Theodosius of Totemsky - (beginning of the 16th century, Vologda - January 28, 1568 , Spaso-Sumorin Monastery ) - the reverend of the Russian Orthodox Church. Memory January 28 ( February 10 ) and September 2 (15) .
| Theodosius of Totem | |
|---|---|
 The icon of the XVIII century. Totem Museum of Local Lore | |
| Name in the world | Theodosius Yulianovich Sumorin |
| Birth | beginning of the 16th century |
| Death | |
| Monastic name | Theodosius |
| Is revered | in the Orthodox church |
| Glorified | January 28 ( February 8 ) 1799 |
| In the face | reverend |
| Main shrine | holy relics in the Ascension Cathedral of the Savior-Sumorin Monastery |
| Day of Remembrance | January 28 ( February 10 ) and September 2 (15) |
| Asceticism | fasting , wearing a veg and a hair shirt |
Content
... There, Theodosius of Totemsky, among the shale sources, opens a new inexhaustible storehouse of spiritual salt, and he himself makes the salt of the Totemsky land, saving the soul and heart from rotting ... [1]
Biography
He was born in Vologda , probably in the first years of the reign of Vasily Ioannovich , who reigned in 1505-1533. [2] Upon reaching adulthood, by the will of his parents, he married, from whom he had a daughter, Marina. After the death of the parents and his wife, leaving his fortune to relatives for raising his daughter, Theodosius went to the Vologda Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery of the Monk Dimitri Prilutsky , and was tonsured a monk.
In 1554, the Monk Theodosius received the imperial criminal certificate and proceeded to the construction of the Totem Monastery , where within a year he set up a wooden church and cells for the brethren.
Ephraim Desert
In 1560, the Rostov archbishop Nikander gave a new obedience - the resumption of the desolate Spaso-Nikolaev Efremova desert, located in the Totemsky district on the rivers Rezhe and Vahe .
The charmed tsar’s letter issued to the elder Ephraim at the beginning of the 16th century passed into the inheritance of pr. Theodosius, who restored the deserts at his own expense. There stood the churches of the Transfiguration and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
In the documents of the 17th century, the Ephraim Desert was already listed as belonging to another monastery - Nikolo-Ugreshsky .
In 1764, it was abolished. The churches of the village of Monastyrsky are turned into parish (now the Syamzhensky district of the Vologda region ).
In the 18th century, a new church was built in their place.
The Feats of Rev. Theodosius
In search of spiritual enlightenment, he gathered a large library of spiritual books, acquiring not only liturgical books, but also the theological works of Saint John Chrysostom , the Rev. Ephraim the Syrian and other teachers of the Church, which were expensive at that time.
The monk led the most rigorous ascetic life, was constantly in prayer and writings. Carefully concealed his exploits. Only his demise revealed the secret. The ascetic under the clothes wore iron chains and a stiff hair shirt that tormented his body. And on his head under a schematic puppet he put on an iron cap.
The Monk Seraphim of Sarov “believed that the faiths of such ascetics, such as Theodosius of Pechersky , Theodosius of Totemsky, Basil the Blessed and others, were the final quality moment of their feat, its crown, so to speak, which must be preceded by the feats of humility, the transfer of insults and fasting. " [3]
Having lived in the Totem monastery for 15 years and anticipating his demise, pr. Theodosius convened the brethren and ordered him to write a spiritual testament: how to manage the monastery after his death.
This historical document included the order of the saint about his remembrance:
“I am writing a spiritual letter with my belly in my whole mind and mind, to whom or what to take, or from whom to take something. Dati mi on Pryluk to the Savior is ten rubles, but on Totma in the city of dat mi on the throne, for all forty-odd fifty rubles ...
... In the cenodic my family is recorded and you would remember, but would not write out my family and me; but you will write out my family and me, otherwise the All-Merciful Savior is above you; but for the sake of nature, God’s sake, they did it without betrayal, as it is written in memory, they ruled all reprisals from memory, they naturally didn’t have a soul for themselves, but they wouldn’t load my souls naturally, but for the sake of a sin they would naturally forgive and forgive me God will forgive his holy prayers and you. ” [four]
He died on January 28, 1568 .
On September 2 ( 13 ), 1796 , during the reorganization of the temple, the imperishable relics of the saint were found.
Miracles
About 150 posthumous miracles of the reverend are known.
"All the miracles of St. Theodosius in the monastery book are recorded 146, and they have long ceased to record them." [four]
The return of the holy relics of St. Theodosius of Totma
On April 17, 1919, the relics of the Monk Theodosius were uncovered as part of the Soviet regime’s “showdown”. [5] In the 1920s, the Spaso-Sumorin monastery was abolished, and the relics of St. Theodosius were in the Vologda Museum of Local Lore . [6] In 1988, in the year of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia , they were transferred to the Vologda diocese and were in the Lazarevsky church of the city of Vologda . In 1994, the solemn transfer of the holy relics to the city of Totma took place, where they were in cancer in the Church of the Nativity of Christ.
In 2014, the 460th anniversary of the founding of the Savior-Sumorin Monastery and the 20th anniversary of the return of the holy relics of St. Theodosius in the city of Totma . Currently, Spaso-Sumorin Monastery has begun to rebuild. [7]
Transfer of the holy relics of St. Theodosius
September 15, 2016 on the day of remembrance of St. Theodosius solemnly transferred his holy relics from the Church of the Nativity of Christ, located in the center of Totma, to the Ascension Cathedral of the Savior-Sumorin Monastery. [eight]
Honoring in the Marose Community
They especially honored the memory of the saint in the Marosey community at the Church of St. Nicholas in Klenniki , which was headed at the beginning of the 20th century by the righteous Alexy Mechev and, after his death, his son the holy martyr Sergius Mechev .
Temples in honor of St. Theodosius of Totem
In Chernihiv, in the Anthony caves of the Trinity-Elias Monastery, there is a temple in honor of St. Theodosius of Totemsky. This is the main temple in the monastery and the largest of the three underground. [9] During the Great Patriotic War, during the Nazi occupation of Chernigov by German fascists, it was allowed to open the Trinity Monastery, previously closed by the Soviet government. Under the direction of St. Lawrence of Chernihiv on the day of Archangel Michael November 21, 1941 the first service was held in the church of St. Theodosius, located under the Trinity Cathedral . [ten]
Notes
- ↑ Muravyov A.N. Russian Thebaid in the North. - M.: Pilgrim, 1999 .-- 526 p.
- ↑ The Life of St. Theodosius of the Totem Miracle Worker.— Vologda .: Educational Literature LLC, 2005.— 192 p.
- ↑ Archpriest Sergius Ilyin . The doctrine of St. Seraphim of Sarov about the Holy Spirit. - M.: Ladder, 2003.— 256 p. p. 50
- ↑ 1 2 Holy John of Veryuzhsky . Historical legends about the life of saints who worked in the Vologda diocese, glorified by the whole Church and locally revered. Vologda, 2009 .-- 728 s. Reprint edition.
- ↑ OLD TOWNS OF THE VOLOGDA REGION section HISTORICAL ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS TESTIMONIAL ... (GAVO materials on the reopening of the relics of St. Theodosius)
- ↑ Kozlov V.F. Autopsy relics // Orthodox Encyclopedia. T. IX
- ↑ Decree No. 221 “On the Establishment of the Bishop’s Metochion“ Spaso-Sumorin Monastery “of Totma” Archived on August 9, 2014.
- ↑ The transfer of the relics of St. Theodosius of Totemsky, the miracle worker. Sofia TV channel, full video version
- ↑ The cherries of Chernigov region (Ukrainian) . Architects and natural monuments of Ukraine . Date of treatment October 6, 2017.
- ↑ Oh St. Lawrence Chernihiv on the ABC of Faith website
Literature
- Akathist to our venerable father Theodosius of the Totem wonderworker. - Vologda: Vologzhanin Publishing House LLC, 2004. - 32 p.
- Vereuzhsky And . Historical legends about the life of saints who worked in the Vologda diocese. Vologda, 1880.
- Life of the Monk Theodosius of the Totem Miracle Worker. - Vologda .: Educational Literature LLC, 2005.— 192 p.
- Archpriest Sergius Ilyin . The doctrine of St. Seraphim of Sarov about the Holy Spirit. - M.: Ladder, 2003.— 256 p.
- Holy John of Veryuzhsky . Historical legends about the life of saints who worked in the Vologda diocese, glorified by the whole Church and locally revered. Vologda, 2009 .-- 728 s. Reprint edition.
See also
- Andrey Totemsky
- Maxim Totemsky
- Cathedral of Vologda Saints