Память преподобного отца нашего Дионисия, игумена Глушицкого, нового чудотворца

This reverend father of ours, Dionysius, first asceticised near a lake called the Great Kubensky 3563 and located at a distance of fourteen miles 3564 to the east of the city of Vologda. Subsequently, he left this place and, accompanied by a monk named Pachomius, began to go around many places located in the vicinity of the named lake, looking for one where in solitude he could devote himself to serving God. The Monk Dionysius and Pachomius came to a village called Lucitsa 3565, and here first of all they built a cell for themselves, and soon after that they built a church in the name of St. Nicholas, which they consecrated with the blessing of the Rostov Bishop Gregory. After this, monks began to gather with them to live with them and strive for spiritual salvation. Having established a monastery at the indicated place, the Monk Dionysius established a hostel in it and, after this, accepting the rank of priest 3566, began to offer sacrifice to the Lord in purity. Soon after this, the monk appointed his disciple, the above-mentioned Pachomius, as rector of the monastery he founded, and, having taught the blessing of peace to the brethren, he himself withdrew from the monastery at a distance of fifteen miles, to the Glushitsa River, and there stopped for the night. In a subtle dream, he heard, as it were, a voice resounding in this deserted place and calling him. He immediately woke up, felt great joy and, having said a prayer, erected a cross in this place, which he had brought with him, and then under one tree - which to this day grows inside the monastery, has black berries and is called bird cherry - he built himself a small cell. One man, suffering from toothache, ate a berry from this tree with faith and immediately felt healthy. After this, the Monk Dionysius devoted himself in this place to strict abstinence, all-night vigil, fasting and prayer. And after a little time, one after another, monks began to come to him at this place, so that the number of his disciples began to multiply. Seeing this, the monk built a church on this site in the name of the Most Holy Theotokos, Her Venerable Protection 3567, and established a monastery. Several years passed after this, and the number of monks increased to the point that the room in the church turned out to be too small for them, and they began to ask Saint Dionysius to build for them another church, larger than this one. Fulfilling the request of the brethren, the monk built a new church, 3568 much larger than the first, wonderfully decorated it with icons 3569, supplied it with books and began to teach the brethren without laziness, instructing them in what was supposed to bring them spiritual benefit. One day, when the monk was getting ready to go to church for worship, he was attacked by many demons. Gnashing their teeth, they began to beat him, and then, lifting the floor, they laid him there and said to him: - Leave this place, otherwise you will die an evil death! But the monk defeated their weak strength with prayer, and they immediately disappeared. Meanwhile, the brethren, not seeing the saint, came to his cell and, finding him crushed by floorboards, lifted the floor, after which he said to them: “You see, brothers, what kind of fight our enemies are waging against us, but let this not frighten us. After this, the Monk Dionysius, secretly from the brethren, left the monastery and came to a deserted place, located four fields south of the large monastery 3570 on the banks of the same river Glushitsa and called Sosnowiec. Here he built a church in the name of John the Baptist 3571, built cells and moved some of the brethren here from his monastery. He told them that his body would be buried here and told them everything they needed for their maintenance was to be received from the great monastery. At this last place of his exploits, seven years before his death, the monk himself dug a grave for himself, so that it would remind him every day of the hour when his body would be laid in it. From that time on, he even more intensified his godly deeds in fasting, prayer and vigilance, and many times stood in the cold all night, taxing his flesh with this. Having performed many miracles by the power of Christ and having partaken of the Most Pure Body and Blood of his soul before the departure of his soul, the Monk Dionysius reposed into eternal rest” 3572. With divine love from youth we inflame the Reverend Dionysius, having hated everything red in the world, you loved Christ alone: ​​and for this reason you moved into the inner desert, living with the beasts, all of Christ 3573. From then on, the all-seeing eye 3574 saw your labors, and after your repose enriched you with the gift of miracles. We also cry out to you: pray unceasingly for all of us, who always honor your honorable memory in songs. Having committed all your mental desire to God, you followed it irrevocably from the heart, moved into the desert, and lived there like an angel, and you provided a path to salvation for many: for this reason, you glorified Christ and enriched you with the gift of miracles. In the same way we all cry out to you: Rejoice, reverend Dionysius, desert dweller. The Monk Dionysius, in the world Demetrius, was born in 1362 in the vicinity of the city of Vologda. No information has been preserved about his parents and his life before accepting monasticism. He was tonsured by Dionysius, abbot of the Spasokamenny monastery, located on Lake Kubenskoye, and labored in this monastery for 9 years. Kubenskoye Lake is called “Great” probably because it is the largest of all the lakes in the Vologda region. Field is a measure of distance of 690 fathoms. The village of Luchitsa, otherwise called “Saint Luke,” was located on the shores of Lake Kubenskoye at the mouth of the Kubeni River. Here, before the arrival of the Monk Dionysius, there was a monastery that had fallen into disrepair, and Dionysius restored it. The Monk Dionysius was ordained to the priesthood by Rostov Archbishop Gregory and, in the opinion of His Eminence Philaret (“Lives of the Saints,” June, p. 11) even before the completion of the construction of the church on Lucitsa. This church was built in 1403. Prince Dimitri of Kubensky, wishing to provide assistance to the Monk Dionysius, sent his craftsmen, carpenters, to build it. This second church was built 9 years after the first, in 1412. The Monk Dionysius himself painted the icons, as he was a skilled artist. To this day, icons painted by his hand have survived. Thus, in the Prilutsky Monastery an icon of St. Demetrius, painted by him, is shown; in the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery in the iconostasis of the cathedral there is an image of St. Kirill - also his work, etc. This is the name here of the Intercession Monastery, from which the monk retired. This church was built in 1420. The Monk Dionysius died at the age of 74 on Sunday, June 1, 1437. The Moscow Council, which took place in 1547 under Metropolitan Macarius, canonized him, and in the 16th century the first church was built in his name. His relics rest in secret in the Sosnovetsky Monastery in the church in the name of Saints Dionysius and Amphilochius. The monastery houses two icons, one of the Intercession, and the other of the Sign of the Mother of God, both, according to legend, painted by the Monk Dionysius. The reverend's appearance was as follows: he was short in stature and very thin in body, had a considerable head, semicircular eyebrows, an oblong face, sunken cheeks, meek eyes, a thick beard down to his chest, light brown and half-gray hair. All of Christ, i.e. He gave himself all to Christ, devoted all his strength to fulfilling the commandments of Christ. The all-seeing eye, i.e. all-seeing God. You might be interested in: