Память святого благоверного князя Константина и чад его: Михаила и Феодора, муромских чудотворцев

This holy, blessed Grand Duke Konstantin Svyatoslavich came from the family of Grand Duke Vladimir, who baptized the Russian land with holy baptism. In 1192 3386, together with his sons, princes Mikhail and Theodore, from the glorious city of Sheva, he came to the Ryazan land to the city of Murom. At that time, pagans lived in this city, not yet enlightened by the knowledge of the true God 3387. Long before the holy Prince Constantine, his relative, the son of Grand Duke Vladimir, the blessed Prince Gleb, who was assigned to take possession of the city of Murom, made a lot of efforts to take possession of it and persuade its inhabitants to accept holy baptism, but he could not do this and lived for two years away from him at a distance of two fields 3388, and then Svyatopolk deceitfully summoned him to his father, and on the way he was killed 3389. And this holy, noble prince Constantine, with his sons and the army that was with him, entered into battle with the Murom people near the city itself, and a very large battle took place, in which the noble prince Mikhail was killed. After this, he again entered into battle with the inhabitants of the city and, after winning over them, took Murom into his own possession and began to reign in it. First of all, he built in the city, in the old mountainous part of it, the first church in honor of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, and buried here his murdered son, the blessed Prince Michael, and then converted the pagan townspeople to the Christian faith and baptized them with holy baptism. Having thanked God for the success in this matter, the holy prince subsequently built many other churches 3390 and established an episcopal see in his city. Having then spent his life in true faith and integrity in everything, always being a defender of the poor and orphans, he soon departed to the Lord. His death caused great sorrow to the people. Everyone mourned him like a father and buried him at the Church of the Annunciation, which he built, near his sons, the noble princes Michael and Theodore. Subsequently, a relative of the holy prince Constantine, the blessed prince George Yaroslavich, restored the original Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 3391, and from that time the Lord glorified the holy princes, Constantine and his sons, since miracles began to take place at their tombs. Many years after this, in 1553, the blessed Tsar and Grand Duke of All Russia John Vasilyevich, going on a campaign against the wicked Tatars to the city of Kazan, entered the city of Murom and stayed here for two weeks. Having performed a prayer service at the tombs of the holy wonderworkers, he promised to build a monastery if he returned from the campaign with victory. With God's help, he took the glorious city of Kazan and, returning to his royal city of Moscow, ordered to build a stone church near the tombs of the holy wonderworkers. And when they began to dig ditches for this church, they found the relics of the holy princes intact and not at all damaged. After the construction of the church was completed, a special place was built in a niche of the church wall, where their holy relics were placed. The noble Tsar and Grand Duke John Vasilyevich, the autocrat of all Russia, then ordered the Ryazan Bishop Gury to consecrate the newly built church and sent various church utensils for its consecration. The church was consecrated, a monastery was built next to it, and this event was celebrated with triumph. At that time, many miracles took place at the tombs of the holy princes, which are performed to this day for the glory of Christ God. Constantine today cheerfully rejoices 3392, standing before the throne of the Holy Trinity, seeing his fatherland, shining with spiritual masque 3393, followed by Michael and Theodore, his sons: and all three pray together for our souls. To the eminent governor, and to the orthodox prince Constantine, together with his son, his fatherland cries out in boasting, having his chief and protector: as if he had been delivered from the charms and filth of idols. For this reason, we cry out to him: Rejoice, most blessed Prince Constantine. Konstantin-Yaroslav Svyatoslavich was the youngest son of Svyatoslav Yaroslavich, first the Prince of Chernigov, and then the Grand Duke of Kyiv (1073–1077), the grandson of Yaroslav the Great and the great-grandson of Saint Vladimir. By the verdict of the princes at the Lyubech princely congress in 1097, Murom was approved by Konstantin-Yaroslav. After Saint Gleb, he was the first prince of Murom and the ancestor of the subsequent house of princes of Murom and Ryazan. Saint Constantine reigned in Murom from 1096. until his death in 1129. The indication in the Prologue of the year 1192 (1092?), as the year of the arrival of the holy prince in Murom, should be considered erroneous. Murom - the center of the northern Rostov-Suzdal region, now an insignificant district town of the Vladimir province - in ancient times belonged to the settlements of Finnish tribes, such as the Murom, Merya and Mordovians, despite the fact that the city was inhabited by pagan foreigners, it had a Spassky Monastery that already existed to this day. In the Laurentian Chronicle he is mentioned under the year 1096. There is reason to think that it was founded by the labors of the Chernigov bishops, since Murom belonged to the inheritance of the Chernigov princes. Field is a measure of distance of 690 fathoms. They think that, having met resistance from the Murom people, Saint Gleb settled on the Ishna River, 12 versts from Murom. The death of Saint Prince Gleb followed in 1015. His memory is celebrated on September 6. So, he built a church in the name of Saints Boris and Gleb. The restoration of the Annunciation Church by Yuri Yaroslavich dates back to 1351. Those. joyfully triumphs. Those. professing the Orthodox faith in Christ and striving in Christian piety. You might be interested in: