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Rev. Theodosius the Great, general life of the chief St. Rev. Theodosius the Great Theodosius the Great, the founder of the monastic community, was born around 423 in Cappadocia from pious parents who received him from Providence as a gift from God, and therefore named him Theodosius. Brought up in good manners, and often reading the word of God, he was inflamed with zeal to leave everything and follow Christ, and prayed to the Lord to show him the right path. Rev. Simeon the Stylite blessed him for the upcoming monastic feat and prophesied about him that he would be a great leader of the verbal sheep. Initially, Theodosius retired near Jerusalem; then, avoiding human glory, he hid further in the Palestinian desert, in a cave in which, according to legend, the wise men, who came with gifts to worship the newborn King of the Jews, spent the night on their way back. In solitude from the world, Theodosius was so embraced by Divine love that he directed all his strength to the One Creator and Savior God, in order to love Him with all his soul, with all his heart, and with all his thoughts, and to show this love in bodily labors and deeds. His prayer was incessant, standing all night, tears were constant, and extreme fasting: at the age of 30 he did not taste bread, eating dates, or juice, or herbs and desert roots, and, moreover, so little as not to die of hunger. He constantly fed his soul with the word of God, saturated it with the inner vision of God, and acquired the grace-filled gift of miracles and clairvoyance. The glory of Theodosius's great and pious deeds constantly attracted pious and virtuous people to him and settled near him. Knowing that the remembrance of death, which the Church Fathers call true wisdom, is very useful for those who begin to live according to God, the monk ordered to dig up a coffin so that the monks, having death before their eyes, would remember their death. With poverty and deprivation of food, Rev. Theodosius taught his disciples to firmly hope in God, and in patience they await the mercy of God, trusting in Him who satisfies every hungry soul. If the Lord gives food to the dumb (Ps. 144:15), how much more will He not deprive intelligent creatures of the necessary food. When the number of monks led by Theodosius increased, the Lord directed him to build a very spacious monastery. From this solitary, deserted society of the disciples of St. Theodosius formed a famous and glorious monastery, in which he, imitating the monastic life of Basil the Great, was the first to introduce a dormitory, and therefore is called the head of dormitories. Not only monks, but also laypeople, wanderers and strangers, the poor and wretched, the sick and infirm found rest in his monastery. All the brothers whom Rev. Theodosius spiritually gave birth and led to the path of virtue, it was 693. As the disciples of the monk were from different nations, so he built different churches for his monks, in which each of them in their own language: in the great and main church - Greeks, in another - Iberians, in the third - Armenians, they sang the church rule, seven times a day, according to the rule of the psalmist (Ps. 119:164). To his brethren, Rev. Theodosius was humane and merciful, like a compassionate father, a gentle friend, a zealous servant; He cleansed the ulcers and scabs of the sick, washed away the blood and putrefaction, kissed the lepers, comforted them from his own hands, fed them, and served them in every possible way. Everyone enjoyed his love, mercy and bounty: he had no one despised. The monk taught in word and deed, showing himself an image to the flock. Therefore, even when he gently exhorted someone, he was terrible. His verbal instructions were incomparable, although he was not taught, he had great wisdom. During the spread of the false teaching of the Monophysites, the Monk Theodosius was a pillar of Orthodoxy. Rev. Theodosius the Great reposed at a ripe old age - more than 105 years old, and was buried in the Bethlehem desert, in which he originally spent the night. His repose was accompanied by the glory of miracles. In the 9th century, Joseph the Studite and Theophan wrote in honor of St. Rev. Theodosius many hymns with which the Orthodox Church now glorifies him on the day of his memory. Glorifying the saint, the Church says: “planted in the courtyards of your Lord with your venerable virtues: you have flourished richly and multiplied your children in the desert, the leader of the flock of God.” St. Rev. Mikhail Klopsky If you remain in My word, then you are truly My disciples. And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free (John 8:31–32). These words of the Savior were fulfilled on righteous Michael. He was firm in the word of Christ, lived according to His will and learned the truth, and the truth placed him above all vanity, above all illusory reality, brought him to freedom, here and beyond the grave. Under Grand Duke Vasily Dmitrievich, under Metropolitan Photius and under Abbot Theodosius of Klopa, says the biography of the boyar Tuchkov 120, in the summer matins were held in the Klopa monastery, then poor and little-known. When they sang the ninth hymn of the canon, Hieromonk Macarius, censing the church, approached his cell, which stood near the church, to burn incense. But in the cell, which was left locked, a man in a black robe sat and wrote the book of the Acts of the Apostles by candlelight. The frightened Macarius told the abbot about this - the abbot and the brethren, after Matins, finding the cell locked from the inside, broke the door and saw the writer. To the abbot's questions: who is he? what's his name? the one sitting answered only by repeating the questions proposed and made himself look like a holy fool. During the liturgy, the strange stranger sang with the others, the apostle read, and at the meal - the life. The abbot gave him a cell, but they could not find out where and who he was? The blessed one settled in the monastery in 1408. Once a week he ate bread and drank a little water; he had nothing in his cell, not even a matting; he slept on the floor. Such was his life even to the grave! He came to the Klopa monastery as a monk and here he led such a strict life as very few people led 121. On the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Prince Konstantin Dmitrievich, deprived of his inheritance by Grand Duke Vasily, visited the Klop monastery; he communed with St. Tain together with his princess; was at a fraternal meal, during which the abbot ordered a reading to the blessed stranger. The blessed one read the story of Job. The prince, hearing the reader, comes up to him and, having looked closely, bows to him. “This is Mikhail Maksimovich,” said the prince.” “Why are you hiding your name from us?” - said the abbot. The blessed one first said: “God knows”; then he confirmed that he was definitely Mikhail. “This is our relative!),” added the prince 122. From that time on, recognizing Mikhail as a relative of the princes, they began to honor him more than before; but he least of all wanted fame among people, and therefore he began to act like a fool more than before. The grace of God grew in his soul and at times manifested itself visibly to everyone. When Archbishop John died (1410), Blessed. Michael said to Abbot Theodosius: “You may sit in the lord’s house, but you will not be worthy of the lord’s table.” Afterwards Blessed. Simeon (1420) The Novgorodians elected Abbot Theodosius of Klopa as archbishop, brought him into the ruler’s house to manage affairs, and he stayed there for two years, and then they said at the assembly: we don’t want a stranger, and expelled Theodosius from the ruler’s court 123. In 1419, Prince Konstantin again arrived at the monastery. “Pray for me,” he said to the blessed one, “I am very upset by the loss of my father’s inheritance.” “Do not grieve, prince,” answered Mikhail, “believe the Holy Trinity, build a stone church to Her glory and you will receive not only your homeland, but also heavenly shelters, the brethren will receive you with honor.” The prince then ordered to call masons, and the church, completed in two months, was consecrated in September 1419. On the very day of consecration, the prince declared blessed. To Michael and the abbot: “with your prayers the brethren call me to my homeland” 124. There was a severe drought, so the rivers dried up, including the Veryazha, from which they took water for the monastery. The sexton, who went to Veryazha, saw Mikhail writing something in the sand. Notified of this, the abbot read the following: “I will accept the cup of salvation, a source will appear in this place.” "What does it mean?" - asked the abbot. The blessed one repeated what he wrote. The abbot and the blessed one began to dig the ground, and suddenly a stream of water rushed out. This well still has water, always fresh and clean 125. The drought was followed by famine in the Novgorod side 126. Crowds of poor people began to come to the monastery for pieces of bread. The abbot, fearing the depletion of supplies, did not know what to do? “The Lord fed four thousand people with seven loaves of bread,” said Michael, and begged the abbot to feed all the hungry. Soon the brethren began to grumble about the waste of the necessary bread. Mikhail led the abbot and the brethren to the grain barn, and they were amazed to see that the supply of bread was not diminishing. At one time, the abbot stood in the church during the liturgy. “The guests want to come to you,” Mikhail said with a laugh, approaching the abbot. Upon leaving the church, the abbot saw three strangers. “Invite them to the meal,” said Michael. The abbot called. “Our comrades are behind the monastery,” the visitors answered. The abbot ordered to invite those too. And then 30 young men with weapons appeared, people of famous craft. The blessed one ordered everyone to sit down for a meal. And they all sat down to dinner, only two did not eat anything. “Why don’t you eat?” said Michael; “Your evil plan, rest assured, will not come true.” Frightened by these words, they fell to the floor and could not utter a word. The others looked and thought that they wouldn’t get the same thing. They gave alms to the abbot, asking him to pray for the sick, and left the monastery. One of the sick robbers wished to become a monk; The abbot was afraid to tonsure him, but Mikhail ordered him to be tonsured, and he, tonsured, soon died. The other, having recovered, left the monastery. Once Blessed Michael was in the Vyazhitsky Monastery. He arrived at the monastery and was blessed. Archbishop Evfimy Vyazhitsky. Blessed Michael suddenly found himself in the bell tower and was ringing all the bells. What does it mean? people asked. “Now there is joy in Moscow,” said Mikhail, acting like a fool. What kind of joy is this? asked the archbishop. “The Grand Duke,” answered Mikhail, “gave birth to a son, Timofey, who is also Ivan. And what a son! he will be a thunderstorm for his neighbors, he will take possession of Novgorod, change its customs, take away your gold and completely subjugate you to his power.” On January 22, 1440, Prince Ivan Vasilyevich was born, a man with an iron will who conquered Novgorod in 1471 127. Blessed Michael freely exposed the weaknesses of strong people. He said to Archbishop Euthymius the Bradate (1424–1428) to his face: “Do the rules allow a shepherd to plunder his flock? For whom are you collecting” 128? Euthymius, struck by the accusation, fell ill and died. Prince Dimitri Shemyaka more than once, with all respect, asked to be blessed. Michael to pray for the success of his affairs. The blessed one said to him for the first time: “You have done quite a lot of trouble; if you take up the same thing again, you will return here in shame, where the coffin awaits you.” Another time, he answered his request: “I hear, prince, the earth groaned three times and is calling you to it.” The fate of Shemyaka is known. Having lived in the Klop monastery for 44 years, blessed. Michael died on January 11, 1453. His holy body was laid in the Trinity Church of the monastery. The righteous man, alive before the Lord, continued to perform miracles according to the will of God, and he was called a miracle worker. According to the chronicle, in 1562 “the dilapidated church, where the relics of our reverend father Michael the Wonderworker were placed, was dismantled, a new one was built and in it a shrine for the Wonderworker, the last at the expense of the Tsar.” 129 The memory of the Wonderworker was to be celebrated everywhere with a cathedral since 1547 130 “Your venerable relics lie in the monastery where you worked so hard during your life, and they exude many healings for those who come with faith. We pray to you, father, heal the spiritual passions and ailments of those who glorify you” 131. Celebration of the Yelets Icon of the Mother of God, in Yelets Photo from Chernigovskaya Yeletskaya, about which see February 5 It is located in the cathedral of the district city of Yelets, Oryol province; but when she became famous, no information was preserved. RKP. life of the Rev. Michael, described by Mikhail Tuchkov, by the will of Archbishop. Makaria, - in the collection of the Sergius Lavra No. 8 at Undolsky and in the menaion of M. Makaria. A monk is called a blessed one. Mikhail in Step. book: “a monk holy from a noble family, living in the Klopsky monastery, suddenly began to ring.” 2, 99. He is also called the venerable in the charters of 1563 East. act. 1, 302, 551 and in church. service. According to Tuchkov’s description, Prince Konstantin called Mikhail his son Maximov. Same thing in the prologue. Step. the book calls Mikhail a member of a “noble family”, not a princely one. Moreover, it is completely incredible that Michael, the son of Grand Duke Simeon (1353), known from the chronicle in 1348, could live until 1452. Collection St. 3, 100. 140. 183. Nick. St. 5, 79–81. According to the chronicles (collected l. 3, 109. 138. 4. and 119. Nikon. l. 5:75) in 1419, Prince Constantine was in Novgorod, deprived of his fatherland and his boyars and abbot. Theodosius built a church; and the fatherland was returned to the prince in 1421. According to the chronicle, there was a severe famine in the Novgorod country in 1423. Collection. l. 6, 142. Tuchkov says at the same time: “there was a certain need that was due to the monastery from Archbishop Euthymius, about always the violence of acquiring money; monastery horses are always taken away.” Collection l. 3, 253. Karamz. 9, pr. 81. 268. A. e. 1. No. 213. RKP. service of St. Mikhail, written in 1547 by Rumyantsev No. 397. It is also in the oven. less. "Reverend Michael of Klopsky", in gram. 1563 ist. A. 1, 320, 451. Service for January 11th in Menaion.