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Saint Sergius of Radonezh Resource Page

St. Sergius of Radonezh (Feast Day - September 25)

About

Saint Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Radonezh (+ 1392)

Life of our Venerable Father Sergius of Radonezh

Saints Cyril and Maria, Parents of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (+ 1337)

The Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos to St Sergius of Radonezh

Memorial Saturday of Saint Demetrios and the Battle of Kulikovo

Uncovering of the Relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (1422)

July: Day 5: Teaching 1: The Discovery of the Honorable Relics of our Venerable Father Sergius, the Wonderworker of Radonezh

The Testimony of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Council of Florence

Commemoration of the Miraculous Deliverance of Moscow and Russia from the Poles in 1612

Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Joy of All Who Sorrow" of Moscow

Icon Over Spassky Gate To Be Restored

Icon of the Savior Returned to Kremlin Tower

3 Ancient Icons and Relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh Stolen in Moscow

Disciples

Saint Abraham of Galich (+ 1375)

Saint Micah of Radonezh, Disciple of Saint Sergius (+ 1385)

Saint Theodore, Archbishop of Rostov (+ 1394)

Saint Andronicus, Disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (+ 1395)

Saint Athanasius of Serpukhov the Elder (+ 1401) and Saint Athanasius the Younger (+ 1395)

Saint Sava Storozhevsky of Zvenigorod, Disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (+ 1406)

Saint Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh and Disciple of the Saint Sergius (+ 1426)

Saint Paul of Obnora (+ 1429)


Other Saints and St. Sergius

Saint Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal (+ 1385)

Saint Stephen, Bishop of Perm (+ 1396)

Saints Theodore and Paul of Rostov

Saint Cyril of White Lake (+ 1427)

Saint Dionysius of Glushetsk the Wonderworker (+ 1437)

Miracles of Saints Sergius and Nikon of Radonezh


 By St. Justin Popovich

During their life on earth, the venerable fathers Sergius and Nikon were very close to each other. That mutual closeness does not leave them even in eternal life, because the love of the saints, like the love of the Divine, is not subject to the law of time. Both of them appeared together many times and performed miracles together.

A resident of Moscow, named Symeon, who was born according to the Saint's prediction, became so terribly ill that he could neither move, nor sleep, nor receive food. Simply, he was lying on his bed like a dead man. Tormented like that, he once at night began calling for help from Saint Sergius: "Help me, Venerable Sergius! Deliver me from this disease! Even during your life on earth you were so kind to my parents and you predicted my birth to them; don't forget me, who is struggling with such a serious illness!" And behold, two old men stood in front of him one after the other: one of them was Nikon. The sick man recognized him immediately, because he knew this Saint personally during his life on earth. Then it would be clear to the sick person that the second of the Saints who appeared was Venerable Sergius himself. The wonderful old man made the sign of the cross over the sick man, after which he ordered Nikon to take the icon that was near the bed. That icon was once given to Symeon by Venerable Nikon himself. Then, the sick man was made to remove all his skin from his body. After that, the Saints became invisible. And at that moment, Symeon felt that he was completely healed: he got up on his bed, and no one was holding him anymore. Then he understood that his skin had not fallen off, but that the disease had left him. His joy was great: standing up, he began to fervently thank Saint Sergius and Venerable Nikon for his unexpected and wonderful healing.

Saint Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh and Disciple of the Saint Sergius (+ 1426)

St. Nikon of Radonezh (Feast Day - November 27)

Saint Nikon, the Abbot of Radonezh and a disciple and successor of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (Sept. 25), was born at Yuriev-Polsk. Having heard of the angelic life of the Radonezh Wonderworker, the young man came to Saint Sergius and requested to be tonsured into the angelic schema.

Saint Sergius did not accept Nikon, whether because of his youth or for some other reason. Instead, he sent him to his disciple Saint Athanasius (Sept. 12) at Serpukhov. But Saint Athanasius would not accept him right away. Only after seeing the young man’s persistence did he tonsure him into the monastic schema.

Saints and Feasts of November 17


On the seventeenth the great wonderworker died.

(Fasting Day)

Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea the Wonderworker

Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea Resource Page


Venerable Lazarus the Painter

Saint Lazarus the Painter: An Iconographer During the Iconoclast Period


Saint Zacharias the Cobbler and John

The Beneficial Tale of Saint Zacharias the Cobbler and John


Venerable Longinus

The Sayings of Abba Longinus


Saint Gennadios I, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Gennadios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 471)

Saint Gennadius of Constantinople as a Model for our Lives


Venerable Hilda of Whitby 
 
 
 
Saint Maximos III, Patriarch of Constantinople

Saint Maximos III, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 1482)


Venerable Gennadios of Vatopaidi

Saint Gennadios the Steward of Vatopaidi


Venerable Justin

Venerable Justin


Venerable John the Dermokaitis
 
 
 
Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh 
and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius
 
 
 
Holy Martyr Gobron (Michael) 
and the 133 Soldiers of Georgia
 
 
 

Saint Andrei Rublev the Iconographer

St. Andrei Rublev (Feast Day - January 29 & July 4)

Little information survives about the life of the Venerable Andrei Rublev, Russia’s greatest iconographer. It is not known where he was born, though it was probably near Moscow. He probably lived in the Trinity-Saint Sergius Lavra near Moscow under Saint Nikon of Radonezh (Nov. 17), who became abbot after the death of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (Sept. 25) in 1392. The first mention of Rublev is in 1405 when he decorated icons and frescos for the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Moscow Kremlin in company with Theophanes the Greek and Prokhor of Gorodets. His name was the last of the list of masters as the junior both by rank and by age. Theophanes was an important Byzantine master who moved to Russia, and is considered to have trained Rublev.

Saints and Feasts of January 19


On the nineteenth the Makarii obtained the blessed land.

Venerable Makarios of Egypt 
and Venerable Makarios of Alexandria

Saints Makarios of Egypt and Makarios of Alexandria Resource Page


Holy Martyr Euphrasia

Synaxarion of Holy Martyr Euphrasia of Nicomedia


Translation of the Relic of our Holy Father 
Gregory the Theologian to the 
Church of the Holy Apostles

History of the Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian

Saint Gregory the Theologian Resource Page


Commemoration of the Miracle of 
Basil the Great in Nicaea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Venerable Makarios, Bishop of Ierissos
 
 
 
Venerable Maximos and Dometios the Brothers
 
Venerable Meletios the Confessor of Mount Galesion

Saint Meletios the Confessor of Mount Galesion (+ 1283)


Saint Mark the Eugenikos, Metropolitan of Ephesus

Saint Mark of Ephesus Resource Page


Saint Arsenios, Archbishop of Kerkyra

Saint Arsenios, Archbishop of Kerkyra (+ 953)


Venerable Anton the Stylite of Martqopi
 
 


Saint Theodore of Novgorod the Fool for Christ

Saint Theodore of Novgorod the Fool for Christ (+ 1392)


Venerable Macarius the Faster of the Kiev Caves

Saint Macarius the Faster of the Kiev Caves


Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves

Saint Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves


Venerable Hierodeacon Makarios Kalogeras
 
 
 
Uncovering of the Relics of Venerable Sava Storozhevsky

 
 
Commemoration of the Return of the Cross of the 
Holy Apostle Andrew 
to Patras from Marseille (January 19, 1980) 
 
 
 
Commemoration of the Return of the Relics of 
Saint Peter the Wonderworker 
to Argos from Rome (January 19, 2008)
 
 
 
 

Saints and Feasts of September 28


On the twenty-eighth Chariton died in his old age.

Venerable Chariton the Confessor
 
Venerable Chariton the Confessor Resource Page
 
 
Righteous Prophet Baruch
 
 
 
 
Holy Martyrs and Brothers 
Alexander, Alpheios and Zosima

Holy Martyrs of Pisidia During the Reign of Diocletian


Holy Martyr Mark the Shepherd

Holy Martyrs of Pisidia During the Reign of Diocletian


Holy Martyrs Nikon, Neon, Heliodoros, 
and other Virgins and Children

Holy Martyrs of Pisidia During the Reign of Diocletian


Holy Martyrs Eustathios the Roman and Kallinikos

Holy Martyrs Eustathios the Roman and Kallinikos


Holy Martyr Alexander and the 
Thirty Martyrs With Him

Holy Martyr Alexander and the Thirty Martyrs With Him


Venerable Isaac the Syrian

Saint Isaac the Syrian Resource Page


Holy Hieromartyr Alkison, Bishop of Nicopolis

Holy Hieromartyr Alkison, Bishop of Nicopolis (+ 516)


Venerable Auxentios the Wonderworker of Cyprus

Synaxarion of Saint Auxentios the Wonderworker of Cyprus


Saint Eustochium, Daughter of Saint Paula

Saint Eustochium, Daughter of Saint Paula


Saint Faustus, Bishop of Riez

Saint Faustus, Bishop of Riez (+ 495)

John Cassian, Vincent of Lerins and Faustus of Riez Were Not Semi-Pelagians


Saints Cyril and Maria, 
Parents of Saint Sergius of Radonezh

Saints Cyril and Maria, Parents of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (+ 1337)


Venerable Chariton of Syanzhema

Saints Euthymius and Chariton, Abbots of Syanzhema Monastery in Vologda (+ 1509)


Venerable Herodion of Iloezersk

Saint Herodion, Founder of Iloezersk Monastery (+ 1541)


Holy Martyr Wenceslas, Prince of the Czechs

Holy Martyr Wenceslas the Prince of the Czechs

Good King Wenceslas

The Original Words to the Song "Good King Wenceslas"


Finding of the Sacred Relics of the 
Venerable Neophytos the Recluse of Cyprus
 
 
 
 
Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves, 
Whose Relics Repose in the 
Near Caves of Venerable Anthony
 

Homilies from the Menaion for Every Day of the Year: September 28  

Prologue in Sermons: September 28

Uncovering of the Relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (1422)

Uncovering of the Relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh (Feast Day - July 5)

In the year 1408, when Moscow and its environs was invaded by the Tatar horde of Edigei, the Trinity Monastery founded by Saint Sergius of Radonezh (+ 1392) was devastated and burned, and the monks led by Saint Nikon hid themselves in the forests. They saved the icons, sacred vessels, books and other holy things connected with the memory of Saint Sergius.

In a vision on the eve of the Tatar incursion Saint Sergius informed his disciple and successor Nikon about the coming tribulations. He also said that the vexation would not be prolonged but that the monastery, arising from the ashes, would flourish and grow even more. Metropolitan Philaret wrote about this in his Life of Saint Sergius: “Just as it suited Christ to suffer, and through the Cross and death to enter into the glory of the Resurrection, so it also becomes everyone who would be blessed by Christ with length of days in glory, to be tested by one’s own cross and death.” Going through its own fiery cleansing, the Monastery of the Life-Creating Trinity was resurrected unto length of days, and Saint Sergius himself rose up, so that his holy relics should dwell within it forevermore.

Synaxis of All Saints of Vladimir


The Synaxis of All Saints of Vladimir is a festival in honor of the Saints of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose life was connected with the territory of the present Eparchy of Vladimir. It is held on June 23, and was established in 1982 with the blessing of Patriarch Pimen on the day of the celebration of the miracle of the Theotokos of Vladimir which took place in 1480 against the invasion into Moscow of Khan Achmed and his army.

Among those commemorated today are:

Martyrs

Avraamiy the Bulgarian († 1229)
Mitrofan the Archbishop († 1238)
Patrick the Holy Martyr († 1411)

Venerable Men

Nikita of Pereyaslavl († 1186)
Elijah Muromec of Pechersk (+ about 1188)
Pachomius Archimandrite and Theodosius († 1237)
Daniel of Uspensk (+ 1238)
Mikhail of Vyazniki († 1333)
Sergius of Radonezh († 1392)
Roman of Kirzhach († 1392)
Pakhomiy of Nerekhta († 1384)
Evfimiy of Suzdal († 1404)
Stefan of Makhra († 1406)
Nikon of Radonezhy († 1426)
Kosma of Yakhroma († 1492)
Job, Archimandrite of Vladimir (XV century)
Arkady of Vyazniki (+ 1592)
Prokhor and Vassian of Zayastrebye (+ 1592)
Dionysius of Pereyaslavl († 1645)
Lukian of Aleksandrov († 1654)
Cornelius of Aleksandrov († 1681)
Zosima of Aleksandrov (+ about 1713)

Venerable Women

Maria (monastic name: Martha) († 1206)
Theodosia (monastic name: Euphrosyne) († 1244)
Evfrosinia of Suzdal (+ 1250)
Vassa (in the monastery of Theodore) Nizhny Novgorod († 1378)
Sofia of Suzdal (+ 1542)
Theodosius of Murom (XVII century)


Metropolitans

Maksim of Kiev (+ 1305)
Aleksy (Byakont) († 1378)
Iona of Moskow († 1461)
Hilarion of Suzdal (+ 1707)

Archbishops

Dionysius of Suzdal († 1385)
Arseniy of Elasson (+ 1625)

Bishops

Theodore of Rostov (+ 1023)
John of Rostov († 1214)
Simon of Pechersk († 1226)
Kirill of Rostov († 1262)
Serapion of Vladimir († 1275)
Theodore of Vladimir († 1286)
Vasili of Ryazan († 1295)
Sofroniy of Suzdal († 1654)
Mitrofan of Voronezh (+ 1703)

Princes

Gleb of Murom († 1015),
Konstantin of Murom (+ 1129),
Mikhail and Fyodor of Murom (XII century)
Boris of Turov (+ about 1160)
Izyaslav Andreevich († 1165)
Mstislav Iziaslavich († 1172)
Andrei of Bogolyubovo (+ 1174)
Gleb of Vladimir (+ 1174)
Mikhail of Vladimir (+ 1176)
Pyotr of Murom ( † 1228)
Yuri Vsevolodovich († 1238)
Vasilko of Rostov († 1238)
Vsevolod Yuriyevich of Vladimir
Mstislav Yuriyevich
Vladimir of Vladimir
Dimitry of Vladimir († 1238)
Fyodor Yaroslavich of Vladimir († 1246)
Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich († 1253)
Aleksandr Nevsky (+ 1263)
Dmitri Svyatoslavich of Yuryev († 1269)
Dimitri Aleksandrovich († 1294)
Theodore Starodubsky (+ 1330)

Princesses

Irina of Murom († about 1129)
Fevronia of Murom († 1228)
Agathia, Theodora, Maria and Christina († 1238)
Evdokia of Vladimir (XIV century)

Righteous

Georgiy and Iulianiya of Murom (+ 1604)
Karp of Medush (XVII century)
Savva of Moshok (+ 1592)

Blessed

Cyprian of Suzdal († 1622)
Evdokia of Suzdal (+ 1776)
Parthenius of Suzdal (+ second half of the 16th century)



Saint Athanasius of Serpukhov the Elder (+ 1401) and Saint Athanasius the Younger (+ 1395)

Sts. Athanasius the Elder and Athanasius the Younger (Feast Day - September 12)

Saint Athanasius of Serpukhov was born at Obonezh Pyatina with the name Andrew into the family of the priest Auxentius and his wife Maria. He was, from youth, inclined towards prayer and renunciation of the world, and he sought a worthy guide in monastic labors.

At this time, news of Saint Sergius of Radonezh had already spread throughout the whole of Rus. The Monastery of the Life-Creating Trinity at Makovets had become for everyone a luminous model of monastic organization. Here in the monastery, the cenobitic life transformed “the hateful discord of this world,” creating a oneness of spirit in a unity of love based on the example of the Divine Trinity. The youth Andrew went from the outskirts of Novgorod to Abba Sergius at Makovets, following in his footsteps in search of spiritual perfection.

Saint Micah of Radonezh, Disciple of Saint Sergius (+ 1385)

St. Micah of Radonezh (Feast Day - May 6)

Venerable Micah of Radonezh was one of the first disciples of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, and lived with him in the same cell, and under his guidance he attained a high degree of spiritual perfection. For his meekness of soul and purity of heart, Saint Micah was permitted to witness the appearance of the Mother of God to his great teacher.

Saint Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Radonezh (+ 1392)

St. Sergius of Radonezh (Feast Day - September 25)

Saint Sergius of Radonezh was born in the village of Varnitsa, near Rostov, on May 3, 1314. His parents were the pious and illustrious nobles Cyril and Maria (September 28). The Lord chose him while still in his mother’s womb. In the Life of Saint Sergius it is reported that even before the birth of her son, Saint Maria and those praying heard the thrice-repeated cry of the infant at the Divine Liturgy: before the reading of the Holy Gospel, during the Cherubic hymn, and when the priest pronounced: “Holy Things are for the Holy.”

Saint Sava Storozhevsky of Zvenigorod, Disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (+ 1406)

Saint Sava Storozhevsky (Feast Day - December 3)

Saint Sava Storozhevsky of Zvenigorod left the world in his early youth, and received the monastic tonsure from Saint Sergius of Radonezh, whose disciple and fellow-ascetic he was at Trinity Monastery.

Saint Sava loved solitude, and avoided conversing with people. He lived in constant toil, lamenting the poverty of his soul, and trembling before the judgment of God. He was a model of simplicity and humility, and he attained to such a depth of spiritual wisdom that in the Monastery of the Holy Trinity he was a spiritual confessor to all the brethren, including Saint Sergius, and a venerable and exceedingly learned Elder.

Saint Justin Popovich Resource Page

St. Justin Popovich (Feast Day - June 1)
 
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