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St. App. from 70: Silos (Silos), Silouan, Criskent, Epfnet and Andronikos Strength with Ap. Paul preached the word of God; sent by the Apostles from Jerusalem to Antioch to end the dispute that arose between believers regarding the ritual Mosaic Law, from that time he did not leave Apostle. Paul before arriving in Corinth; together with him he endured many sufferings and imprisonment. The Acts of the Apostles mentions him this way: “And Paul, having chosen Power for himself, set out, having been entrusted by the brethren to the grace of God. And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, establishing the Church” (Acts 15:40–41). - Upon his arrival in Corinth, he was installed as a bishop and worked hard to instill faith, reinforcing his preaching with signs and wonders. Silouan was a collaborator in the gospel of Sts. App. Peter and Paul: “Jesus Christ, preached among you by us, by me, and by Silvanus, and by Timothy,” St. remembers him. Ap. Paul in his second letter to the Corinthians (2 Cor. 1:19). “I wrote this briefly to you through Silouan, your faithful brother, as I think,” Ap writes about him. Peter in his first conciliar letter (1 Peter 5:12). Subsequently, Silouan was a bishop in the Macedonian city of Thessaloniki, where he suffered a lot for the faith of Christ and died a martyr. Ap speaks about Chriskent. Paul in his second letter to Timothy (2 Tim. 4:10) that “he went to Galatia,” where, on the instructions of the Apostle Paul, he enjoyed the Church of God, having been appointed bishop; He also preached in Gaul, present-day France, founded the Church of Vienna and others there and, having installed his disciple Zacharias as bishop in the city of Vienna, returned to Galatia, where he died as a martyr during the reign of Emperor Trajan. Oh St. Epenete, who was originally from Achaia and converted to the faith of Christ by St. Ap. Pavel, Ap. Paul recalls in his letter to the Romans: “Greet my beloved Epenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia for Christ” (Rom. 16:6). He was a bishop in Carthage. Oh St. Andronikos, former bishop in Pannonia, St. The Apostle also recalls in his letter to the Romans: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and prisoners with me, who were glorified among the Apostles and who believed in Christ before me” (Rom. 16:7). Special Feast of St. Andronikos is celebrated on May 17 together with Junia, his assistant. John was a military leader during the reign of Julian the Apostate (361–363); he professed the Christian faith, and when he was sent at the head of a detachment to persecute and exterminate Christians in one area, where a significant spread of them was noticed, then, having arrived there, he secretly patronized his coreligionists, warned them about the dangers threatening them, helped them take refuge, contributed to their release from prisons, provided them with what they needed, encouraged and consoled them. This could not remain unknown, and Julian, notified of John’s course of action, ordered that he be replaced by another person, and he be presented for trial in Constantinople. On the way he endured a lot of suffering; the soldiers who accompanied him, as a state criminal, treated him cruelly, tormented him with hunger and beat him. When John was brought to Constantinople, Julian was not there; At that time he was on a campaign against the Persians, and John, awaiting the return of the emperor, was imprisoned, where he was subjected to all kinds of hardships and suffering. Over the course of several months of languishing in prison, he sometimes became weak in spirit; doubt whether it was worth exchanging a quiet life for such suffering crept into his soul as an inevitable temptation in the struggle of flesh and spirit, but John did not give in to it and sought support in prayer. - "God! - he cried with his sorrowful soul, - You see that I am weak and feeble... help me! Doubts shake my mind: support me! establish my feet on the rock of Your commandments! I won’t be able to stand if You don’t help me!” And, calmed by prayer and admonished from above, he again joyfully prayed: “I believe in my Lord, who created everything and by His goodness gave me life. God lives, my soul lives! For the sake of His glory and love for Him, I am ready to endure everything in this world!” Meanwhile, while they were waiting for Julian to return from the war and the people were talking about the terrible torment that was being prepared for those kept in prison, news was suddenly received about the death of Julian, struck by an arrow, and a blessed change occurred in the state, since Julian’s successor was Jovian, a zealous Christian. He did not hesitate to restore freedom to the Christians imprisoned in prison, and thus John was also freed. Tested by sorrows and purified by them, like gold in a crucible, he devoted the rest of his life to serving God and lived only for good. He used everything he had for the benefit of the poor, visited the tirelessly sick and suffering, who found in him a true comforter and helper, and thus lived in purity and holiness to an old age. Dying, he bequeathed to bury himself in the place where they buried wanderers and beggars, who had been close to his soul throughout his life. Subsequently, John's grave was forgotten, but it was indicated in a revelation to one pious woman, and since then from the relics of St. John, found incorruptible and glorified with miraculous power, healings took place. In Constantinople, a feast in his memory was celebrated in the church of St. Apostle John the Theologian near Sofia. In the Kiev-Sophia Cathedral there is an icon of St. John the Warrior with the following prayer: “Oh, great intercessor and saint of Christ, John the Warrior! have mercy on your servant who is in troubles and sorrows and in every evil adversity, and save him from all evil, intercede from the offending person: for you have been given such grace from God.” † Finding the relics of St. Herman Solovetsky Blazh. Herman 412 at first labored in solitude on the river. Vyge, near the chapel. Here the blessed one found him. Savvaty, looking for a silent place. Herman pointed Savvatiya to Solovetsky Island as the most silent place. In 1429, he and Savvaty crossed the White Sea on a boat, built a cell under Sekirnaya Mountain and lived here as hermits for six years. After the death of Savvaty, Herman found another zealot for the silent life and, together with the blessed one. Zosima (in 1436) again settled on the harsh island. 2 versts from the current monastery the blessed one built himself a cell. Zosima, and half a mile away from him German began to live in a bush. He lived on a cold island for more than 50 years. He was not a bookish person, but through his exploits he acquired spiritual experience, which distinguished spiritual phenomena from natural ones. Convinced that the life of great ascetics brings edification to many, Herman, as his contemporary writes, “not knowing how to write according to the book, but admonished by God’s providence, ordered the clergy to write down for memory everything that he saw during the life of blessed Savvaty, how he came with him to Solovetsky Island, various events during the life of the blessed fathers; there were quite a few such notes” 413. Blazh. Herman loved edifying reading and collected books. There is still a collection in the Solovetsky Library that, according to the inscription, belonged to Ave. Herman. This love for edifying books was passed on to him and his disciple Dositheus: the worthy student enriched the monastery with the most useful books, choosing in Novgorod the best books both in content and in writing and hiring the best scribes to copy them for the monastery 414. Bl. Herman tried to be as useful as possible for the monastery. Both during the life of St. Zosima and after him, more than once he traveled to solid ground to fulfill the needs of the monastery. His holy love did not look at the dangers of sailing on the deceptive sea, nor at other inconveniences of the journey, which were not easy especially for decrepit old age. He died in the service of the monastery. Under Abbot Arseny, successor of St. Zosima, Abba German, having been sent to Novgorod for the needs of the monastery, in the monastery of St. Anthony the Roman, he felt the proximity of his death, confessed, and received Holy Communion. Tain and peacefully surrendered his spirit to God. His disciples took his body to the Solovetsky monastery, but due to muddy roads they were forced to leave him on the bank of the river. Svir near the chapel of the village of Khavronyina. 5 years later (in 1484) under the abbot. Isaiah decided to move the Abba’s coffin to the Solovetsky monastery; when the messengers dug into the ground and opened the Abba’s coffin, they found his relics incorrupt; The transported coffin was placed with honor near the altar, on the right side of the Church of St. Nicholas, next to the relics of Savvaty Ave. Nowadays the relics of Abba Herman rest in the chapel named after him 415. Here also stands a stone four-pointed cross that stood in the cell of St. Savvaty and in front of which Abba Herman prayed with him 416. Here is the ancient troparion to Abba Herman: “having been adorned, wisely, with a fasting life, you were a faster and cohabitant with the sea father, the venerable father Zosima and Savvatius, having striven in prayer and labor and in fasting, the venerable father Herman: but as having boldness towards God, pray to deliver us from the enemy, and save our souls.” This troparion was written in 1602 on old Totyma by Presbyter Gregory, on the orders of Herman, who appeared to him, and was later approved by him. According to the same vision, the image of St. Herman was painted, together with Zosima and Savvaty, and from that image several healings came to the sick 417. His disciple Dosifei speaks about the life of St. Herman in the life of Zosima and Savvaty. A special life was written at the beginning of the 16th century by an unknown person, who supplemented the legends of Dositheos with the story of someone who saw the transfer of the relics of the Abba in 1484. Afterword by Dosifei to the life of St. Zosima and Savvatiya. Moscow 1846, part VI. Library of the Solovetsky Monastery - in Orthodox. interlocutor 1859, 1, 29–34. RKP. the life of Herman, written from the words of someone who saw his relics transferred. Description Solovetsky Monastery, pp. 41–45. 62. 65. 66. 244. 3 . The truth about St. Solovetsky Monastery, p. 61. St. Petersburg. 1834. Description. Solovetsky Monastery 292. M. 1836. RKP. life of the Rev. Herman.