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Callinicus was born in Cilicia and was raised in Christian piety. Having come of age, he could not be indifferent to the pagan errors in which the people were then living (in the 3rd century). He decided to devote his life to enlightening the erring, to distract the people from the veneration of soulless gods, and began to preach the word of God in different cities and villages, converting the pagans to Christ. Working in this way, Callinicus came to the city of Ankyra (in Galatia) and here he converted many to Christianity. Those who did not believe seized the preacher and presented him to the authorities as a blasphemer of the faith of the fathers, seducing the people into wickedness. The governor of the city, a cruel man who hated Christians, began to threateningly reproach the Christian for spreading untruths that distracted the people from the gods. “I speak the truth about Christ, the true God,” Kallinikos objected fearlessly, “I cannot see people perishing in error without sorrow, and therefore I try to turn them from darkness to light with good teaching.” The doctrine that I preach says that “whoever turns a sinner from his false path will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins” (James 5:20). I would like to save you from death and teach you the true faith. These words embittered the inveterate pagan. He burst out with terrible threats to the Christian preacher: “I will force you to worship the gods! - he said, - otherwise I will betray you to terrible torture; We will see then whether your God will come to deliver you." “Give me over to torment,” answered Kallinikos, “and look at the courage of Christ’s ascetic, expecting strength for victory from his Savior... And indeed, the martyr endured all kinds of torture with invincible patience, without ceasing to confess his God. Exhausted and weak, they put him in iron boots with sharp nails in them, and led him to the city of Gangra (in Paphlagonia), where he was especially successful in converting the pagans to the faith of Christ, in order to frighten those who believed in his teaching with an exemplary execution of the preacher. Callinicus experienced severe pain, walking in boots with nails that tore his feet, and barely keeping up with the warriors accompanying him riding on horses. In addition, the weather was hot and everyone was thirsty. But the martyr, strengthened by God, patiently endured suffering; only feeling sorry for others, he turned to God with a prayer that He would quench their thirst, and suddenly a source of fresh water opened before them, and the travelers, amazed by this wonderful surprise, fell to it, exclaiming: “Truly great is the Christian God!” Having reached the city of Gangra, against their will they had to prepare a fire to carry out the execution of a Christian. But the martyr joyfully exclaimed: “I thank You, Heavenly Father, for deigning me to suffer for Your name! Receive my spirit in peace!” And entering the fire, before his body was burned, he died. Believers buried his sacred remains. † Repose of Rev. Konstantin Kosinsky Rev. Constantine studied spiritual life under the guidance of St. Varlaam and his successor, St. Anthony. Around 1220 he left the Khutyn monastery and, 3 versts from Staraya Russa, on a secluded island, he founded his monastery in the name of St. Nicholas. This monastery was called Kosina because the Polist and Snezhnaya rivers, washing the island, form a spit 408. In the handwritten calendar it is noted that “pr. Constantine, disciple of Varlaam Khutynsky, abbot of the monastery, similar to Russia, reposed in July on the 29th day,” but the year of death is not shown; Rev. here Constantine is called a miracle worker. † Repose of Rev. Roman Kirzhachsky According to the RCP. saints among the saints “Rev. Roman, builder of the Vvedensky Monastery, also on Kirzhach, disciple of St. Sergius the Wonderworker." When the anxieties of worldly self-will penetrated the desert of St. Sergius, Sergius, leaving people to their conscience, retired from the monastery with his disciple Roman to find another place for solitary exploits. He settled in the monastery of the village of Kirzhach, given by the will of the prince. John Kalita (1328) monastery of rest of St. book Alexander Nevsky. This is in the forests of what is now Pokrovsky district. The elders of the great monastery of Sergius prayed to Saint Alexis to return their father to them. Submissive to the will of the saint, St. Sergius instructed Roman to complete the construction of the new desert monastery and to be a mentor to its inhabitants, and he himself returned to his previous place. - Blazh. Roman fulfilled the commandments of his father: he established a monastery and was an example of ascetic life for the monks. He died peacefully on July 29, 1392. His relics rest hidden in a church, now a parish, in the provincial town of Kirzhach 409. Holy Martyr Theodotia and her three children The young widow Theodotia, originally from Nicaea, who lived in Thessalonica, shared the pious labors of St. Anastasia the Pattern Maker (comm. December 22) and for this she was accused before Diocletian. One dignitary from the king’s retinue, named Leucadius, seeing her preparing for torment, was struck by her beauty and begged her for himself. Without having time, however, to either persuade her to renounce Christ or to marry himself, he sent her home to the proconsul of Bithynia, Nikitius, who ordered Theodotia and all her children to be tortured, after which they were all thrown into the oven and burned around 304. (Her memory is secondary along with St. Anastasia the Pattern Maker on December 22). St. Martyr Eustathius of Mtskheta In 541, the son of a priest (magician), named Brobandav, arrived from the Persian village of Arbuketi, which belonged to the city of Ganrakili, to the city of Mtskheta - 30 years old and began to live here, supporting himself with his labors. – Many Christians lived in Mtskheta at that time; Seeing their pious life and sincere service to God - Christ, the son of the priest fell in love with the faith of these people and, having learned what the Christian teaching consists of, believed in Christ with all his soul, accepted holy baptism, at which he was named Eustathius, and began to live a pure Christian life, at the same time marrying a Christian wife. The Persian conversion to the Christian faith eluded the attention of his fellow tribesmen for some time, but it was revealed on one occasion when he did not appear at one of their religious festivals and, when asked why he did not take part in the fulfillment of what was required by their law, he answered directly that he was a Christian and, enlightened by the bright truth, could not take part in the festival of darkness observed by unenlightened people... Hearing this, Eustathius’s former friends reported to the head of the Mtskheta fortress that their former co-religionist lived in the city, who called himself a Christian and blasphemed the people’s faith and law. The commandant ordered Eustathius to be brought to him. At first the convert was troubled in spirit and even wanted to hide, but, on reflection, he said: “Behold, my former friends have become my enemies... but will I really be afraid of them? I will go and appear before the face of the ruler and confess Christ before him, because I know the words of my God, who says in the Gospel: “Whoever confesses Me before men, I will also confess before My Father in heaven, but whoever denies Me before men, I also will deny before My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32–33). Then, having overshadowed himself with the sign of the cross, he said: The Lord is with me! - and followed the warrior to the commandant. To the commandant’s questions about his rank, origin and faith, Eustathius answered: “I was a resident of the village of Arbuketi, my father was a magician and he also prepared me to be a magician, but I didn’t like this job. I didn't want to be a magician; Even in my village I realized that the Christian faith is superior to ours, and now I have come to know Christ and believe in Him and want to serve Him alone... The commandant tried to turn the confessor away from his Christian beliefs, but, seeing his firmness in the new faith, he escorted him to Tiflis, to the satrap of Kartalin Arvand-Gubnab, who alone in all of Georgia had the power to execute or pardon. Here, after a new interrogation and after Eustathius refused to renounce Christ, he was tortured and thrown in chains into prison. After a six-month imprisonment, he was, however, released at the request of the Georgian nobles to Arvand-Gubnab, so that he “released the Mtskheta citizens imprisoned for their adoption of Christianity,” and together with others returned home. But three years after that, when satrap Bezhan-Buzmil, a man of cruel disposition, was appointed in Georgia, Eustathius was again summoned to Tiflis at the insistence of previous informers. This time there was no hope for mercy; calmly and without fear, but knowing that he was now saying goodbye forever in this life to his dear family, Eustathius set off for Tiflis, on his last journey... Upon his arrival in Tiflis, he was again interrogated; Having responded with testimony about his rank and origin, Eustathius continued: “Having moved to Georgia, I said to myself: I will compare the faith of Christ with our faith, and whichever turns out to be the best, I will accept that with all my soul. During the day, my father taught me magic, and at night I secretly went to a Christian church and, going inside, listened to the Christian service. The prayer of Christians and their singing seemed to me like angelic singing, and with the greatest pleasure I listened to their service. Once, entering the church, when I tried to move forward in order to better listen to the singing, Archdeacon Samuel, who knew the law well and was a priest, came up to me. Scripture, and asked me: why are you striving so hard to go to the church? “I answered him: “Sir, you know who I am; I don’t like my native faith and I wish that someone would explain to me both the Jewish faith and the Christian faith, and whichever turns out to be holy, I will love that with all my heart and accept it.” Then Samuel said to me: “If you want to know the truth, then I will tell you, but the choice of the true faith does not depend on you, but on the will of the Lord.” “I began to ask him and said: “Show me which faith to accept and which to reject.”... Then the archdeacon began his story about the Jewish faith and the coming into the world of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and how He suffered from the Jewish people, and about the resurrection, and about the ascension of Christ into heaven, and about the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles, and how the Christian faith later spread, and what change this made in people wonderful, true faith... and about the fate of the Jews scattered throughout the world... “And when I learned about all this in detail from Archdeacon Samuel 410, I believed in God, the Originless and His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, and His Holy Spirit, and was baptized in the name of the Most Holy Trinity, and now no one can turn me away from the Lord Jesus Christ. Until my death I will remain faithful to Him... But I don’t even want to talk about the faith of my ancestors; How can I, having recognized the Creator, worship His creation? A creation created for the benefit and service of man himself."... Satrap Buzmil, having listened to Eustathius, began to persuade him to renounce the faith of others and save his life for his own family. “If I have already suffered severe torment and disobeyed the ruler who was before you, will I listen to you now?” No, this will never happen,” answered the confessor. Realizing from these words that there was no way to turn Eustathius away from Christianity, the satrap ordered him to be imprisoned and secretly cut off his head so that Christians could not pay honor to his body, and then, after the beheading, he ordered him to be thrown outside the city to be devoured by birds and beasts. When the soldiers began to carry out the ruler’s sentence in prison, Eustathius asked them to give him some time for prayer and in these words expressed his dying prayer to the Lord: “Lord God Almighty, Who want all men to be saved, who trust with faith in Your holy name; Who heard the prayer of the former martyrs, killed by the swords of the Jews, and those who for the sake of Your name were thrown into the lake during a terrible cold and died in Your confession, and burned by fire, and for the confession of Your name were torn to pieces and eaten by beasts, inheriting the eternal blessings You promised! Vouchsafe me, O Lord, to be a participant in their heavenly joy, having vouchsafed me, for the sake of Thy holy name, to be also a martyr and confessor in recent times! You know, Master Lord my God Jesus Christ, that I have not preferred either father, or mother, or brothers, or family, or relatives and friends, to Your most holy name; I have loved You only, my Lord, with all my heart and with all my soul, and for Your name I lay down my head. My lord! I also ask and pray for Your goodness that my body does not remain here; do not allow it to be eaten by dogs and birds, but command that it be buried in Mtskheta, where You revealed yourself to me, where I received holy baptism!” ... “Now I’m ready,” the martyr turned to the soldiers after the prayer, “do what you were told to do to me.” The soldiers hesitated to kill the holy confessor... But knowing that otherwise they would perish along with him, they cut off the head of the martyr Eustathius and, carrying his body out of the city, left it in the field. Some Christians found out about this, and managed to take away the body of the martyr and secretly transported it to Mtskheta. The local Christians brought this to the attention of Catholicos Samuel, who with great honor interred the body of the martyr under the throne of the Patriarchal Mtskheta Cathedral, built in honor of the 12 Apostles, where God glorified him with miraculous healings of diseases that continue to this day. This served as the basis for Catholicos Samuel II to canonize the martyr Eustathius and establish a celebration in honor of his memory on July 29, the day of his death 411. An Antiochian, raised in the house of a noble lady of a senatorial family. For confessing Christ she was condemned to dishonor, but when two young men, sent for this purpose, were struck by relaxation, she was scourged and then beheaded (during the reign of Hadrian 117–138). East. Hier. 4, 786. 787. information. about mon. 401. Epiphanius' Life of Sergius; ist. Hier. 4. 382. 383. Mixed. about mon. 49. Snegireva 3, 140. Who was later Patriarch of Iversky. Extract from “Biographies of the Saints of the Georgian Church” by Sabinin, part 2, pp. 79–91.