Venerable Sylvester of Obnor

Life of St. Sylvester of Obnor

The ancient Life of Sylvester of Obnor has not survived to this day, because the manuscript was lost in a fire at the end of the 18th century. The surviving manuscripts of the 17th century contain only an indication of the date of death, information about the founding of the monastery and posthumous miracles, as well as liturgical texts testifying to the veneration of Sylvester as a saint. In the middle of the 19th century, professor of the Moscow Theological Academy Sergius Smirnov, compiling a short life of Sylvester, was guided by both these sources and oral tradition.

There is no information about the origin of the Monk Sylvester. He took monastic vows at the monastery of St. Sergius of Radonezh and, like many of his disciples, left it in search of solitude. The banks of the Obnora River became the place of his monastic exploits. Later, many hermit monks settled on Obnor and in its environs; Among them, Saints Pavel Obnorsky, Sergius Nuromsky, Korniliy Komelsky, Gennady Lyubimogradsky are known. After many years of secluded life, disciples began to come to the Monk Sylvester who wanted a monastic life, and he, having received a blessed letter from the Moscow Metropolitan Alexy, built the Resurrection Church, laying the foundation for the future monastery. Sylvester reposed on April 25, 1379.

Life of our Venerable Father Seraphim of Sarov

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The life description of Saint Juliana of Lazarevskaya was written by her son. This is the only surviving detailed description of the saint’s life, making up a hundredfold for the lack of information about others.

Juliana was born in the 30s of the 16th century. in the city of Plosna with the pious nobles Justin and Stefanida Nedyurev. For six years she was left an orphan. The maternal grandmother took the girl to her home in the city of Murom. After 6 years, the grandmother also died, bequeathing her daughter, who already had 9 children, to take in a 12-year-old orphan.

Juliana took every opportunity to help others. She avoided children's games and amusements, preferring fasting, prayer and handicrafts, which caused constant ridicule from her sisters and servants. She was used to praying for a long time with many bows. In addition to the usual fasts, she imposed even stricter abstinence on herself. Relatives were unhappy and feared for her health and beauty. Juliana patiently and meekly endured reproaches, but continued her feat. At night, Juliana sewed to clothe orphans, widows and the needy, went to care for the sick, and fed them.

The fame of her virtues and piety spread throughout the surrounding area. The owner of the village of Lazarevskoye, not far from Murom, Yuri Osorin, wooed her. Sixteen-year-old Juliana was married to him and began to live with her husband’s family. The husband's parents and relatives fell in love with the meek and friendly daughter-in-law and soon entrusted her with managing the household of the entire large family. She surrounded the old age of her husband's parents with constant care and affection. She ran the house in an exemplary manner, got up at dawn and was the last one to go to bed.

Household worries did not interrupt Juliana’s spiritual achievements. Every night she got up to pray with many bows. Not having the right to dispose of property, she spent every free minute and many hours of the night doing handicrafts in order to use the funds received to do works of mercy. Juliania donated skillfully embroidered shrouds to churches, and sold the rest of the work in order to distribute the money to the poor. She performed good deeds secretly from her relatives, and sent alms at night with her faithful maid. She especially cared for widows and orphans. Juliana fed and clothed entire families with the labor of her hands.

Having many servants and servants, she did not allow herself to be put on or taken off, or given water for washing; She was invariably friendly with the servants, never reported to her husband about their actions, preferring to take the blame upon herself.

Demons threatened Juliana in a dream that they would destroy her if she did not stop doing good to people. But Juliana did not pay attention to these threats. She could not ignore human suffering: to help, to please, to console was the need of her heart. When the time of famine came and many people were dying from exhaustion, she, contrary to custom, began to take much more food from her mother-in-law and secretly distributed it to the hungry. An epidemic joined the famine, people locked themselves in their houses, afraid of getting infected, and Juliana, secretly from her relatives, washed the sick in the bathhouse, treated them as best she could, and prayed for their recovery. She washed those who were dying and hired people for burial, and prayed for the repose of each person. Being illiterate, Juliana explained the Gospel texts and spiritual books. And she taught her husband to frequent and warm prayer. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law died at a very old age and, before their death, took monastic vows. Juliana lived with her husband in harmony and love for many years, gave birth to ten sons and three daughters. Four sons and three daughters died in infancy, and two sons died in the royal service. Overcoming the grief of her heart, Juliana spoke about the death of her children: “God gave, God took away. Do not create anything sinful, and their souls and the angels glorify God and pray to God for their parents.”

After the tragic death of her two sons, Juliania began to ask to be released into a monastery. But her husband responded to this that she must raise and raise the rest of the children. All her life Juliana forgot herself for the sake of others, so this time she agreed, but begged her husband so that they would not have a marital relationship, and live like brother and sister. This was a milestone in the life of righteous Juliana. She further increased her exploits and began to lead a monastic life. Day and evening she was busy with housework and raising children, and at night she prayed, made many bows, reducing her time to two or three hours; she slept on the floor, putting logs under her head instead of a pillow, attended church services every day, and kept a strict fast. Her life became constant prayer and service.

Due to illness and fatigue, Juliana at one time stopped going to church often, increasing her home prayer. She was a parishioner of the Church of St. Lazarus, brother of Saints Martha and Mary. The priest of this church heard a voice in the church from the icon of the Mother of God: “Go and tell gracious Juliana why she doesn’t go to church? And her prayer at home is pleasing to God, but not in the same way as church prayer. You should read her, she is already 60 years old and the Holy Spirit rests on her.” After the death of her husband, Juliana distributed her property to the poor, depriving herself of even warm clothes. She became even more strict with herself; constantly, even in my sleep, I said the Jesus Prayer. The more severe the exploits of Juliana became, the stronger were the attacks on her by the spirits of malice, who did not want to admit their defeat. One day, her son says, Juliana, coming into a small room, was attacked by demons who threatened to kill her if she did not abandon her exploits. She was not afraid, but only prayed to God and asked to send St. Nicholas to help. At the same time, Saint Nicholas appeared to her with a club in his hand and drove away the unclean spirits. The demons disappeared, but one of them, threatening the ascetic, predicted that in old age she herself would begin to “die of hunger rather than feed strangers.”

Veneration of the Venerable Sylvester of Obnor

The Resurrection Obnorsky Monastery was abolished in 1764 and transformed into a parish. In 1825, all the wooden buildings of the monastery were demolished, and a large stone church was built in its place. In 1860, according to the testimony of the rector of the temple and several parishioners, a miraculous sign occurred in the temple: the lid of the coffin of the Monk Sylvester opened by itself, and the incorruptible body of the saint became visible. After this event, pilgrims began to come in large numbers to the relics of St. Sylvester. Information has been preserved about numerous miracles that took place at his tomb.

The relics of the saint were lost in the 1920s, during a campaign to uncover the relics. Soon after this the temple was closed. Currently, it has been returned to the church, services are held there and restoration work is underway.

Prayers

Troparion of St. Sylvester of Obnor, voice 6

Having loved Christ from childhood/ and drawn closer to Him by faith,/ you have exhausted, living in the desert, your long-suffering body./ Therefore, blessed Sylvester, rejoicing with the Angels,/ pray to Christ God to grant peace and peace/ and be a helper by faith to those who call you for help/ and honoring your holy memory. In the troparion of the Venerable Sylvester of Obnor, voice 4 For the good disciple of Blessed Sergius, / imitating his faith and piety, / you acquired the gifts of the Holy Spirit, a treasure / and you did much strength in the Lord / for the salvation and consolation of the faithful. / Forsake not you and us, who flow to you with faith, / Reverend Sylvester. Kontakion of St. Sylvester of Obnor voice 6 You fought a good fight, O Reverend, / and you offered your soul, like a pure and undefiled sacrifice, / to the Holy Spirit, / and after your death you kept your spiritual flock ,/ and soon visited us in illness./ We also pray to you, most blessed:/ from the faces of the saints, pray to Christ God,/ that the Orthodox Christians will save/ and give people a deeper peace in the world, and we call to you:/ Rejoice, Sylvester, spiritual monk to the shepherd and mentor.

Troparion and Kontakion to St. Sylvester of Obnor

Troparion, tone 8.

ABOUT! you, Father Sylvester, know the speed of salvation. Let us accept the cross, for you followed Christ. But whoever does and learns to despise the flesh passes away, but to practice things more immortal for the soul. In the same way the angels rejoice, O venerable spirit.

Kontakion, tone 2.

Divinely armed with purity of soul, and unceasing prayer, as if firmly handing over a copy, you prosecuted the demonic militia of Sylvester, Our Father, pray unceasingly for all of us.

2nd day

At Small Vespers

In the Lord, I cried: stichera on 4, self-vocals, voice 4:

Today, the people of Christ have come together, / with songs of praise we will crown / the earthly Angel and the Heavenly Man / and to him we cry out warmly: / about the blessed Father Seraphim, / the glorious praise of the fasters ,/ pray for us to the Lord/ to have mercy on our souls.

You have loved chastity and meekness/ from your youth, Father Seraphim,/ with purity of mind and heart/ you have acquired the love of Christ,/ with which you have come close to God./ For this you now pray / deliver from troubles by faith, creating honor in your memory.

Today a multitude of people named after Christ have come together/ to glorify your venerable relics,/ like Father Seraphim,/ all have been filled with joy and joy:/ for you have shown healing to those who are sick/ and the lame walk, / with faith flowing to the race of your relics.

Glory, voice 6:

Be glad and rejoice in the Lord,/ Sarov monastery:/ in you has risen a new lamp of the Russian land./ Be beautiful and rejoice, Church of God,/ and the multitude of monks, rejoice with one another./ Idlers among you Ry, leap/ and, a crown of spiritual flowers intertwined,/ sing with David:/ honorable before the Lord is the death of His saints./ For this is the beginning of glory for the Venerable Seraphim,/ who made us also fellows/ through your prayers, blessed one.

And now, Mother of God, the same voice:

No one, flowing to You, / comes from You in shame, Most Pure Virgin Mary, / but asks for grace / and accepts the gift for a useful petition.

On the stichera stichera, tone 2:

Having left your fatherland, / like Father Seraphim, / and reached the city of Kiev, / there at the relics the wonderworker / received your blessing on the path of the saving feat, / this is also sent down to us, / who creates to your all-holy and most honorable memory.

Verse: Honorable before the Lord is the death of His like.

The great test in obedience of monastic deeds, / like Father Seraphim, / you accepted with love / and you surprised your brothers with your patience and love. / Pray for our souls to be saved.

Verse: Blessed is the man, fear the Lord,/ He will greatly delight in His commandments.

We strengthen the instructions of the abbot, / you moved into the deserted place of Sarov, father, / and there you strove hard to strive for prayer, / and the house of the Most Holy Spirit appeared. / Pray to Christ. God for all of us.

Glory; and also the stichera: Instructions of the abbot:

And now, the Mother of God:

You are the representative and protection, O Most Pure One, / deliver us from cruel troubles and circumstances / and save our souls with your Divine prayers.

The troparion was written at Great Vespers.

At Great Vespers

Blessed is the man: in the Lord, I cried: stichera on 8. If there is a pre-festival of the Holy Epiphanies, first we sing the three stichera of the pre-festival, otherwise, these stichera, repeating the first and second, voice 1.

Similar to: Oh, wondrous miracle:

Oh, glorious miracle, / an ascetic of piety appears in Sarov / and a warm prayer book to God / A wonderful Seraphim appears to us; / rejoice, O monastery of Sarov, / have in you the power of the saint; / leap , there are many Orthodox Christians, / the ancient Seraphim is an intercessor in troubles and crying out to him:/ Rejoice, lamp of the Russian land,/ cut away the darkness of those who oppose you/ and pray to the Lord/ to grant peace and great mercy to our souls.

Oh, wondrous miracle, / behold, truly in the monastery of Sarov / there is an unshakable pillar of piety - / the blessed Seraphim appears to us, / also, the God-wise cathedrals, / ascend to the heights of the spirit, / to the holy cry again:/ like Father Seraphim,/ pray to the Lord/ to grant peace and great mercy to our souls.

Wonderful are Your mysteries, O Christ God, / for You have given us a lamp, the Venerable Seraphim, / The faithful people pray for a strong champion against us, / The monk and all Orthodox Christians pray tvennik, / praise and affirmation of the holy monastery; / even now the Lord prays to Thee, / to grant peace and great mercy to our souls,

When you entered, venerable one, into the desert of Sarov, / then, having completely surrendered to your own will, / you showed firm obedience to everyone: / you endured vexation and dishonor, rejoice, / blow You have received pain and wounds from evil people, / about them and you prayed, O Reverend./ We, glorifying your most honorable memory,/ pray to you, O Reverend:/ We prayed to the Lord/ to grant peace/ and great mercy to our souls.

Blessed is the monastery of Sarov, / possessing you, like Father Seraphim, / a treasure of virtues, a vessel of purity, / a guardian of chastity, a friend of grace, / a source of healings, a doctor free of charge to those who are sick ,/ a true faster, a comforter in sorrows,/ a quiet haven for those overwhelmed by worldly passions;/ To us, who honor your memory, / pray, like Father Seraphim, / grant peace and great mercy.

Today the congregations of the faithful rejoice/ in your memory, O Venerable Seraphim,/ and loudly cry out:/ you, for the love of Christ/ have left all the red world/ and settled in the desert of Sarov,/ in no way But you were afraid of the invisible enemy of the struggle, / but this through your prayers, as if dust, you swept away; / also prayed to the Lord / to grant peace and great mercy to our souls.

Glory, voice 8:

Come, gathered together the faithful, / today let us glorify the most wonderful father with songs of praise / and let us cry out to him; / like Father Seraphim, / you have truly been counted worthy of the Divine life, / with they have a crown of imperishable glory from God, / for this reason the monastery of Sarov boasts of you, / but the people, more honorable than your might and more visible than the miracles that happen,/ they glorify the Lord who glorifies you,/ to Him we pray, O Reverend,/ to grant peace and great mercy to our souls.

And now, the pre-festival or the Theotokos, the same voice: King of Heaven:

Entrance. Prokeimenon in the afternoon. Three Venerable Readings (see pages 373 – 374)

At the litia stichera, tone 1:

With what commendable crowns/ crowned the great ascetic,/ the Venerable Seraphim?/ Who, as a good mentor,/ appeared in the firmness of faith and virtue,/ inspired by the teachings and life equal to the angels we/ come to him, teaching./ Moreover, we cry out to him:/ pray, O Reverend, To Christ God / confirm the Orthodox faith / and save our souls.

Come, monk of the multitude, / today let us piously praise the venerable one, / the true disciple of Spasov, / who trampled worldly charms, / with the yoke of Christ on the earth’s frame, / and put to shame the armies of demons step./ To whom we bozopii sitse:/ do not forget us, Father Seraphim,/ praising and who honor your holy memory.

Your bright and divine memory, / like Seraphim, will surprise everyone, / like you are incorporeal, in the flesh you have put to shame invisible enemies, / yet the whole country of Tambov / and the holy monastery of Sarov, / your possessions ́ holy relics, boast,/ for health/ to all , with faith flowing in, it is given./ Moreover, having been enlightened by you,/ Titus cries out to the venerable one:/ pray for our souls to be saved.

Glory, voice 5:

Rejoice today, all the Russian land,/ and the holy monastery of Sarov, rejoice./ The multitude of the faithful, having gathered together today,/ let us glorify the reverend father,/ shepherd and teacher,/ God-wise mentor to the lost ,/ a healer to all the sick,/ the Russian lands are a great decoration, / praising him, with his face: / like Seraphim, / save us with your prayers.

And now, Mother of God: You are the temple and the door:

On the verse there are stichera, tone 5.

Similar to: Rejoice, Life-Giving Cross:

Rejoice, Angel of the interlocutor, / like Seraphim, / having lived piously on earth, / you taught the fear of the Lord to many who came to you; / by the grace of the Most Holy Spirit we illuminate, / mature You are the future as the present, / and there is tenderness and joy for many sorrowful souls fulfilled you./ Moreover, we pray to you:/ pray to the Lord for those who honor you.

Verse: Honorable before the Lord is the death of His like.

Rejoice, dear teacher of those who have gone astray,/ You were made worthy to see Christ the Lord in the temple with the Archangels and Angels./ And now, Reverend,/ in Heaven I will take out that sight, enjoying,/ praying for us ,/ who create your memory by faith.

Poem; Blessed is the man, fear the Lord; he will greatly delight in His commandments.

Rejoice, like Seraphim, / for you have commanded everyone to keep the true faith of Christ, / and, having lusted after the Highest life, / you hated wealth: / now the ineffable beauty of Heaven watch / and enjoy the sweet singing of the Angels. / At the same time, we pray to the Lord / to grant us peace and great mercy.

Glory, voice 6:

Reverend Father Seraphim, / who will confess your labors and illnesses? / Or what tongue will utter your cruel desert life, / vigil and forgiveness, / still in seclusion, / silence and unceasing prayer?/Truly you have appeared as a fasting adornment,/ a shameless prayer book to God./ Moreover, we cry to you:/ Rejoice, the rule of monastic life;/ Rejoice, in troubles and sorrows there is great consolation/ and a warm representative for all./ Praying, teacher Dear God, our souls may be saved.

And now, pre-celebration or Theotokos: My Creator and Savior, Most Pure One:

At the blessing of the loaves, a troparion to the saint, twice, and to the pre-feast or to the Mother of God.Virgin:

Troparion of the Saint, tone 4:

From your youth you loved Christ, O blessed one,/ and you ardently desired the work of Him alone,/ you labored with unceasing prayer and labor in the desert,/ with a tender heart the love of Christ Having acquired this,/ the chosen one, beloved of God, appeared to the Mother./ For this reason we cry out to you:/ Save us with your prayers, Seraphim, our reverend Father.

At Matins

To God the Lord: troparion of the saint, twice. Glory, and now, pre-celebration or Theotokos: Hedgehog hidden from the ages:

According to the 1st verse of the sedalen, tone 4:

By the sign of the cross and the prayer of the enemy, having conquered the temptations of the enemy,/ by fasting and abstinence you have pleased the Lord:/ you also received the gift of miracles, giving healing to everyone,/ by faith flowing to your relics O Reverend Seraphim, / pray to Christ the God of sins to grant / to those who honor your holy memory with love .

Glory, and now, pre-celebration or Theotokos:

The miracle of conception is terrible/ and the indescribable image of the Nativity in You, known to you, Ever-Virgin Pure One,/ terrifies my mind and amazes my thoughts,/ Your glory, Mother of God, reaches out to all for the salvation of our souls.

According to the 2nd verse of the sedalen, tone 1:

In the depths of the desert of Sarov you bowed your knee on the stone, / lifting up your holy hands to the Lord, / and from the Savior you received the grace of the Holy Spirit / to heal suffering bodies and enlighten the souls of the faithful./ For this sake, we cry out to you:/ Pray, O Reverend, for Christ God to be saved to us/who celebrate your holy memory.

Glory, and now, pre-celebration or Theotokos:

Having received the prayer from us, into Your blood, O Most Pure Virgin, those who come running, / do not cease begging the Lover of Mankind to be saved by Your servant.

According to polyeleos sedalsn, tone 7:

This is your virtuous life, O Reverend, now in the Russian land, / and you are glorified by all with songs of praise: / for you, like Elijah, entered the chariot of virtues, / you flew to Heaven with your soul, / and so you were crowned with a righteous crown of light./ Moreover, Thank you, we cry out to you, blessed Seraphim: / pray to Christ God to grant forgiveness of sins / to those who honor your holy memory with love.

Glory, and now, pre-celebration or Theotokos:

Most Pure Virgin,/ have mercy on us who resort by faith to You, O Most Merciful,/ and ask for Your warm intercession:/ as the Mother of the Most High God, pray to Your Son, Christ our God,/ to save your servant m Yours.

Also grave, 1st antiphon of the 4th voice. Prokeimenon, tone 4: Honorable before the Lord is the death of His like. Verse: What shall we repay the Lord for all that we have repaid? Gospel of Matthew, conception 43.

According to Psalm 50, stichera, tone 6:

Today, believers, spiritually triumphant/ in the deliberate holiday of the reverend father/ and piously rejoicing/ let us cry out warmly:/ Rejoice, blessed Seraphim;/ Rejoice, Heavenly man What is the earthly Angel;/ Rejoice, having guided many on the path of salvation;/ Rejoice, the faithful praise and affirmation of the Russian land./ Pray for our souls.

The canon of the pre-celebration at 6, or if there is no pre-celebration, the canon of the Theotokos Paraklisis with the Irmos at 6 and the saint two canons at 8. Canon one, tone 6.

Song 1

Irmos: As Israel walked on dry land/ in the footsteps of the abyss,/ seeing Pharaoh’s persecutor/ being drowned,/ I sang a song of victory to God, crying out.

Lord, open my unworthy lips and give me the word of reason/ to sing worthy the memory of the blessed Seraphim,/ now with the Angels praying to you/ to deliver us from every dire situation.

You were a great man of prayer to the Mother of God, O venerable One, / Even as you have seen from the Apostles, you were honored, / and now do not cease to visit your children with your prayers.

From your youth, reverend, you surrendered to the mind of God and, having tamed the passions of the body with strong continence, you adorned yourself with all sorts of virtues, O wise one.

Theotokos: O All-Blessed Lady,/ Who gave birth to the Most Blessed God in the flesh,/ cleanse my heart, embittered by passions,/ so that with faith and love I magnify Thee.

John canon, tone 8.

Song 1

Irmos: Having passed through the water like dry land,/ and having escaped the Egyptian evil,/ the Israeli cried out:/ Let us sing to the Deliverer and our God.

According to the commandment of the Lord Christ, you entered the Kingdom of Heaven along a narrow and narrow path, / having hated the wide and spacious path, / and now pray for us, who create your blessed memory.

From your youth, you ascended the mountain of dispassion and took up your cross, / you followed Christ irrevocably / and, having acquired spiritual wisdom, you reached the mountainous Jerusalem, you, O Reverend, / pray for us to the One Man Damn it.

Now, Reverend, I stand before the Throne of God, / praying for our country to get rid of the invasion of foreigners, / and seek salvation for the Christ-loving people of the Russian land through your prayers, Reverend.

Theotokos: With faith and love of those who flow to You / and with fear of those who sing to You / hear the prayerful voice, Lady.

Disaster according to the regulations.

Song 3

Irmos: There is nothing holy, / like You, O Lord my God, / the exalted horn of your faithful, O Good One, / and establishing us on the rock / of Your confession.

With your prayers, Reverend, you stand before God with the Angels, / praying for the whole world, / to fight the enemy, to consume and to grant victory to your adversaries.

From your youth, by faith and love, you clung to the Lord of the Highest Powers, like Seraphim, / and, having risen in the desert of Sarov, like the sun, / in sorrows you were a comforter to those who came to you; / pray to save us.

You have appeared, O Reverend, to those who pray to you, an unshakable pillar/ and a refuge for all those who flow to the monastery of Sarov/ and to those who receive healing and endless grace.

Theotokos: Having heard the foremother, Eve:/ gave birth to a child in sorrow./ But you, Pure Virgin, heard:/ The Lord is with you, rejoice, –/ with a joyful voice, you consumed the sorrow of the foremother.

Irmos: The Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, O Lord,/ and the Creator Church,/ Thou hast confirmed in Thy love,/ the desires of the land, the true affirmation,/ of the One Lover of Mankind.

Pray, blessed Christ God/ that we may be delivered from famine and destruction,/ from vain death, from secret sins and evil thoughts,/ so that with a pure heart we may cry out to Christ:/ through prayers we teach Please save us, Lord.

Following the Lord Christ with meekness and humility,/ you were truly all in all,/ you taught the rich and the poor relentlessly with piety,/ you foresaw the future, like the present./ Pray to Christ God, the Lord God, grant forgiveness of our sins.

Deliver your monastery, O Reverend, from every slander of the enemy / and fill it with love and grace, so as not to think about the things of this life, / but to achieve soul-saving kindness through your prayers.

Theotokos: You are our hope and hope, O Most Pure Lady, / save your country and your people, / those who pray and call on your name.

Sedalen, voice 4:

Having conquered the worldly sea of passions through abstinence/ and flowed into the haven of dispassion,/ a vessel of abstinence appeared to you, like the Reverend Seraphim,/ pray to Christ God to grant us great mercy.

Glory and now, pre-celebration or Theotokos:

When I appear before the face of my Creator on the Day of His righteous Judgment, / then, O Lady, appear to me and deliver me from eternal torment, / may I not go down to hell, but may I be saved by Thy, Most Pure Mother of God, intercession nim.

Song 4

Irmos: Christ is my strength,/ God and Lord,/ the honest Church/ sings divinely, crying out,/ celebrating in the Lord with pure meaning.

Today the Sarov monastery brightly celebrates your memory, O Reverend, and prays to you: / ask the Lord for universal peace / and great mercy for our souls.

Through your great deeds, O venerable, / like a phoenix, you have flourished, / with fruitful words and an immaculate life, the hearts of those who flow to you with delight, / and now you pray that we may find mercy from Christ ́, Our Savior.

With your prayers for us, beg God, like Seraphim, / and destroy the sinful darkness of our sorrow, / decorate everyone with dispassion, faith and love, / those who honor your glorious memory.

Theotokos: Rejoice, Lady Virgin, / beauty to the churches, power and praise to pious people, / continually pray to Christ God, / may he save us from troubles through your prayers.

Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, / seen Your mystery, / understood Your works, / and glorified Your Divinity.

Not only the holy monastery of Sarov,/ but the entire Russian land has you, blessed one, a warm prayer book and a quick helper,/ a strong and invincible intercessor and intercessor for our souls.

Be a prayer book for us and an intercessor to the Most Holy Trinity / and move the faces of the saints to prayer with you, / whose life you were jealous of, O Reverend, / together with them pray for peace and the order of everything Peace,/ may we live a quiet and silent life in this eternity/ and in the future we will inherit eternal life.

You were great in fasting, O venerable one, / you lived a close monastic life in the desert / and you ended this in tender prayer. / Pray for us to be saved.

Theotokos: Thou art, Most Pure Mother of God, our refuge and affirmation, / pray to Thy Son and our God / to grant us salvation and remission of sins.

Song 5

Irmos: With your divine light, O Blessed One,/ illumine the souls of you who are in the morning with love, I pray,/ lead you, the Word of God,/ the true God,/ from the darkness of sin, crying out.

You were a true teacher to all who came to you/ and a great prayer book to the Mother of God,/ and now, Reverend, do not cease praying for your children,/ as you have great boldness.

May the abunders of Sarovskiy,/ to your honest power, revealing to the Serafima, falling,/ and may the healing, health and salvation, Christ with a majesty, are majesty.

In the night I pray to you, O Reverend, / the invisible enemy wants to frighten you, / but, by your prayer, he is put to shame, the all-evil one has disappeared.

Theotokos: God, whom You gave birth to, Most Pure Mary, pray to Your servants to grant forgiveness of sins.

Irmos: Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord/ and with Your high arm/ Give us Your peace,/ Lover of mankind.

By fasting and unceasing prayer you glorified the monastery of Sarov, O Reverend, / with the oil from the icon of the Lady of the Anointing / and thereby endlessly providing healing, / and now praying for the salvation of your soul ours.

The Holy Voits and the Priests, the Sarovsky,/ And forgive the people, the taste, take the blessed father,/ overwhelmed by the mournful bail,/ the doctor of the soulful and telephone ailment of Satogo.

Bring your prayers, O venerable one, / as an acceptable and blameless sacrifice, to the Most Holy Trinity, / and do not forget us, who are now making your memory, ask mercy for those who hate, offend and are enemies blowing on us/ and deliver us all from all sorrow.

Theotokos: Guide my mind, O Lady, overwhelmed by many passions, / save, O Mother of God, who resorts to You, / for we know no other help, O Pure One.

Song 6

Irmos: The sea of life,/ raised up in vain by the misfortunes of the storm,/ flowed into Your quiet refuge, I cry to You:/ lift up my life from aphids,/ O great mercy.

Your holy soul will be the abode of God, / in it the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit will dwell, / we also pray to you, O Reverend, / the obsessions of the enemy from those who honor you will be cast away / and to the faithful people peace and health will be granted y.

We honor your greatness, desert exploits and labors/ and the sweetness of your teaching, like Seraphim,/ in whom you enlightened many who came to you and taught you to chant the Consubstantial Tro ́itsu.

Having followed the Lord Christ by a pure life,/ you passed away from a good course, O Reverend,/ you ascended to the eternal abode, O blessed one,/ see there, even as the Angels see,/ Moreover, what Let us magnify your memory, Christ.

Theotokos: Now I resort to You, Most Pure One, / save me with Your prayers and keep me: / as you will, you can, as the Mother of the Almighty.

Irmos: I will pour out my prayer to the Lord/ and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows/ for my soul is filled with evil/ and my life is drawing near to hell,/ and I pray like Jonah:/ from aphids, O God, lift me up.

Fulfill all our sins, / your prayers, like Venerable Seraphim, like a fragrant incense, ascend to the Lord. / Now we pray to you: / dry up the sea of evil of unbelief that is agitated in our land / and ask the Lord for the salvation of our souls.

Blessed indeed were you, like Seraphim, / through poverty you gained wealth and through weeping joy, / you gave abundantly to those who came, / and now you radiate rays of miracles / and heal everyone who flows to you with faith.

In the desert, the treasure chest of fossils in your hand, O venerable one, / you gave thirsty people to drink, / and now you have healed many sick people with the water of this treasure chest; / it is truly marvelous O Lord, the Lord has shown you this prayer book and wonderworker to everyone.

Theotokos: Truly You, Mother of God, we confess, true Mother of God:/ By Your Christmas we have been delivered from corruptible condemnation,/ through mercy for the sake of the Lover of God,/ and to the imperishable life Never mind.

Kontakion, tone 2:

Having left the beauty of the world and the corruption in it, O monk, / you moved into the Sarov monastery / and, having lived there like an angel, / you were the path to salvation for many, / for this reason, Christ is to you, Father Ser athema, glorify / and enrich with the gift of healings and miracles ./ We also cry out to you:/ Rejoice, Seraphim, like our Father.

Ikos:

Having left your family and others,/ you have counted wealth like dust,/ you settled in the desert of Sarovstei,/ and, in your passion, as if you were incorporeal, you labored, you were made worthy of the rank of angels./ Also of spirits I have received understanding, / give us, O Reverend, reasonable songs sing praises to you who say:/ Rejoice, blessed Seraphim, Heavenly man and earthly Angel;/ Rejoice, imitator of Christ in love;/ Rejoice, abode of the Holy Spirit;/ Rejoice Rejoice, great joy to those who are discouraged;/ Rejoice, source of healing;/ Rejoice, to those who mourn sweet consolation for souls;/ Rejoice, a quiet haven for monks and a wise teacher;/ Rejoice, praise of the Russian land;/ Rejoice, Seraphim, our reverend Father.

Song 7

Irmos: The dew-bearing furnace/ was made by an Angel/ like a venerable youth,/ the Chaldeans were scorching/ the command of God admonishing the tormentor to cry out:/ Blessed art thou, O God of our father.

Your life has appeared wonderfully, O venerable one,/ filled with the grace of the Divine Spirit,/ you have truly blessed the end of your holy companions, rejoicing in Christ./ We cry out for your glorification. I say:/ O our father, blessed art thou.

Many people, who have come to the holy monastery today, like the venerable Seraphim, / worship your honorable relics, / from whom we all draw healing, constantly calling; / God bless our father n you.

This message went out throughout the whole earth, / as in Sarov the glorious wonderworker appeared, / pouring out many healings to all who come in faith and cry out: / Our father, God, blessed are you.

Theotokos: Theotokos Virgin, / who gave birth to the Word more than the word, Thy Creator, / pray to him with the Venerable Seraphim to have mercy on our souls.

Irmos: From Judea came, the youths/ in Babylon sometimes/ by the Triple faith trodden the fire of the cave, singing:/ God of the fathers, blessed art thou.

Have mercy on us, Lord,/ and from all soul-destroying evil, save through the prayers of Thy saint, the Venerable Seraphim,/ and let us all tenderly cry out to Thee:/ Our Father, God, blessed art thou.

Who will not wonder, who will not glorify the unfathomable depth of Your mercy, Lord, / as You have revealed to the whole world Your saint, the Venerable Seraphim, / a warm prayer book for us who cry out to You: / our father God, blessed art thou.

Accept this grateful song brought from us to you, like Seraphim, / and to all of us who celebrate your holy memory / and worship your relics, grant healing to those who cry: / Our Father, God, good Slovene you are.

Theotokos: Thou art, Most Holy Theotokos, our refuge and affirmation, / pray to Thy Son and our God / to grant us salvation and remission of sins.

Song 8

Irmos: From the flames of the saints you poured out dew/ and you burned the righteous sacrifice with water:/ you did everything, O Christ, just as you wanted./ We extol you to all ages.

Having tamed the passions of the flesh and put the world to death,/ you received the verbs of eternal life in your heart, O blessed one,/ teaching all who came to you to cry:/ Sing to the Lord, do your deeds, and lift Him up forever.

In the glorification of your venerable relics, O venerable one,/ the monastery of Sarov was filled with joy./ People all cried out to God, wondrous in their saints:/ Sing to the Lord, do ye, and exalt Him in all things ́ki.

You are filled with the grace of the Divine Spirit, like Seraphim, / by the faithful people who keep your holy memory, / with your prayers ask for forgiveness of sins, crying out: / children, bless, holy Lizards, sing, / people, exalt the Lord forever.

Theotokos: You appeared to us as the Intercessor of salvation, O Mother of God, / who gave birth to the Savior and Lord of all, / we therefore pray to Thee: / grant salvation to all who sing hymns to Thee faithfully for all ages.

Irmos: The King of Heaven, / Whom the howls of the Angels sing, / Praise and extol for all ages.

Your virtuous life, like the venerable one, saw that the all-evil enemy/ wanted to create a comma for you,/ but you, by the grace of God and the prayers of the Lady, have put him to shame,/ you have glorified God, hymned Sing:/ Sing to the Lord, O works, and exalt Him forever.

Like lightning, shining, it shines in the heavens, / so the broadcasts about your miracles, O Reverend, went forth throughout the whole earth. / But we, marveling at your glory, cry out: / children, bless, priests sing, people, exalt the Lord forever .

With vain and passionate thoughts, heal our restless mind, O Lord, / tame the waves of evil wickedness, / strengthen our hearts, weakened by worldly cares, / let us glorify Christ the Creator forever.

Theotokos: Rejoice, fiery throne of the Lord;/ Rejoice, insubstantial splendor;/ Rejoice, in the cloud of the glorious Sun that has risen, Christ our Savior,/ Him we extol to the fullest eyelids.

Song 9

Irmos: It is impossible for man to see God, / the angels do not dare to look at Worthiness, / but by You, All-Pure One, appearing as a man / The Word is incarnate, He is magnified, / with the Heavenly Ones We please You too.

Unworthy of lips, our little praise sung to you,/ O venerable one, do not despise, but accept/ and sanctify all who glorify you,/ troubles, and misfortunes, and deliver eternal torment,/ that we may sing to you everlastingly.

The scum of the night and the plague of the day in the solitude of the desert, having valiantly endured, / you were the house of the Wisdom of God / and you rose to the uneven radiance. / Pray for us to be saved.

The monastery is glorified today, / where you deigned to receive the yoke of Christ: / there, in the desert, you spent your days / and, through your teachings, you taught many who came to you, / taught you to be a child of the Church of Christ.

Theotokos: You are our fortress, / You are praise and joy, / Our guardian, intercession, / refuge and invincible Representative, / Most Pure Mother of God, save Your servants.

Irmos: Truly the Mother of God, / We confess Thee, / through Thy salvation, O Pure Virgin, / with the Bodiless faces magnifying Thee.

To the great father, who of old in fasting and labor shone forth, jealous, O venerable one,/ through all the days of your life you remained in prayer, tears and labors,/ until you reached the heavenly abodes,/ those Let us please you with dignity.

With the mighty power of Christ God girdle you and strengthen you to overcome the snares of the demons, O Reverend./ Moreover, now we pray to you:/ we pray to God, the lover of mankind,/ that He will deliver us all from the enemy’s findings and temptations and will save our souls.

In our illnesses and sorrows, we come running to you, O Reverend/ and from the depths of our souls we cry:/ give us a calm haven and a quick healer for illnesses/ and deliver us from every illness and need,/ may you never cease We are magnified.

Theotokos: The One of the Holy Trinity, the Word and the Son, You, O Most Pure Virgin, gave birth to, / Whom, together with the holy and righteous, pray for Your servants, / who by faith ask for forgiveness of sins.

Luminous.

Like: Wives, hear:

Come, all you faithful, / with sacred songs let us praise the wondrous in miracles of the Venerable Seraphim, / the new lamp of the Russian land, / an angel of interlocutor and warm prayer to God / about the honor those who honor his holy memory.

Glory, and now, pre-celebration or Theotokos:

According to God, we have hope in Thee, Most Pure Mother of God, / we pray to Thee: / Begging the One born from Thee to grant universal peace and great mercy.

On the praises there are stichera on 6, pre-feasts 3 and the venerable 3. If there are no pre-celebrations, the venerable on 4, tone 8:

The all-honorable holiday of the monastery of Sarov has arrived, / in memory of the Venerable Seraphim, / to whom we now cry out: / Rejoice, thou who shone and strengthened the faster, / a monk a star, like a sorcerer ,/ showing the way to the heavenly abodes,/ glorious praise from the priest,/ an inexhaustible source of love and chastity ,/ most luminous lamp of spiritual reasoning;/ Rejoice, great rule of virtue.

Blessed Father Seraphim, / You truly followed Christ, / attracting everyone to yourself with brotherly love and kindness, / with meekness and humility, / teaching many virtuous paths. / Moreover, love to us We please you, / like Seraphim.

You moved into the desert, O Reverend, / and there you were filled with spiritual wisdom, / you ascended to the heights of virtue. / Moreover, we cry to you: / Rejoice, church decoration, / as a priest to good consolation,/ the monk's grace and praise,/ blessed Seraphim,/ pray Christ God grant universal peace and great mercy to our souls.

Glory, voice 6:

Come, gather the monks and the fasting class, / come, many people named after Christ, / with songs of the true faster we will honor, crying out: / Rejoice, in the narrow footsteps of the Lord Christ guided by the path,/ and a quick helper to those who come to you in troubles and sorrows,/ and I mediate for salvation wonderful./ Rejoice, adorned with the gift of prophecy,/ prophesying the present, the future,/ praying, like Seraphim,/ for those who honor your holy memory with faith and love.

And now, pre-celebration or Theotokos:

Mother of God, You are the true vine, / Who has grown for us the Fruit of the Life, / We pray to You: / We pray, O Lady, with the saints, the Apostles, / to have mercy on our souls.

Great praise and dismissal.

At the liturgy

Blessed are the 3rd canon of the first canon and the 6th canon of the second canon. Prokeimenon, tone 7: Honorable before the Lord is the death of His like. Verse: What shall we render to the Lord for all that we have rendered? Apostle to Galatians, concept 213. Gospel from Luke, concept 24 or from Matthew, concept 10. Participated: In eternal memory:

Prayer

O most wonderful Father Seraphim, great Sarov miracle worker, quick and obedient helper to all who come running to you! During the days of your earthly life, no one was tired of you and was inconsolable when you left, but everyone received the sweetness of the vision of your face and the sweet voice of your words. Moreover, the gift of healing, the gift of insight, the gift of healing for weak souls has appeared in you abundantly. When God called you from earthly labors to Heavenly rest, your love ceased from us, and it is impossible to count your miracles, multiplying like the stars of heaven: behold, to all the ends of the earth You appear to the people of God and grant them healing. In the same way, we cry out to you: O humble and meek servant of God, bold man of prayer to Him, deny those who call upon you! Offer up your merciful prayer for us to the Lord of strength, may He grant us all that is beneficial in this life and all that is useful for spiritual salvation, may He protect us from the falls of sin and may He teach us true repentance, without any recourse novena usher into the eternal Kingdom of Heaven, where you now in ever-shining glory, and there sing with all the saints the Life-Giving Trinity forever and ever. Amen.

Venerable Sylvester of Obnor. Icons

The Venerable Sylvester of Obnor is traditionally depicted on icons in monastic vestments, with his right hand blessing, and in his left hand the monk holds a scroll.

17th century veil, facial embroidery, comes from the village of Voskresensky, the earliest known image of the Venerable Sylvester of Obnor

Venerable Sylvester of Obnor. XIX century. Moscow, State Historical Museum Venerable Sylvester of Obnor. Nun Juliania (Sokolova). Icon for the pillars of the canopy over the shrine of the relics of St. Nikon of Radonezh. Sergiev Posad, early 1950s. Nikon's chapel of the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Venerable Sylvester of Obnor. Cathedral of Yaroslavl Saints (fragment). Nun Juliania (Sokolova). Icon. Sergiev Posad, 1962-73. Photo from the album of Abbot Mark (Lozinsky)