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Holy Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop. Pergamon In the apocalypse of St. The Apostle John says that the Lord in the revelation of St. John commanded him to write to the seven angels, that is, the bishops of the seven Asia Minor Churches. At the same time, mention is made of Saint Antipas, who was the bishop of the Church of Pergamon. “And write to the angel of the Church of Pergamon,” the voice of John was heard, “I know your deeds, and that you live where the throne of Satan is, and that you uphold My name, and have not denied My faith, even in those days in which among you, where Satan lives, My faithful witness Antipas was killed” (Rev. 2:13). From these words referring to Antipas' successor in Pergamon, it is clear that Antipas was put to death for his faith. Appointed bishop by John the Theologian at a time when paganism still reigned everywhere, Bishop Antipas had to wage a stubborn and difficult struggle against the prevailing belief. Finally, during the persecution raised by Domitian, he was taken as a distributor of the persecuted new teaching and presented to the ruler of the city. -Are you Antipas? - the hegemon asked him, - who not only does not obey the royal decrees, but also teaches others not to honor them... The priests report that pagan temples are emptying, they complain about the scarcity of victims, they say that the angry gods have ceased to patronize the city, in which the honor due to them is not given... “Those gods who demand offerings from people are powerless,” Antipas objected, “and therefore they are false gods; to believe in them is a delusion... The truth is to believe in God Almighty, Christ, who came down from heaven to save the human race... – What is this new faith? Faith in Christ, Whom Pilate crucified as a villain! Leave, elder, this faith, for the sake of which the ancient worship of God, sanctified by centuries, has been forgotten! Obey the king's commands... Abandon your crazy faith. Think about living out your life in peace and honor, as befits your advanced years... “It would be madness if, approaching my death, I renounced the saving truth that my mind, enlightened by the study of the Divine Scriptures, comprehended. Realize this truth yourself if you don’t want to die... The pagans, excited to the point of rage by the words of the saint, seized him, dragged him to the temple of the goddess Artemis and there, having heated a copper bull 91, threw the confessor of truth into him... The suffering of the martyr was great, but he, courageously overcoming it, only prayed... He thanked God, who had chosen him to suffer for His holy name, prayed to Him for the whole world and for his persecutors, asked God for the grace of healing from illnesses for everyone who remembered his name in prayer, and, making the sign of the cross, gave up his soul to the Lord. “The relics of the saint,” says a resident of Pergamon, describing the martyrdom of Bishop Antipas, “are placed in this place of Pergamum, where we, gathering, give thanks to God, that the place where the torment took place shines with miracles to this day, and many healings are performed in it.”92 In one prologue, St. Antipas is credited with healing especially toothaches. This belief is ancient and very widespread. In our ancient monthlies to the name of St. Antipas usually adds the remark: “Whoever has the grace from God to heal a toothache,” and in the legend about which saints should be prayed to in what cases, he is also given a special prayer for toothache. – In one of the ancient South Slavic church collections, Dechansky, there is also a special prayer to St. Antipas for a toothache: “I bring you a prayer, pray for me, a sinner, to the Lord God, for the remission of my sins, and deliver me from unquenchable toothaches with your prayers, O holy one.” The basis for such a belief regarding St. Antipas, it was undoubtedly the fact that he, both during his life and after his death, became famous for many miraculous healings from various diseases. Memory of St. Antipas for the second time - in the cathedral 70 App. 4th Jan. St. Muchch. Processa and Martiniana St. Muchch. Process and Martinian, who were guards in the Mamertine prison at the time, like App. Peter and Paul were imprisoned in it by order of Nero, and converted to the faith of Christ by the miracles performed in their presence by St. Apostles. For their confession of faith they were tortured and beheaded outside the walls of Rome on the Aurelian Way. Their bodies were buried with honor by blessed Lucila. They rest in the Vatican Cathedral. Peter's in the chapel named after them. (See “Complete Months of the East” by Archim. Sergius). h9 † Venerable JACOB of Zheleznobor Thirty miles from Galich, in a dense forest, near iron mines, a hermit lived (since 1392) in a secluded hut, and this hermit, through prayers, brought back to life the wife of the powerful ruler of Russia. It was Rev. Jacob, disciple of the great Sergius of Radonezh. The wife of Grand Duke Vasily Dmitrievich, Sofia Vitovtovna, suffered in childbirth and was near death. Rev. Jacob happened to be in Moscow then; he stayed in the monastery of John the Baptist under the pine forest, beyond the Moscow River - the Grand Duke heard about his holy life and sent him to ask him to pray for his sick wife. The monk answered: “Pray to God and His Most Pure Mother; Don’t grieve for the princess, she will be healthy and that same evening she will give birth to a son, your heir.” Sofia safely gave birth to a son, Vasily. This was in 1415. Grateful Vel. the prince gave the blessed Jacob has the means to build on the site of his solitary exploits, on an iron fence, a monastery with a church in honor of St. Forerunners, and allocated land for the maintenance of the monastery 93. The monk, a native of the Galich nobles Amosov 94, was a zealous planter of monastic life in his native land. Soon the zealots of solitude gathered to see him. He set up a strict dormitory - no one in the monastery called anything his own; his example inspired his students to a strict life; Following the example of their mentor, the students complacently endured need and sorrow; bliss Jacob taught them purity of soul and body, fasting, mutual love, humility and patience. The monastery of Jacob and its surroundings experienced a strong temptation in 1429. Gangs of Kazan Tatars devastated the outskirts of Galich, approached Galich and, without taking it, captured Kostroma on the very day of Epiphany, took many prisoners and left. - According to the chronicle, while the main forces of Moscow, without catching up with the Tatars, returned from Nizhny, the governors Theodore Dobrynsky and Prince Theodore Motley sailed along the Volga, caught up with them behind Nizhny, attacked, defeated, destroyed many and took away all the prisoners. “But,” the chronicle adds, honor to those governors, and after death, eternal memory” 95. The monk and his disciples moved away from the terrible storm into the dark forest. Upon returning to the place of prayer, he had to raise the monastery from the ruins. He now built a refectory church in honor of St. Nicholas, dug extensive ponds with his own hands; Now many poor and hungry people appeared in that direction; The monk fed everyone who came and helped as much as he could. After so many years of asceticism, the brethren begged him to be their abbot; he went to Moscow and was ordained there; He also received various benefits for his children there. At a very old age he suffered from a dying disease; He appointed a successor for himself from among his disciples and accepted St. as parting words for that life. Secrets 96. According to the RCP. Saints "teacher" Jacob, abbot of the Forerunner Monastery on the iron bore, Kostroma Wonderworker, reposed in the summer of April 6950 (1442) on the 11th day” 97. His holy body rests under cover in the monastery he founded 98. Grand Duke Vasily Vasilyevich in 1450, after the victory over Shemyaka near Galich, went to the monastery of Jacob to thank the Lord for his success 99. The monastery of the monk and after him more than once suffered from the Tatars and two of its abbots, Savva and Veniamin, died suffering; but his monastery still exists today 100. From the monuments we see that already in 1536, in the monastery of Jacob, its founder was honored as a saint of God, they called him the reverend father, and a little later they called him a miracle worker 101. Of the miracles that took place at his grave, the healing of the demoniac Niphon and the paralyzed Photius was especially remarkable. Niphon was possessed by an unclean spirit for many years, wandered in the forest and, when returned, tore his chains. Once the brethren, having caught him, dragged him to the tomb of Jacob; As soon as he touched the tomb, he came to his senses, fell with tears before the icon of the saint standing on the tomb, prayed to save his soul and body, and stood up healthy. - Photius, a rich man, swore to lie; then his face contorted and he fell into relaxation. He remained in this position for three years. His relatives brought him to the monastery of the monk. During the prayer singing, he loudly repented of his sins; at the same time his face straightened and he became healthy. This is the experience of the saint’s love for his monastery and monasticism. - Monk Theodosius, who had been lying paralyzed for three years, turned with a tearful prayer to the blessed one. To Jacob: “Father James,” he said in his soul, you give many healings at your tomb; help me too in my serious illness.” Suddenly, in the silence of the night, the monk appeared to him and said: “Give God a promise to remain in my monastery until death and be at my tomb.” The paralytic told the brethren about this; By order of the abbot, they brought him to the coffin, sang a prayer service, and the sick man himself kissed the coffin and became healthy. “As long as I live, I will not leave the monastery,” he said with delight, and fulfilled his promise. Of the three experiences of the saints healing the blind, one is especially remarkable. Blind Photinia, attracted by rumors of Jacob's miracles, asked to serve a prayer service and suddenly regained her sight. The abbot ordered her to stay clean for 40 days. She did not fulfill the commandment, and her eyes were closed again. In repentance, she came with her husband to ask for forgiveness at the tomb of Jacob, and again received her sight. The saint's miracles attracted many pilgrims and many benefactors to his monastery. The latter provided her with generous means of support 102. † St. Euthymius and Khariton of Syangzhem The Monk Euthymius, a native of Vologda, performed his initial monastic feats in the Spassky Monastery on Lake Kubenskoye. From here he moved to the river. Kubenka, 2 miles from Lake Kubenskoye, and in a small cell he worked for the Lord with fasting and prayer. When Euthymius ceded his solitude to St. Alexander, and he himself moved to the place of his exploits, to the Syangema River - Khariton came here to share his exploits in the desert. Rev. Euthymiy founded the Syangzhem Ascension Monastery on Syangzhem, 20 versts from Vologda. Rev. His teacher and student themselves dug the ground, planted vegetables, chopped and carried firewood and, thus exhausting their flesh, rose in spiritual life. The mentor stood in the church as if before the face of God, and tears of tenderness flowed from his eyes; He sang David’s psalms while doing needlework. – Before his death, he transferred control of the monastery to his disciple Khariton. - Interlocutor Rev. Alexander, who died in 1439, probably reposed in bliss no later than 1465, while his disciple Khariton died on April 11, 1509. Their relics rest in secret in the Ascension, now parish, church 103. † St. Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver Blessed Barsanuphius was born in 1495, in the city. Serpukhov 104 from Priest Vasily and in St. At baptism he was named Vasily 105. His father did not have enough time to teach his son to read and write, and he was given to a reverent teacher for instruction. Young Vasily was gifted with excellent mental abilities, “having a deep mind,” so he soon studied the psalter, which, according to St. Vasily, contains everything useful; Vasily learned church singing so well that he could sing correctly himself and control others. In 1512, the sons of Khan Mengli-Girey devastated the banks of the Oka River and captured many prisoners 106; Vasily was also taken prisoner. The situation of the prisoner was bitter; but the tears that he shed in difficult captivity were the same for his heart as watering for a tree. Knowing the psalms of David by heart, he cried out to the God of his fathers: “Thou art my Father, my God and the intercessor of my salvation (Ps. 89:27); deliver me from the hand of strangers” (Ps. 143:7). Prayer and contemplation of God not only eased his grief, but brought to his heart such consolation as he had not felt in his parents’ home. – Love for God grew in him, and with it devotion to His will. In this disposition of soul, young Vasily worked as an infidel with all zeal and learned unrequited obedience, patience and kindness. The fast, at first involuntary, became a matter of his will. – The tedious work of a slave occupied him all the time of the day, and he devoted the night to prayer, which became the need of his soul. – Always ready to serve, loyalty and pure life softened the heart of the barbarians; in another year of captivity they eased the burden of his labors and gave him some freedom. Vasily studied the spoken Tatar language; due to his talent, he recognized him so much that he could express his thoughts in Tatar writing. Not only that: now having more freedom, he studied the foundations of the Mohammedan faith, so that he could clearly speak both about the content of this faith and about its errors and delusions. A thorough knowledge of the language and faith of the Tatars fulfilled the wise purpose for which the Lord allowed his servant to be in captivity. And so, after three years of captivity, the father found the means to ransom his dear son from Tatar captivity. Vasily returned to his homeland; but his heart could no longer be carried away by earthly joys. The servant of God submitted himself to the yoke of Christ in the Andronius monastery and became a monk with the name Barsanuphius. Then he lived under Bishop Akaki of Tver in the rank of hierodeacon. Here and there he performed monastic feats with complete zeal. Rumors about his spiritual life reached Metropolitan. Macarius, and in 1544 he was ordained abbot of the Peshnosh monastery. – In this rank he was personally known to Tsar John, who in 1547 granted him abbot. Barsanuphius received a charter for the ownership of estates, and in 1553 he himself was in Peshnosh 107. When a new diocese was opened in Kazan (in 1555), Blessed. Barsanuphius, as an experienced mentor in monastic life and familiar with the Tatars, was sent to Kazan in the rank of archimandrite to found a new monastery there. Barsanuphius took with him good monks, tonsures of Peshnosha. The church in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord and fraternal cells were soon built; the new monastery, following the example of Peshnoshskaya, was set up as a hostel. The charter given “to the common monastery of the Savior by the many-sinful monk Archimandrite Barsanuphius, who was abbot on Peshnosh, is still intact; and it was written from the Peshnovsky Charter" 108. In the new hostel a blessing was introduced. Barsanuphius the spirit of sincere piety; his monastery soon flourished, so that under Metropolitan. Hermogenes already had up to 100 brothers in it. Blazh. Hermogenes writes that at the discovery of the relics of St. Guria and Barsanuphius, he “saw in that holy monastery not only these holy bodies, venerated by God by incorruptibility, but also foreigners and incorruptible worlds of many found, whose names are written in the books of animals.” Blazh. Barsanuphius served as a model of strict life for monks and laity. His handicraft was to sew Greek hoods, which he distributed to the brethren, asking for their prayers for him. By the will of Saint Guria, to whom he maintained complete obedience and filial love, he zealously worked to convert the Mohammedans to the Christian faith. After a holy life, he was helped in this feat by his knowledge of the language and faith of the Tatars and the art of healing illnesses. – Knowledge of the Tatar language made it convenient for him to enter into close relations with the Tatars, and a thorough knowledge of the teachings of Magometov, with his deep intelligence, made denunciations of his Mohammedanism irresistible. “The ability to treat illnesses attracted patients of all kinds to him, while illness itself opens the soul to all the best. to accept Christian thoughts; Moreover, Barsanuphius’s patient and selfless treatment of the patient inspired confidence in Barsanuphius not only in the sick, but also in the healthy. When Bishop Akakiy of Tver died († January 14, 1567), after the election of the council, Blessed. Barsanuphius was consecrated by Saint Philip as bishop of Tver. – Since Akakiy, due to decrepitude and illness, did little business for more than three years, 109 his successor had to work hard so that things would move forward without stopping and the disorders would be corrected. – According to the surviving antimension, in November 1567 the blessed one was consecrated. Barsanuphius Cathedral Church in the Tver Orshina Monastery; The time of consecration is not at all such that a 75-year-old elder could perform a long service without labor and violence. Reverence for the saints. Arseny Tverskoy, Barsanuphius found his panagia in Mikulin and placed it on him. In the inventory of Mikulin in 1602 it is said: “the panagia of the Holy Savior was taken from Mikulin by Bishop Barsanuphius to Zheltikov” 110. Blessed Barsanuphius, even in the rank of saint, observed strict fasting, and spent his nights in prayer, not only for himself, but also for his flock. And in Tver he treated bodily illnesses, and tried even more diligently to heal mental illnesses - passions. – The outrages of the formidable king were ferocious and wild: Saint Philip, who dedicated Barsanuphius, was not only deposed from the pulpit, but was also strangled in the monastery that Barsanuphius could see from the windows of his house. Was it easy for the blessed soul to look at this? In 1570, pestilence and famine raged in Russia. Weakened by his old age of 80, Blessed Barsanuphius felt that he could not lead his flock without some omissions, especially in such a terrible time. At the beginning of 1571, he abandoned the administration of the diocese and returned to the Kazan Transfiguration Monastery. At the monastery he continued his ascetic life. When he could not go to church due to decrepitude, at his request the disciples took him on a cart to the Divine service; He loved prayer and the praises of the church so much! His blessed death followed on April 11, 1576, at the 86th year of his life. The holy relics of Saint Barsanuphius were found incorrupt along with the relics of the saints. Guria, in 1596. Hermogenes’ story about how clerk Ivan Pankratiev was healed is amazing. He was so sick that he was close to death and called for the help of St. Guria and Barsanuphia. In a subtle dream, he imagined that he was entering the Kazan Cathedral. Saint Gury, who met him, wanted to take him by the hand, but in trembling reverence he fell at his feet. The saint, lifting him up, said: “Servant of God John! don’t grieve, you will be healthy; go, receive the blessing from my friend Barsanuphius.” Gury brought the sick man to Barsanuphius. “Brother Barsanuphius! bless John and deliver him from his illness,” said St. Gury. - Barsanuphius, blessing, said: “Do not grieve, son John, by your faith in God you will be healthy.” The awakened patient found himself healthy. And this is not the only experience of the brotherly love of the saints beyond the grave. “Go, kiss my brother Barsanuphius,” said St. in a vision. Gury to the sick Sumarokov. “He kissed it reverently.” – St. Gury then said: “Our Lord and God Jesus Christ, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, has mercy on you and is sending healing.” The patient became healthy. The soldier Varvara suffered greatly from a headache. Appearing St. Gury prepared her for death, but St. Barsanuphius begged to delay the time of death. Varvara woke up and found herself healthy and promised to go and thank the saints at their relics. Her husband and sons, who were going to the service, asked her to serve a prayer service to the saints for them; but Varvara did not fulfill either her promise or the request of those close to her soul. And she became sick again, to the point that they despaired of her life. Appearing St. Gury sternly told her: “Why did you forget about your recovery so quickly and did not fulfill the requests of your husband and children?” St. Barsanuphius again begged her to forgive her. – The patient who woke up felt relief from her illness and, hastening to serve a prayer service, completely recovered 111. “Love never dies,” said the Apostle. For afterlife matters of St. Guria and Barsanuphius see the same thing. Here in experiments we see that no holy feelings, no holy dispositions die there. Already according to the statute of the end of the 16th century. we see: October 3 “memory of Guria and Barsanuphius, Kazan miracle workers”; December 3 “repose of St. Guria, Archbishop Kazan."; April 11 “the death of Barsanuphius, the Kazan wonderworker” 112. And how could the Russian Church not celebrate the memory of the saints of the Mohammedan country? Their miracles, living and after death, are glory for Christianity and a denunciation of Mohammedanism. This is an obvious truth, a truth irresistible by any Mohammedan force of mind and sword. Miracles are the work of the Almighty alone. – The Almighty never acts contrary to His wisdom and holiness. Therefore, if He reveals His power through the best confessors of Christianity, this means that He recognizes the Christian faith as the best faith and wants people like him to recognize it; this means that He wants to establish and spread the Christian faith throughout the universe, as a high faith in its content, as a faith capable of transforming and perfecting humanity. This is what He says to people through His deeds - miracles. No Mohammedan has the right to deny the reality of such a miracle as the incorruption of the relics of St. Guria and Barsanuphia. Let him come and look. A miracle before his eyes. Gury and Barsanuphius lived with his ancestors, but they lived as the most zealous preachers of Christianity and denouncers of Mohammedanism. If they are glorified by incorruption; if by the power of God they perform miracles even after death, then their living faith is glorified in them; their glory is the glory of Christianity. Will a Mohammedan find anything similar in his Mohammedanism? No. God has never shown His favor to the Mohammedan faith in any way, by any miracle or sign. The history of the Mohammedan faith is the same as the history of every pagan faith, the same as the history of every faith invented by people. – Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, amen. According to the testimony of Kedrin (11th century), under Theodosius the Great, the bull in which St. was burned was brought to Constantinople. Antipas. “Complete months of the East” – archim. Sergius, vol. II, part II, p. 103. Collection l. VI, 140. Nnk. l. V, 56. Step. book II, 3. 4. Rkp. life of the Rev. Jacob. Information about the monastery, p. 159. M. 1852. This is what it says in life. But the monastery of the saint was called the monastery of Jacob the Broad-nosed (pr. 88): we do not undertake to agree one with the other. Lviv. l. II, 266. Nikon. l. V, 96. Collection. l. V, 263. VI, 143. RCP. hagiography In the Dictionary of Saints, page 126. St. Petersburg. 1834: “St. James reposed in 1392.” But this is an obvious inconsistency with the time of birth of Prince Vasily Vasilyevich. Information about the monastery 159. The Zheleznoborsky synodikon records the abbots of the Zheleznoborsky Dosifei, Savva the murdered, Benjamin the murdered, Joseph, Levky, Hilarion, Theodosius, Evstratiy (J.M. Prosv. July 1853). At the end of the RKP. Menaion for March postscript: “in fol. 7044 (1536) copied - under Archbishop Daniel Metropolitan, and written - to the great and wonderful John the Baptist, in Yakovl, the Shirokonosov Monastery of our reverend father, Abbot Jacob, who founded this monastery, - by order of our ruler, Abbot Nifont, abbot and teacher." On another menaion: “fol. 7049 (1541) written on an iron board by the venerable father Jacob, acquired by abbot Niphon.” On the Gospel there is an inscription: “7078 (1570) was given by Abbot Tikhon to the great Ivan the Baptist - and to St. Jacob the Wonderworker.” – J.M. Prosv. 1853, part 78. dep. II, 86–90. In the collection Nizhny Novgorod. Blagoveshch. 16th century monastery On May 5th, “the repose of our venerable father, Abbot Jacob, the Kostroma miracle worker, who lived on the iron bore,” here is the service and his miracles. May 5th is the day of the opening of the relics. According to the inventory of 1662 behind the Forerunner Monastery, St. Jacob's 502 settler households. Zap. Archaeol. General 2, 418. RKP. life of the Rev. Alexandra Kusht.; East. Jer. IV, 96. Mixed. about mon. 70, rkp. calendar: “Reverend Fathers Charitonius and Euthymius, abbots of the Syangzhem monastery, reposed in line 7017,” according to Otensky and another modern one, “Chariton reposed in line 7017 April on the 11th day.” Dictionary of Saints 108. 271. In 1662, the Euthymius Monastery had 113 settler households. Life of St. Barsanuphius, described by N. Hermogenes. Reverend Gregory's life of St. Guria and Barsanuphia, St. Petersburg. 1853 So from Hermogenes, according to his original manuscript. Buslaeva Christ., p. 984. Description of the Peshnosha habitation, pp. 110–113. Karamz. VIII. 212. 213. Afterword of the charter. – Here it is said: “and the brethren with him (Barsanuphius) came from Peshnosha, the cellarer Tikhon of the Kryloshan, Theodorit the treasurer of the Kryloshan, Iev Dalmatov the Kryloshan, and the tonsured Peshnoshas, - yes Simeon Neronov, Andronikovsky tonsure of the Kryloshan, and Andronik the monk of the Kryloshan, and Sylvester the serviceman Yakhontov, and the tonsured man Peshnoshsky.” Isg. Act. I, 331–333. Collection gram. I, 533–537. Karamz. IX, pr. 177. Mikulin Chronicle, St. Petersburg. 1854. Orshin Monastery, Tver, 1847. Hermogenovo description. miracles of Guria and Barsanuphius, miracles. 5. 26. 62. Tolstoy charter dept. 1 No. 100.