” Raicha 2, 408–410. On the wall of the Sopochansky church is depicted “Sveta Elena the monk”. Zap. geogr. total XIII 147, 151. In the ancient Serbian manuscript (Glasnik XI 39, 40) “a life pleasing to God and an immaculate life are our pious and Christ-loving ladies, the blessed monks of Helena.” This is from Danilov’s genealogy (Rumyants. music. p. 156). Sl. pr. 58.