Память преподобного Кирилла, Новоезерского чудотворца

The Monk Cyril was born of pious and wealthy parents in the city of Galich in 1183. While still a teenager, Kirill felt an irresistible desire to be a monk. Secretly leaving his parents' house, Cyril left Galich for the Obnora River 1184, to the monastery of St. Cornelius 1185, which he had heard about from his parents 1186. On the way there, Kirill saw an old man adorned with gray hair. When the elder asked where he was going, Cyril answered that he was going to the monastery of St. Cornelius. Having approved his intention, the elder ordered him to go there with him. The next day, the two of them approached the monastery of the Monk Cornelius. Not reaching the monastery a little, the elder, having given instructions to the youth, prayed for him for a long time and then, pointing to the monastery with his hand, said: - Go, child, to blessed Cornelius, and I will ask blessed Cornelius to accept you as a monk. After that, the elder blessed the boy and became invisible. Looking around and not seeing the elder, Cyril realized that it was God’s visit, and thanked God for this. Arriving then at the monastery, the youth with tears begged the Monk Cornelius to accept him as a monk into his monastery. Foreseeing in him the chosen vessel of the Holy Spirit, Cornelius accepted him with love and tonsured him into the monastic rank 1187. The young monk completely devoted himself to God and with ardent love began to perform the feats of monastic life. Kirill's parents searched everywhere for a long time and, not finding him anywhere, cried about the deprivation of their son. A few years later, the parents learned that Kirill was staying at the Kornilieva monastery. In the 12th year of Cyril’s stay there, his father came there and took monastic vows with the name Barsanuphius, and after some time news was received about Cyril’s mother that she, having lived virtuously and piously, also died in monasticism with the name Helena. Kirill's father, having lived in the monastery for three years in fasting and prayer, reposed in the Lord. After the death of his parents, the Monk Kirill began to strive even more diligently, applying labor to labor, working both in the cookery and in the bakery and going around all the monastery services. Striving for the highest perfection, the Monk Cyril decided to lead a hermit’s life in the depths of the forests. With the blessing of Saint Cornelius, he went north to walk through the deserts; his food consisted of various herbs and roots, and pine bark; He saw animals more often than people. From there he came from time to time to the Novgorod and Pskov regions and there he worshiped holy places, praying to the Lord to show him a place for permanent residence. By heavenly direction, Blessed Kirill went from there to Beloozero 1188, and then went to the Tikhvin Monastery 1189, in the name of the Most Holy Theotokos, where he prayed to God and His Most Pure Mother for three days. The Mother of God appeared to him in a dream and ordered him to go to New Lake. From Kobylina Mountain the monk saw the Red Island, overgrown with forest, in the middle of the lake. On this island, Cyril saw a pillar of fire in the place where the monastery now stands, from which he understood that that place was indicated to him by God and the Most Pure Mother of God. Arriving on that island, the monk settled there under a tall spruce tree, making a hut for himself out of its branches. Here the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said that this place had been prepared for him by the Lord. Having awakened from sleep, the blessed one walked along that island and saw traces of human feet near his hut. Following these tracks, he reached the village of Shidnem, and asked the peasants of this village for permission to settle on that island; Having received what he asked, he built himself a cell there. The next year, he built two small churches here: one in the name of the Resurrection of Christ, and the other in the name of the Most Pure Mother of God Hodegetria. During his stay on the island, the monk labored diligently in fasting and prayer, enduring many misfortunes and sorrows from demons and evil people. Over time, many brethren gathered around Cyril and a monastery was founded on Red Island, known as Novoyezerskaya 1190. Having reached a very old age, the Monk Cyril was rewarded by the Lord with the gift of clairvoyance and miracles. Before his death, the monk predicted the disasters that were being prepared for the Russian land. “There will be,” he said, “in our land there will be rebellion between people and great troubles, the strong wrath of God will be shed, many will fall by the sword, and others will be taken into captivity.” When his disciple Dionysius approached him and began to ask the monk: “Tell us, father, and then what will happen?”, the monk answered him: “After this, I saw the Tsar sitting on the Throne and before Him two young men with royal crowns on their heads.” And the Lord gave them weapons in their hands against their enemies, and all the kingdoms of the earth will worship Him who sits on the Throne, and our kingdom will be pacified and established by God. “You, fathers and brethren,” added the saint, “pray with tears to God and His Most Pure Mother for the power of the Russian kingdom. Having received the Holy Mysteries and protected himself with the sign of the cross, Saint Cyril gave up his spirit to the Lord on February 4, 1532, and was buried in the monastery he founded 1191. Nowadays a county town in the Kostroma province on the low-lying southeastern shore of Lake Galich The Obnora flows through the Vologda and Yaroslavl provinces and flows into the Kostroma River. The Monk Cornelius founded a monastery in the Vologda Komel forest, 5 versts from the city of Gryazovets. This monastery is known under the name of Korniliev Komelsky Vvedensky. St. Cornelius died on May 19, 1537; His holy relics also rest there. His memory is May 19. This monastery was located 80 miles from the city of Galich. Kirill was then about 20 years old. Belo-Ozero is located in the Novgorod province, on the border of Kirillovsky and Belozersky districts. The Tikhvin Mother of God Assumption Monastery is located in the city of Tikhvin, Novgorod province. Founded on the site of the appearance of the icon of the Mother of God, known as Tikhvin. The Kirillov-Novoezersky Monastery is located on the Red Island of New Lake, 30 versts from the city of Belozersk, Novgorod. lips In the monastery sacristy there is an altar cross, written, as legend says, on the wood of the coffin board of St. Cyril. The relics of St. Cyril were found incorrupt in 1649 at the founding of a new church, built according to the vow of the boyar Morozov, who was saved from troubles. According to the definition of the cathedral, they were examined by Vologda Archbishop Markell; and in 1662, on August 22, they were transferred in a shrine to a new church, where they now rest, exuding miracles. Finding the relics of St. Kirill is remembered on November 7th. You might be interested in: