Память святых благоверных князя Петра и княгини Февронии, в иночестве Давида и Евфросинии, Муромских чудотворцев

This pious prince Peter 4131 came from a pious and holy family 4132, was raised in the Orthodox faith and chastity in the city of Murom 4133 and ruled his principality, observing strict justice in everything. When the time came, he married the blessed princess Fevronia, who also came from a pious family 4134 and was carefully instructed in piety. Being thus both holy and righteous people, blessed Peter and Fevronia loved purity and chastity and were always merciful, just and meek. They delivered from the power of those who offended those who were offended, they worthily honored persons of monastic and priestly rank, giving them material benefits, treated the poor with great mercy and diligently practiced fasting and abstinence. Desiring, according to the word of the Lord, to inherit the land of the meek 4135 and to gain for themselves the eternal bliss of the righteous, they, in addition, and in everything else, greatly pleased Christ with their good deeds. Having then reached venerable old age, blessed Peter fell into bodily illness and took monastic vows, and in monasticism he was given the name of David. After this, having been a little ill, he reposed with firm faith in God in the Kingdom of Heaven. In exactly the same way, the holy princess Fevronia, fulfilling her sincere desire, took monastic vows, receiving the monastic title of Euphrosyne and, like her husband, reposed with unshakable faith and a clear conscience, surrendering her soul into the hands of God 4136. Thus, both holy spouses inherited the land of the meek, which they had so desired from their youth. After the death of blessed Prince Peter, the nobles and boyars mourned him as a father, the townspeople as their intercessor and protector, the poor widows and those without food as their feeder and helper. The honorable bodies of the saints, the prince and princess, were celebrated in triumph by all the inhabitants of the city and buried in one coffin in the city of Murom. To this day, the saints, through their honest relics, perform miracles for the glory of God to those who turn to them with faith 4137. As you were of a pious root, most honorable, having lived well in piety, blessed Peter; So also with your wise wife Fevronia, who pleased God in the world and was honored with the life of the saints; With them, pray to the Lord to preserve your fatherland without harm, so that we may unceasingly honor you. The reign of this world, and contemplating temporal glory, for this sake you lived piously in the world, Peter, together with your wise wife Fevronia, who pleased God with alms and prayers. Likewise, even after death, lying inseparably in the coffin, you invisibly give healing; and now pray to Christ to preserve the city and the people who glorify you. Saint Peter - David, Prince of Murom, was the second son of Murom Prince Yuri Vladimirovich. He began to reign in Murom after his elder brother Vladimir Yuryevich, taking control of the principality on December 18, 1203. The ancestor of the Murom princes, Prince Konstantin Svyatoslavich, canonized; his memory is celebrated on May 21 Murom in ancient times was the center of the northern Rostov-Suzdal region, now a district town of the Vladimir province. There is a legend that the holy princess Fevronia was by origin a simple villager, the daughter of a “tree-dweller beekeeper” from the village of Laskovaya, Ryazan province. Saints Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia died on the same day, June 25, 1228, and according to His Eminence Philaret, their death falls on April 25, 1228, and the 25th day of April is recognized by them as the day of their death, and June 25th as the day of the opening of the relics. Their glorification began at the beginning of the 16th century, and at the Moscow Council of 1547 it was necessary to celebrate their memory locally. Subsequently (probably from 1552) this celebration became widespread. “Blessed David and Euphrosyne,” says the Right Reverend Philaret, “in their lives they were a model of Christian marriage, ready to endure all hardships for the sake of the Gospel commandment about an indestructible union. And now with their prayers they bring down heavenly blessings on those entering into marriage. This is what many experiences in their afterlife show.” You might be interested in: