Prosperity of the monastery. - Her devotees. - Her influence.
IV. PECHERSK ASCETS. THE BEGINNING OF BOOK LITERATURE AND LEGISLATION
(continuation)
The holy monastery became more and more important in the eyes of the princes and people. The chronicle, for example, says that the Grand Duke Svyatopolk used to go to the Pechersky Monastery to pray at the tomb of St. Theodosius and take the blessing from the abbot. After the pogrom suffered in 1096 by the Polovtsians, the monastery soon recovered, continuing to grow rich and be decorated with expensive buildings. Its wealth grew as a result of generous contributions from people of the princely and boyar families. Shimon Varyag, who helped with his property during the construction of the Pechersk Church, was buried in the monastery. Subsequently, the son of this Shimon, George, who was a thousand in Rostov, sent, as they say, five hundred hryvnias of silver and fifty gold to shackle the shrine of St. with gold and silver. Feodosia. Noble people often expressed a desire to be buried in this holy place or were buried here due to the diligence of their relatives. Thus, in the Pechersk Church of the Assumption near Feodosius, the bodies of his beloved couple, boyar Yan Vyshatich, who had reached the age of ninety, and his wife Maria, were buried. The ashes of Gleb Vseslavich, Prince of Minsk, captured by Vladimir Monomakh, were also laid there. This Gleb and his wife, the daughter of the unfortunate Yaropolk Izyaslavich (killed by Neradets), contributed up to seven hundred hryvnias of silver and up to one hundred hryvnias of gold to the Pechersky Monastery. Gleb died in 1119. His wife lived as a widow for about forty years, died in her eighty-fifth year and was laid next to her husband. She bequeathed to the monastery five villages with servants and all her movable property, “even up to the warrior,” as the chronicle notes. In this case, she imitated not only her husband, but also her father, who gave the Pechersky Monastery several of its own volosts. Monomakh's sister Eupraxia, the former wife of Emperor Henry II, was also buried in the Assumption Church.
Thus, Kyiv, the center of Russian political life, in the natural course of history became the center of Russian Orthodoxy, the main place of Russian shrines. In Kyiv itself there were the Desyatinny and Sophia temples with the tombs of Vladimir and Yaroslav. In its northern suburbs, i.e. in Vyshgorod, there were shrines of the purely Russian saints Boris and Gleb, and in the southern environs the Pechersk monastery shone with the graves of also purely Russian saints, Anthony, Theodosius and many other ascetics buried in its famous caves. Little by little, from the distant ends of Rus', people got used to flocking to Kyiv to worship its shrines.
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Photos from the turn of the 19th-20th centuries
Of those Pechersk monks who became the subject of monastic legends, later included in the collection of lives, or the so-called Patericon of Pechersk, the following are especially remarkable: Damian the healer, Matvey the seer, Isaac the recluse, Elder Jeremiah, who remembered the baptism of the Russian land under Vladimir, Agapit - a free doctor, Mark the grave-digger, Alimpiy, the first Russian icon painter, Nikola Svyatosha, etc. They were contemporaries of Theodosius or labored shortly after him.
Many wonderful legends are told about the Pechersk ascetics, about their extraordinary fasting, patience, and especially about their tireless struggle with evil spirits, who are constantly being sophisticated in various ways to tempt the ascetics and interfere with their salvation. (For the most part, this is the personification of the passions or motives of human flesh, frivolity, pride and other weaknesses.) For example, Matvey the seer stands one day in the church, and he sees a demon in the form of a Poles carrying his luda, or cloak, into the field, flowers, called molds, and throws them first on this, then on another of the brethren singing matins. To whomever the flower sticks, he begins to feel very sleepy; After standing for a while, he goes to his cell and falls asleep; but to whom the flower does not stick, he cheerfully endures the service until the end. Another time, during the abbot of the Great Nikon, during the morning service he wanted to look at the abbot, and in his place he saw a demon standing in the form of a donkey; Matvey realized that the elderly Nikon had not yet risen from sleep. Or here is Isaac the recluse, who was formerly a merchant in the city of Toropets and gave away all his property to the poor, sitting in his cramped cave; until midnight he sang psalms and prayed, and now, having turned off the lamp, he sat down to rest a little. Suddenly his cave was illuminated with a blinding light; Two beautiful young men appeared and said: “Isaac! we are angels, and behold Christ comes to you; bow down to him." The recluse did not remember to make the sign of the cross and hurried to bow. Suddenly the demons exclaimed: “Now you are already ours, Isaac!” The whole cell was filled with demons, who began to play sniffles, tambourines and harps and forced the recluse to dance until his strength was exhausted; so, having scolded him, they left him barely alive. For several years he lay stricken with complete relaxation and deprived of his tongue. But subsequently, little by little, Isaac recovered, imposed foolishness on himself, subjected himself to all kinds of hardships and labors; until, finally, he was worthy to atone for his sin and defeat the demon. And here is another recluse, Nikita, who labored during the abbess of the Great Nikon. He shut himself up in the hope of receiving the gift of miracles from God, and was, of course, punished for his false humility. The evil one appeared to him in the form of an angel, as if sent by God himself. Nikita, with his help, began to talk about what was happening in remote areas, and soon became known as a prophet. He especially amazed those who came to him with his reading in the books of the Old Testament. But it seemed strange that he never wanted to talk or hear about the Gospel and the Apostle. From here the abbot and other elders soon guessed what was the matter. They came to the recluse and with their prayers drove the demon away from him. It turned out that Nikita was not only not distinguished for learning, but had never read Holy Scripture before; so the elders later had difficulty teaching him to read and write. Since then, leaving seclusion, he devoted himself to true humility and piety.
The first of the Russian princes who entered the Pechersk monastery as a monk was Nikolai Svyatosha, the son of the Chernigov prince David, the grandson of Svyatoslav Yaroslavich. Like his grandfather, he bore the pagan name of Svyatoslav, from which he received the nickname Svyatoshi. In 1106, he took monastic vows and then underwent various obediences before settling in a cell: he worked for the brethren in a cookery for three years and was a monastery gatekeeper for three years.
The Pechersk monastery had a great influence on Russian monasticism. Following its model, other cenobitic monasteries began to spread in Russia; Her ascetics became an object of imitation for the monks. Its importance in the history of the Russian Church is also evidenced by the fact that from the very first times of its existence it began to supply the Russian regions with hierarchs, ahead of all other monasteries. Thus, the monk Ephraim, the former steward of the Grand Duke and who sent Theodosius from Constantinople a copy of the Studite Charter, was subsequently installed as bishop of southern Pereyaslavl, and marked his bishopric here with the construction of many churches, stone city walls and other buildings. By the way, he erected some kind of bathhouse building in Pereyaslavl; which, according to the chronicle, had never happened before in Rus'. (According to Karamzin, more likely than others, it was a baptistery, or baptismal chamber, at the cathedral church.) Further, Stefan, Theodosius’s successor as abbot, was elevated to the episcopal department of Vladimir Volynsky; the above-mentioned recluse Nikita is later the bishop of Veliky Novgorod; Isaiah, a Pechersk monk under Theodosius, later became famous as the Bishop of Rostov, and others. Some of the Pechersk monks are not only known as preachers of Christianity in those regions of Russia that are still ossified in paganism; but they also sealed their apostolic exploits with the death of martyrs. These are: St. Leonty, Isaiah's predecessor at the Rostov See, is said to have died there from the pagans, and St. Kuksha, who baptized many people in the country of the wild Vyatichi, but finally accepted death from them along with his disciple Nikon.
The founders and devotees of the Pechersk Monastery testify to the strength of character, the strength and multifaceted abilities that nature has endowed the Russian people with. He is equally great in his representatives in the field of state and church life. That deep religious feeling, which in the pagan period led Russian people to bloody sacrifices to idols, now, purified by the light of the new religion, turned him to feats of self-torture and humility, but not stupid, timid humility, but conscious and active. Christian Rus' assimilates the ideals brought by the Greek Church and zealously tries to implement them in the person of its ascetics. Not inferior to Eastern models in asceticism, they do not sever all ties with the world; but they try to influence the improvement of his morality, the improvement of civil relations, of course, in accordance with their concepts, with the degree of their own development.
The icon was purchased from the Shchigry Orthodox brotherhood in 2010. The inscription on the icon reads: “The Council of the Saints of the Fathers of Pechersk.”
In the center of the icon are the Venerables Anthony and Theodosius, the founders of the Lavra. They are holding scrolls in their hands, on the scroll is St. Anthony it is written: “Lord, may the blessing of the holy Mount Athos be in this place,” on the scroll of St. Theodosius: “Lord, in the name of Your Most Holy Mother this house has been rewarded.” The holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and other saints are also depicted, whose names are firmly entrenched not only in the history of the church, but of the Russian state.
Consecrated on December 31, 2010 at the Divine Liturgy, which was performed by His Eminence Longin, then Bishop of Saratov and Volsk, and His Eminence Irenaeus, then Bishop of Nezhin and Prilutsk.
Saints whose image is inscribed on the halo:
LEFT:
From left to right, top row:
sschmch. Kuksha; St. Nikon, abbot of Pechersk; St. John the long-suffering; St. Nicholas St. book black; St. Sylvester; St. Juliania, book. Olshanskaya
From left to right, middle row:
St. Alipius icon painter; St. Anastasy deacon; St. Polycarp, Archimandrite of Pechersk; St. Ephraim, Bishop of Pereyaslavl; St. Varlaam, abbot of Pechersk; St. Prince Boris;
From left to right, bottom row:
St. Simon, Bishop of Suzdal; St. Nifont, Bishop of Novgorod; St. Mercury, Bishop of Smolensk; St. Mikhail, Metropolitan Kyiv; St. Anthony Pechersky;
ON RIGHT:
From left to right, top row:
St. Great Barbara; St. Agathon the wonderworker; St. Macarius deacon; St. Gregory the Wonderworker; St. Hilarion the schema-monk; St. Sisoy the schema-monk;
From left to right, middle row:
St. Prince Gleb; St. Duchess Olga; St. Akhila deacon; St. Martyrius the deacon; St. Pankraty the priest; St. Euthymius the schema-monk; St. Silouan the schema-monk;
From left to right, bottom row:
St. Theodosius of Pechersk; St. Theophilus, Bishop of Novgorod; St. Ignatius, Archimandrite of Pechersk; St. Theodore, Prince rest; St. Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk;
In the center: St. Equal to the Apostles Prince Vladimir
Memorial Days:
Celebration of the Council of All Reverend Fathers of the Kiev-Pechersk: on the 2nd Sunday of Great Lent; Council of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Caves, reposing in the Near Caves (St. Anthony): September 28 / October 11; Council of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Caves, reposing in the Far Caves (St. Theodosius): August 28 / September 10
Troparion to the Council of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Caves, tone 4
The fiery pillar and the luminous sun that shone on Mount Pechersk, we bring the great Anthony with the entire council of the God-bearing Fathers to You, Christ, in prayer, for their sake we pray, grant grace to our monastery and great mercy to our souls.
Troparion to the Council of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Caves, tone 2
When you are buried in graves and imprison yourself, then the passions of the flesh, having mortified, are buried in Christ, the God-bearing, and the devil in the underground, destroying the fence. For this reason, the Angels are giving you crowns from Heaven.
Kontakion to the Council of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Caves, tone 2
Gathering the fasting face with your mind, with your mental eyes, come, people, honor them with praises, worshiping their power, bring gifts of love, for these are intercessors and prayer books for our souls to God.
Kontakion to the Council of the Reverend Fathers of the Kiev Caves, tone 8
Fathers of all honour, God-red face, sources of many miracles, flowing myrrh, red-rich treasures of the Lord, hidden earth, do not stop, we pray, praying to the Lord for us, and we call to you: rejoice in the whole world of the lamp.
Canon to the Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Saints, resting in the Near Caves
Song 1.
Irmos:
Let us sing a song, people, to our wonderful God, who freed Israel from work, a song of victory, singing and crying out: we will sing to You, the only Master.
In memory of Your saints, grant, my Christ, help from above and teach me, making wise by Your Holy Paraclete, that I may bring song praise to You, the Only Master.
Cathedral of God-bearing fathers in God, gather, people, come to worship, bringing with you animated sacrifices, for this we are called upon, so that we may bring glory to the King of all, the One Master.
I have brought forth the East and the Russian country and grown the Pechersk Mountain, like a God-planted tree; these fruits are abundant, people, try to honor, and we will bring a song to the Lady.
Hard of the weapons, the Pechera Holy City, which multiplied the um wood - the blessed fathers, and the same suicide can’t be more likely, about all the taste of praise and weapons bring a one ruler.
The fruitful tree and the olive branch, brought from Athos to this mountain, the great Anthony, whose fruits delight our souls, we bring a song to You, Christ, the Master of all.
Stephen, full of faith and piety, the perfecter of the Church founded by God, and Nikon, adorned with icons, like a great luminary who has shone, and who is more revered, we offer a hymn to the One You, Christ ́, Lord of all.
Trinity:
Bringing glory to You, Most Holy Trinity, I bring the wonderful prayer book of Barlaam, who despised the glory of the Bolyar family, for whose sake my glory in this world was planted in the dust, and there it was found I seek glory for You, the Lord of all.
Theotokos:
You who brought the human race into the first nobility with Your holy Nativity, dishonored me with demonic lamentations, bring me to the glory of the wiser, let me sing Ti: Rejoice, Glory to the Orthodox, Chi Mati Devo's flock.
Song 3.
Irmos:
There is nothing holy, like the Lord, and nothing is righteous, like our God, to Him all creation sings: There is nothing righteous, but you, O Lord.
Even if there is no red singing in my mouth, I still offer it to you, God-bearing Ephraim, for you, leaving your work to the earthly prince, served the King of Heaven and received a bribe from his hand Lord.
I honor Isaiah, who spoke with his wondrous gift, and I sing this as he who holds the Rostov bishopric, praying that the Most High Shepherd will receive me, the lost sheep, and bring me into the fold. Him with your prayers.
As a presbyter of beauty and a healer, I praise the blessed Damian, for he loves me with grief for everyone, with oil and prayer, heal him with medicine and heal me, Lord, Lover of Mankind.
You, Jeremiah, are worthy to be honored with praise, venerable for the gift of foresight from above, you were a secret seer according to the revelation of God of God, in oblivion I am the essence of innumerable sins of remembrance O blessed one, you will be a teacher of my repentance.
Matthew, who saw the demonic entrances in reality and corrected those who give guilt with a passionate admonishment, as if he knew with my mental eyes my shortcomings, instruct me to magnify you, venerable one.
To the good shepherd and luminary Judgment, Simon, together with Nikita the recluse, as a lover of the great Lavra and a zealot for monastic correction, having fallen, correct me with your, fathers, punishment .
Trinity:
Having preserved Your glory, Holy Trinity, in this life of veneration in your soul, you have thus received from You the ever-present glory, even though we may not lose it, unite them to You today in prayer We introduce you.
Theotokos:
In a word, the unspeakable joy of the beings of the saints, create joy for their partakers and do not deprive the glory of the saints, for everything is possible for You in God, and do whatever you want, Mary God he's a bride.
Kontakion, tone 8:
Fathers of all honour, the God-red One, the source of many miracles, the source of myrrh, the red-rich treasures of the Lord, in the hidden land, do not cease, we pray, to pray to the Lord for us, Yes, we call to you: Rejoice, lamps for the whole world.
Sedalen, voice 8:
I dare to venerate the mental stars illuminating the Russian land, the God-bearing father cathedral, but, my soul darkened by passions, I am perplexed by my mind; kindle the darkness of fickle thoughts, so that I will honestly sing a song to you, blessed fathers.
Theotokos:
Never-setting stars Mother and the dawn of the mysterious Day, rejoice, for through you I have seen the Light and the Sun of true Truth, illuminating it with its rays, I will sing to you, God-blessed Youth .
Song 4.
Irmos:
From the overshadowed mountain, the Word, prophet, the only Mother of God, desiring to be incarnate, behold Godlike, and with fear glorify Your power.
From the mountain, according to the foreknowledge of God, the luminary appeared on the land of the God-bearing fathers and enlightened the Russian land with the luminosity of his life, even as we honor, we marvel and praise, O Christ, Thy power.
We are surprised that, in the flesh, having accepted a feat higher than nature, having become like an Angel, having fixed your soul on the love of God, you preferred nothing in the world to that, from it. But in weak flesh I received Your strength, O Christ.
Stephen was strong in fasting, and Anastasius had boldness towards God, in his petition he received all the blessings, and I will honor your hard work, I will praise, O my Christ, your power.
Isaac, deceived by darkness in the light and the light of correction of the deceiving darkness, as even now the sons of darkness fear his name; May we be delivered from such a temptation, prays your venerable one, O Christ, that we may always glorify your power.
Elijah of Murom, an invincible warrior, I dare to honor his deeds, who had a wound in his hand from a weapon, but in his heart his love for You, Christ, gave him the deepest wound, and this is even more so in It ends by praising Your power.
We glorify Nikonov’s strength in temptation, for he has endured much from the infidels, but through patience we have gained humility and salvation, through whose prayers we too may be saved, let us glorify the Almighty Christ. Your love.
Trinity:
In the One Trinitarian Being we glorify the Divinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and we sing of Thee alone, and worshiping in memory of our holy fathers, we glorify Your power.
Theotokos:
I have my trust in You, I am not afraid of demonic attacks, and I have acquired boldness in You, I resist with satanic insurance, knowing that You are, O Lady, the thunder, terrifying enemies.
Song 5.
Irmos:
Descend me from the darkness of passion, as if from deep night, deliver me, grant my spirit to be strengthened, I pray, in the light of the day of Your commandments, O Christ.
Putting all the darkness of passions and harmful lust aside, with patience you are drawn to the deed that lies ahead, Thy reverence, Lord. Moreover, I was illuminated by grace from You, walking in the light of Your commandments, O Savior.
We glorify the memory of Titus the priest, who trampled upon the wrathful demon through humility, and Lawrence the recluse, who had boldness against evil spirits: they have kept Thy commandments and are glorified in their Thy Savior.
I dare to praise Sisoya, who shone in fasting, but because of his wealth I cannot please him, for I resort to You alone, You from Your gifts give me the strength to praise Your saint , Savior.
Theophilus, graceful in miracles, is sung, because even in this life he was surprised by many miracles, but now he has received a greater gift, otherwise help, as if he had preserved Your commandments, O Savior .
We honor Vasily and Theodore as martyrs, as if they were slandered by a demon, who suffered innocent torment from the prince, who died with an arrow, or with fire and smoke; but together in Your Kingdom they are glorified, O Savior.
Prokhor is praised for his miracles and labors, like a bird that feeds on unsown potions, and the rest of the bread is made bright from the grain and salt from the ashes, having transformed, given, and surprised by its miracles We praise You, O Savior.
Lead by the Spirit, the son of the Most High will be called John, enlightened by fasting, for by feeding on the word of God rather than food, the more easily, like a cry, this life has passed, from You I have received m Thy strength, O Savior.
Theotokos:
All Your glory, Daughter of the Tsar, inside, clothed and adorned, stands before the Trinity Throne, shining more than the sun with the rays of Your goodness, look upon us now, let us sing, Ma Ti Devo, Thy strength.
Song 6.
Irmos:
Support me, O Lover of mankind, accept my many sins and fall into Your bounty, as a prophet, Lord, and save me.
I am possessed by love to praise your council, fathers of the God-bearing people, for you are praised by God and man, for in this life you will despise the glory of this world and fulfill the commandment The knowledge of Christ.
Whose tongue shall utter your glory, O veneration, having gained through much labor, but accomplished by grace? And these signs show your miraculous blessings and healings, so that you, the weak, do not despise us, so that we may be able to fulfill the commandments of Christ.
Agapit is many-wonderful, giving healings in abundance, and Elladya is like Elladya, with another Abraham, for having much boldness towards all, the Master, do not despise your servants, but pray, O izba We must avoid the enemy’s slander and always do the will of God.
John is much loved, and after his death he showed love to his brother by the movement of his body, and Theophilus, who washed his love of glory and desecration with tears, as here and there the inseparable beings, pray together to God, if only we could have true love for Him and unfeigned love for our neighbor.
Damian, healing the passions of the body with prayer and oil, with Savva the wonderworker, do not despise us, who are exhausted by spiritual passions, but from the healing gift of your prayers, heal our hearts. Oops, let us offer prayers that are pleasing to God.
Nektarios is obedient with Sergius, your only equal, as you have given your souls under the yoke of obedience to Christ, with your prayer bow our disobedience under the yoke of the obedient Jesus, in a hedgehog It is our duty to fulfill His commandments.
Glory to the Smolensk city, Mercurius the shepherd, shepherd the sheep of your Chief with goodness, but in the spirit of grief I will be inseparable from the face of the saints of Pechersk, even after death the miraculous sailed In the treasure and in the cave of the saints he rests in body, but in soul he rejoices with the saints in eternal glory.
Theotokos:
To the saints of the village from the work of the sunrise, I resort to You, Lady Theotokos, for You are the door of Heaven and the ladder seen by the prophet, by Your grace grant us the ascent in all my heart and open to the world the doors of Thy mercy.
Kontakion, voice 2:
The fasting face, gathered wisely, with mental eyes, come, people, let us honor with praise, and those who worship their relics, let us lovingly bring gifts, for these are intercessors to God , and prayer books for our souls.
Ikos:
Who can praise Thy saint one by one, O Good One? I will count them, and they will multiply more than sand. But You Yourself, Master Christ, count the many stars and give names to everyone, accept all their prayers for us and show Your generosity to Your people, for we are many, for there are many They show boldness to Your Majesty and intercede to You, as women always pray for our souls.
Song 7.
Irmos:
You who watered the caves and the Virgin who gave birth to You at Christmas, blessed art thou, God our father.
Help me, O God-red Father of the Pechersks, to bring the song of adolescence, so that with your instruction I will dispassionately sing with Christ-loving people: Blessed is God our father.
Pimen, who suffered from many illnesses, not only did you pass this life in illness with gratitude, but you also gave others through prayer in their illnesses consolation, you, now in a non-sick peace And, from illness, I have changed, so that I can sing: Blessed be God our father.
Pure gold and silver, tempted by the sevenfold gift, Eustathius the righteous, the righteous worker you were, and from here you went into doing the smart virtues, in the image of which you adorned your soul, before You put it clean, like gold, and eat: blessed be God our father.
The times and seasons of the many miracles of the Church, the lives and virtues of the Father of the First Scriptures revealed to us and their zealous and zealous zealot for their deeds, glorious to Nestore, with whom he now pleases you. Again, we sing: Blessed be God our father.
Evstratie, kindness as a martyr, the second Elijah the charioteer appeared, but he is like going to Heaven, but you entered the very doors of Heaven like a chariot of fire, with a voice calling you from the splendor of glory, where you eat with the voice of joy: blessed be God our father.
In the miracles of the blessed Slavimia, the blessed fathers, Elladiye and Lukoikonom, for having done kindness the commandments of the Masters in the past, now accept retribution from the flow of sweetness, and joyfully Here you go: blessed be God our father.
Trinity:
The Most Holy Spirit obeys our spirit, God-bearing fathers, as you are naturally a child of God and an heir of Christ, and you work with Him, and you are glorified with Him, singing: Blessed is God the father upon Shih.
Theotokos:
The Holy Spirit was found on Thee, and the power of the Most High, having overshadowed Thee, showed Thee the Pure Mother, and at the Nativity, having got rid of the work of others, they bless Thee for all their generations, for having blessed Thee I am blessed by God our father.
Song 8.
Irmos:
Having been glorified on the mountain of saints, and in the bush with the fire of the Ever-Virgin Moses, sing and exalt the mystery of the Lord to all ages.
Who manifested you on the mountain of the Holy Pechers, great luminary, fathers of God-bearing, blessed rays of space and enlightened the whole Russian land with miracles, we also sing to the Lord and extol forever.
Not the stormy sea, but the holy cave reveals your relics, like precious beads, saints of God, and you enrich the miracles of the outpouring of all who come to you with faith and exalt the Lord’s praise me forever.
Matthew, the seer of the future, and John, in many sufferings brighter than others, with Moses, a mirror of purity, like an honest stone, in the hidden cave, miracles appear to everyone with faith coming and exalting him with the praises of the Lord forever.
Ephraim the eunuch, the clever dove, brought the olive branch of the Studite charter to the holy monastery, and Aretha, adorned with the morals of an old man, with the perspicacious Jeremiah, let them be glorified by those who teaching everyone to praise the Lord forever.
Marco the grave digger seemed like a mirror, a hard worker, a mentor to the repentant, a resurrector of the dead, whose words, like the voice of Lvov, obeyed the Shah with fear, and now he is afraid to eat a demon, as if he were alive Be with the Lord forever.
Gregory, not from Caesarea, but from the Pechersk Lavra, the wonderworker appeared, holding back the immovable thieves with vegetables by prayer for three days and three nights, having ended his life by drowning in water, now rejoices with Se Saint George on the water of rest, singing to the Lord forever.
Trinity:
Glory be to Erasmus, who decorated the Pechersk Church with icons, and to Onesimus, the name of whom the wondrous Matthew is credited, having a prophetic gift: in these three three the Trinity name is glorified forever and ever.
Theotokos:
Whoever does not want to glorify You, Pure Virgin, is a stranger to his own salvation: for Your glory is extended to everyone for salvation, who glorify You, Mary, the Bride of God.
Song 9.
Irmos:
Manifested on the mountain of the lawmaker in lights and bushes, the Nativity of the Ever-Virgin is in ours, the faithful, salvation with songs of non-silent majesty.
In the mountain of saints, in the dark cave, you set up your own tabernacle, blessed fathers, creating God’s paradise and enriching it with virtues and miracles, like fruitful trees, from which come the faith but the fruits accept healing and magnify you with praise.
Spyridon, the gentle Krin, and Nicodemus the victorious, both holy prosphora sheets, pure bread as a gift to the creator of God, and created for himself as a fragrant sacrifice, Anatoly is counted among these, We magnify them all.
Angel-wise Alypius with Gregory of Byzantium, most skilled icon painters, correct our unskillful deeds through good deeds, so that having presented Christ in a bright image, we magnify you with glory.
Pimen the faster, the fragrant flower, and Ephraim the priest, who are the good olive tree, anointed with the gift of grace, give thanks to the faithfulness and glorification of all the Creator.
Onuphrius, lover of silence, and Isaiah, the desert-loving dove, with Sylvester the blessed, a triple-braided rope for demons, from whom the passionate attacks inflicted until the end strangled, they have gifts and others If they help us, that’s how everyone calls them.
Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir with the God-wise Roman and David, with him and Saint Nicholas, the quartet of Russian princes is sung, and on those who are wiser on the chariot, God rested, and so all x is called.
Trinity:
Glory to the martyrs, luminous Varvara, and Euphrosyne from Polotsk, radiance to the virgins, and Juliana, giving healing oil of grace to the weak; for the sake of the three virgins, save everyone, O Holy Trinity, who adore Thee with worship.
Theotokos:
Rejoice, glory of the saints, Most Pure Virgin; Rejoice, ship in this stormy life of those who want to be saved; Rejoice, stone, watering the thirsty for the blessings of the eternal. We all bring this joy to you and magnify you with songs.
Luminous:
We sing the Russian lands of the hierarchs with songs: from them the first Michael, Hilarion, Peter, Alexy and Jonah, Photius and Cyprian, Ephraim, Nicholas and Nikita, Macarius the priestly martyr, Leon Ntiy and Simeon, and all the pastoral class we bring to prayer, for their sake, Christ, save our souls.
Theotokos:
True Mother of the Lamb of the Immaculate and High Shepherd, I am the sheep of Your holy fence, but through empty deeds I have strayed into the stinking iniquity; Instruct me, I pray, and save my soul from mental wolves.
Miracles every day
On Easter morning, the monk Dionysius, who was watching the monastery caves, entered one of the most remote ones. The deceased inhabitants of the monastery were buried here, which is why the place was called the Community.
- Fathers and brothers, Christ is risen! “Today is a Great Day,” Dionysius said loudly.
- Christ has truly risen! — a friendly chorus of thunderous voices suddenly rang out from the graves.
So who said that monks are all gloomy and gloomy people? So, even in their death they know how to enjoy life. And there are many such examples in the ancient book dedicated to the Kyiv monks - the Kiev-Pechersk Patericon. After all, living in solitude and wearing poor clothes does not mean dooming yourself to continuous sorrow...
The Monk Prokhor received the nickname Lebednik from the brothers of the monastery, because he ate nothing but quinoa cakes, which he prepared for himself. The brothers were surprised: quinoa is impossible to eat! She's bitter! But Father Prokhor collected it himself, crushed it into flour himself, and prepared his own cakes.
The brothers admired how he suffered for the sake of faith and fasting. But after a few years, famine began, there was not enough wheat flour for everyone, and Father Prokhor began to treat others with his flatbreads. It was then that it turned out that they were... sweet and very tasty! How so? What is the secret? Several cunning brothers quietly took some of the cakes, consider it stolen. We hoped to get to know their composition better, but it didn’t work out. The stolen cakes, as befits a swan, turned out to be as bitter as wormwood.
Miracle? Or maybe it's a coincidence again? One thing the brothers understood is that this whole story is not accidental. They repented to Father Prokhor, he forgave the unlucky thieves and treated them to the same flatbreads that they brought back to him. And again they seemed delicious as never before. Without the bitter aftertaste of a bad deed.
