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Venerable George Hozevit Lecturer George, originally from the island of Cyprus, having loved God from his youth, renounced the world and labored in fasting, prayer and labor in the monastery of the Mother of God, in the tract of Khozva, between Jerusalem and Jericho. Died at the beginning of the seventh century. † Memory of St. Dominica and Moors Good virgins of a famous family arrived as pagans in Constantinople from Carthage, under Nectaria († 397); With them came three more pagan girls, their servants. Their ardent desire was to accept Christianity in order to live according to the rules of pure heavenly faith. Patr. Nectarius had a special heavenly notification about them 46. Therefore, he not only baptized them, but also ordained Domnik and Mavra as deaconesses, 47 and Emperor Theodosius gave them lands outside the city. Domnika founded a monastery in honor of the teacher. Zechariah, and Mavra built a monastery with a church in honor of the martyr Mavra. Many virgins, and mostly their fellow tribesmen, from African Carthage, which was then under the rule of the Roman Empire, gathered with both of them. Emperor Theodosius turned his power to weaken paganism in the far corners of the empire, and the monasteries of Domniki and Moors were schools for young Christian women 48 . Blessed Domnika devoted herself to Christian deeds with fiery zeal; not sparing her sinful body, she exhausted herself with fasting and labor, courageously fought against corrupt nature in order to do the will of God with a full soul 49. The heartfelt desire, manifested in tears, with tenderness, the glorious earth was wetted and the hair was wiped off the foot of Christ 50. She evaded ecu carnal mercy. You were adorned with virtues 51. Through hard and long labors she ascended to a wondrous degree of spiritual perfection. By the mercy of God she healed the sick. She showed power over the elements, prophesied the future, which turned the carefree residents of the cheerful capital to concerns about eternity. “Enriched with the gift of prophecy, she predicted about emperors, patriarchs and many other things” 52. The swimmers in the sea, overwhelmed, sings the Church, saved the ecu, throwing oil into the sea with a blessing, and putting the overwhelming into silence 53. “You appeared as a stream of healings, extinguishing the fire of passions and providing saving healing, Divine Bride of God” 54. Domnica's holy life was very long: she lived until the time of Emperor Leo II († 474) 55 . She knew in advance the day of her death. “By the omnipotent beck of God, foreseeing the resolution of her body, with a pure soul she offered up a grateful song to the Author of everything and gave up her pure spirit to God” 56. Blessed Mavra preceded her death by moving to a happy eternity for her. Her monastery later became famous for raising the most shameful cruelty of Copronymus against itself. Fierce against monasticism, he converted the monastery of St. The Moors turned to the place of the most vile orgies, razed the church of the martyr to the ground, the nuns, who did not have time to hide, gave their servants to the violence of scoundrels, and the place of pure prayers was a slaughterhouse of people. It is clear in itself that the monastery was subsequently restored as a monument to the martyrdom of pure souls 57. † Venerable Gregory of Pechersk St. Rev. Grigory Pechersky The Monk Gregory was received into the Pechersk monastery by the Monk Theodosius. Under his guidance, he taught himself humility, obedience and non-covetousness; He especially loved prayer. He accomplished so much in spiritual life that he could work miracles and see the future. Unclean spirits ran away from people at one meeting with Gregory. The most amazing thing about him is his fight with predators. This was a special feat for him. In this struggle, he defeated the anger of the predators with his kindness and together rose more and more to complete dispassion for earthly things. In the cell of St. Gregory there was one treasure - books. One must imagine that at that time it took a lot of work, or an expensive price, to purchase even one book, and from Rev. Gregory had many books; he loved books as sources of spiritual wisdom. The fact that the strict ascetic had an expensive collection of books was also known on the side, and people who like to use other people’s books also learned. It was these latter who wanted to take advantage of the reverend’s favorite property. At night, approaching his cell, the thieves hid in a convenient place and waited for him to go to church for matins. Having spent the nights in prayer, Gregory heard them coming and added the following prayer to his usual prayer: Lord! send some sleep to these people who work so uselessly. The prayer was heard: the thieves slept for five days until the brethren saw them; the ascetic himself woke them up, and since they were very weak from hunger, he fed them and then released them. The city judge, having learned about their act, subjected them to a strict response. The blessed one felt sorry for the poor people. He decided to part with part of his treasure: he took part of his books to the judge in order to beg freedom for the guilty. That was not enough for him. He sold several other books and distributed the money to the poor, in order that no one else would fall into trouble, tempted by the desire to steal them from him. The thieves, touched by such actions of the saint, entered of their own free will into the service of the Pechersk monastery. He also had a garden with fruit trees. Other thieves entered the garden, picked apples into bags and wanted to leave, but could not leave the place. Finally they began to shout: Holy Father Gregory, let us go, let’s not do this again. The Chernorizians, hearing their voice, went and grabbed them, but they also could not drag them from their place. Gregory came and said: “since you love to live idle and, without working, live on the labors of others, you can stay here until you die.” They tearfully begged to be let in, promising not to steal someone else's property again. “The elder took pity and said: “If you begin to work and feed yourself and others with labor, then I will let you go.” The thieves swore an oath never to break the elder’s commandments. “Blessed be God,” said Gregory, “from now on you will work for the holy brethren and in this way you will be useful to yourself and others.” The thieves worked in the Pechersk Monastery until their death. Three other thieves attacked the monk in a special way. Two of them, approaching him, said plaintively: Father! our comrade is sentenced to death, give something for his ransom. The blessed one said with tears: “Poor him, his death has come.” “If you give something,” said the thieves, “he will not die.” “If I give it, he will die,” answered the elder; but,” he added, “tell me: to what death is he condemned?” “Hang him on a tree,” said the thieves. The saint said: “Tomorrow this will come true.” Then he went to his cave, took out the remaining books from it and gave them with the words: “Take it, and if you don’t need it, return it to me.” They went and, laughing, said: we’ll sell it and split the money. When they saw the old man’s fruit trees, they said, “We’ll take them that same night.” At night, as if all three of them came, blocked the door of the saint’s cave cell from the outside, and one of them began to pick apples. The branch on which he stood broke off with a crash; His comrades, frightened by this, ran away, and he fell, hung on the branches and hanged himself. Gregory, being locked up, could not be at Matins. The brethren, noticing that he was not in the church, went to find out the reason and saw: a dead man was hanging, and Gregory was found locked in a cave. When he left the cave, he ordered the unfortunate man to be taken down, then, seeing his comrades who had come with others to look at their comrade, he said to them: “Look, your lies have turned into truth: God cannot be mocked; If you hadn’t locked me up, I would have helped your brother.” They fell at his feet and asked him to forgive them. Gregory condemned them to monastic work, so that by the sweat of their brow they would earn bread and serve others. And these also worked for the monastery until their graves. A wonderful teacher of hunters to live at the expense of others! The death of the monk was special. The blessed one went to the Dnieper for water. Prince Rostislav Vsevolodovich arrived there at the same time, with the intention of visiting the Pechersky Monastery to pray and receive blessings. Together with his brother Vladimir Monomakh, he then went to war with the Polovtsians. Rostislav's servants, seeing the elder, began to laugh at him and showered him with indecent words. The elder told them: “Children, while you should be distressed and ask everyone for prayers, you are doing something bad and displeasing to God. Do you know that God's judgment has been decided on you? You and your prince will all find death in the water.” Prince Rostislav, hearing this, imagined that they were telling him a reproach, and not a prophecy, and became very irritated. “Are you talking about me, that I will die in the water? - he said; – I can swim well; die yourself." And he immediately ordered his hands and feet to be tied and thrown into the water with a stone. The blessed one was drowned. The brothers searched for him for two days and did not find him. On the third day they came to his cell to take what was left after the saint. The monk lay in his cell, bound hand and foot, with a stone around his neck; his clothes were still wet, but his face was bright and his whole body seemed alive. Rostislav did not go to the monastery out of anger, did not want the blessing, and it moved away from him. Vladimir was in the monastery and prayed. When they were at Tripoli and the regiments converged, our princes fled from the enemies. Vladimir crossed the river, through the prayers and blessings of the saints, and Rostislav and his soldiers, according to the words of Blessed Gregory, drowned. This is what Polycarp writes in his letter to Archimandrite. Akindinou is 58. According to the ancient chronicle, the unfortunate battle with the Polovtsians near Tripoli took place in 1093; defeated by a numerous enemy, the Russian troops sought salvation in flight: Vladimir swam across the river. Stugna, and Rostislav died. The Polovtsians rushed to Kyiv and devastated its surroundings; Svyatopolk, who came out to meet them, was defeated; Mt. also gave up. Torchesk, after a long siege; wild pagans set fire to the temples of God and villages and captured many captives. “Our holidays,” says a contemporary, “turned into tears: on the day of the Ascension, on Stugna near Tripoli, on the new Russian holiday of Boris and Gleb on Zhelna (near Kyiv), God brought lament upon us... The Polovtsy took our brothers into captivity to their friends and relatives; poor captives, exhausted by hunger and thirst, with haggard faces, with blackened bodies, naked, barefoot, pricked by thorns, walk along the steppe, with tears telling each other where each one comes from, and with sighs raising their eyes to the Omniscient" 59 . Thus the words of the righteous man were fulfilled, at whom people laughed and, in the blindness of pride, took revenge for the unpleasant truth! According to the RCP. Saints, “Reverend Martyr Gregory the Wonderworker was quickly drowned by the prince in the Dnieper, in the summer of 6601 of the month of January on the 8th day.” The indication of time is consistent with the indication of the chronicle. Relics of St. Gregory are buried in the cave of the teacher. Anthony, as they rested at the beginning of the 17th century 60. † The Suffering of Saint Isidore and others with him Blessed Isidore was a priest in the city of Dorpat at the Church of St. Nicholas, while another priest John reverently served there at another church of St. George. Both churches have long existed in Dorpat, in the Russian end. This is how they are seen in the description of M. Isidore’s journey to the west 61. According to an agreement with the Moscow Grand Duke John III, the Livonian Germans in 1463 undertook to provide special protection to the Orthodox in Dorpat “and keep it according to the old times and according to the ancient charters” 62. But the Germans, then zealous servants of the pope, did not care about their oaths; They decided to force the Russians to union, sometimes with caresses, sometimes with threats. When both turned out to be useless, they began to use violence. Priest John retired to Pskov. Isidore remained to take care of his flock and boldly spoke about the advantages of Orthodoxy. The Dorpat burgomaster angrily rebelled against the righteous priest and his flock. Having denounced the bishop and the city authorities that Isidore and his parishioners were blaspheming the pope and his faith, he incited fanatical anger against the Orthodox in the bishop. On the feast of Epiphany, Isidore and his parishioners went to the river. Amovzhu for the consecration of water with the holy cross. Those sent by the bishop presented Isidore and those with him to the bishop and the city authorities. The papists demanded obedience to the pope. Isidore gave an account of why he condemns Pope Eugene and his teaching. Biskup ordered Isidore and those with him to be thrown into prison. Then the knights and elders of the city were invited by the biskup to the general council. Blessed. Isidore convinced his spiritual children to be firm in the holy fatherly faith: “if we die for St. the truth,” he said, “God will count us among the martyrs.” Having performed prayer chants, Isidore received Holy Communion. Mysteries with spare gifts and gave communion to everyone who was with him. Then they sang a song to the martyrs: “Holy martyrs, who suffered well and were crowned, pray to the Lord that our souls may be saved.” They were brought to the town hall. Biskup said to Isidore and his squad: “Listen, accept the unleavened service; We have one faith; at least now, before the court of such important persons, say that you were mistaken in condemning our service.” The firm confessors answered: “We are the same as we were before; do with us as you please." Biskup and his venerable council ordered everyone to be thrown into Amovzha, into the constructed Jordan. So Isidore in priestly clothes and with him 72 people were drowned in the Jordan. Among them was a young mother with a three-year-old child. The Germans tore the child from his mother’s arms, but he, seeing his drowning mother, screamed and rushed to her; they placed him near the ice hole, and he, having crossed himself three times, fell into the hole. It was January 8, 1472. When spring opened and the water began to flow, on the bank of Amovzha, 3 versts from Dorpat, the bodies of the sufferers were found all in one place, facing east, unharmed; in the middle of them lay blessed Isidore in priestly robes. Orthodox visiting merchants buried others in the same place, and transported others to Dorpat and laid them near the church in the ground 63. † St. Gregory, Bishop of Bulgaria St. Gregory, Bishop of Bulgaria In the month of the Ostromir Gospel on January 8, the memory of “Saint Gregory, Bishop of Mysia” is honored. In Ohrid, the former Bulgarian Archdiocese, on the huge dilapidated church of St. Sofia, built by the Bulgarian Archbishop Leo (1042–1053), an inscription made of brick, but not completely intact, was found: Γρηγοριου... σκηνην εγειρας... Τεονϑεογραφεον νομιον εϑνη τα Μυσων εδιδασκει... ςφκ, i.e. Gregory... erected a canopy... By the God-written law, - wisely teaches the Mysian peoples, in 1012 64. Since the church was erected after Blessed Gregory, who died in 1012, and the main altar of the church was dedicated to St. Sophia, then the inscription could not speak of Gregory’s participation in the construction of the church; and it means, without a doubt, what is named after the blessed one. Gregory, the glorious teacher of the Slavs, the chapel of the church was dedicated. Who is this Gregory? Known is “Gregory the presbyter and the leader of all the Bulgarian churches,” that is, the senior hieromonk, judge of all church people in Bulgaria, who, by order of the book lover Prince Simeon, “more truly than the words of the Lover of God” (888–937), translated the chronicle of John Malala into the Slavic language, supplementing it with extracts from biblical books and from various historical monuments. He is also credited with translating the chronicle of George Amartol 65. A recent traveler found in the Treskavce monastery near Prilep “Gregory Bishop of Pelagonia and Prilep” a translation from Metaphrastus 66. Given the modernity and prominent hierarchical significance of Gregory, the Bulgarian teacher, we cannot doubt that this is one and the same person with the bishop mentioned in the inscription and with Gregory, Bishop of Prilepsky. The pious Bulgarian teacher, after his judicial position, was invested with the rank of Bishop of Pelagonia and Prilep and died in 1012. St. Muchch. Juliana and Vasilisa and others with them St. Julian, originally from Antinous of Egypt, against his will, but at the request of his parents, married the girl Vasilisa, chosen for him by his parents, who, like him, came from a rich and noble family. He met in her a true friend, capable of understanding and sympathizing with his way of thinking and disposition to preserve virginity in marriage and devote himself entirely to the service of the One God. After the death of their parents, they agreed to enter into monasticism. Julian founded a men's monastery, where up to ten thousand monks gathered, and Vasilisa became the abbess of a nunnery, in which there were up to a thousand nuns who lived a truly God-pleasing life. Meanwhile, the persecution of Christians began, launched in 313 by Diocletian and Maximian. Julian and Vasilisa earnestly asked God to confirm the believers who had gathered with them, and the Lord revealed to St. Vasilisa that she will soon pass into eternal rest, and that her nuns will die even before her. Indeed, over the course of several months they all ended their lives and, appearing in a dream to St. Vasilisa, they called on her to appear with them before the Lord, Whom she taught them to serve. I gladly handed over to St. Vasilisa told her friend about this dream; a few days after that she died, and St. Julian buried her honest remains. Following this, Hegemon Marcian arrived here, and then the suffering of those who were in the monastery of St. began. Juliana: 10,100 monks and, in addition, several bishops and clergy who arrived here to confess the holy faith, were burned with the monastery; all the others were beheaded after torment, and St. Julian, whose famous family became known to the hegemon, was tied up and taken to prison. The next day he was presented to Marcian, who, seeing his inflexibility in confessing himself as a Christian, ordered him to be subjected to the most severe tortures. Then the full power of Divine help manifested itself over the martyr. In the miracles performed at this time, St. Julian, the words of Jesus Christ were truly justified: “Believe in Me, the works that I do, he will do this also, and greater works than these he will do” (John 14:12). The broken stick with which the tormentors struck St. Julian, the eye of one of Marcian’s relatives was knocked out, and the martyr healed him. – Truly great is the Christian God! - the healed man, amazed by this miracle, exclaimed, and publicly confessed his conversion. The hegemon ordered his head to be cut off, and thus the new martyr received holy baptism in his blood. Marcian then turned even more furiously to St. Julian and ordered to put iron chains on him and lead him around the city with reproach. At this time, the Lord glorified His saint with a new miracle. The son of the hegemon, the youth Kelsiy, being present at the spectacle along with his comrades, suddenly exclaimed: “What a strange thing I see!” I see many bright young men around that Christian, who is led by soldiers - bound with chains; some serve him, while others put a crown on him, and that crown shines brighter than the sun. And I want to believe in that God who gives such glory to those who believe in Him... - and, throwing himself at the feet of Julian, the youth said to him: - I want you to be my father, I do not want to be the son of a tormentor... I will follow you and want, just like you, to suffer for your Christ, Whom I have not known until now... Great was the surprise of Kelsius's father and mother when they saw him with Julian. Great was the rage of Marcian when he saw that no prayers, no threats could separate his son from the martyr. However, everyone who touched the boy to take him felt unbearable pain in their hands. Marcian ordered them both to be taken to prison. But at every step of His saint, God lavished His miracles on him... The dark and stinking prison turned out to be light and fragrant; Twenty soldiers who were present believed in God and remained in prison. St. Julian grieved that there was no one to perform baptism over them, but the Lord did not deprive him of this consolation. The priest Anthony, who was with the seven sons of a deceased noble and honored citizen, whose family was allowed to profess the Christian faith, came with them to visit the prisoners in prison and baptized Kelsius and 20 soldiers; seven brothers remained in prison, wanting to suffer for Christ along with the martyrs. During the trial of all of them, St. Julian - as a manifestation of the glory of God - struck the persecutors with new miracles. He raised a dead man who was being carried past along the street, and the dead man testified of himself that he had heard the voice of God: let this soul return to its body for the sake of My beloved servant Julian... The hegemon was embarrassed and, fearing popular unrest, ordered all the defendants to be taken back to prison. In prison, priest Anthony baptized the resurrected man and gave him the name Anastasia. The next day, it was decided to burn the martyrs in tubs of sulfur and resin, but the tubs of flammable substances burned, but they remained unharmed. The people were extremely excited by the amazing miracles taking place before their eyes, but Marcian, hardened in heart, attributed them only to the magic of Christians and again sent them to prison. The hegemon's wife, Marionilla, having learned that her son remained unharmed, hastened to see him in prison and believed in Christ, and immediately accepted the saint. baptism. Driven to rage, Marcian also imprisoned his wife. The martyrs were kept here for a long time; Finally, they were brought out for the last test. The hegemon still hoped to force them to sacrifice to idols, but when they approached the pagan temple, the earth shook, the temple was crushed and many priests and people were killed by its debris... After countless new tortures, among which the martyrs remained unharmed, Marcian ordered their execution, sparing neither his son nor his wife. When the execution was completed, an earthquake occurred again; a third of the entire city was destroyed, all the idols were crushed, and many pagans were killed by lightning. Through such great suffering and such great miracles the Christian faith spread throughout the world. When they were needed to support the Church of God emerging on earth, God abundantly lavished them with His will and power. Now the strengthened Church contains within itself an indestructible power that replaces any other miraculous support, but He is still the same, “Great God, work miracles” 67. Oh St. Domnik stichera on January 8: “You followed Him (Christ), rejecting the corruptible glory.” Another stichera: “Thou shalt shine forth from the west to the east.” Song 3: “An angel of light appears to lead the hierarch who has come to the royal city.” About paganism and the arrival from Carthage of the Synaxarion. Menologue for January 10 about Domnik: “adopted by P. Nektariy Const. by revelation." Complete life of St. Domniki and Moors are now unknown, but Joseph the hymn writer had it in his hands. Canon of the Venerable for January 8 according to the acrostic verse 9 - the creation of Joseph. Review of the Song Singers, p. 367. Chern., 1864. Menologist of Vasily on January 10: “He (P. Nektariy) not only brought her into the monastery of St. Prophet Zechariah, but also ordained her as a deaconess.” Kodin, about the buildings of Constantinople: “two monasteries, one St. Domniki, nicknamed Alexandrov, the other - St. Moors. They were built under Emperor Theodosius the Great. Then those holy women came from Rome (from the western half of the empire) and, having received from the emperor the then uninhabited seaside places, they built monasteries on them.” Codinus, ed. Beckeri. Bon. 1843 p. 322. Song 6 about St. Domnike: “thou hast erected the sacred prophecy of the Divine Zechariah, the prophet of the God-wise.” In the monastery of St. Zechariah the relics of St. Peter the Standard Bearer, celebrated Jan. 3. Prologue by Rumyantsev, p. 448. Du-Cangii Const. Chr. r. 105, 185. Synaxarion: “having chosen a solitary life, she devoted herself to courageous labors and, having reached the pinnacle of asceticism, was awarded the gift of miracles and predicted the future for many.” Slavic stichera, which is not in Greek. Minee. The same in another stichera. Song 7 and 8: canon for January 8. Words by Menologist Vasiliev. Song 5: “The radiance of the Spirit is shown by things that are far away as if they are near (existing) and future events are foreshadowed.” Song 4. The Slavic translation is very incorrect. Song 6: “Thou art a stream of healing appeared in abundance.” Vasily’s menologist: “even survived until the times of the emperors Leo and Zeno.” The same Synaxarion. Canto 8. In 7 cantos: “being the temple of the Holy Spirit, in the holy church you heard a voice teaching you the mysteries and the honest departure from the body.” Codin de Copronimo. Du-Cangii Const. Chr. p. 186. 155. Collection l. 1, 94. 2, 279, 7, 6. 7. Patericon, part 132. Description. laurels, pp. 105, 291. Ancient vivliof. IV, 295. 296. The Tale of Pskov. pecher. mon., p. 2. M. 1831 Russian. times 2, 67. 68. Tsarsky, No. 136, the suffering of St. Isidora, described by Varlaam, otherwise known as Vasil, is, as usual, verbose and with a pitiful poverty of thoughts. According to the RCP. Saints, the sufferers died on January 9, 1472. We follow the printed story about Pecher. monastery and Russian temporary. Grigorovich travel, p. 118. Izv. Academician IX, 122. Obolensky preface to the Pereyaslav Chronicle, pp. 29, 31, 35, 47. M. 1857 Review Russian. spirit. liter. 1, § 6. Grigorovich travel, p. 189. The sufferings of the martyrs Julian and Vasilisa are described by an eyewitness; for the preface says: we have described the deeds of the saints, which we saw with our own eyes. And in their very description there is nothing that would show their later origin. A lengthy and wonderful study about much. Iuliane is located at Chastellan (Not. sur. le mart.). “They say that the relics of St. Juliana and Kelsia in Rome, in the Church of the Apostle Paul Ostiiskop” (Complete months of the East, volume II. Archimandrite Sergius, part II. – Notes, p. 11).