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† Repose of St. Gregory of Pelshem The son of the Galich nobles Lopotov, raised in piety, Rev. Gregory loved the Lord from his youth 465. At the age of 15, his parents wanted to marry him; but before they fulfilled their intention, which disagreed with the dispositions of their son, they moved into eternity. Gregory, having distributed his property to the poor, entered the Galich Monastery of the Mother of God, which is near the lake. Here, having accepted monasticism, he willingly served the brethren, humbled his body with labor and lived in a manner pleasing to God. Here, for his pure life, he was awarded the rank of priesthood. His exploits of sincere piety, given the fame of his family, soon earned him the respect of many, so that he was an adoptive father to the children of the Galich prince. - Weighed down by the fame and closeness of his family, he left the monastery of his homeland and went to worship St. Leonty Rostovsky. He liked the cell of the Abramian monastery for its silence, and he remained here to asceticize. The monks of the Rostov Spassky Monastery on the sands (now within the walls of the Yakovlevsky monastery), having recognized Gregory, wished to have him as their abbot; Rostov Archbishop Dionysius added his will to their desire; The monk rejected the honor and only out of obedience to the archpastor did not remove it from himself; Having accepted the title of abbot, he redoubled his efforts, and his edifying life attracted many visitors to the monastery. Since his spirit constantly strived for a silent life, two years later he secretly left the Spassky monastery and retired to the Vologda forests. In the cell of the Sosnovets Hermitage he found the peace he desired and in spiritual friendship with the Venerable. Dionysius Glushitsky began to perform feats, illuminated by the advice of experience. Here, over the course of several years, he gathered quite a bit of spiritual experience, not just for himself. – The silence of a solitary life was pleasant to him; but he felt the need to serve the salvation of others. His spiritual friend and mentor Dionysius approved his thoughts 466. With a cross on his shoulders, Gregory went to look in the forest for a place convenient for monastic stay and on the banks of the river. Pelshemy planted a cross at the base of the monastery. The first to come to the desert cell was his priest Alexy and was tonsured by him with the name Alexander; then others began to come. The reverent and wealthy villager Martin donated land and forest for the new monastery. And in 1426 the first church was built. Rev. Dionysius, lovingly visiting his spiritual friend, brought for his new church “icons of the feasts of the Lord and books of the prologue, to this day, says the ancient life, visible in the monastery.” With the blessing of Saint Ephraim, Dionysius consecrated a new church in honor of the Cathedral of Our Lady. The Monk Gregory himself copied various sacred books for the monastery. Such books were multiplied by the monks for the benefit of others. These are not the books and little books of which so many are multiplying now and from which there is nothing to pass into the immortal soul except emptiness and vanity, except food that corrupts and poisons our God-created nature. The monks offered books either with examples of holy life or with cures for one or another of our sins. - Under the influence of the instructions of Rev. Gregory, his monastery blossomed with brotherly love and monastic deeds. Therefore, many lovers of Christ diligently donated the fruits of their labors to her. He had to endure a lot of troubles for his monastery. One night, various household tools of the monastery were stolen. The brethren were greatly saddened; but the monk, comforting them, said that everything would be returned, and indeed soon everything was taken away from the caught thieves. Whose soul was full of love for the Lord, he could not be indifferent to the worries and troubles of his homeland. In 1433, Rev. Grigory went to Moscow, where Prince Yuri Dimitrievich then ruled the Grand Duchy, expelling Vasily Vasilyevich from Moscow. The monk convinced Yuri to return Vasily to his ancestral property, to general peace, and Yuri returned to Galich. The following year, Yuri's son, Prince Dimitry Shemyaka, began to devastate the Vologda country belonging to Vasily; residents left their homes and some died of hunger, others wandered, not knowing where to lay their heads. Crowds of people gathered for food at Gregory's monastery, and he generously gave help. Inflamed with holy jealousy, he went to Shemyaka. “Prince Demetrius!” said the hermit, “you are doing the works of a pagan, go towards the pagans, to those who do not know God; Christian widows and orphans cry out against you before God: how many people are dying from you, both by hunger and cold!” Shemyaka, enraged by pride, ordered the old man to be thrown from the bridge. The monk lay unconscious for several hours, severely broken. Having come to his senses, he said to those around him: “Like the master, so are the servants, but the unfortunate ones will perish.” Shemyaka, callous as he was, yielded to the monk’s denunciations and left Vologda 467. This courageous intercession of the saint for the unfortunate, rewarded so beautifully by Shemyak, strengthened the people’s respect for the saint and his monastery. The elder ascetic did not change his rules until the grave, combining humility with exploits of love for God and neighbors; After a prayerful conversation with the Lord, his consolation was to accept strangers and provide possible help to those in need. – Approaching his death, he appointed his disciple Alexander to the abbot of the monastery; then St. received communion. Tain and, having given instructions to the brethren, said about himself: “When I die, do not give me any honor, but, taking me by the legs, drag me into the swamp.” Sep. 30 1441 he gave up his spirit to the Lord 468. His relics rest hidden in a stone church built in his name, and the monastery still retains his surname, calling it Lopotova. It stands 40 versts from Vologda and 7 from Kadnikov 469. “Therefore, brethren, we are not obliged to the flesh to live according to the flesh. If you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the flesh, you will live” (Rom. 8:12–13). “We know love in this, that He (the Son of God) laid down His life for us: therefore we too must lay down our lives for the brothers. My children! let us love not in word or tongue, but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:16, 18). † St. Gregory, enlightener of Greater Armenia Gregory, the son of Anak, the murderer of the Armenian king Chozroes (Parthian dynasty) in 253, was saved from revenge by friends at home as an infant and sent to the Roman lands - to Caesarea in Cappadocia, where he was baptized, brought up in piety and married, from whom he had two sons: Ortan and Arostan. After the death of his wife, he returned to Armenia and entered the service of King Tiridates, son of Khozroev. Tiridates, following the example of the Roman emperors, declared persecution of Christians and ordered the death of St. Hripsim and other 36 virgins who took refuge in Armenia after fleeing from Rome (together with Ninoy - January 14), and even before that, after scourging, Gregory was thrown into a deep unclean ditch to starve to death. Here the saint spent a lot of time, fed by the widow, until Tiridates’s cruelty against Christians turned into illness and madness. Sister Tiridates, as a result of the vision, ordered Gregory to be extracted and begged him to heal her brother. Gregory first of all asked about the bodies of the murdered virgins, which had been lying for nine days without burial, and, having collected the scattered remains, buried them in the ground near Vagharshapat, the capital city. Therefore, he taught the people repentance and faith and ordered to build a church on the site of the resting place of the martyrs. He brought Tiridates here and, having prayed with him, healed him. Then (about 305) the king sent Gregory to Caesarea in Cappadocia to be ordained a bishop. Gregory, returning with many priests, baptized the royal house and the whole country. Sk. in 325. Part of his relics is still kept in the Etchmyadzin Monastery, built on the burial site of Hripsimia and others with her. The life of St. Gregory is described by an unknown person from the words of Tikhon, who served the Monk. And in the RKP. Life and Prologue September 30 it is said that before Gregory lived in the monastery from 1412 and lived until 1422. But this was not so. Dionysius, archbishop. Rostovsky, who ordained Gregory as Archimandrite of Spassky, ruled the Rostov flock from 1418–1426. If Dionysius appointed Gregory as archimandrite, then he arrived in Sosnowiec at the beginning of 1421. Since in 1426 he had already created a church on Pelshma, then Gregory lived in Sosnowiec for no more than 5 years. Prologue. 30 Sep. East. Hier. V, 21–23. Mixed. about the monastery 65. Memory of St. Gregory Ave. 30 September. in the calendar of the charter of the 16th century. in Tolstoy 1. No. 100. 113. Service to St. Gregory, the “new wonderworker,” in the Collection of 1698. According to the original, ancient. Grigory "gray-haired".