Преставление благоверного князя Иоанна Угличского, в иноках Игнатия, вологодского чудотворца

Holy Blessed Prince John was the son of the Blessed and Christ-loving Prince Andrei Vasilyevich of Uglich 3308 and the Blessed Princess Elena. He received holy baptism in the city of Velikiye Luki 3309 and, having reached age, soon learned to read and write. He had a meek and peaceful character, did not like children's games and, observing moderation in everything, lived in his father's house until he was thirty years old. At this time, the enemy of the human race, who hates good, instilled in Grand Duke John Vasilyevich of Moscow 3310 hatred of his own brother, the noble Prince Andrei Vasilyevich of Uglich and his sons, this John and Demetrius, and he ordered them to be seized, put heavy shackles on them, taken to the city of Pereyaslavl 3311 and imprisoned. After this, they were transferred first to Beloozero 3312, and then to the city of Vologda 3313, where, imprisoned in chains, they lived under strong guard for many years. Blessed Prince John Andreevich, distinguished by his wisdom, consoled his brother, Prince Demetrius, and said to him: - Brother! Do not grieve that you are imprisoned and suffer from these shackles. God inspired our uncle, the sovereign Grand Duke John Vasilyevich, to do this to us in order to benefit our souls, for through this He made it impossible for us to care about the vanity of this world. Let us pray to the Lord God that He would send us His mercy to joyfully endure our suffering in His name and get rid of eternal torment. Having thus acquired peace in his suffering and sorrow for his sins, the holy prince remained in prison and in chains for thirty-two years, and finally, becoming very ill, he felt the approach of death. He called to him from the Spassky Monastery of Saint Demetrius 3314 abbot Misail and received monastic tonsure from him, and he was given the name Ignatius. Joy and gladness filled the soul of the blessed prince when he put on the rank of Angel. Having partaken of the most pure Mysteries of Christ, he made the sign of the cross and reposed in the eternal abode. This happened on the nineteenth day of the month of May 1522 3315. After the death of the reverend prince, a fragrance came out of his body, which filled the entire city. Then the residents of the city prepared his body for burial, took it for burial to the monastery of the Venerable Father Demetrius of Prilutsk, to the Church of the Most Merciful Savior and buried it under the altar near Demetrius the Wonderworker, at this place the saints still provide healing to those who come to them with faith. The city of Uglich, now a district town of Yaroslavl province, is located on the Volga River. The city of Velikiye Luki, until the 15th century was called simply Luki, without the adjective “Great”, is one of the oldest Russian cities: it is mentioned in the Novgorod Chronicle under the year 1166. Nowadays it is a district town in the Pskov province, located on both banks of the Lovat River and on Dyatlovka Island. Grand Duke John III Vasilyevich reigned in Moscow from 1462 to 1505. He suspected his brother Andrei of treason because the latter did not send troops to help him against the Tatars, and for this he imprisoned him and his family. During the time of Saint Prince John, there were two cities named Pereyaslavl in northeastern Rus'. One was located in the current Vladimir province and was called Pereyaslavl Zalessky, and the other was in the current Ryazan province and in 1778, with the formation of the Ryazan governorship, it was renamed Ryazan and made a provincial city. The latter was founded around 1095 by the Murom prince Konstantin Yaroslav Svyatoslavich, and Pereyaslavl Zalessky in its current location was founded in 1162 by the Suzdal prince Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgoruky. One might think that the place of imprisonment of Prince Andrei and his family was Pereyaslavl of Ryazan, since around 1513 it mentions a prison, which was surrounded by a wooden wall. Belo-Ozero - now Belozersk, a district town in the Novgorod province. The prince-brothers were transferred to Belo-Ozero after the death of their father on October 7, 1443. Their mother, Princess Elena, died even earlier, in 1442. Vologda, now a provincial city, is located on the Sukhona River, a tributary of the Northern Dvina River. Here, of course, is the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery, founded in 1371, 5 versts from Vologda by the Monk Demetrius, who was the first to introduce a hostel in the Vologda region. The memory of St. Demetrius is celebrated on February 11. The reverend prince died at the age of 45. You might be interested in: