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† The memory of the tormented. Theodora and John of Kiev “We will no longer kill each other as a sacrifice to demons,” said the blessed one in 1051. Metropolitan Hilarion, who was himself from the Russians 158. - So it’s not like that in Russia, while there was paganism in it 159. “In 983,” writes Rev. Nestor, Vladimir went against the Yatvingians and took their land. – Returning to Kyiv, he and his people made sacrifices to idols. The elders and boyars said: “Let’s cast lots for the boy and the girl; on whomever it falls, we will bring it to the gods.” There was only one Varangian then. - His courtyard stood where the Church of St. Virgin Mary, built by Vladimir. He came from Greece and secretly maintained the Christian faith. “He had a son, beautiful in soul and body. The lot, as God pleased, fell on this son. Those sent by the council, having arrived, said to the father: “Give a son to the gods, the gods chose him for themselves, so that we sacrifice him.” The Varangian answered: “You have not gods, but a tree, now whole, but tomorrow decayed; they do not eat, do not drink, do not speak, but are made by hands from wood; God is one, Whom the Greeks serve and worship; He created the heavens and the earth, the stars and the moon, the sun and man. What did these gods do? they themselves were created. I will not give my son to the demons.” They went and retold his words to his people. Taking weapons, they broke his courtyard. He stood with his son in the entryway. They shouted to him: “Give me your son!” He answered: “If your gods are gods, let them send one from among them and he will take a son; Why are you bothering about them?” They raised a cry, cut down the canopy under them and killed them. Nobody knows where they were buried. So these fathers defeated the enemy and received the heavenly crown from St. martyrs and righteous people" 160. Neither father nor son is named here. In the Sophia, Resurrection and Nikon Chronicles, the son is named John 161. According to the prologue of the 15th century. we see July 12 commemoration of the Kyiv martyrs Theodore and John 162. – Since the very word Varang in the Vendian dialect means sword and swordsman, then Varyag-Theodore, like Varyag Rurik, was of course a Pomeranian Slav, who came to serve the battle-loving Svyatoslav and was captured during the war between Svyatoslav and the Greeks in 976 163. Nestor’s narrative about the martyrs makes it clear that during Nestor’s time the holy Varangian martyrs were already venerated. The same can be seen from the words of the blessed one. Simon, who, speaking of St. Leonty of Rostov, wrote: “This is the third heavenly citizen of the Russian world, having been married to Christ from the name of Varyag.” † Repose of the blessed. Serapion, bishop Vladimirsky Rev. Serapion led an ascetic life in the Kyiv Pechersk monastery. The time of his life was the most bitter. Disasters followed one after another, and the worst of all was the Tatar enslavement. On May 3, 1230, a strong earthquake horrified everyone. For the Pechersk monastery it was all the more striking because it followed on the day of remembrance of St. Feodosia. M. Kirill, V. the prince, the boyars, and many Bogomolets stood at the liturgy in the great Pechersk Church, when the majestic church cracked in four places; During the Lavra meal, stones fell from the vault onto the floors. This earthquake was also felt in the north, in Vladimir. On May 14th there was an extraordinary eclipse of the sun; in the autumn of the same year the winter crops were killed by frost; then famine and pestilence raged for two years 164. Finally, the terrible Batu devastated Russia and imposed a heavy yoke of citizenship on it. Blazh. Serapion, through the disasters of time, learned to repent of sins and, with the fear of God, drove away the attacks of the passions from the soul. In one of his teachings he wrote: “How many times have we seen the sun lost, the moon darkened, changes in the stars. We saw with our own eyes the shaking of the earth. The earth, established and motionless, moves at the command of God, shakes from our sins, cannot bear our iniquities... What then did we have? Isn't it hungry? Isn't it pestilence several times? Aren't wars frequent? However, we did not repent. And then, by God’s permission, an unmerciful people came to us, devastated our land, took our cities, destroyed the holy churches” 165. For his high virtues, the blessed one. Serapion was elected and ordained archimandrite of the Theodosian Lavra. Then M. Kirill appointed him to the highest rank. According to the chronicle, in 1274 the high priest, arriving from Kyiv to the north, consecrated Serapion, archimandrite of the Kyiv Pechersk Monastery, as bishop of Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod 166, and the inscription of the rules of the council of 1274 says that Serapion was consecrated bishop by the archpastors who gathered at this council in Vladimir 167. However, blessed. Serapion did not rule the Vladimir flock for long. And it’s not surprising: the one who saw the sad events of 1230 with such spiritual understanding was, without a doubt, already a very old man in 1274. He died on July 12, 1275. and was buried in the Vladimir Assumption Cathedral 168. Already according to the list of the 14th century. in inscription 3 of his words he is called a saint, in the other three - venerable, and in inscription 5 of his words - blessed. According to the RCP. Saints placed him among the saints. The chronicle says about him: “he was a teacher and strong in the Divine Scripture” 169. Now 7 of his words are known, breathing with the sincere piety of the Christian shepherd of souls 170. “Children,” he says in one teaching, “I feel in my heart great sorrow for you. For I do not at all see your conversion from lawless deeds. A mother does not grieve when she sees her children sick, as I, your sinful father, grieve when I see you sick with lawless deeds. I have talked with you many times, wanting to turn you away from bad habits. But I don't see any change in you. Is any of you a robber? Keeps up with robbery. Is anyone a thief? Doesn't miss an opportunity to steal. Does anyone hate his neighbor? Has no peace from enmity. Does anyone offend another by taking someone else's property? He is not satisfied with robbery. Is anyone covetous? Doesn't stop taking bribes. But according to the word of the prophet, he is troubled in vain, he treasures up treasures, and he does not know to whom I will gather (Ps. 39:7). Poor thing, he will not think that just as he was born naked, so he will die, having nothing but eternal damnation... I beg you, brothers and children, correct yourself, be renewed with good renewal; stop doing evil; fear God who created you; tremble at His terrible judgment. Who are we going to? Who are we approaching as we leave this life? What shall we say? What answer should we give? It’s scary, children, to fall under the wrath of God... Our languor and torment are already approaching forty years, heavy tributes do not stop; and famine and pestilence, and we cannot eat enough bread. Sighing and sorrow dry our bones. What brought us to this? our iniquities, our sins, our disobedience, our unrepentance. I pray to you, brethren: everyone delve into your thoughts, examine your deeds with the eyes of your heart, hate them, renounce them, repent, and the wrath of God will pass. The Lord's mercy will pour out on us. The Lord made us great, but through disobedience we become small. Let us not destroy, brothers, our greatness. Those who do not hear works and the law are saved, but those who do the law (Rom. 2:13). Have we sinned? Let us resort to repentance, let us turn with love to God, we will shed tears, we will give alms to the poor, we will help the poor. Let us also say with David: “Lord, see our humility, forgive all our sins (Ps. 24:18).” Turn away Your wrath from us. Will You be angry with us forever, or will You spread Your wrath from generation to generation?” (Ps.65:5-6). You are our God; We glorify You with the beginningless Father and with the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages.” In the word about the rebellion of life he says: “many nobles were prematurely brought to hell, like dogs... People have nothing known, everything is trouble. One seized the neighbor's land, the other took away the property and the village, and even without that someone else's house was taken from him. Others, not being satisfied with their property, seize and sell free people to the poor... There is no truth in the world: children dishonor their parents, fathers abandon their children, husbands commit fornication with their wives... God gave us wealth so that we could share it with the poor: but we also offend orphans, commit violence against widows, rob the poor and accuse the just for money.” This is how the zealous shepherd rebuked sinners! † Repose of Rev. Arseny Novgorodsky Place of birth of Rev. Arseny, in the world of Ambrose 171, was Rzhev - Vladimirov. In the house of his parents, he was trained in leather craft, but he even more developed a holy zeal for piety. After the death of his father (Gregory), his mother Pelagia, later the nun Apollinaria, forced him to marry; but Ambrose burned with jealousy to live in pure, immaculate, virginity. 5 months after marriage, he disappeared from his mother’s house. For five years he was engaged in leather work in Novgorod, without letting his friends know about him; he tested himself with a secret feat, secretly fasted and prayed. Then he wrote a letter to his mother and wife, where he consoled them with the Gospel promise of bliss for those who leave their mother, wife, children, and property for the Lord. The pious builder of churches and monasteries, Feodor Dmitrievich Syrkov, having learned the pious life of Ambrose, offered him his readiness to provide funds for the construction of a new monastery, and Ambrose accepted monasticism with the name Arseny. In 1562 the monastery and church in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary were built by Arseny on the Yaroslav's courtyard, on the trading side, on the right bank of the Volkhov, in the vicinity of the Church of St. Myrrh-Bearing 172. Rev. Arseny, having founded the monastery, continued to lead a strict life, wore chains, was content with very little, the clothes he wore were so poor and dilapidated that if he had thrown them on the square, the poor man would not have picked them up; when he walked in it through the streets or sat on a bridge, the children laughed at him, and all this did not distract him from mental prayer, with which he was constantly busy, silently shedding tears. In recent years he lived in seclusion, which is why he is called a recluse in the calendar. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted,” said the Savior (Matthew 5:5). These mourners are those who consider earthly life to be a place of removal from their homeland, and therefore do not accept earthly consolations. That was the reverend. Arseny! Tears were constantly flowing from his eyes. He cried for his heavenly homeland, especially since he saw the troubles ready to fall on the frivolity of the proud Novgorodians. He cried, but we would be sinning if we thought that his life was bleak. He who does not allow himself earthly consolations and even burdens his life voluntarily for the Lord, enjoys the hopes of a blessed eternity, enjoys spiritual peace, before which the laughter and joy of human frivolity is grief (Luke 6:25). In 1570, the Terrible Tsar, through frantic cruelty, having betrayed thousands of Novgorodians to various deaths, wanted to build himself a palace on Yaroslav's courtyard 173; but having learned about Arseny and his monastery, he came to him with gifts and outward humility. Rev. the recluse did not accept his gifts and said: “You have sent many innocents to the Kingdom of Heaven.” Grozny remained silent. Later getting ready for Pskov, he again came to Arseny and asked for blessings on his path. “Tomorrow, sir, I’m ready and I’ll go on my way,” said Arseny. John was delighted, dreaming that the recluse would follow him to Pskov. But the monk the next morning received Holy Communion. Tain and then reposed on July 12, 1570. He was laid in the same seclusion where he labored. After his incorruptible relics were found, a chapel was built over them. In 1634 wrote: “on the Trade Side, in the Arsenyev Monastery, the relics of St. Arseny lies hidden, from his relics healing comes to those who come with faith. The troparion and kontakion have been compiled for him, but the celebration has not yet been established.” Soon after that, service 174 was compiled. In 1785 the relics of St. Arseny was transferred to the church of the Kirillov Monastery, where he now rests; A chapel was also built here in honor of St. Arsenia 175. † Murder of St. Simon of Volomsk Rev. Simon, in the world Simeon 176, a villager of the estate of the Volokolamsk monastery, in 1610, after traveling around the monasteries, accepted monasticism in the Pinega Macarius Monastery, in 1613 he settled 80 versts southwest of Ustyug, on the river. Kichmenge, in the Volomsky forest. Here he lived alone for five years, unknown to people; He ate vegetables that he planted himself, and sometimes begged for bread in some settlement. – When zealots of piety gradually began to come to him, according to the letter of Tsar Michael and with the blessing of Metropolitan Varlaam of Rostov, he built a church in honor of the Cross of the Lord, and in 1620 he was ordained rector of his monastery. The strict ascetic, who served as an example for others of hard work, simplicity of heart, fasting and prayer, was villainously killed in his monastery on July 12, 1641 177 . It was like that. The monk was cutting down a forest when three peasants approached him and began to demand that he give them the royal charter for the land of the monastery; they piled the deck on him and threatened him with death; The monk barely begged to be allowed to go to the monastery to receive a letter. The monastery people rushed to look for the villains, but they disappeared. When the feast day of Blessed Procopius of Ustyug approached, the people went to venerate the saint, and most of the brethren of the Simon Hermitage also went to Ustyug. The villains, having learned about this, took advantage of the favorable time for them. At night, having found the monk alone in the desert, they began to torment him with torture, demanding the royal letter; then they sent him to the church to look for the letter. The monk prayed to the Mother of God with tears, took communion of the Holy Mysteries and then said: “Now do what you want.” The villains showered him with curses and beatings, then cut off his head and threw his body near his cell. “The body of the saint was buried with honor on the left side of the church he created. – In 1646, after the miracles that took place over his relics, veneration of him began and a service to him was composed, with a description of his life and miracles. Now the relics of the saint rest in the church of the cross of the abolished Volomsk monastery 178. Who delivered the crown of glory to St. Simon? Slaves of the passion for gain. What awaits the servant of self-interest beyond the grave? The images in which passion for earthly gain is expressed are changing; but the will of God does not change, threatening for those greedy for earthly gain. St. Martyrs Proclus and Hilary Proclus from the village of Kalipta near Ancyra, during the reign of Trajan, was condemned to crucifixion and execution for disrespect for the pagan gods. When he was led to the place of execution, young Hilary, his nephew, bowed to him and said: “And I am a Christian! Hilary was imprisoned, and Proclus was crucified and arrows were shot at him until he died. The faithful buried his body. On the third day (July 15), Hilary, for his inflexibility in the faith, was severely scourged, and then, having chained his legs, they dragged him out of the city, where they cut off his head. His body was buried near Proklov. Reverend Mikhail Malein The uncle of Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, mentor and spiritual father of Athanasius of Athos (July 5), labored on Mount Maleya in the Kimena monastery, where he served as abbot. Died around 940. In the Ipatiev Kostroma Monastery in the Trinity Cathedral there is a chapel in honor of the saint, for the sake of the namesake of Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich, who was taken (1613) to the kingdom from the Ipatiev Monastery. Icon of the Venerable Michael, located in the chapel named after him, became famous for its miracles at the beginning of this century (Archimandrite Demetrius Mesyatseslov, July 12). St. Holy Spirit of Persia, in the baptism of Mary The historian Evagrius speaks about her (Ist. VI, 20): “During the time of Chozroes the Younger, Golindukha, a living martyr, was in our country. Having experienced severe torment from the Persian magicians, she endured prolonged and severe suffering and performed many miracles. Her life was described by “Stephen, Bishop of Hierapolis.” But since Stephen’s creation itself has not reached us, we have to be content with the information found about it in the history of Theophylact Simocatta, which, according to the publishers of the Acta Sanctorum (Julii, vol. 3, pag. 511), is the most reliable. They say that at the time Khosroes returned to the kingdom (that is, after the expulsion, and this happened in 593), a woman named Golinduha lived in Hierapolis. She was born in Babylonia into a family of magicians. Her father, a nobleman, was in charge of collecting taxes in Persia. Having reached the age, she was married off to a nobleman. Once, while sitting with her husband at dinner, she suddenly fainted and remained motionless. When she came to her senses, those who saw this accident, if one can call this unearthly admiration an accident, asked Golindukha: what was wrong with her? She replied that somewhere underground there were terrible torments; on the contrary, great blessings await those who worship the Most High God, Whom Christians revere, and for this they are ridiculed by the Persians. Then the husband began to laugh at her, and, having then realized her unchanging intention to accept Christianity, began to divert her from this intention with scourging, threatening her with death, with which the Persians, according to the custom of their ancestors, execute apostates from the teachings of the magicians. But she, strengthened by love for God, closed her ears to his suggestions, and he spoke into the wind. She also had another Divine revelation; for the angel who appeared in a dream vision, showing what he had previously seen, also predicted the imminent death of her husband. The prediction was fulfilled, and Golindukha, leaving Babylonia, came to Nisib, where she told the Christian priests about herself and received holy baptism (with the name Mary). The magicians, having learned about this, began to look for her, came to Nisib and, after vain efforts to distract her from Christianity, imprisoned her for a long time. But with the help of God, through the mediation of His angel, she was freed from custody and reached the Roman lands. In Jerusalem, having prayed at the tomb of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ and kissed His cross, she came to Hierapolis, predicted many things that happened to Chozroes, namely about his flight to the Romans and return, and then she died her holy life (see Cheti-Min. July 12). Celebration of the Three-Handed Icon of the Mother of God. About her, see June 28. Arr. to creativity St. father 2, 268. Nestor in the annals: “I eat the demon, I call the gods, I bring my sons and daughters and eat the demon, I defile the earth with my demands, and I defile myself with the blood of the land of Russia and the hill from.” 1, 34. Leo the Deacon about Russian Svyatoslav: “men and women are strangled (εναποδηαξαντες) according to their fatherly custom” (ed. Bonn. 149). Collection l. I, 35. VII, 295. Transl. chronicle, p. 18. In the last text it is shorter. Collection l. V, 113. 114. IX, 41. 42. VII, 295. The same in step. book 1. 92–95. Description Blush. music p. 455. See Snegirev’s monuments, p. 42. In Macarius’s menea: “St. much Varangian and his son John, killed in Kyiv.” So on May 12th. The same in the oven. prologue RKP. Saints of Oten 1718: “St. much Theodore Varangian and his son John were killed from c. book Vladimir, 9 always in filthiness and idolatry, in l. 6491 July at 12 days; their relics are unknown, where they are buried, because of the trash of the besh.” Gedeonov about the Varangian question in the Record. acad. vol. II, pp. 159–165, 1 vol. III. It is known that the Norman school, no matter how hard it fought, did not find in the imaginary Norman period of Russian history any laws, customs, or religion of the Normans. The only support she had was the names of persons who seemed Norman to her. But Mr. Gedeonov deprived her of this last support, proving by philological analysis and historical evidence that the imaginary Norman names are pure Slavic. Sl. approx. 111. Collection l. 1, 193. 3, 128. 129. 4, 29. 7, 136. 137. Step. book 1, 332. 33. Word 1 – added. to creativity father 1843 Russian hon. M. 1815, pp. 106–115. Karamz. 4, pr. 153. 154. Antiquities of Vladimir, p. 117. Four words were found in the Lavra Golden Chain of the 14th century. and published in approx. to creativity father 1843 Fifth found and ed. Shevyrev on a trip to Kirillov m. 2, 36. Izv. 2 dept. acad. III, 90–96. Two more editions. in Orthodox social security July 1860 In the manuscript of Kirillov mon. No. 14. Life of Arseny Ave.; ist. Jer. 5.674.675. Collection l. 3, 253. 240. Ak. e. 1 No. 205. Macarius of antiquity 1, 146. 2894. 50. And according to the chronicle, in 1570 several courtyards were demolished in the Yaroslav’s courtyard to expand the area. Collection l. 3, 163. Sl. Solovyova ist. VI, 226, 227. Description Novgor. shrines of 1634 in Chten. total ist. 1862 book. IV. Saints: “Ven. Arseny the recluse as a husband. Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, originally from Porkhovitin (?). I found the relics and brought them to the Myrrh-bearing women in the church.” According to the Otensky list: “pr. Arseny in Novegrad on the trade side, in Yaroslavl courtyard, in the monastery. called Arsenievo, near the river. Volkhova, repose in L. 7088 (1580) July at 12 days, the relics are hidden, there is a service.” The year of death is shown incorrectly. East. Hier. III, 505. Shrines of Novgorod, p. 58. Makaria Novg. ancient I, 284.509. RKP. life of the Rev. Simone, description an eyewitness to the Synod. b. No. 408. RKP. Saints; "pr. Simon the builder of the Vozdvizhensky Monastery on the Volma on the river. Kichmenge, was killed quickly by a robber in L. 7149 m. July at 12 d.” East. Hier. 3, 507. 508. Consolidated. about mon., p. 77.