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Rev. Pachomius , born in the first quarter of the 14th century in the city of Vladimir on Klyazma. His worldly name was Jacob. Jacob's father was a priest in the church of St. Nicholas, his name was Ignatius, his mother was called Anna. Both of them were God-fearing people and gave their son a pious upbringing; For seven years he was given to study the sacred books and, as soon as he became proficient in the Divine Scripture, he began to show extraordinary zeal for the temple of God. Jacob especially loved to pray in the monastery in the name of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, and in this glorious monastery he took monastic vows with the name Pachomius. “And his heart was kindled by the Holy Spirit,” says the ancient biography of the saint, “and his soul trembled with Divine love, for the fire of Divine grace kindled his soul, and he wanted to be a monk. “The Holy Spirit led him on this path.”

ABOUT His father then died, leaving Jacob a 12-year-old orphan, and his mother did not prevent her son from fulfilling his pious intention and blessed her son on the path of monasticism. The newly tonsured young man is handed over to an experienced elder, a strict and demanding spiritual leader, and unquestioningly obeys him: he renounces his will and restrains the desire of his heart. Forty days of trial have passed, and the abbot sends Pachomius to the fraternal bakery. The monk works tirelessly here, working during the day and spending nights without sleep, tormenting his young flesh.

T It's been a long time. The abbot of the monastery, seeing the diligence and humility of the Monk Pachomius, brings him to Saint Alexy, the vicar of the Moscow Metropolitan Theognostus, and asks him to ordain Pachomius as a deacon. Saint Alexy willingly fulfills this. And in the rank of deacon, the monk lived in the Nativity Monastery for many years, about ten, and then became rector of the Tsar Constantine Monastery near the city of Vladimir. Saint Alexy, having restored the ancient monastery in the name of Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Constantine, did not find a more suitable abbot for it than the Monk Pachomius, whose virtues he had long known. Arriving in Vladimir in 1362 to inspect the recreated monastery, Saint Alexy appointed Pachomius as its head.

N For several years the monk ruled the monastery, establishing order of life in it, edifying the brethren by word and example. But then “God’s grace came to him,” and he had a desire to transfer his exploits to a place where Christian ascetics had not yet shone with the light of piety. At night, secretly from the brethren, the Monk Pachomius left the Tsar Constantine monastery and retired to the Kostroma region, to a place called Nerekhta.
The ascetic brought with him only two books from his property: the “correct little book” and the Psalter.

N Erehta was mentioned for the first time in 1214, and in the middle of the 14th century it was probably a significant industrial settlement. In Nerekhta, Pachomius stayed for several days with a hospitable husband and at that time was looking for a place convenient for creating a new monastery. The monk found such a place two miles from the village to the east: it was distinguished by its beauty, was elevated and overgrown with forest: two rivers flowed around it - Solonitsa and its tributary, the Gridevka River. The place was a peninsula and since ancient times was called Sypanovo Settlement, Sypanova Mountain or simply Sypanovo. Captivated by the beauty of Sypanov, the ascetic asked the residents of Nerekhta to give him a peninsula on which a monastery could be built, and land for establishing a monastic farm. The Nerekhites gladly agreed to fulfill the request, who were very pleased with the saint’s residence with them, and diligently helped the Monk Pachomius in arranging a place for the monastery: they cut down the forest, cleared the land, and erected a small cell for the ascetic himself. The monk, using his own funds and funds collected from the people, painted an image of the Life-Giving Trinity and, with a procession of the cross, accompanied by a crowd of people, brought the image to Sypanovo. At the site of the foundation of the temple, an image was placed and a prayer service was sung. The people went home, and the monk in his cell prayed to God, thanked Him for the successful start of the work and said: “Here is my peace; Here I will move in and begin to live, and let it be what pleases God.”

AND The inhabitants of Nerekhta eagerly came to the Monk Pachomius every day and helped him in the work of establishing the monastery. The monk worked diligently with the laypeople who came and thanked the donors. The example of the Nerekhta residents found imitators among the surrounding residents, who also worked with Pachomius. Those who wished to live with the ascetic in his desert appeared; he joyfully tonsured them into monastic image and received them like a loving father. Everything was prepared for the opening of the Trinity-Sypanova monastery.

T when the Monk Pachomius went with one of the brethren to Moscow and asked Metropolitan Alexy for a blessing to build a church in the monastery. The saint joyfully received the ascetic, whom he had known for a long time, had a soulful conversation with him, and without delay gave him the blessed letter and antimension. Upon returning from Moscow, the monk hurried even more zealously to finish the Trinity Church, and the residents of Nerekh and surrounding residents worked with him even more diligently. Soon the temple was ready, decorated with icons, equipped with books and solemnly consecrated with the participation of the closest clergy and a gathering of many people.

ABOUT Having finished the temple, the Monk Pachomius carefully set up a monastery. The brethren and many visitors to the monastery set up fraternal cells. The monastery is surrounded by a wall. To feed the brethren, arable farming is started: the surrounding forest is cut down, the thicket is burned out, and fields appear sown with rye, rye and oats. The monk did all this so that the brethren would not be idle and would eat from their labors, and not only from the offerings of worldly people. This is not enough. Remembering that the monastery was built on the donations of the laity and even with their labor assistance, the Monk Pachomius built a hotel behind the monastery wall for “guests,” that is, pilgrims coming to the monastery. Fulfilling his duty of hospitality, the ascetic fed the strangers with monastery bread and he and his brethren ate the meal with them. Along with the external structure, the internal structure of the Pachomius monastery also went on. The ascetic gave her strict communal rules and assigned monastic positions: cellarer, treasurer, reader, singer and ecclesiarch. In the end, the Nerekhta Monastery began to differ in such order that other monasteries began to set it as a model for themselves. This also caused more zealous sacrifices from the surrounding Christ-lovers: they gave to the saint for the construction of the monastery, each from his own estate, as much as he could. One wealthy non-Rekhta resident donated two bells to the monastery, and a third organized an ascetic at his own expense.

IN Through labors and worries about his monastery, in prayerful deeds and concern for the salvation of his soul, the Monk Pachomius grew old, fell ill and felt the approach of death. To the monks who surrounded the bed, he said farewell instructions: “Brothers! - the ascetic began, - now I am leaving you and entrusting you all to the Most Holy Trinity and the Most Pure Mother of God. And you choose whoever you want as abbot instead of me.”

IN In response, the brethren burst into tears and unanimously said to the dying elder: “Our Father and Shepherd! Isn’t it better for us to be buried with you than to remain here without you!”

P The reverend consoled the monks, advised them to trust in God, and chose Theodore, a tonsure monk at the Vladimir Nativity Monastery, who had come from there to the Sypanovsk hermitage, as abbot in his place. And the saint taught the brethren a lot and instructed them on the path of salvation, how to observe the rites and rules of the monastery, and in conclusion he added: “Brothers! Endure the sorrows and troubles that come upon you in this place, so that you may find the grace of God.” After that, the monk asked the brethren for forgiveness, gave them the last blessing and sent them away in peace to their cells. On March 21, he received the Holy Mysteries, looking at the icons, and proclaimed: “Lord! I commend my spirit into Your hands,” and he died. This was in 1384.

P The burial of the remains of the saint of God was very solemn, with a large crowd of people. The venerable relics of the saint were placed on the right side of the altar of the Trinity Cathedral. When a stone church was built in Sypanovo on the site of a wooden one, on May 6, 1675 they were found incorrupt, but left under wraps. Then a chapel was built above them in the name of the saint of God. Now his holy relics rest on the left side of the Pachomius chapel, opposite the northern gate of the altar. A beautiful metal shrine rises above them, and on top of it is placed the image of St. Pachomius.

G The Lord God glorified His saint with the gift of miracles both during his life and after his death.

IN In Nerekhta, in the days of St. Pachomius, there lived a man devoted to immoderate drunkenness. He lost his mind from the wine, raged and spoke nonsense. His relatives cared a lot about him, wanting to heal him from his illness, but in vain. On August 1, during the blessing of water, when the monk was walking to the Gridevka River, relatives led the unfortunate man to the monastery. Having stopped the procession, the ascetic ordered the sick man to be brought to Jordan, where the blessing of water was taking place, and made the sign of the cross over him. The madman threw himself into the water and shouted: “Oh, how painful it is for me: the old man scorched me with fire.” At the same time, he remained in the river, which was shallow, crying and praying at the icons; sanity returned to him. The healed man later said that fire came out of the cross and burned him. After the liturgy, Pachomius gave the healed prosphora, and he was freed from his illness forever.

AND Nok Irinarch, who settled in the monastery during the life of the monk and helped him a lot in setting up the monastery, was a skilled painter. Two years after the death of the saint, a lustful thought attacked Irinarch and severely tormented him. The monk repented of his sin openly before all the brethren, but this did not help him. He fasted, prayed, and finally turned to the intercession of St. Pachomius, whose grave he visited every day. One night, tired of prayer and returning from the grave, Irinarch fell asleep and saw in a dream a radiant old man, adorned with gray hair, having a long beard, white as snow, and with a staff in his hand. The elder said: “Brother Irinarh! So always pray to the Lord God and the Most Pure Mother of God, the Lord has had mercy on you, do not sin in the future: behold, the Lord will heal you from your thoughts.”

P At this the miracle worker hit the monk on the left thigh with his rod. Irinarch jumped up in horror and saw in front of him the Monk Pachomius, who said: “Do not be afraid, child! Now you see me: write the image of my likeness, because the Lord has numbered me among the saints.”

P Having grown up, Irinarch told the abbot and the brethren about his vision and showed the mark of the blow on his thigh as proof. Fulfilling the will of the deceased saint, Irinarch painted his image, which stands above the tomb and has been preserved to this day.

IN the village of Ivankovo, near Kostroma, at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. lived the landowner Protasyev. He suffered from eye pain for a long time and finally went blind. The unfortunate man did not know what to do. But then an old man appears to him in a dream and advises him to pray to the Monk Pachomius. Meanwhile, Protasyev did not know where his relics lay. One acquaintance told him that the Monk Pachomius was lying in Sypanovo, and the sick man appeared there with joy and hope. Protasyev prayed fervently all day at the saint’s shrine and regained his sight completely. In gratitude for his healing, he made a silver robe for the tomb icon of the saint.

IN In 1811, painters worked in the Sypanov church. One of them, Sokolov, worked in the dome, but so lazily that the priest wanted to remove him. Suddenly Sokolov fell seriously ill, and his family also fell ill. Feeling the approach of death, the painter repented of his negligence. Then the Monk Pachomius appeared to him in a dream and said: “Get up and don’t do that in the future.” The phenomenon had such a strong effect on Sokolov that, soon recovering, he set to work with diligence and beautifully executed the wall painting.

R They say that the Monk Pachomius once again appeared to the painter before painting the image of the saint of God on the wall. Having awakened, Sokolov immediately took up his brush so as not to forget the facial features of the Monk Pachomius.

IN 1843 and 1892 The residents of Sypanov were miraculously saved from the fire by the intercession of the monk. But especially memorable for the residents of Nerekhta and the entire Nerekhta region was the help of the saint of God during the cholera epidemics of 1848 and 1853.

WITH In the spring of 1848, cholera spread greatly throughout the Kostroma province. In Nerekhta it began in May and soon turned into a pestilence. The parishioners of the village of Sypanova turned with prayer to the Monk Pachomius, and he delivered them from the deadly ulcer. When they made a religious procession through the village and villages of the parish, the disease immediately stopped; desperate patients immediately recovered. The icon of the saint was brought to Nerekhta at the very height of the epidemic and remained for ten days, and very few of the sick died there - only 9 people out of 300. The icon of the miracle worker was also carried in neighboring villages.

H Five years later, similar manifestations of God’s mercy were repeated through the prayers of the Monk Pachomius. In one village an old man was seriously ill with cholera. He lay unconscious, and his relatives were waiting for his death. Suddenly he shuddered and asked: “Are they carrying the saint?” They told him that they were already entering the village with the image. The sick man immediately got up, went to meet the icon and carried it around the houses of the village, completely healthy. Thus, faith in the help of the saint of God was rewarded. But disbelief was punished. One doctor and his wife laughed at the Orthodox adherence to icons and the piety of the people. On the same day they fell ill with cholera and died in terrible agony.

IN In 1866, through the prayers of St. Pachomius, the loss of livestock in Sypanov stopped.

TO In 1892, a miracle happened over the peasant woman Elizaveta Fedoseeva. For about two years she had unbearable pain in her legs and lower back; At first the patient could barely walk, then she almost didn’t get up for more than six months. She received a lot of treatment from doctors, but nothing helped. She often prayed, asking the Lord to enlighten her on where she should go on pilgrimage in order to receive healing. Her prayer was heard.

« IN“I clearly saw a dream,” Elizabeth told Syanov’s priest, “as if I was praying on Pachomius day, May 15, here at the Trinity, but I was standing in the fence, since there were a lot of people, and when they went in procession, the icon of St. Pachomius emanated extraordinary radiance. The monk appeared to me that same night in the form as written on the icon, and ordered me to go and pray for healing in front of his relics. As soon as I woke up, I immediately made a promise to go to Sypanovo to the monk and serve a prayer service; From that day on, my recovery went quickly, and now I am completely healthy. I don’t know how to thank the saint.”

B Thanks to numerous miracles, local veneration of the monk in his monastery began soon after his death, as can be seen from the miracle with Irinarch. After the discovery of the relics of St. Pachomius (in 1675), his veneration naturally intensified: a chapel was built in his name in one connection with the Trinity Church and a stone tomb over the relics. Twice a year the memory of the saint of God is celebrated locally: March 21/April 3 - on the day of his death, and May 15/28 - on the day of his Angel. Then there is a large gathering of pilgrims to the parish Trinity-Sypanovskaya Church, standing on the site of a monastery closed in 1764.

Troparion of St. Pachomius of Erechta

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AND O venerable monk, you rejected the rumors of Itey, / and, like birds, find silence in the desert, / in prayers and vigils, adhering to God, / Rev. Father Pachomius, / and left your ancient sojourn, / and departed into the desert, and settled in it, / and create a monastery in the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, / and you flourished like a phoenix, / and became an image of spiritual consolation. / Likewise, Reverend Pachomius, / pray to the Most Holy Trinity for the salvation of our souls.

Kondak of St. Pachomius Nerechtsky

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IN the silent desert, / you alone, God-Bearer, I seek the Lord, / I will not leave you to God alone to be in the desert, / and by His command several brethren have descended upon you, / with them I pray to the Lord, / The Trinity is honored to raise the temple, / in it upcoming, Reverend Pachomius, / pray for the salvation of our souls.

Founder of the Constantine Monastery in Nerekhta. Canonized as a saint.

Commemorated on March 21 (glorification), May 15 (namesake), in the Cathedrals of Vladimir and Kostroma Saints.

Biography

Born in Vladimir into the family of a priest. For seven years he was given to study the sacred books and, as soon as he became proficient in the Divine Scripture, he began to show extraordinary zeal for the temple of God.

After the death of his father, being a 12-year-old boy, Jacob, with the blessing of his mother, went to the Mother of God Nativity Monastery near Vladimir, and at the age of 21 he took monastic vows with the name Pachomius in honor of the Monk Pachomius the Great.

A few years later, the monk Pachomius was ordained a deacon by Bishop Alexy (Byakont) of Vladimir, the future Metropolitan of Kyiv.

In 1352, he was ordained to the rank of hieromonk, and in 1365, upon the restoration of the Constantine Monastery, he was appointed its first abbot.

While establishing a monastery, the Monk Pachomius was burned with a desire for solitude and soon retired to a deserted place near Nerekhta, where he built a temple and died in old age on March 23, 1384.

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• Russian Biographical Dictionary: In 25 volumes / under the supervision of A. A. Polovtsov. 1896-1918.
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• Pachomius of Nerekhta // Open Orthodox Encyclopedia “Tree”
• Anniversary of the second discovery of the holy relics of St. Pachomius

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Brief life of St. Pachomius of Nerekhta

The Most Rev. Pa-ho-miy Nerekhtsky, in the world Yakov, was born into the family of a priest in Vladimir on the Klyazma . For seven years he was sent to study, so from childhood he knew the Divine Scripture well. Weary of the vanity of the decaying world, he took monastic vows in the Rozh-destvensky Vladimir monastery and without-ro-sweat-but-went to different rooms in obedience. Striving for a silent, deserted life, the mover secretly left the monastery and retired to the precincts of Nerekhta. Here, on the Gri-den-ka River, he found a convenient place for a foreign life - an elevated peninsula in a remote le-su. The most kindly person approached the residents of Nerekhta with a request to settle down and set up a monastery in the place Sy-pa-no-in Ko-stroma region. The Nerekhts happily agreed and took a strong part in the organization of the environment. The Most Reverend Pa-kho-miy wrote the image of the Holy Trinity and, with a prayer pen, brought it to that place, where he lived to build a temple in the name of the Holy Trinity. Having finished the construction of the temple, Saint Pa-ho-miy began arranging it in a row in the new abode, to -the-paradise in a step-by-step manner, but in a different way. In the newly-arranged abode, foreigners should have cultivated the land themselves and fed on labor of his own hands, in which the saint was the first example of brethren. The Most Rev. died in 1384 at a very old age and was buried in the Trinity Church founded by Van -me. One of his students, Iri-nar-khom, was on-pi-sa-on the icon of the saint, and later arranged-on the tomb -tsa for holy relics. The main remembrance of the pre-precious Pa-ho-miya is on May 15, on the day of the saint’s name , March 23 - the day of rebirth.

Complete Life of St. Pachomius of Nerekhta

The Most Rev. Pa-ho-miy was born in the first quarter of the 14th century in the city of Vla-di-mi-re on the Klyazma. His worldly name was Jacob. Ia-ko-va's father was sacred in the church of St. Niko-laya, his name was Ig-na-tiy, his mother was called An-na . Both of them were God-loving people and gave their son a good memory; For seven years he was given to study the sacred books and, as soon as he became accustomed to the Divine Scripture, he began to manifest show extraordinary zeal for the temple of God. Jacob especially loved to pray in the monastery in the name of the Birth of the Most Holy God, and in this glory he adopted a different haircut with the name Pa-ho-mia. “And his heart was filled with the Holy Spirit,” says the ancient life-not-descriptive-of-the-presence, “and for the trembling of his soul with Divine love, for the fire of Divine goodness lit his soul, and wanted to be a foreigner. “The Holy Spirit led him on this path.”

His father then passed away, leaving Ia-ko-va as a 12-year-old orphan, and his mother did not interfere with her son. his good-ness and the good-word of his son on the path of otherness. But the young young man gives experience to the old man, the strict and demanding one -I’m waiting for him, and I’m imp-of-the-words-to-him: from-my-own-will and restraint- you know the same thing about your heart. Forty days of research have passed, and finally Pa-kho-miya goes to the brother’s bakery. Tirelessly, I work here very well, working during the day and passing through the night without sleep, then my young flesh.

So a lot of time passed. The abbot of the mo-na-sta-rya, seeing the labor-do-love and peace-re-relation of the pre-excellent Pa-ho-miya, brings him to the saint -to-mu, in-the-place-of the Moscow-mit-ro-po-ly-that Fe-o-gno-sta, and asks to dedicate Pa-ho-miya in dia-ko-na. Saint Alexy willingly does this. And in the rank of dia-ko-na, he lived in Rozh-des-tvensky mo-na-sty-re for many years, about ten, and for- Thus, I ended up at the Tsa-re-Kon-stan-ti-nov-skaya obi-te-li near the city of Vla-di-mir. Saint Alexy, having restored the ancient monastery in the name of the equal king Kon-stan-ti, did not find for her, she is more suited to the Igu-me than the most kind Pa-ho-miy, good-de-te-li-to he knew for a long time. Having arrived in Vladimir in 1362 to inspect the re-created monastery, Saint Alexy built it on Pa-kho-miya -chal-no-com.

For several years he ruled over the abode, establishing order of life in it, building up the brethren with word and practice. measure. But then “God’s grace came upon him,” and he had the desire to move his movements to the place where Haven’t the blessings of Christian movements yet been in the light? But, secretly from the brethren, the venerable Pa-ho-miy of the Tsa-re-Kon-stan-ti-nov-skaya monastery leaves and removes is in the Kostroma region, in a place called Nerekhta. The mover brought with him only two books from his property: “The Right Book” and the Psalm.

Nerekhta was mentioned for the first time in 1214, and in the middle of the 14th century she presented herself, probably , a significant industrial production. In Nerekhta, Pa-kho-miy stayed for several days with one of the country's husbands, and at that time he was looking for me- hundred, convenient for creating a new environment. A very similar place was found two versts from the village to the east: it was so beautiful, it was -high-up and over-grown with forest: around it there are two rivers - So-lo-ni-tsa and its tributary, the Gr-river- girl The place presented itself as a moat and from the ancient times the name of the elk of Sy-pa-no-in-the-mountain-di-sche, Sy- pa-no-va mountains or simply Sy-pa-no-vo. Captivated by the beauty of Sy-pa-no-va, the mover asked the inhabitants of Nerekhta to cede to him the peninsula-island, on which it would be possible to build a monastery, and land for the establishment of a monastery farm. With joy, the Nerekhtians complied with the request, to whom it was very pleasant, but still sacred to them. that, and assiduously we could do the best for Pa-ho-miu in arranging a place for ob-li-te-li: ru-bi-li the forest, the land, the small cell itself is moving. Pre-reliable on our own and on the funds collected from the people to write the image of the Living Tro-i-tsy and the cross -in the same way, with-the-leader-y-e-my crowd-singing on-ro-yes, brought the image to Sy-pa-no-vo. At the site of the foundation of the temple, an image was once erected and a mo-le-ben was created. The people went home, and the venerable one in his cell prayed to God, blessing Him for the successful -cha-tie de-la and said: “Here is my rest; Here I will settle down and begin to live, and let what pleases God be done.”

The Nerekhtas lived with great eagerness every day to come to the great Pa-ho-miy and help him in labor of arranging a mo-na-sta-rya. The great one worked diligently with the pri-ho-div-shi-mi mi-rya-na-mi, blah-da-ril of sacrifices. For example, Nerekht-chan found a pod-ra-zha-te-lei among the surrounding residents, who also worked with Pa-ho-mi- eat. People appeared to co-live and move in its desert; he happily trimmed them in a different way and accepted them like a child’s loving father. Everything was ready for the opening of the Trinity.

That's when the most honorable Pa-ho-miy went with one of the brothers to Moscow and asked for strength from the mit-ro-po-li-ta Alek- This is a blessing for the construction of a temple in the monastery. The saint accepted the movement with joy, having given him the acquaintance, had a soulful conversation with him. duh, without hesitation he gave a b-word-ven-gra-mo-tu and an-ti-mins. Upon returning from Moscow, the reverend hurried even more zealously to finish the Trinity Church, working even more diligently with Nerekht-chans and surrounding residents. Soon the temple was ready, decorated with icons, equipped with books and solemnly consecrated with the participation of the nearest spirit. economy and with the confluence of many people.

Having graduated from the temple, the Reverend Pa-ho-miy takes care of the construction of the mo-na-stairs. The brethren and many fraternal cells are built in the surroundings. They are surrounded by a wall. For the promotion of the brotherhood for bread-bread: you-ru-ba-e-the surrounding forest, you-li-ga-et- all behind the growth and appearing in the fields, behind all the rye, life and oats. All this was done so that the brethren would not be idle and would feast on their labors, and not alone in front of worldly people. This is not enough. I remember that the monastery was built on the sacrifice of the laity and even with their labor co-operation, -ny Pa-kho-miy erected a guesthouse behind the mo-na-styr-skaya wall for “guests”, that is, those who come to the monastery God bless you. Fulfilling the duty of the state government, the mover fed the aliens with mo-na-styr bread and ate it himself with his brother-in-law eat together with them. Along with the external, there also came the internal arrangement of the Pa-ho-mi-e-voy obi-te-li. The devotee gave her a strict community charter, determined her mo-na-styr-positions: ke-la-rya, kaz-na-cheya , reader, singer and ek-kle-si-ar-ha. In the end, the Nerekhta monastery began to be so close that other monasteries began to erect it in your own mind. This called for the more zealous sacrifices of the surrounding Christ-lovers: they gave the saint a mo-na- shame, each from his own property, as much as he could. One z-living Nerekht-cha-nin sacrificed two co-lo-co-la, the third arranged a movement on his own national means.

In labors and cares about one’s life, in prayerful movements and cares about the salvation of the soul the same old Pa-ho-miy, couldn’t and felt the end was approaching. To the foreigners surrounding the living beds, he said a farewell instruction: “Brotherhood! - the mover began, - now I leave you and entrust you all to the Most Holy Trinity and the Most Pure God . And you, instead of me, take whoever you want, instead of me.”

In response, the brethren cried and said with one voice to the dying old man: “Our Father and Shepherd! Isn’t it better for us to be dead with him than to stay here without you!”

The Great One consoled the monks, encouraged them to rely on God, and chose Fe-o as abbot for them in their place. -do-ra, after the Vla-di-world-of-Rozh-de-stven-sko-go-na-sta-rya, from-there-came-she -th to the Sy-pa-nov-desert. And the saint taught many of the brethren and set them on the path of salvation, how to observe the rites and regulations of the monastery, and in conclusion ch-nie pr-ba-vil: “Brotherhood! Endure the sorrows and misfortunes that befall you in this place, and may the blessings of God be upon you.” After that, the venerable one asked the brethren for forgiveness, gave them the last blessing and left May I rest in peace in Kel-li-yam. On March 21, he communed with the Holy Ta-in, looking at the icons, and said: “Lord! I commend my spirit into Your hands,” and he died. This was in 1384.

The burial of the remains of God's saint was very solemn, with great consternation among the people. Honest powers would-be in the right direction of the al-ta-rya of the Tro-its-co-so-bo- ra. When in Sy-pa-no-ve they built a stone church on the site of de-re-vyan-noy, on May 6, 1675, they agreed imperishable, but left under cover. Then a chapel was set up over them in the name of the pleasure of God. Now his holy relics are on the left side of the Pa-ho-mi-ev-sko-de-la, opposite the north gate al-ta-rya. A beautiful metal-li-che-ra-ka hovers above them, and on top of it lies a very beautiful no-go Pa-ho-miya.

The Lord God glorified His pleasure with the gift of miracles, both during his life and after his death.

In Nerekhta, during the days of the Holy Pa-ho-mia, there lived a man devoted to immoderate drunkenness. He lost his mind because of the crime, went crazy and spoke senselessly. His relatives cared a lot about him, wanting to cure him of his illness, but in vain. 1 August, during the consecration of water, when the venerable one went to the Gri-dev-ku river, a relative of the Is it unfortunate that you’re in the mo-na-styr? Having stopped the procession of the cross, the mover ordered to bring the pain to the yor-da-ni, where the sanctification took place -shche-nie, and made the sign of the cross on him. The madman threw himself into the water and shouted: “Oh, how painful it is for me: the old man scorched me with fire.” At the same time, he remained in the shallow river, crying and praying at the icons; Ras-su-dok returned to him. Is-tse-len then said that fire came out of the cross, which scorched him. After the tur-gy, Pa-ho-miy gave the is-tse-len-no-m prosphora, and he-was-all-out from his pain-illness .

Monk Iri-narch, who sat down in the monastery during his life and helped him a lot in arranging e-nii obi-te-li, was a skilled painter. Two years after the death of the saint, Iri-nar-kha was attacked by a lustful man and severely tormented him. The monk confessed his sin openly to the whole brotherhood, but this did not help him either. He stole, prayed, and finally turned to the intercession of the Lord Pa-ho-miya, mo-gi-lu visited someone every day. One night, tired and praying and returning from the grave, Iri-narch fell asleep and saw in his dream a light-shaped old man, adorned with se-di-na-mi, has a long beard, white as snow, and with a staff in his hand- ke. The old man said: “Brother Iri-narkh! So they always prayed to the Lord God and the Most Holy God, the Lord has mercy on you, not from sin. Shay henceforth: behold, the Lord heals you from your thoughts.”

At the same time, the miracle-creator hit the foreigner on the left thigh with a rod. Iri-narch jumped up in horror and saw in front of him the great Pa-ho-miya, who said: “Don’t be afraid.” Xia, cha-do! You see me now: it’s just like that, because the Lord counted me to the good-bye.”

Having woken up, Iri-narch spoke about his vision of the abbot and the brethren and, to his satisfaction, the trace of the blow on my hip. Fulfilling the will of the saint, Iri-narch wrote his image, which stands over the tomb and with -kept to this day.

In the village of Ivan-ko-ve near Kostroma at the end of the 18th and at the beginning of the 19th centuries. lived a farmer named Pro-ta-syev. He had pain in his eyes for a long time and finally went blind. The unfortunate man did not know what to do. But then an old man appears to him in a dream and co-prays to Pres- ence Pa-ho-miyu. Meanwhile, Pro-ta-syev did not know where his relics lay. One of his acquaintances told him that the venerable Pa-ho-miy lies in Sy-pa-no-ve, and the patient with joy and hope -doy came there. For the whole day, Pro-ta-syev prayed to the ra-ki very well and completely matured. As a gift of gratitude for his work, he made a silver robe for the coffin icon.

In 1811, in the church of Sy-pa-no-va, there were living scribes. One of them, So-ko-lov, worked in the ku-po-le, but so la-no that the priest wanted to remove him. Suddenly, So-ko-lov was hard-for-no-able, for-bo-le-la and his family. Feeling the approach of death, the living being became careless. Then the venerable Pa-ho-miy appeared to him in a dream and said: “Get up and don’t bark like that in the future.” The phenomenon had such a strong effect on So-co-lo-va that, soon after you became healthy, he eagerly accepted -sya for the work and beautifully executed the wall painting.

They say that the Reverend Pa-ho-miy once again appeared to the living scribe before writing the picture for him on the wall -the desire to please God. Astonishingly, So-kolov immediately took up his brush so as not to forget the damn face of the very good Pa-ho-miya.

In 1843 and 1892 the life of Sy-pa-no-va would have been miraculous from the bav-le-ny's pre-de-standing of the pre-excellent heat. But especially for Nerekhtchan and the entire Nerekht region, we remember the help of God during cholera epidemics 1848 and 1853

Since the spring of 1848, the ho-le-ra has spread strongly throughout the Kostroma province. In Nerekhta it began in May and soon turned into a pestilence. When the village of Sy-pa-no-va approached with a prayer to the pre-excellent Pa-ho-miy, and he from-ba- saved them from a deadly nasal ulcer. When the procession of the cross through the village and villages arrived, the disease immediately stopped; you're sick immediately, but you're well. Icon was in Nerekhta at the very height of the epidemic and stayed for ten days, and there it was very a few died from illness - only 9 people out of 300. le-ni-yam and de-rev-yum.

Five years later, similar manifestations of God's mercy recurred, according to the prayers of you, Pa-ho-miya . In one village there was a seriously ill old man. He lay unconscious, and his relatives were waiting for his death. Suddenly he shuddered and asked: “Are they carrying the pleaser?” They told him that they were about to enter the village. The sick man immediately got up, went to meet the icon and carried it around the houses of the village, not completely healthy. So the citizen would have faith in the help of God. For some reason, the disbelief seems so bad. One doctor and his wife laughed at the faithfulness of the right-glorious people to the icons and the godliness of the people. On the same day they died in terrible agony.

In 1866, according to your prayers, Pa-ho-miya stopped working in Sy-pa-no-ve pa-dezh.

By 1892, a miracle happened over the peasant woman Eli-za-veta Fe-do-se-e-voy. For about two years she had a nez- ery pain in her legs and abdomen; the sick sleep-cha-la could barely walk, then almost didn’t get up. She went to see doctors a lot, but nothing worked. She prayed often, asking the Lord to lie to her, where should she go for prayer in order to receive healing -le-nie. Her prayer was heard.

“In a dream, I saw clearly,” I told the sy-pa-new-priest Eli-za-ve-ta, “being then I pray on Pa-ho-mi-ev day, May 15, here at Tro-i-tsa, but I’m standing in the fence, because there were a lot of people, and when they started the procession of the cross, from the icon of the pre-excellent Pa-ho-miya an unusually-veined si-i- tion. That same night, the one who was dear to me appeared in the same form as in the icon, and ordered me to go and pray for healing. -in front of his powers. As soon as I woke up, I immediately made a promise to go to Sy-pa-no-vo to the venerable and away -live mo-le-ben; from that same day my recovery went quickly, and now I am completely healthy. I don’t know how to please anyone.”

Bla-go-da-rya-many-number-of-your-re-ni-yam local chi-ta-pre-pre-do-no-go in his abode those things began shortly after his death, as can be seen from the miracle with Iri-nar-kh. After the re-re-re-te-re-re-relics of the Pre-po-ho-miya (in 1675), his name, naturally, was -li-va-et-sya: a-and-va-et-sya is arranged in his name in one connection with the Trinity Church and a stone tomb-none- tsa over the powers. Twice a year a place is celebrated in memory of the pleasure of God: March 21/April 3 - on the day of death, and 15/ May 28 is the day of his An-ge-la. Then there would be a large flock of worshipers to the parish Tro-i-tse-Sy-pa-nov-skaya church, sto-i- cabbage soup at the place where it was closed in 1764.

The monastery was in the name of, and blossomed like a palm tree, and was an example of spiritual consolation. Therefore, Venerable Pachomius, pray to the Most Holy Trinity for the salvation of our souls.

Kontakion to St. Pachomius of Nerekhta, tone 4

In the desert, silent,/ I unite you, God-bearer, seeking the Lord,/ I will not leave you to God alone to be in the desert,/ and by command several brethren came down to you,/ with neither I pray to the Lord near you, / The Trinity is honored to erect a temple, / in soon, Reverend Pachomius, // praying for the salvation of our souls.

Translation: In the desert, silent and alone, you sought the Lord, but God did not leave you alone in the desert, and at His command several brothers came to you, praying to the Lord with them, you erected a revered temple of the Trinity, and standing in it, St. Pachomius, pray about the salvation of our souls.

The Monk Pachomius the Great, along with Anthony the Great (January 17), Macarius the Great (January 19) and Euthymius the Great (January 20), is a pillar of desert living and the founder of the monastic community in Egypt. The Monk Pachomius was born in the 3rd century in Thebaid (Upper Egypt) from pagan parents and received a good secular education. From his youth he had the makings of a good disposition, was chaste and reasonable. When Pachomius was 20 years old, he was drafted into the troops of Emperor Constantine (apparently in 315). The recruits were placed in the city dungeon building under guard protection. Local Christians came with food supplies, fed the soldiers and served them diligently. When the young man learned that these people were doing this for the sake of their God, fulfilling His commandment to love their neighbors, it sank deeply into his pure soul. Pachomius promised to become a Christian. Returning from the army after the victory, Pachomius accepted holy Baptism, settled in the secluded village of Shenesit and immediately began to lead a strict ascetic life. Feeling the need for a spiritual leader, he turned to the Thebaid hermit Palamon, was received by the elder with love and began to zealously undergo monastic feats following the example of his mentor. One day, after 10 years of desert life, the Monk Pachomius, walking through the desert, stopped at the ruins of the village of Tavennisi and heard a Voice ordering him to build a monastery on this place. Pachomius told Elder Palamon about this, and both of them. Taking the words they heard as God’s instructions, they went to Tavennisi and began to build a small monastic dwelling. The holy elder Palamon blessed the beginning of the foundation of the monastery and predicted its future glory. Soon the Monk Palamon departed to the Lord. Then an Angel of God appeared to Saint Pachomius in the form of a schema-monk and handed him the rules of monastic life. Soon his elder brother John came to the monk and settled with him.

The Monk Pachomius suffered many temptations and attacks from the enemy of the human race, but the Monk Pachomius valiantly repelled all temptations with prayer to God and patience. Gradually, disciples began to gather to the Monk Pachomius. All of them were amazed by the hard work of the mentor, who managed to complete all the monastic work: he cultivated the garden, talked with those who came who asked for guidance, and served the sick. The Monk Pachomius introduced the rules of common life, establishing uniformity for everyone in food and clothing. The monks of the monastery had to work in the obediences assigned to them for the common benefit of the monastery. Among the obediences was the rewriting of books. Monks were not supposed to have their own money or accept anything from their relatives. The monk believed that obedience, performed with zeal, was higher than fasting and prayer, and he demanded that the monks strictly observe the rules, severely punishing violators. One day, his sister Maria came to the Monk Pachomius, who had long wanted to see her brother. But the strict ascetic refused to see her and, through the gatekeeper, gave her a blessing to enter the path of monastic life, promising his help in this. Maria cried, but acted according to her brother’s instructions. The Tavennis monks built a dwelling for her on the opposite bank of the Nile. Nuns began to gather to Mary, and soon a convent was created with strict rules, which were handed down by the Monk Pachomius. The number of monks in the monastery grew rapidly, which necessitated the construction of 7 more monasteries nearby. The number of monks reached 7000, and all of them were under the leadership of the Monk Pachomius, who visited all the monasteries and ruled them. At the same time, the Monk Pachomius remained a deeply humble monk, who was always ready to obey and accept comments from every brother. Severe and strict with himself, the Monk Pachomius had great mercy and condescension towards monks who were not spiritually mature enough. One of the monks strove for the feat of martyrdom, but the monk turned him away from these aspirations and instructed him to silently fulfill monastic obedience, taming his pride and learning to be humble. However, the monk did not listen to his mentor and left the monastery, after which he was attacked by robbers who, under pain of death, forced him to make a sacrifice to the pagan gods. In complete despair, the monk returned to the monastery. The monk ordered him to pray intensely day and night, observe strict fasting and live in complete silence. The monk followed the monk’s instructions, and this saved his soul from despair. The monk taught to be in every possible way afraid of the condemnation of others and he himself was afraid even in his thoughts to condemn anyone. The Monk Pachomius treated sick monks with special love. He visited them, encouraged the discouraged, convinced them to thank God and place their hope in His holy will. He relaxed the fast for the sick if this was necessary for their recovery. Once, in the absence of the monk, the cook did not prepare boiled food for the monks, citing the fact that the brethren liked to fast. Instead of his obedience, he wove 500 mats, but the monk did not approve of his action; and as punishment for disobedience, he ordered all the mats made by the cook to be burned.

The Monk Pachomius always taught the monks to have hope only in the help and mercy of God. Somehow there was a shortage of wheat in the monastery. The saint spent the whole night in prayer, and in the morning they brought a large amount of bread for the monastery from the head of the city, without taking anything in payment. The Lord granted Saint Pachomius the gift of working miracles and healing diseases. The Lord revealed to him the subsequent destinies of monasticism. The saint knew that the last monks would not have such zeal for exploits as the first ones, they would walk as if in darkness, not having experienced leaders. Prostrated on the ground, the Monk Pachomius wept bitterly, calling on the Lord and asking for mercy on them. In response, he heard a Voice: “Pachomius, remember the mercy of God. Know about the last monks that they too will receive a reward, for they will have to suffer from a hard life for a monk.” Towards the end of his life, the Monk Pachomius became seriously ill from the pestilence that was in those places diseases. His closest and beloved disciple, the Monk Theodore (May 17), looked after him with filial love. The Monk Pachomius died around 348 at the age of 53 and was buried near the mountain near the monastery.

His memory is celebrated on May 15, the day of his namesake with St. Pachomius the Great († 348), May 5 on the day of the discovery of the relics, March 23 (21?) on the day of repose and January 23 along with the Council of Kostroma Saints.

At the beginning of the 14th century. A son, Jacob, was born to the priest of the St. Nicholas Church in the city, Vladimir Ignatius, and his wife Anna. A pious mood reigned in the family. Early on, the youth became accustomed to reading the Divine Scriptures and visiting God’s temples. He especially loved the Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where the relics of St. the faithful leader Prince Alexander Nevsky. After the death of his father, Jacob entered there and took monastic vows and was given the name Pachomius. He was 21 years old at the time. His mother did not interfere with him. The new monk was entrusted to a strict elder, who first of all taught him complete renunciation of his will and monastic restraint. He obeyed him unquestioningly. When Metropolitan Alexy restored the ancient Tsar Constantine Monastery in the vicinity of Vladimir, he elected Pachomius as its abbot (1362). But then Pachomius retired to silence in the Kostroma region near Nerekhta and 2 versts from this village, on the Sypanovo tract, distinguished by its beauty, founded another monastery. The residents of Nerekhta received him with joy. There was no monastery in this region. Everyone went in procession to Sypanovo, set to work in unison, and the monastery was soon completed. Many expressed a desire to go there. The monastery was a communal one, and the main occupation of the monks after prayer was supposed to be farming; they were supposed to feed themselves by their own labors. But, remembering that the monastery was built by the hands of the laity, the monk built an inn for them outside its walls, where he received them, put them to rest and talked with them.

Once, during the blessing of water on August 1, the monk healed a man who was insane from drinking, overshadowing him with the cross; it seemed to the sick man that flames were coming from the cross, and with a cry he threw himself into the water and stayed there the entire time of the blessing of water, praying with tears. Reason returned to him. After the blessing of water, the monk called him, blessed him and gave him prosphora.

Rev. died Pachomius on March 21, 1384 with the words: “In Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit!” A countless crowd of people gathered for his burial. His holy relics. found incorrupt in 1675, they rested in an open shrine in the church of his abolished monastery, which became the parish church of the village of Sypanova.

In 1840, the icon painter Sokolov, who was working on the restoration of the Sypanovskaya Church, fell ill. He realized that God was punishing him for his careless attitude to work. At night, St. Petersburg appeared to him in a dream. Pachomius said: “Get up and don’t do that again!” Sokolov woke up healed. Based on this vision, he painted an icon of the saint with a scroll in his hand, on which his words were written: “Brothers, endure all sorrow and distress in this place, so that you may find the mercy of God!” This icon was brought to Nerekhta during the cholera of 1846, and out of 300 patients, 291 recovered. In 1853 the epidemic repeated; One old man, who was unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes and asked: “Is the saint of God coming?” At this time, the holy icon was brought into the village. He got up healthy and himself carried the holy icon in the procession from house to house. This time only the doctor and his wife died, they were non-believers and laughed at the veneration of holy icons. After the prayer service, St. Pachomius stopped the fire in 1842 and the loss of livestock in 1853. In 1892, Rev. Pachomius appeared to the peasant woman Elizaveta Feodoseyeva, who was sick with her kidneys, and ordered her to go to Sypanovo on a pilgrimage. She immediately felt better, and she received final healing from the relics of St. Pachomia.