“Surety of Sinners” Icon of the Mother of God of Korets
This ancient icon of the Mother of God "Surety of Sinners" of Korets was kept in the castle of the Korets Princes for a long time, and it was called "blessed." After the death of Samuel, the last of the Orthodox Princes of Korets, his brother John offered to let his sister, Igoumeness Seraphima…
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Venerable Onuphrius the Great
Saint Paphnutius, who led an ascetical life in the Thebaid desert in Egypt, has left us an account of Saint Onuphrius the Great and the Lives of other fourth century hermits: Timothy the Desert Dweller, the abbas Andrew, Charalampus, Theophilus, and others. It occurred to Saint Paphnutius to go to…
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Venerable Peter of Mount Athos
Saint Peter of Athos, a Greek by birth, served as a soldier in the imperial armies and he lived at Constantinople. In the year 667, during a war with the Syrians, Saint Peter was taken captive and locked up in a fortress in the city of Samara on the Euphrates River. For a long time he languished…
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Recovery of the Relics (1650) and the Second Glorification (1909) of the Holy Venerable
Right-believing Great Princess Anna of Kashin, Wonderworker
In 1677 Patriarch Joachim proposed to the Moscow Council that the veneration of Saint Anna of Kashin (October 2) throughout Russia should be discontinued because of the Old Believers Schism, which made use of the name of Saint Anna of Kashin for its own purposes. When she was buried her hand had…
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Venerable Arsenius, Abbot of Konevits
Saint Arsenius of Konevits was a native of Novgorod, a coppersmith by trade. The saint accepted tonsure at the Lisich monastery near Novgorod, where he spent eleven years. He went to Mount Athos in 1373, and there he spent three years, dwelling in prayer and making copper vessels for the brethren.…
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Venerable Onuphrius, Abbot of Malsk, Pskov
Saint Onuphrius of Mala and Pskov [Izborsk] founded a monastery in honor of the Nativity of the Mother of God at Mala, four versts from Izborsk and 56 versts from Pskov. The saint died on June 12, 1592 and was buried in the Nativity church, in a chapel named for him. The memory of Saint Onuphrius…
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Venerable Bassian of Pertomsk, Solovki
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Venerable Onouphrios and Auxentios of Vologda
In 1499 these venerable Fathers came to a completely deserted place in Gryazovets, located 35 versts from Vologda. They founded a hermitage with a church in honor of the Holy Trinity, which was called Pertsov, or, according to other sources, Pertsev. Until their most blessed repose, the monks…
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Venerable Stephen of Komel, Abbot of Ozersk Monastery, Vologda
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Venerable John, Andrew, Heraclemon, and Theophilus, Hermits, of Egypt
Saints Andrew, John, Heraclemon, and Theophilus lived in Egypt in the fourth century, and is mentioned in the Life of Saint Onuphrius. After he had buried Saint Onuphrius, Saint Paphnutius came upon an oasis which impressed him with its beauty and abundance of fruit-bearing trees. Four youths…
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Saint (John) Tornike of Mount Athos
Tornike Eristavi1 (later John of Mt. Athos) was a Georgian army commander famed for his victories in war and a favorite of King David Kuropalates. Eventually he abandoned his worldly glory and set off in search of his spiritual father, Saint John, on Mt. Olympus. There he learned that Saint John…
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Venerable Jonah of Pertomsk, Solovki
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Transfer of the relics of the Right-Believing Anna of Kashin
The Holy Right-Believing Princess Anna of Kashin died on October 2, 1338. A Church council decided to glorify the holy Princess Anna as a saint, and her holy relics were uncovered on July 21, 1649. The solemn transfer of her relics from the wooden Dormition cathedral into the stone Resurrection…