Erasmus the Recluse (end of the 11th - 12th centuries ) is a monk of the Kiev-Pechersky Monastery . Of the Holy Russian Church , venerated in the guise of saints , memory is celebrated (according to the Julian calendar ): February 24 ( March 8 ) in a leap year or February 24 ( March 9 ) in lean years and September 28 ( October 11 ) - Cathedral of the Reverend Fathers of Kiev-Pechersk in the nearby caves resting .
| Erasmus of the Caves | |
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| Death | end of XI - XII century |
| Is revered | in the Russian Orthodox Church |
| In the face | reverend |
| Main shrine | relics in the nearby caves of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra |
| Day of Remembrance | February 24 ( March 8 ) in a leap year or February 24 ( March 9 ) in a non-leap year and September 28 ( October 11 ) |
Kiev-Pechersky Patericon , written in 1222-1226, reports about Erasmus. According to him, Erasmus "was very rich, and all that he had spent and chained a lot of icons on church utensils ." Having spent his wealth and becoming a beggar, he became neglected by everyone, which caused him despair, and he decided that he would not receive “rewards for the spent wealth, because he distributed it to the church, and not to alms .” Starting to lead a dissolute life, Erasmus fell into a serious illness and lay eight days dumb and blind. Then, standing up, he told the monks gathered around him that during his illness he had a vision:
... today the saints Anthony and Theodosius appeared to me and told me: "We prayed to God, and the Lord gave you time to repent." And so I saw the Holy Mother of God , holding in her arms my son, Christ our God, and all the saints were with her. And she said to me: “Erasmus! Because you decorated My Church and magnified it with icons, and I will glorify you in the Kingdom of My Son, the wretched ones are always with you. Only, having risen from illness, repent and accept the great angelic image: on the third day I will take you, pure, unto myself, who have loved the magnificence of My House. ”
After this, Erasmus confessed his sins to the monastery brethren, accepted the schema, and died on the third day. His body was buried in the nearby caves of the Kiev Pechersky Monastery. The compiler of the paterik , Bishop Simeon , indicates that he heard the story of Erasmus “from the holy and blessed elders who were witnesses and eyewitnesses to this,” that is, when he was a monk of the Kiev-Pechersky Monastery.
The beginning of local veneration of the Monk Erasmus is unknown. His name is included in the half-words “Semi-Chust” ( 1643 ) and Minei common ( 1680 ), published in the Kiev-Pechersk Monastery. The “teraturgim” of the cathedral monk Athanasius of Kalofoisky ( 1638 ) calls Erasmus a miracle worker. Around 1643, under the Metropolitan Peter (Grave) , a canon was compiled for the reverend Fathers of the Caves, in which the 2nd troparion of the 7th song is dedicated to Erasmus: "I’m wise to Erasmus, and if you have exhausted your wealth in the splendor of the temple of God, show your spiritual temple with your prayers" . Church veneration began after the permission of the Holy Synod in the second half of the 18th century to include the names of a number of Kiev saints in the church’s general church month .
Links
- About Erasmus the Montenegro, who squandered his estate on holy icons and received salvation for them . Kiev Pechersk Paterik . Date of treatment February 7, 2010. Archived on April 17, 2012.
- Lopukhina E.V. Erasmus of the Caves // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M. , 2008 .-- T. 18 . - S. 589-590 . - ISBN 978-5-89572-032-5 .
Literature
- Erasmus, Rev. // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.