Память святого благоверного князя Всеволода, нареченного во святом крещении Гавриилом

The holy noble prince Vsevolod, named Gabriel in holy baptism, was the son of the Grand Duke Mstislav, son of the famous Vladimir Monomakh 1321. In 1117, the elderly Vladimir Monomakh planted his son Mstislav in Kiev Belgorod 1322 in order to have an assistant in him, and installed his grandson, Mstislav’s son, blessed Prince Vsevolod, as prince in his place in Novgorod. Blessed Prince Vsevolod led a godly life and fairly ruled the principality entrusted to him, as befits Orthodox princes. He was distinguished by all sorts of good deeds and good disposition: he was God-fearing, truthful, quiet and meek, and had unfeigned love for everyone. Prince Vsevolod loved to build churches of God, loved the church and monastic order, gave them generous alms and honored them as the brothers of God. A monument to his zeal for the creation of churches is the magnificent church he built in the name of St. John the Baptist, with a side church, equipped with expensive icons, a very valuable Gospel and all liturgical books; with a special charter he provided for the maintenance of the church and the clergy, partly from duties on all trade items, of which a significant part also went to the maintenance of the St. Sophia Cathedral. The pious prince was the protector of widows and orphans, was merciful to the poor, comforted the weak and distributed abundant food. In 1132, the father of the blessed prince Vsevolod Mstislav 1323 died in Kyiv, and the great throne of Kiev was taken by Mstislav's brother Yaropolk, who gave Vsevolod southern Pereyaslavl, which was considered the eldest after Kyiv 1324. The Novgorodians released Vsevolod with displeasure; Meanwhile, the younger sons of Monomakh, Vsevolod's uncle, rebelled for Pereyaslavl against the Grand Duke, suggesting that he wanted to make his nephew heir to the Kyiv throne. One of these princes, Yuri Vladimirovich 1325, took up arms against Vsevolod and wanted to take Pereyaslavl. The saint, having heard about this and avoiding civil strife, left Pereyaslavl for Novgorod without bloodshed, leaving Pereyaslavl to Prince Yuri. During this time, the free Novgorodians had already forgotten about the beneficent government of Vsevolod and did not want to accept him, but they soon came to their senses and invited the prince, who had done them so much good, to their place. Soon after this, blessed Prince Vsevolod, at the request of the Novgorodians, was forced to go with the Novgorodians on a campaign to Suzdal and Rostov 1326. A bloody battle took place, but the Suzdal and Rostovites prevailed, although more of them fell than the Novgorodians. In the same year, the blessed prince, together with the pious archpastor Niphon, founded a magnificent stone church in the name of St. Clement, but he did not manage to finish it. In May 1136, a rebellion broke out in Novgorod. The proud, self-willed Novgorodians, in anger because they were unable to boast of victory over the Suzdalians, rebelled against the holy Prince Vsevolod and declared him deposed. “We have no help from you,” they told the saint and expelled him from Novgorod. Then blessed Prince Vsevolod went to Kyiv to see his uncle, Grand Duke Yaropolk, son of Vladimir Monomakh. Yaropolk gave Vsevolod control of Vyshgorod in 1327, but the blessed prince did not stay there long. The Pskovites, valuing Vsevolod’s good deeds and high qualities, sent elected officials to Vyshgorod with a fervent request that he come to reign with them: at that time there was no prince in Pskov. Saint Vsevolod agreed and went to reign in Pskov. On the way, when he passed by Polotsk 1328, Prince Vasilko of Polotsk, having heard about the arrival of the saint, hastily went out to meet him, addressed the saint with a brotherly kiss and greeting for Christ, gave him many gifts and saw him off with great triumph. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of Pskov came out to meet the blessed Prince Vsevolod, led by the clergy, with honorable crosses, and so they accepted him into the city. And there was great joy in Pskov because of the arrival of the saint. In the same way, the saint rejoiced at his arrival in Pskov, as if in the heavenly Jerusalem, foreseeing in spirit that his venerable relics would be placed in him. And he immediately began to reign, ruling the Pskovites fairly until his death. The pious prince immediately laid the foundation for a stone church in the name of the Holy Trinity, completed the following year. The Latinizing peoples were all afraid of the very name of the saint and did not dare to attack Pskov. Holy Prince Vsevolod reigned in Pskov for just over a year. Then, by the will of God, he fell into a serious physical illness; having partaken of the Most Pure Body and Blood of Christ, at the end of his soul, and, having taught peace to his household and to all the citizens of Pskov, he went to the Lord and venerated his fathers, where all the saints rest. The repose of the blessed Prince Vsevolod-Gabriel followed on Thursday of Cheese Week, February 11, 1138. The body of the saint was escorted with honor by all the citizens of Pskov, abbots and many clergy and laid in the church of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica. The sword and shield of the blessed Prince Vsevolod were placed on his tomb, in praise and for the approval of the city of Pskov, where they are still located in the Trinity Cathedral. 52 years later, after the blessed repose of the holy noble prince Vsevolod-Gabriel, his relics were found incorrupt. In 1192, the holy prince appeared in a vision to one God-fearing man and said: “Inform the authorities to transfer the relics to the Church of the Holy Trinity: there I want to lie down. The Lord Jesus Christ gave me the city of Pskov so that I could keep it.” Then his holy relics were reverently transferred to the Trinity Cathedral in 1329. From then on, at the tomb of the blessed Prince Vsevolod, various healings began to flow with faith to those who came to his holy relics, for the glory of Christ Jesus, our Lord, to whom befits glory now, always and unto the ages of ages. From a young age you appeared, O God-wise Prince Gabriel, a Divine vessel, chosen by God, raised in piety, keeping the immaculate faith and having established many holy churches, you suffered exile from your own, just as your chastity ancestors were murdered by their brother. Standing with them is the Holy Trinity, praying for the Russian State to be preserved and for all of us to be saved. Having wisely settled in the city of Pskov, blessed Prince Gabriel, you were the good fruit of God in this life, ever blooming with virtues, and like David with kindness: for this reason you received eternal life in Heaven, always in vain the Holy Trinity. Pray for deliverance from all troubles, and we call to you: Rejoice, strengthening of our city. Vladimir Monomakh, grandson of Yaroslav the Wise, the ideal of the Old Russian prince, is known especially as a peacemaker to warring princes; from 1114 to 1125 - Grand Duke of Kiev. Belgorod is a small city in the Principality of Kyiv, which, however, had the reign of the heirs of Vladimir the Great, a bishop, and for some time was an appanage table. Nowadays it is a village in the Kiev province and district, on Irpen, belonging to the Kiev Metropolitan, with 1900 acres of land and over 1 1 2 thousand inhabitants, with a parish church. Mstislav Vladimirovich, father of St. good Prince Vsevolod, was the Grand Duke of Kyiv from 1125 to 1132. He was succeeded by his brother Yaropolk, who reigned in Kyiv from 1132 to 1138. The Pereyaslavl principality was considered the first after the Grand Duchy of Kyiv. Southern Pereyaslavl is now a district town of Poltava province, near the river. Scarlet and Trubezhe. Yuri (George) Vladimirovich Dolgoruky, youngest son of Vladimir Monomakh, Prince of Suzdal, later Grand Duke of Kiev from 1148 to 1150; then he was expelled by Izyaslav Mstislavich, but after some time he again took possession of the Grand Duchy of Kiev, although not for long. It followed as follows. Izyaslav Mstislavich, by the grace of the power-hungry Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, came from Turov to Novgorod for help against Yuri, who boldly insulted the Mstislavichs. The Novgorodians made a noise, volunteering to defend Izyaslav against Yuri. Blessed Prince Vsevolod did not want to have anything to do with his uncle, and Saint Michael dissuaded the Novgorodians from the campaign, pointing out the dangers of a winter campaign. But, in the end, Vsevolod had to obey the wishes of the Novgorodians and go on a campaign against the Suzdal and Rostovites. Vyshgorod is a small town near Kyiv. Polotsk is now a district city in the Vitebsk province, at the confluence of the river. 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