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St. Agripina, a Roman maiden, suffered in Rome during the Valerian persecution, 258. She was scourged naked with sticks until her bones were broken and finally tied with ropes so tightly that she died in agony. The pious Christian women Vassa, Paula and Agathonica transferred her body to Sicily, to the town of Menae near Syracuse, and buried her there; and during the reign of Constantine the Great, her relics were placed there in the church dedicated to her name. † Repose of St. Artemy Verkolsky Righteous Artemy was born in the Dvina district, on the river. Pinega, in the village of Verkole, in 1532. His parents, Cosmas and Apollinaria, raised him in the fear of God, and from the age of five he, more than could be expected from his age, shunned everything ordinary in a worldly, sinful life - he was quiet, meek, God-fearing, but he was obedient to his parents; he shared farming activities with them as much as he could, according to his strength. Once when he was 13, he was in the field with his father. Suddenly a cloud appeared, thunder erupted, and Artemy fell dead, although lightning did not touch him, as was found out later. His body was laid in an empty place, in a pine forest, unburied and far from the church: the opinion of simplicity considered him to be under the judgment of God. The righteous youth died on June 23 (1545). 33 years have passed since then. The cleric of the village of Agafonik walked through the forest, past the place where the body lay, forgotten by everyone. He saw a light over that place, approached and found the incorruptible body of the youth. As the rumor spread about this, the peasants gathered, carried the body and laid it in the porch of the church of the saint. Nicholas. God glorified the relics of the righteous man with miracles. That year, a malignant fever raged in the Dvina district, and many died from it, especially children. The son of the villager Kallinik greatly saddened his father with his illness: his father prayed, then he went and took a piece of birch bark that covered the incorruptible Artemy, put it on the chest of his dying son, and the sick man became healthy. The delighted father told about this in the village and they began to flock with prayers to the righteous youth. When transferring the relics from the porch to the chapel, the woman who had a relaxed baby placed it on the coffin of the blessed one, and the baby’s hand immediately became stronger. A peasant and a peasant woman who suffered from eye problems received health and clear vision from touching the sacred shrine. Many others received healings from various diseases. - Metropolitan of Novgorod. Macarius testified to the relics of the righteous man in 1610 and blessed them to be transferred to the church itself, to the village of saints. Nicholas. At the same time, the service to Blessed Artemy was composed. The righteous one continued to do good. A resident of Kholmogory, Hilarion, was driven to despair by grief over the loss of his sight and wanted to commit suicide. On the very day of remembrance, St. Nicholas appeared to the suffering youth with a staff in his left hand and with a cross in his right and, making the sign of the cross, said: “Get up, Christ is healing you with the hand of His servant Artemy; go to Verkola, venerate his coffin and tell everything to the priest and peasants.” Hilarion fulfilled the order and received his sight. - This was in 1623. The son of the Mezen governor Afanasy Pashkov also received healing from Artemy and - the grateful father built a church in honor of St. near the church of the saint. martyr, the same name as the righteous Artemy. 30 years later, both churches burned down. - Under Tsar Alexei Mikhail. it was allowed to build a monastery on the spot where the relics were found, and in 1649 St. the relics were transferred to the monastery. On the occasion of fires, they were taken out of the monastery church three times. In 1793, a stone church was built and consecrated in honor of the righteous Artemy Verkolsky. The memory of the righteous man is honored on June 23 and October 20, 230. † Memory of Rev. Joseph Zaonikievsky 16 miles from Vologda and closer to it there was once a dark forest; in 2 ver. From the present-day Zaonikiev Hermitage, the great Belozerskaya road ran from Moscow through this forest. In this forest there was a hangout for a gang of the robber Anika, who robbed and killed people on the Belozersk road; the famous robber left his name to the forest, where his grave is still shown 231. In this forest, on June 23, 1588, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God appeared to the pious Hilarion, healing him from a long-standing illness. The grateful Hilarion accepted monasticism with the name Joseph and founded a monastery with a church at the site of the appearance of the icon. Thus, the Mother of God sanctified the place of robberies and robberies with Her appearance so that it would be populated by singers of the glory of God, day and night sighing for sins and the heavenly homeland. The most sincere singer was St. Joseph. He left the management of the monastery to another, and he himself, covering his exploits with foolishness to exhaust his flesh, carried stones or sand and earth in his bosom; in severe frosts he walked barefoot; stood whole nights in his chapel in prayer; under his clothes there was a hair shirt so prickly that blood flowed from under it. Many laughed at his strange appearance, but he bore everything kindly. He lived like this for 25 years. On the eve of his death, having received the Holy Mysteries, the blessed one was filled with spiritual joy and remembered the blessings of God shown to him, including the miraculous appearance of the icon and also his healing. In the morning he said to one of the brethren: “Tell Fr. Abbot Theodosius to lay my sinful body in the chapel that I myself built.” And at that same hour he gave up his spirit to the Lord. The relics of St. Joseph, who died in 1612, rest in the Zaonikiev Hermitage 232. Feast in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God For the second time, the celebration of the icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir Right. The Church performs it in thanksgiving for the deliverance of the fatherland, through the invisible intercession of the Mother of God, from the Horde Tsar Akhmat, in 1480, under the Grand Duke John III Vasilyevich. Akhmat, the king of the Golden Horde, went to rob and ruin Moscow and had already reached the Ugra River, which the Orthodox called the belt of the Mother of God, protecting Moscow's possessions. Moscow was afraid; The Grand Duke's mother and his son left for Rostov for safety. The prince, strengthened by the advice, prayer and blessings of the saints, fought for the faith and fatherland against enemies. Meanwhile, through the intercession of Rev. Mother of God, a marvelous deliverance of the fatherland has taken place. The Grand Duke ordered his troops to retreat from Ugra. Fear fell on the Tatars, and they, thinking that the Russians had set up ambushes for them, began to retreat, at first quietly, slowly, and at night they fled, driven by fear alone. This deliverance from Akhmat was a complete overthrow of the Tatar yoke from Russia. In gratitude for the final liberation of Moscow and the fatherland from the vilified yoke of the Tatars, through the intercession of the Mother of God, on June 23, 1480, like the first, the celebration of the presentation of the Vladimir icons of the Mother of God, with a procession to the Sretensky Monastery, was established. RKP. the life and miracles of the righteous Artemy with services to him, compiled under Metropolitan Macarius, Synod. RKP. XVII century No. 868 and 590. Service to him at Tolstoy 3, No. 58 Prologue October 20. Poem about Anika with a story ed. in 1 volume chronicle. Rus. litt. 1859 Glory to Our Lady III. 1, 63. East. Hier. IV, 134. 135. Vologda. diocesan led 1864, pp. 12. 74, 1865, pp. 410–415. 451–454. 462. In the book of miracles: “this Right Reverend (Paul, 1717–1725), zealous for the Lord Almighty, who is in the city of Vologda. First, Father Galaktion (Sept. 24) in the Spiritual Monastery ordered the service, stichera and canon of sweet songs to be sung and the prayer service at the tomb (Venerable Joseph) to be sung.”