Diary. Volume XXIV. 1881–1883

I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII • XIX • XX • XXI • XXII • XXIII • XXIV • XXV • XXVI Thanks to Varvara Ivanovna and others. Con. 1881, 1882 and 1883 until November 20. On May 1, 1883, Matrona Ivanova (Morozov House, Novaya Street) was given “Lives of the Saints”, [September] third. Burachok has the works of St. Gregory the Theologian. Anna (Kalinin) has a collection and “Leaf of Athonite”. S.-Pb., Pryadilnaya street, house No. 9, apartment No. 33. Ekaterina A. Ratch. Petersburg. Furshtadtskaya street, house No. 14, apartment No. 9, Natalia Vasilievna Fidelina. Bolshaya Podyacheskaya, house No. 4, apartment No. 12. Mikhail Evgenievich and Alexey Petrovich Kiselev. Liteiny Prospekt, house No. 18, apartment No. 13. Fidelin. (Buy two cheap but strong chairs for the kitchen on November 10, 82.) Buy Gatsuk calendar 1 for 1883. We need to go to the Saltykovs at the suggestion of Mother Marfa Nikitishna Saltykova 2. November 21, 1983. Fidelin Ivan was given a loan of ten rubles until June 20, 1883. “Christian reading” for 1840, 1843 and 1844 buy at the Theological Academy. Pavel Stepanovich Burachk was given books to read - St. Gregory the Theologian's creation, February 28, 1883. Romanov “Lives of the Saints”, [September] third, 1883 March 2nd. Fidelina Ivan – “Dogmatic Theology” by Macarius. Nadezhda Egor. Alekseevna - “Conversations” of Metropolitan Gregory 3. Isakov - “Philokalia”. The dressmaker, the priestly widow Alexandra Alekseevna, was given a loan of ten rubles until April 25. March 10th, 1883. Anastasia Osipovna has the book of Abba Isaiah. Anna Vysokaya’s “Soulful Reading,” December 1882 (given March 12, 1983). Kiselyovs. Petersburg, Bolshaya Podyacheskaya street, house No. 34, apartment 12. Grigory Fedorovich Kovin. St. Petersburg, Semenovsky Regiment on the corner of Zabalkansky Prospekt and Maly Tsarskoselsky, Krivonogova building No. 33 and 32, apartment No. 8. March 9, 1883. Vergozhi, Vasilyevsky Island, Sixth Line, house No. 49, apartment No. 25. Shubin Vasily Ivanovich. [...] Ilya Vas., Spasskaya part, fourth section, house No. 4, apartment 18. [City of Arkhangelsk], second part, house of Mrs. Marya Ivanovna Scholz, with transfer to Marya Petrovna Sharkunova. On July 3, 1883, the book “The Flower Garden” was given to the girl Anastasia to read. [Fisherman] Smirnov in Old Peterhof. Andrey Davydovich (come) to the dacha. In favor of the Kiselevs, Mikhail, Alexandra and the children of Mikhail and Maria, serve an early mass next week (at the end of November or next week at the beginning of December). I never eat at twelve o’clock or earlier (or later), but eat at three o’clock, because my stomach is accustomed to this, and it becomes very difficult for me if I eat at the designated (twelfth) time: I become unwell, the heat in my stomach and throughout my whole body is unbearable. The property of true love is not to fall away from love, and Mrs. Ratsch has this property. May the Lord reward her. When presenting the science of worship, it is imperative to mention the names of saints by different names: forefathers, prophets, apostles, saints, martyrs, saints and righteous. Speaking about Angels, mention their ranks and [names] and that there are still many faces unknown to us, that they all love us and pray for us. There will be more joy in heaven... [Luke 15:7]. God! Our ill-wishers widened their lips, laughing at the cause of charity in the House of Diligence; It is true that it is really built, as it were, on sand, for lack of capital. But You, Lord, be our capital and do not disgrace us who hope in You. Stop the mouths of our ill-wishers. Lord, treasure of good things, ever-flowing source, inexhaustible wealth, pour out Your bounties on us like rain. Wake up! Amen. November 21, 1883. (Conversation with Nik. Al. Rykachev on November 20 on the ship to St. Petersburg.) Away with all friendship for the multi-passionate flesh, hostile to God and to myself, my immortal soul, created in holiness and truth, in the fiery love of God. Be gone, nest of sin. November 23, 1983. I thank the Lord for the varied and numerous help in serving Him against the countless deceits of the devil, and I especially thank you for the grace during the service of the Liturgy at the ninth hour in the Assumption Church from the Veshkurtsevs and for the non-judgmental communion of the Holy Mysteries, for the wonderful victory over the enemies in boldness in many ways, for the sweet peace, freedom and lightness of the spirit, for spiritual sweetness. Oh, that we are in heaven; and from You what did I desire on earth; My carnal heart is gone, and my flesh, O God of my heart, and my portion, O God, forever [Ps. 72:25–26]. I thank the Lord for the power of His name over the demons who tormented the woman Anna from St. Petersburg, from Peski, who came to me, and even more so to the Lord, with her husband, who had hitherto been tormented by a demon with a restless cough and whom no doctors could help. When she came to the Lord and to my apartment, evil demons began to torment her greatly, not tolerating His grace, and she began to scream terribly, especially when I laid my hands on her with the stole and began to pray for her. The whole house screamed. It was at twelve o'clock in the afternoon. Then in the evening, before Vespers in church, before I came there and then, when I approached her, she again began to scream terribly and began to beat her, and especially after Vespers, when I read incantatory prayers over demons. She lay face down, poor thing, and screamed terribly; Finally, at the end of the prayers, she began to be baptized and stood up, raised by her husband, and expressed a desire to confess and partake of the Holy Mysteries. I thank the Lord for His grace upon my unworthiness. God! Write my name in heaven, grant me to despise everything earthly and corruptible, and especially 4 sin with its countless branches. I thank the Lord for the success in serving the prayer service at Agrippina Geras. in the house of Semin (Evlampia Petrovna Shlyapnikova). But because I untimely drank a glass of wine here and tasted raw salmon, I lost the grace-filled help at Volkov’s prayer service and served with extreme difficulties. At the end of the prayer service, I secretly begged the Lord, and He forgave my sin, took away the oppression and shame from my soul and granted peace and boldness for faith and repentance. Glory to His mercy! I sinned before the Lord by not giving alms to the poor late in the evening, but only giving ten kopecks to one, saying that I had no more (meaning small money, whereas I had paper rubles). I was upset at the frequent begging and therefore did not give. Forgive me, Lord, my stinginess, my hardness of heart. They waited for me in the cold for a long time. Alexey Alekseevich Gatsuk (1832–1891) was the first private publisher of calendars in Russia. He published the “Calendar of the Cross” for the people (published from 1865 to 1917), and starting in 1872 he began publishing the “Complete Calendar” in hardcover. The Complete Calendar was a reference book with a wealth of information. For example, the present and non-present days of the week were indicated there; astronomical, meteorological and geographical information; a list of the most important government orders for the previous year; composition of the population by class and religion; Russian government spending for the next year; Russian imperial and royal orders; index of the most important events in the history of the Slavs; a list of persons of the reigning family in Russia; daily index of events in Russian history; information about the acquisition of lands by the Russian state since the time of Ivan the Terrible; list of remarkable discoveries and inventions, etc. It also contained a list of all Orthodox holidays and fasts, indicating church services, months, a list of miraculous icons and revered relics, etc. The calendar published prices on railways and shipping lines, exchange rates, a list of all fairs for the current year, a list of bankrupt enterprises, etc., and provided legal information: rules for compliance with the passport regime and registration, citizens' rights, etc. We are talking about the family of the dean of the Kronstadt military churches, the rector of the Vladimir Fortress Church in Kronstadt, Archpriest Vasily Vasilyevich Saltykov. Gregory (Postnikov; 1784–1860), Metropolitan of Novgorod and St. Petersburg. In 1814 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, where one of his mentors was St. Philaret (Drozdov), who had a great influence on him. Since 1819 - rector and ordinary professor of the St. Petersburg Academy; maintained strict order at the Academy, improved educational programs, and improved the financial situation of students; taught theological sciences, Holy Scripture, and participated in the translation of Holy Scripture into Russian. His lectures were distributed in printed and handwritten form to many religious educational institutions. The works of Metropolitan Gregory laid the foundation for official spiritual journalism in Russia: in 1821 he founded one of the first spiritual magazines in the country, Christian Reading; in 1855, the Orthodox Interlocutor magazine began publishing in Kazan; in 1857, the Spiritual Conversation magazine, intended for the laity, was founded. In 1822, Gregory was consecrated Bishop of Revel, vicar of the St. Petersburg diocese. In 1825 he was appointed to the Kaluga See, where he began to actively engage in missionary activities among the Old Believers. In 1832 he headed the celebration of the discovery of the relics of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh. In 1848 he was appointed Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk. He paid special attention to missionary activities, took care of strengthening the common faith, and headed a committee to translate liturgical books into the Tatar language. At his insistence, missionary departments were opened at Theological Academies and Seminaries in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, and Kyiv. Bishop Gregory was a major specialist in the history of the Old Believers. His book “The Truly Ancient and Truly Orthodox Church of Christ” (1854) was published four times during the saint’s lifetime. In 1856, he was elevated to the rank of metropolitan and transferred to the St. Petersburg See, and from that time on he was a first-present member of the Synod. Metropolitan Gregory was a tireless preacher; he preached at every service, addressing the listeners with simple, brief, but succinct instructions. Metropolitan Gregory was a member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (since 1821), an honorary member of the department of Russian language and literature (since 1841) and the general meeting of the Academy of Sciences (since 1856). He led a strict ascetic lifestyle and was distinguished by generous charity. He was buried in the Holy Spiritual Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Mostly (church glorified) - especially. Mostly (church glorified) - especially.