Sergius of Valaam is an Orthodox monk who is credited with the role of enlightener of Karelian pagan tribes and the affirmative of Christianity in the Northern Ladoga . According to the monastery legend, he is, together with German, the Valaam founder of the Valaam monastery .
The life of Sergius is usually attributed to the X century [1] and is called his Greek. The ancient Novgorod annals [2] say: the relics of the Monk Sergius and Herman and their transfer to Novgorod during the invasion of the Swedes in 1163–1164. “In the summer of 1163 you appointed Archbishop John Pervago to Veliky Novugrad, and there were former bishops. That same summer, relics of power were found and the venerable father of our Sergius and Herman of Valaam, the Novgorod miracle workers under Archbishop of Novgorod John were transferred ” [3] .
[1] GIM. Uvarov Chronicle. 5681; XVII century., Sheet 185. MFN. Pogodinsky Chronicle. 1403; XVII century. Ibid. 1953. XVII century.
[2] Russian annals according to the Sofia List, St. Petersburg 1795.
According to other sources, he lived in the XIV century [4] : in the Novgorod Sofia Library, on the blackboard of an ancient manuscript book containing the rules of St. Father and the Seventh Councils, there is a note with the following words: "In the summer of 6837 (1329) the beginning of life on the island of Valaam, Lake Ladoga, Elder Sergius." According to other notes, it appears that the founder of the Valaam monastery was visited by the Reverend Herman in 1393.
The Orthodox Church commemorates July 28 (July 11) (the celebration, originally purely local, was established in the middle of the 18th century and was timed to coincide with the fair held under the walls of the monastery).
September 11 (24) also celebrates the last transfer of their relics from Veliky Novgorod back to the Valaam monastery, when the danger of an attack by the Swedes passed and the relics were deeply hidden , where they are still resting. According to another version, dating back to the 16th century manuscript published by N. A. Okhotina-Lind [5] , the celebration of September 11 was established in the middle of the 16th century in memory of the transfer of the relics of Sergius of Valaam from Novgorod, where he died, and their burial near the relics of Herman (feast of the "holy union").
On October 20, 1819, the Holy Synod prescribed the all-Russian veneration of Valaam saints and determined the days of church celebrations in their memory on June 28 (July 11, st.) And September 11 (September 24, st.) [6] .
In the Rivne diocese http://rivne.church.ua/ Zdolbunovsky deanery in the village of Bogdashev is a holy source of the Monk Sergius and Herman of Valaam. Water from a holy spring heals stomach ailments. There have been cases of healing people from oncology. The water in this spring is consecrated by the rector of the Holy Cross Exaltation Church, Archpriest Sergius (Rudyuk) on the eve of the Epiphany and on the day of remembrance of the saints (July 11 BC).
Notes
- ↑ Rev. Sergius and German, Valaam miracle workers (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 28, 2009. Archived December 29, 2008.
- ↑ GIM. Uvarov Chronicle. 5681; XVII century., Sheet 185. MFN. Pogodinsky Chronicle. 1403; XVII century In the same place. 1953. XVII century.
- ↑ Russian Annals according to the Sofia List, St. Petersburg 1795.
- ↑ Sergius of Valaam, Rev., miracle worker (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 28, 2009. Archived September 29, 2007.
- ↑ Okhotina-Lind N.A. Legend of the Valaam Monastery. St. Petersburg: Verb, 1996
- ↑ Hierodeacon Onufry (Makhanov) Historical information about the Monk Sergius and Herman of Valaam // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate , No. 8 2000
Links
- Heikki Kirkinen . Sergei and Herman of Valaam (1100-1199) : article on the website of the Biographical Center of the Society of Finnish Literature (English) (Retrieved November 9, 2010)