Natalia Petrovna Kireevskaya (nee Arbenev , 1809-1900) - the wife of the philosopher Ivan Vasilyevich Kireevsky .
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| Birth name | Natalia Petrovna Arbeneva |
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| Spouse | Ivan Vasilievich Kireevsky |
| Children | Vasily, Natalya, Alexandra, Ekaterina, Sergey, Maria, Sofia, Nikolay |
Biography
Born Arbenev, wife of the writer I.V. Kireevsky .
In her youth she was the spiritual daughter of St. Seraphim of Sarov . After his death, the elder of the Novospassky monastery Filaret (in the schema of Theodore) became her spiritual father.
In 1833, through the elder Leonid (Nagolkin), she met the old man Makarii (Ivanov) and in 1836 became his spiritual daughter.
April 29, 1834 married I.V. Kireevsky. V. A. Zhukovsky wrote from St. Petersburg by Kirievsky: “Dear friends, Ivan Vasilievich and Natalia Petrovna! Now is the morning of April 29th: I’m mentally moving towards you, seeing you off to church, taking my father’s due place and from the bottom of my heart I ask you from God for peaceful, constant domestic happiness, which, despite the necessary admixture of sorrows, will still remain happiness if there is mutual agreement of feelings and thoughts ” [1] .
By her example, I.V. Kireyevsky converted to Orthodoxy.
Spouses Kireevsky lived in Moscow at the Red Gate.
The Kireevsky spouses had eight children :
- Vasily Ivanovich (1835 - after 1911)
- Natalya Ivanovna (1836-1838)
- Alexandra Ivanovna (married to Cobran) (December 15, 1838 -?)
- Ekaterina Ivanovna (1843-1846)
- Sergei Ivanovich (March 13, 1845 - after 1916)
- Maria Ivanovna (married Bologovskaya) (November 5, 1846 -?)
- Sofya Ivanovna (1846-1940)
- Nikolai Ivanovich (November 30, 1848 -?)
Widowed Natalia Petrovna June 12, 1856
In the Kireevsky Dolbino estate near Optina Desert , Elder Macarius often visited.
Natalia Petrovna actively participated in the publication of Optina Desert patristic literature. Through it, publishers maintained contact with the Moscow Metropolitan - St. Filaret (Drozdov) .
After the death of the elder, Makarii, along with the brotherhood of the monastery, began to collect the letters of the elder and participated in their publication. Six parts were printed. These are the letters of the old man to his spiritual children, monks and laity [2] .
Its spiritual leaders, subsequently, were prep. Hilarion (Ponomarev) Optinsky and Hieroskhimonov Flavian (Little) (from 1873 to 1890).
Her works in the monastery of St. John the Baptist arranged the chapel of St. Macarius of Egypt .
On August 13, 1861, Natalia Petrovna, along with the children, attended the grand opening of the relics of St. Tikhon of Zadonsky and his glorification in the form of saints.
At the end of her life, she interceded to the hierarchy about the Holy Communion. Seraphim (Chichagove) , slandered by the brotherhood [3] .
N.P. Kireevskaya was the godmother of Fr. Clement (Zedergolm) .
In the last years of her life she lived in Moscow on Ostozhenka, where she rented a modest apartment.
She died at 10.30 a.m. on March 14, 1900.
Natalia Petrovna's body was transported to Optina Deserts [4]
She was buried at the altar of the Vvedensky temple of Optina Desert, next to her husband and Optina elders.
Notes
- ↑ A fragment of a letter by V.A. Zhukovsky // Runivers. Logosphere.
- ↑ Rev. Ambrose, who began to rule in Optina even during the life of Fr. Makaria, upon the release of letters, wrote to Natalya Petrovna: “Glory and thanks to the All-blessed Lord, who led to the end of the printing of precious letters from our blessed father. He used many during his lifetime, and now he will use, unceasingly, it seems, the many, written instructions of his. The late father, Father Macarius, in his humility, personally did not express much, sparing our weakness; in his letters, he reveals the truth directly, and often without being blamed, as the Apostle Paul says that his coming is humble, and the messages are formidable. You, N.P., owe general gratitude from people, but expectation of mercy from God and reward for sincere and diligent participation in the publication of such soulful books in which everyone who does good will find edification and comfort in grief and direct guidance in spiritual life. " ( The death of Natalia Petrovna Kireevskaya )
- ↑ In her letter of November 29, 1898 to the Archbishop of Kharkov, Flavian (Gorodetsky), N.P. Kireevskaya gave the highest spiritual assessment of the personality of Father Seraphim and asked the lord for help to the persecuted hieromonk. “Now, Vladyka, I appeal to you with my last request,” wrote N. P. Kireevskaya. - As the Lord once helped me serve you at the beginning of your Monastic life, and the Eminent Hierarch our Metropolitan Filaret showed you his paternal grace and protection, so now I am asking you, Vladyka, to take under your protection and in your Fatherly care of my beloved Father Seraphim the Lord (in the world of Leonid Mikhailovich Chichagov), who has suffered a lot from human malice, all the slander that has been put against him, he carries with truly Christian humility, I know him for many years and testify to you in my conscience that he is true a Christian and a man quite worthy ... Dying, Vladyka, I entrust Fr. Seraphim of your fatherly love and protection. ” (The Life of the Holy Martyr Metropolitan Seraphim (Chichagov). Part One )
- ↑ In the Chronicle of Skit Optina Desert on March 19, 1900 it is written: “Tonight, the body in Bose of the deceased Natalya Petrovna Kireevskaya, a benefactor of Skit and the monastery, was brought from Moscow to Optina Pustyn. For her support, most of the patristic creations were translated, translated by the Skete brotherhood under the guidance of the elder Makarii. At her own expense, a chapel was arranged in the name of St. Macarius of Egypt in the monastery church. ” (Chronicle of the monastery in the name of St. John the Baptist and the Baptist of God, located at the Kozelsky Vvedensky Optina desert. In 2 vols. T. 1. - M., 2008. - 704 pp .: ill. T. 2. - M., 2008. - 672 p.: Ill. Circulation 5 thousand)
Literature
- Lazarus (Afanasyev), monk. Optinsky were: Essays and stories from the history of the Vvedensky Optina Desert. - M., 2008. ISBN 978-5-91362-057-6
- Correspondence of Konstantin Zederholm with the old man Makari Optinsky (1857-1859) / [Comp. G.V. Bezhanidze]. - M.: Publishing House of PSTGU, 2013 .-- 383 p. ISBN 978-5-7429-0717-6
Links
- Dolbino, Kireevsky estate
- From the correspondence of Father Clement Zederholm. (1856-1878)
- K.A. Zederholm - N.P. Kireevskaya
- The death of Natalia Petrovna Kireevskaya
- Mozharova M. A. Pages of the family chronicle of Kireevsky. Education "in the teaching and instruction of the Lord."
- Elder Makarii visiting Kireevsky
- I.V. Kireevsky with his wife Natalia Petrovna. Lithograph by G. Miterreiter. 1830s (inaccessible link)