Glorified for heart-knowledge and foresight, the Russian saint

Kirill Belozersky (in the world - Kosma) - the son of educated parents, literate, writing, well-read, in order to avoid signs of self-respect, "under the image of rampage" played the fool, happily accepting punishment for this. Knowing that he knows how to write good books and that "his word is dissolved in the salt of the mind," he was almost forcibly elevated to the rank of Archimandrite of the Simonov Monastery. But he refused!

St. Cyril was the most famous disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, who loved to talk with him face to face. Moreover, at first Sergius met with Cyril, and then he went to the abbot.

According to the Life, once during a night prayer he heard a voice: “Kirill, get out of here. Go to the White Lake and you will find peace there, there is a place prepared for you in which you will be saved. Looking at the window of the cell, Cyril saw a white light and a certain area, located far to the north. Soon the vision disappeared. In 1397 Cyril, together with another monk, Ferapont, left the monastery and went to the north. They went around several places until Cyril recognized the one indicated in the miraculous vision. Cyril dug a dugout here and began to live. The brethren gathered around Cyril's cell. Together they built a wooden church in the name of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. So, on the shores of Lake Siverskoye, the Uspensky Kirillo-Belozersky, or simply Kirillov Monastery arose. Cyril introduced a strict communal charter in the monastery. Ferapont left this place after some time and founded another monastery, later known as Ferapontov, 15 versts away.

Kirill Belozersky was perspicacious. From the time he settled in the cell, people began to hear "ringing from this place and singing singers." Among the miracles performed by him, it is even reported that he raised the dead, namely Brother Dalmat, who died without receiving the Holy Mysteries. Cyril resurrected him: he took communion and died a second time.

The glory of Kirillov contributed to spiritual friendship and correspondence with three princes: with the Grand Duke Vasily Dmitrievich, with the Mozhaisk prince Andrei, with the Zvenigorod prince Dmitry. In these epistles, the monk teaches the princes how to act correctly in relations between brothers and how to rule correctly. A spiritual connection connected the hermit with the rulers of the Russian land.Twelve books from the personal library of St. Kirill is the first Russian private library known to us.

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

The "Great Sovereign Fortress" Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery is the largest in Europe. Here, on an area of ​​12 hectares, there are 11 stone churches of the 15th-18th centuries. It consists of three parts - the Big Assumption and Small Ivanovsky monasteries, as well as the New City. All wooden buildings and walls of the monastery burned down in terrible fire 1557. By 1600, powerful stone walls with towers and fortifications were built. Thanks to them, the city and the monastery survived the Polish-Lithuanian invasion. The western part of the monastery is Big Assumption Monastery. Here, stone walls still stand in two tiers (up to 5.2 meters high and up to 1.5 meters thick). There are two gate churches and four corner towers: Svitochnaya, Faceted, Merezhennaya and Round. Initially, the towers reached 15 meters in height and had 60 embrasures. Only the Scroll Tower has been completely preserved in its original form. The rest were rebuilt.

From the south adjoins Bolshoy Uspensky Small Ivanovsky Monastery. The walls here are lower (up to 4 meters) and thinner - only a meter. Once there were 4 towers, but only one has survived - the Boiler Room (Deaf), overlooking the lake. From 1654 to 1680, another defensive half-ring was built around the monastery - the high walls of the New Town, almost 2 kilometers long, up to 11 meters high and up to 7 meters thick. The highest tower is Moscow (40 meters).

The main attraction of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery is Assumption Cathedral. The first small wooden building of the Assumption Cathedral was built in 1397. After 100 years, the dilapidated church was replaced by a new one. It was also wooden, "decorated with icons and other beauties." But it also burned down in the second half of the 15th century. The Assumption Cathedral, which we can see now, is one of the first stone buildings in Belozerye. It was built in 1497 by an artel of Rostov masters, however, since then it has been repeatedly rebuilt and restored. The most valuable both in the spiritual and artistic sense in the Assumption Cathedral are the icons of 1495-1497. They are painted by masters of the leading schools of painting in Rus'. The cathedral itself was painted in 1641 by the icon painter Lyubim Ageev, who, by the way, after returning from Kirillov, painted the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.

IN Church of John of the Ladder And Church of the Transfiguration the iconostases of the 16th century, made by local craftsmen, have been preserved. And in the temple John the Baptist- 18th century iconostasis.

Interesting walk through galleries of the fortress walls. Their length is almost two kilometers. Connoisseurs recommend going around the monastery around the perimeter from the outside. The highest tower of the monastery is Ferapontovskaya or Moscow. Its height is about 40 meters with a spire, and it stands at the entrance to the Lavra. The Deaf (Boiler) Tower of the 16th century and the Blacksmith's Tower of the 17th century standing nearby look amazing.

Scroll tower- the only tower of the old fence that has been completely preserved. Even a wooden tent miraculously survived here. On the first tier of the Vologda Tower there is an exhibition "The Great Sovereign Fortress". Here you can learn about the main stages of the construction of the fortress and about the events of the military history of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.

New and Old cities are connected holy gate 1524 - the oldest element of the fortifications of the monastery. They consist of two archways different sizes. The gate church was built in 1572 at the expense of the sons of Ivan the Terrible.

Operating churches: in honor of Sergius of Radonezh (services only in summer) and in honor of Cyril Belozersky (services all year round).

THE LIFE OF THE REPRED KIRILL, IGUMEN

BELOZERSKY

The Monk Kirill, in the world Cosmas, the son of noble and wealthy Muscovites, received a decent upbringing as a child. Having remained an orphan in his early years, he, on behalf of his parents, lived with his relative, the boyar Timofey Vasilievich Velyaminov, who was a roundabout at the court of Prince Dimitri Donskoy. For his quiet disposition and good life, the boyar loved Kosma and entrusted him with looking after the household and the servants of his house. A brilliant field of secular service opened up to the young man, but he aspired to asceticism. He did not reveal his favor to his beneficent relative, because he was sure of Timothy's disagreement with his desires, and secretly prayed to the Lord. And so the Monk Stefan of Makhrishchsky (+1406; Comm. 14/27 July) came to the house of the boyar, having arrived in Moscow on business of the monastery. Cosmas opened his soul to him. And St. Stephen, seeing in the young man a future ascetic, persuaded the boyar to the point that he agreed with the desire of his heart to serve the one Lord.

Cosmas distributed all his property to the poor, after which hegumen Stefan brought him to the Simonov monastery, which had just been founded in a new place by Archimandrite Theodore (+1395; Comm. 28 November/11 December), the nephew of St. Sergius. St. Theodore gladly received Cosmas, clothed him in a monastic image with the name Cyril, and entrusted him to the ascetic Michael, later Bishop of Smolensk. Under the guidance of the elder, the young monk with all zeal entered into the feat of monasticism. At night, the elder read the Psalter, and Kirill, on his orders, bowed, and at the first stroke of the bell he went to matins and, before everyone else, appeared in the church. With unceasing obedience, he tried to imitate the elder in everything and asked him to allow him to eat food only after two or three days, but an experienced mentor ordered him to share the meal with the brethren, although not to satiety. Cyril obeyed the elder, but ate so little that he could hardly walk. The archimandrite appointed him obedience in the bakery, and he himself carried water, chopped wood, and, carrying warm bread to the brethren, accepted warm prayers instead of them. By the times Reverend Sergius came to the Simonov monastery to visit his nephew Theodore, but first of all he looked for Cyril in the bakery and for a long time talked with him about the benefits of the soul. All the brethren were amazed: how the great Sergius, leaving the rector and all the monks, was engaged only in Cyril, but they did not envy the young man, knowing his virtue. At the behest of the abbot, he went from the bakery to the kitchen, stoked the stoves and, looking at the blazing fire, said to himself: “Look, Cyril, you wouldn’t fall into the eternal flame.” These humble labors of Cyril lasted nine years; and he acquired such compunction that he could not even eat bread without tears. The general respect from the brethren embarrassed him and he began to play the fool in order to avoid honor. As a punishment for violating the decency, the abbot appointed him only bread and water for forty days; Cyril gladly fulfilled this appointment. How, however, did not conceal his spirituality St. Cyril, the experienced elders understood him and, against his will, forced him to take the rank of hieromonk.
And then a new service began for him: strictly fulfilling the orders of the priesthood, he did not leave the former monastic work in the bakery and cookery.

Soon, Archimandrite Theodore was elected bishop in Rostov, and in his place in Simonov, the Monk Kirill was erected, not heeding his tears and denial. This was in 1390. But prp. Cyril, now an archimandrite, did not change his way of life and in his free time went to work with the novices. Rich and distinguished people began to visit the monk to listen to his instructions. This confused the humble spirit of the saint, and, no matter how the brethren begged him, he did not remain the rector, but shut himself up in his former cell. But here, too, frequent visitors disturbed the monk, and he moved on to the old Simonovo. The soul of St. Cyril rushed to silence, and he prayed to the Mother of God to show him a place useful for salvation. One night, reading, as always, an akathist before the icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria, he heard a voice: “Go to Beloozero, there is a place for you.” At the same time, the light shone, and from the window Kirill saw an illuminated place in the far north. Hearing from his friend Ferapont (Comm. 27 May/9 June) what the country of Belozersk was, he went to Beloozero with the same icon of the Mother of God, accompanied by a friend.

In the Belozersky side, then deaf and sparsely populated, wanderers walked for a long time and climbed Mount Myauru. This is the highest mountain in the vicinity of Belozerskaya. Its sole is washed by the waves of Lake Siversky. Forests, meadows, waters joined here in a vast area and formed one of the most beautiful places in Russia. On the one hand, Sheksna spills in meanders over boundless meadows, on the other, several blue lakes are scattered among dense forests. Here Rev. Cyril saw the place that in the vision was appointed for his stay, and fell down with a grateful soul before the Most Pure One. Descending from the mountain to the square surrounded by forest, he put up a cross, and near him the hermits dug out a dugout. Venerable Ferapont soon withdrew to another place, and the Monk Kirill labored in solitude for many years in an underground cell. Once St. Cyril, tormented by a strange dream, lay down to sleep under a pine tree, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he heard a voice: “Run, Cyril!” As soon as Saint Cyril had time to jump back, the pine tree collapsed. From this pine the ascetic made a cross. Rev. Kirill later prayed that the Lord would take away his heavy sleep, and from that time on he could remain without sleep for several days. On another occasion, the Monk Cyril almost died from the flames and smoke when he was clearing the forest, but God protected His saint. One peasant tried to set fire to the monk's cell.
More than once he approached the cell to fulfill his intention; he put on fire, but the fire went out. Then, with tears of repentance, he confessed his sin to St. Cyril and, at his request, was tonsured a monk.

Soon, the monks Zebedee and Dionysius, beloved by him, came to the monk from the Simonov monastery, and then Nathanael, later the cellar of the monastery. Many began to come to the monk and ask him to honor them with monasticism. The holy elder realized that his time of silence was over.

In 1397 he built a temple in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.

When the rumor spread in the neighborhood that the arch-mandrite Kirill, who had come from Moscow, was setting up a monastery in the desert, the boyar Theodore thought that the archimandrite had brought a lot of money with him, and he sent his servants to rob Kirill. But two nights in a row they approached the monastery and saw military people around the monastery. Theodore thought that one of the Moscow nobles had surely come to Cyril and sent to find out who he was. He was answered that for more than a week, as none of the strangers was in the monastery. Then Theodore came to his senses and, having visited the monastery, with tears he confessed his sin to Cyril. The monk said to him: “Be sure, my son Theodore, that I have nothing but the clothes that you see on me and a few books.” From that time on, the boyar began to reverently respect Kirill and every time he came to him, he brought fish or something else. After that, the silent man Ignatius, a man of high virtue, came to him; during the 30 years of his life in the monastery of Kirill, he was after Cyril the first example of asceticism. He never lay down for sleep and fell asleep standing up, leaning against the wall; his poverty and lack of possessions reached the highest degree.

When the number of brethren multiplied in Kirill's monastery, the monk gave her a charter of communal life and consecrated it with the example of his life. In the church, no one dared to talk and no one had to leave it before the end of the service; the holy gospel was approached by seniority. Everyone also sat down at the meal in their own place, and there was silence in the meal; only three dishes were offered for food. The monk very strictly commanded that neither during his time, nor after him, intoxicating drinks should not only be drunk, but also not kept in the monastery. From the meal, each silently went to his own cell, not going to the other. No one dared to receive either letters or gifts, except for the reverend - unopened letters were brought to him; without his blessing and did not write letters. The money was kept in the monastery treasury, and no one had any property, they even went to the meal to drink water. Nothing was kept in the cell, except for icons and books, and it was never locked. The monks tried one before the other to appear as early as possible at the service of God and at the monastic work, striving not for people, but for the Lord. When there was a shortage of bread and the brethren urged the rector to send for bread to the lovers of Christ, the saint answered: “God and the Most Pure Mother of God will not forget us, otherwise why should we live on earth?” And he did not allow to bother the laity with requests for alms. He had a pupil named Anthony, experienced in spiritual and worldly affairs; he sent him once a year to buy everything needed for the monastery, at other times no one left the monastery, and if any alms were sent, they accepted it with love as a gift from God.

IN last years Reverend boyar Roman, who every year sent 50 measures of rye, took it into his head to provide the monastery with a village and sent him a deed of gift. But the monk, having received the letter, reasoned as follows: if we begin to have villages, cares for the brethren about earthly things will come out of it; settlers and row-nick-names will appear, the silence of the other will be broken. Therefore, the following answer was sent to the benefactor: “It pleases you, man of God, to give a village to the house of the Mother of God to feed the brethren. But instead of the 50 measures of rye that you gave each year, give us 100, if you can, we will be satisfied with that, and own the villages yourself, for they are not useful for the brethren.

The monk was so imbued with love for the Lord that during the service of the liturgy and during church readings he could not refrain from reverent tears; especially they poured from him during the cell rule.

Meek, humble, spending his whole life “in tears and sighs, vigils and prayers” “and in diligent abstinence,” the monk, even during his lifetime, became famous for the gift of clairvoyance and miracles. A certain Theodore entered the ranks of the brethren, but after some time the human enemy inspired in him such hatred for Saint Cyril that he not only could not see him, but even hear his voices. Confused by thoughts, he came to the strict old man Ignaty the Silent to confess to him the grave state of his spirit: that out of hatred for St. Cyril wants to leave the monastery. Ignatius comforted him somewhat and strengthened him with prayer, convincing him to stay on the test for another year; but the year has passed, and the hatred has not died away. Theodore decided to reveal his secret thoughts to Cyril himself, but, having entered his cell, he was ashamed of his gray hair and could not utter anything. When he already wanted to leave the cell, the perspicacious old man himself began to talk about the hatred that Theodore had for him. The monk, tormented by his conscience, fell at his feet and begged for forgiveness of his sin, but the saint meekly answered: “Do not grieve, my brother, everyone has been offended about me; you alone have known the truth and all my unworthiness, I am like a sinner and unworthy. He released him in peace, promising that such a temptation would no longer attack him, and from then on Theodore remained in perfect love with the great abba.

A man possessed by a serious illness was brought to the monastery, who only asked to be tonsured before his death. The monk also clothed him in a monastic image with the name Dalmat. A few days later it began to run out and asked for the communion of the Holy Mysteries, but the priest slowed down the celebration of the Liturgy, and when he brought the Holy Gifts to the cell, the sick person had already died. The embarrassed priest hurried to tell the monk about that, who was very upset. Then Saint Cyril soon closed the window of his cell and began to pray. A little later, the cell-nick who served Dalmat came and, knocking on the window, told the blessed one that Dalmat was still alive and asked to take communion. Immediately sent Rev. Cyril for the priest to introduce his brother. And although he was sure that Dalmat had already died, however, fulfilling the will of the abba, he went. But how great was his surprise when he saw Dalmat sitting on the bed. As soon as he partook of the Holy Mysteries, he began to say goodbye to all the brethren and quietly departed to the Lord.

Once there was not enough wine for the church service, but it was necessary to perform the liturgy. The priest came to tell Saint Cyril about this, and he asked Nifont, in the manner of a nomar, whether there really was no wine. Hearing from him that no, as if doubting, he ordered that the vessel in which there was always wine be brought. Nifont obeyed and with astonishment brought a vessel so full of wine that it even poured out, and for a long time the wine in the vessel did not run dry, as once the widow had oil, according to the word of the prophet Elijah.

Similarly, during the famine, the supply of grain increased, so that even the bakers themselves understood the former miracle. “Cyril, who multiplied the wine for the liturgy, multiplied the loaves for the nourishment of the smooth ones, with the help of the Mother of God,” they said, and so it continued until the new bread.

The disciples of the monk fished at his will in the lake. A terrible storm arose, the waves ran over the boat, death was ready to devour everyone. Standing on the shore, he ran to tell the monk about the danger. He, taking the cross in his hands, hurriedly came to the shore and, having overshadowed St. cross the lake, calmed the waves. There was a fire in the monastery, and the brethren could not extinguish it, but the saint stood with the cross directly against the fire, offered up prayers to God, and the fire, as if ashamed of his prayers, suddenly died out.

Approaching his blessed end, the monk called to himself all the brethren, appointed the disciple Innocent to the abbot, and strictly commanded not to violate his charter. Then entrusting the monastery to the patronage of Prince Andrei of Belozersky, he added that “if anyone does not want to live according to my tradition and does not listen to the abbot, order, sir, to send them out of the monastery.” At the age of thirty he was tonsured St. Cyril lived in the Simonov Monastery and lived there for thirty years, having come to this place already at the age of sixty, he lived another thirty years in this new monastery, until he reached the full number of ninety years. From long standing and old age, the monk’s legs had recently weakened, and in the last days he sat down to perform the cell rule. On the day of the Holy Trinity, he performed his last divine service. And his last word was to the weeping brethren: “Do not grieve over my departure. If I receive boldness and my work is pleasing to the Lord, then not only will my monastery not be impoverished, but even more spread after my departure, only have love among yourselves. He died peacefully at the age of 90 on June 9, 1427.

Shortly before the death of the monk, the monk Sosipater was seriously ill. His brother Christopher hurried to the Monk Cyril to announce that Sosipater was already dying, but the monk, smiling, answered: “Believe me, child Christopher, that not one of you will die before me; after my departure, many of you will follow me.” And indeed, Sosipater recovered; but after the death of the monk, his dying prophecy about the brethren was fulfilled. Less than one year after his death, out of 53 brethren, more than 30 migrated from this life. The reverend often appears to those who remain in a dream with support and guidance.

Even during the life of the monk, his disciple Theodosius recounted to him the desire of one boyar to give a village to the monastery and heard from the monk the answer: “During my life I do not want villages, after my death do as you wish.” Theodosius thought that the grieved old man had said this, and was offended by this; after that he began to mourn that he had brought upon himself the displeasure of the saint. The monk appeared to Martynian and said: "Tell brother Theodosius not to grieve: I have nothing against him." Isn’t this touching evidence of the condescending love of the reverend even beyond the front of the tomb? ..

The holy relics of the saint of God rest under a bushel in his monastery between the Assumption Cathedral and the church in his name. On the icon, painted in 1424 by the Monk Dionysius Glushitsky (+1437; Comm. 1/14 June), the Monk Cyril is depicted in full growth, in old age, with an open head, with a thoughtful face, with his hands folded on his chest, in a mantle and analave. In addition, after him, a genuine spiritual letter was preserved, written on a column of ordinary paper in small, clear and beautiful handwriting. Of the manuscripts written by the monk himself, one is remarkable with explanations of various natural phenomena taken from the ancient naturalist Galen. There are articles about the seas, about clouds, thunder, lightning and shooting stars. The blessed one used this information in order to dispel the prejudices of the people about the phenomena of nature and to show the true significance of these phenomena. Galen's explanations are added here with his own remarks. For example, it is said about falling stars: “Some say about falling stars that these are falling stars, while others say that these are evil ordeals. But these are not stars, and not ordeals, but the separation of heavenly fire; they descend somewhat, melt, and again merge in the air. Therefore, no one has seen them on earth, but they always merge and scatter in the air; the stars never fall, only at the coming of Christ. Then the heavens will align and the stars will fall; likewise, the spirits of we-tarsts will then go into eternal fire.

Special examples of spiritual mentoring and guidance, love, peace-loving and consolation are the three letters of the reverend to the Russian princes that have come down to us. They are distinguished by their simplicity of presentation and the sincerity of a pious soul, they are deeply instructive.

In a letter to the Grand Duke Vasily, St. Abba writes: “The more the saints draw near to God through love, the more they see themselves as sinners. You, sovereign, gain yourself great spiritual benefit by your humility, by sending me a sinner, a beggar, passionate and unworthy with a request for prayers ... I, a sinner, with my brethren are glad, how much strength there will be pray to God for you, our sovereign. But for the sake of God, be attentive to yourself and to all the reigning, on which the Holy Spirit has placed you to pasture people who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ. The more power you have been awarded, the more severely you will be held accountable. Repay your debt to the Benefactor by keeping His holy commandments and deviating from the paths that lead to destruction. No power, either royal or princely, can deliver us from the unfeigned judgment of God; and if you love your neighbor as yourself, if you console sorrowful and afflicted souls, this will help you a lot, sir, at the Terrible and righteous judgment of Christ. The Apostle Paul, a disciple of Christ, writes: “If I give the faith of the mountain to the Imam, and if I give away all my possessions to the Imam, then if I don’t love the imam, it will be of no use to me.” Love your brethren and all Christians, and your faith in God and almsgiving to the poor will be pleasing to the Lord.”

In a letter to Prince Andrei Dimitrievich Mozhaisky, recalling with delight the miraculous deliverance of Russia from Tokhtamysh, he writes what arrangements should be made after such a beneficence. “You are the ruler,” writes the monk, “in your fiefdom, appointed by God to keep people from the dashing custom; see, sir, that they judge the court righteously, as before God, not crooked; so that there are no forgeries and bows; the judges would not take gifts, but be content with their appointed donations... Watch, sir, that there are no taverns in your area - they cause great harm to people: the peasants drink away, and their souls perish... Also, let there be no customs fees are unrighteous money; where there is transportation, sir, it should be given for labor. May there be no robbery or theft in your patrimony. If they do not stop the evil deed, they were ordered to punish who is worth what. Keep your subordinates away from bad words and abuse - all this angers God. If you do not try to manage all that, it will be exacted on you, because you are the ruler over all people, appointed by God. Do not be lazy to give justice to the peasants yourself: this will be charged to you above sweat and prayer. Refrain from drinking. Give alms according to your strength. You cannot fast and pray—be lazy. May charity make up for your shortcomings. Order prayers to be sung in churches to the Savior and Mother of God, the Intercessor of Christians, and do not be lazy yourself to go to church. In church, stand with fear and trembling, imagining that you are standing as in heaven. The Church is the earthly heaven, in which the sacraments of Christ are performed. Take care of yourself, sovereign, standing in church, do not make conversations and do not speak idle words; if you see that one of the boyars or ordinary people is talking in the church, forbid them, for all this angers God.

The monk consoled Prince Yuri Dimitrievich of Zvenigorod in grief for his ailing wife. And together he wrote: “I inform you in advance that you cannot see us: I will leave the monastery and go where God directs. You think I'm a kind, holy man here. No, truly, I am more sinful and unhappy than all of them, and full of stench. Do not be surprised at this, Prince Yuri: I hear that you yourself read and know the Holy Scriptures and understand what harm comes from human praise, especially for us, the weak.

The Monk Cyril loved spiritual enlightenment, he himself labored in copying books and instilled this love in his disciples. In the 16th century, none of the Russian monasteries was as rich in manuscripts as Kirillov. According to the inventory of 1635, up to 2092 manuscripts were stored in it.

The monastery of St. Cyril in many acts is called a Lavra. Its external appearance is like a fortified city: a high three-tiered fence with large towers, not counting the small ones, surrounds the monastery, divided into several parts; one of them, containing the hill in which the monk's dugout was, is called the Ivanovsky Monastery.

All-Russian veneration of the saint began no later than 1447-1448. The Life of St. Cyril was written on behalf of Metropolitan Theodosius and Grand Duke Vasily Vasilievich by Hieromonk Pachomius Logothet, who arrived at the Cyril Monastery in 1462 and found many eyewitnesses of St. Cyril, including St. Martinian (+1483; Comm. January 12/25), who then managed the Ferapontov Monastery.

22nd of June(June 9, Old Style) The Church celebrates the day of the repose reverend father Our Cyril, abbot of Belozersk, a miracle worker, who founded the Belozersk monastery in 1397 in the Vologda land, which later became the largest spiritual center of Rus'. Reverend Kirill Belozersky is considered one of the main pillars of ancient Russian monasticism. Thanks to his ascetic labors, Christian enlightenment and Orthodox monasteries spread throughout the north of Rus'. The deeds of St. Cyril are an important example of genuine zeal, when a person, avoiding human glory in every possible way, does deeds in the name of the Lord and the Church of Christ.

Life of St. Cyril of Belozersky

Reverend Kirill Belozersky was born in 1337 into a pious family. At baptism he was named Kozma. The lad often spent time in prayer and reading inspired books. Before his death, the parents entrusted the care of their son to the boyar Timofey Vasilyevich Velyaminov. Velyaminov was an influential boyar in Moscow, a courtier at the court of Grand Duke Dimitry Donskoy. When Kozma came of age, Velyaminov appointed him treasurer of his estate. But Cosmas was burdened by secular life, and he sought prayerful solitude. Timothy did not share the young man's desire to leave his service and accept monasticism. However, Abbot Stefan Makhrishchsky (d. 1406) visited the boyar and asked to release Cosmas. At first, Velyaminov was angry and did not want to give in, but soon repented and made the decision of Kozma to become a monk.

Kozma went to the Assumption Simonov Monastery, where he received monastic tonsure with the name Cyril. The rite of tonsure as a monk was performed by Archimandrite Theodore (c. 1340-1394), the future Archbishop of Rostov.

Kirill performed monastic labors under the tutelage of monk Michael (d. 1402), who later became Bishop of Smolensk. Cyril imitated his teacher in all matters. Once he began to ask Michael to allow him to eat after two or three days, but the elder did not approve of this, but allowed him to eat food, like all the brethren, daily, but not to full satiety. At night, Elder Michael prayed the Psalter, and ordered Cyril to make obeisances, and often this continued until they began to beat the beater. Cyril tried to come to the temple before everyone else. Monk Kirill worked in the monastery bakery: he carried water, chopped wood and distributed bread. He shied away from any human glory and even tried to take on himself the feat of foolishness. However, the abbot punished him for violating the generally accepted behavior in the monastery, assigning him forty or more days to eat only bread and water. But this only rejoiced the monk Kirill, and after completing the penance, he again began to act like a fool in order to receive an even greater penance from the elder.

Subsequently, by the will of the abbot, Cyril took the priesthood. In addition to worship, he performed the hardest work in the monastery. In 1390, Cyril became archimandrite of the Simonov Monastery, since Theodore was elected archbishop of Rostov. Archimandrite Kirill worked for the benefit of the monastery, which prospered thanks to his diligence. He never ascended, despite his high rank. He was a model of humility, helping all those in need.

After some time, Archimandrite Kirill decided to lay down his rank and shut himself up in a cell, taking upon himself the feat of silence. In view of the fact that the monastery could not remain without an archimandrite, Sergius Azakov (d. before 1433), who later became the bishop of Ryazan, was elected as such. As Cyril did not avoid human glory, God only glorified His saint more. So, people from all Russian lands came to him for help, consolation and spiritual benefit. Seeing this, the new archimandrite Sergius, feeling that he himself was being neglected, harbored anger at Cyril. When Cyril found out about Sergius' envy, he was not offended or angry, did not say anything to him, but only continued to remain in solitude and silence.

Belozersky monastery

According to the Life of St. Cyril, one night during prayer, he heard the voice of the Virgin:

Kirill, get out of here and go to Beloezero, there you will prepare a place where you can save yourself.

And then a bright light appeared in his cell. The holy monk Cyril went to the place indicated by the Mother of God together with the monk Ferapont. Kirill dug a cave on the shores of Lake Siverskoye, where he spent his prayerful deeds. The year was 1397. Thus, the foundation was laid for the monastery in honor of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos, which later became known as Kirillo-Belozersky. A companion of the holy monk Cyril, the monk Ferapont, nearby founded the Mother of God-Nativity monastery, now known as Ferapontov.

For some time the holy monk Cyril endured various temptations. Once he nearly died when a tree fell on him while he was sleeping. He heard a voice in a dream that called him to wake up, and thus he was saved from death. Once, when he cut down the forest and cleared the place, he gathered together the brushwood and lit it, which provoked a fire, but again the monk managed to escape. The secluded life of Cyril did not remain so for long. Very soon the monks Zebedee and Dionysius from the Simonov Monastery came to him. Gradually, those who wanted to become monks began to come. But here new troubles arose. The local boyar Theodore believed that the holy monk Cyril brought a large treasury with him from the Simonov Monastery, and he sent robbers to him, but when they approached the monastery, they saw a lot of people: some of them shot from a bow, someone did something -something else. They decided to wait until everyone had left. They waited for a long time, but they did not wait and left. And this was repeated many times. But when the boyar found out that no one had come to the monastery for the past two weeks, he realized that the Mother of God saved Cyril from all evils. Then Theodore repented, came to Cyril and told him about his atrocities. A man named Andrei hated Cyril because he settled on this land, close to his possessions. He repeatedly tried to set fire to Cyril's cell, but he failed to do so. Then he repented of his evil aspirations, and after a while he himself accepted the tonsure from the hands of the monk.

When the number of monks gradually increased, Cyril wrote the charter of a cenobitic monastery of very high severity. So, for example, in the temple no one could talk, no one had to leave the church until the end of the service, they approached the holy Gospel according to seniority. During the meal, everyone had their own place, and food was eaten without any conversation. Cyril himself took care of the meal for the brethren, and sometimes even took part in the preparation. However, honey and wine and other intoxicating drinks were not allowed in the monastery. After the meal, everyone silently walked to his cell. If any of the monks received letters or gifts, he had to first show them to Abbot Cyril. Also, no letters were written without Cyril's blessing. The money was kept in the monastery treasury, no one had any property. The monks were not even allowed to have their own water in their cells. The cells were not locked, except for icons and books they did not store anything. Once, the boyar Roman, who lived nearby, decided to donate a village to the monastery and sent a deed of gift. Cyril, however, considered that with the appearance of villages in the ownership of the monastery, the brethren would have concerns about the land, residents would appear, the monastic silence would be broken, and refused the gift. It is worth noting that in relations with worldly authorities, Cyril was independent, but at the same time meek and peaceful.

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery was one of the main book centers of Rus'. During his earthly life, Cyril devoted a lot of time to spiritual enlightenment, to which he instructed others. According to the inventory of 1653, there were more than 2,000 books in the Belozersky monastery. Cyril's library has partially survived to this day. Among the books are 2 Gospels, 3 canons, "The Ladder" of John of Sinai with St. Abba Dorotheus, saints and more. In addition, the messages of Cyril Belozersky to the sons of Dmitry Donskoy have been preserved: Grand Duke Vasily, Andrei Dmitrievich Mozhaisky and Georgy Zvenigorodsky, who are an example of peacefulness, kindness and wisdom.

Miracles of St. Cyril of Belozersky

Once there was not enough wine for the Divine Liturgy, and Abbot Kirill was informed about this. Cyril ordered to bring him an empty vessel, which turned out to be full of wine. During the famine, Cyril distributed bread to everyone who needed it, and he did not run out, despite the fact that usually only monks had enough of his supplies. There is a case when Cyril tamed a storm that threatened the fishermen. Here is how this case is described in the Life:

Below, yes, it will be silent, who was the blessed father Cyril. Once I sent a saint to the lake to catch fish, and by that fisherman who sailed away, in the middle of the lake, there was a storm in the lake, and the waves more than surpassed and risen, and pretending to death. The same, ominous from the waves, I can’t come to the shore, and already the belly of the despairing, death is before my property. A certain man, Flor by name, then standing on the banks of the lake, in vain trouble and died as a fisherman, soon flow to the saint and tell him trouble, as if: “Catchers, - speech, - drown in the lake!” The saint, having heard, will soon get up and, cross in the hand of the earth, flowing and on the breeze of the lake was. And make the sign of the cross with the cross, which you carry, and at that hour the lake will stop from its excitement and lie down in great silence. And catchers from drowning, and dryly stuck, I say to the saint, like: “ In great misfortune, if not you had preceded by your prayer to God". And that day of fishing is a lot of fish more than the first days.

He also told the brethren that none of them would die before his death, despite the pestilence, but after his death, many monks would leave for the other world.

Kirill celebrated the last Liturgy in his life on Trinity Day. On June 9 (old style), 1427, the day of memory of St. Cyril (376-444), Archbishop of Alexandria, the monk Cyril reposed. In the first year after his death, more than 30 monks died one after another.

The fate of the Cyril monastery after the death of its founder

After the repose of Abbot Cyril, the charter of the monastery founded by him underwent some changes, in particular, this applies to monastic food. According to the Kelar Obikhodnik of 1655 by Elder Matthew Nikiforov and the Inventory of the Monastery of 1601, one of the main sections of the Kelar Obikhodnik is the Festive Book, that is, the charter of the fraternal meal on holidays. It details the menu for each fast and fast day. For example, according to Obikhodnik, there were four types of festive kvass: honey; barley, mixed in half with honey; barley and barley mixed with oatmeal or rye. It is noteworthy that honey kvass was served on three holidays: Easter, Assumption and the memory of the miracle worker Cyril. On the twelfth feasts, the participants in the service were sent to drink kvass as a reward for their labors.

We can say that kvass was given Special attention at the Cyril Convent. Even in Great Saturday As soon as the sun went down, the brethren gave kvass and a bun, "strength for the sake of the body." However, as mentioned earlier, St. Cyril in his monastery forbade the use of honey drinks. On holidays instead of rye bread served white. It is worth saying about the menu in Lent. On five Saturdays of fasting, funeral food with fish was used: Saturdays 1 and 2 - according to Tsar Ivan IV, 3 and 5 - according to Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich, 4 - according to hegumen Christopher (he was a student of St. Cyril). Also on the first Sunday of Great Lent there was a healthy meal with fish - for the king.

Indulgence in the fraternal meal with the practice of funeral and healthy meals, as well as with the decision of the Stoglavy Cathedral:

Yes, in great and honest monasteries, princes and boyars and commanding people great and infirmities or in old age are cut, and they give in exchange great and patrimonial villages according to their souls and their parents in an eternal commemoration, and therefore, for infirmity and for old age, laws are not supposed to be refectory walking and cell eating; put them to rest after reasoning with food and drink, about such keep kvass sweet, and stale, and sour - whoever demands what, and the food is the same, or they radiate their own peace, or send from their parents and do not torture them about it.

In 1497, the first stone building of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery was erected - the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

In 1519, the refectory church of the Entry into the Temple of the Theotokos was built.

In the middle of the XVII century. The monastery had 19 thrones. According to the inventory for 1621, there were 186 monks in the monastery. The monastery grew, grew richer and gradually became the largest church landowner. There were more than six hundred villages behind the monastery, which, by the way, also contradicted the original precepts of St. Cyril, who refused to accept land holdings as a gift.

Like other monasteries of the Russian north, Kirillova was a place of imprisonment for church and secular figures of different periods. Vassian Patrikeyev, the boyars M. I. Vorotynsky, I. P. Shuisky, I. F. I. Mstislavsky, B. I. Morozov, Prince Simeon Bekbulatovich, Moscow Metropolitan Joasaph (Skripitsyn) were imprisoned here.

After his defrocking in 1667, the former Patriarch Nikon was imprisoned in the Kirillov Monastery. However, Nikon's life in the monastery cannot be called cramped, he had complete freedom to move around the territory of the monastery and within the lands belonging to the monastery, the king regularly sent him a variety of gifts: fur coats, wine, expensive food. There was no serious oversight of the outcast patriarch. He often had guests, and in the vicinity of the monastery, Nikon erected several crosses dedicated to himself and his "exploits". Nowadays, the throne, which was made by order of Nikon, is kept in the museum of the monastery. On its handle there is an inscription carved by the rebellious patriarch himself: “This is the throne of Nikon who suffered for the holy Church.”

In 1600, the first stone fortress wall with 8 towers was built around the monastery buildings. There were 9 stone temples on the territory of the monastery. The cells and outbuildings were wooden. The Kirillov Monastery survived the Time of Troubles relatively well. In 1654-1680, new stone walls of the monastery were built, which have survived to this day. In the time of Peter the Great, the economic significance of the monastery began to decline. In 1764, by decree of Catherine II Kirillov, the monastery was deprived of peasants and land. In 1776, the city of Kirillov was formed from the monastery settlement. With the coming to power of the Bolsheviks, the abbot of the monastery was shot, and the monastery itself was abolished. The most valuable icons were taken from the monastery to the museums of Moscow and Leningrad. The unique monastery library was also removed. Among the exported book works are the most ancient lists of the "Zadonshchina" and the journey of Daniel the Pilgrim to the Holy Land.

In 1924, the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve was opened in the ruined monastery. This event to some extent made it possible to avoid the demolition of monastic buildings, which at that time was taking place everywhere in the country. Restoration activities were launched in the museum, monuments of wooden architecture were brought from the surrounding villages. Since 1997, the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve has been included in the State Code of Particularly Valuable Cultural Heritage Objects of the Peoples of the Russian Federation. In 1997, part of the territory of the monastery was transferred to the Vologda diocesan administration. In 1998, the Kirillo-Belozersky diocesan monastery for men was registered in the town of Kirillov, Vologda Oblast, Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Now the museum and the monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church divide the territory of the monastery into two parts. In the church of St. Cyril, the relics of St. Cyril of Belozersky are under a bushel.

Veneration of St. Cyril of Belozersky. Troparion and kontakion

All-Russian veneration of the founder of the Belozersky monastery began no later than 1447-1448. The Life of St. Cyril was written on behalf of Metropolitan Theodosius (?-1475) and Grand Duke Vasily Vasilievich (1415-1462) by the monk Pachomius Logothete (?-died not earlier than 1484). The author of the Life in 1462 visited the Cyril monastery, where he found many of the disciples of the Monk Cyril, the hegumen of the monastery Kasian told him about the miracles of the Monk Cyril. Cyril's disciple Martinian (c. 1400-1483) spoke in detail about the life of the monk. In 1547 Kirill Belozersky was canonized as a saint.

Troparion, tone 1.

Like a crine in the desert of Davyd, thou father Cyril flourished, eradicating malice thorns, and thou didst gather a multitude of disciples in it, by the fear of God and the teaching of thee instructed: they, like a child-loving father, do not leave visiting them to the end. Yes, we all cry out to you, glory to Him who gave you a fortress, glory to Him Who crowned you, glory to Him who gives you healing to everyone.

Kontakion, tone 8.

As if having offended the perishable, and the bottom of the father, which attracts wisdom, you joyfully rushed to the Higher current, and there with the saints of the Most Holy Trinity are standing, pray from the enemy that your flock be preserved: as if your holy Assumption is celebrating with a cry, rejoice in the most blessed Cyril, our father.

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Rev. Kirill Belozersky. Icons

Dionysius Glushitsky (1363-1437) painted the icon of St. Cyril Belozersky during his lifetime, which is in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

The inscription on the icon case in which the icon was located:

The image of the miracle worker Cyril is decommissioned Reverend Dionysius Glushitsky, I am still alive to the miracle worker Kirill, in the summer of 6932. This kivot was made in the house of the most pure and miracle worker Cyril in the summer of 7122 with the blessing of hegumen Matthew to the glory of God, amen.

Rev. Kiril Belozersky. Rus. Mid 16th century. Since the 1920s in GVSIAHMZ. Suzdal

Temples in the name of St. Cyril Belozersky

In the name of St. Kirill Belozersky, a church was consecrated in Roschenye (Vologda). The construction of the temple dates back to the 17th century. It is known that in the 18th century the temple was rebuilt: a refectory with two small cupolas and a large two-story building were added to it, covering the bottom of the bell tower. These later additions greatly altered the original appearance churches. In February 1928 the church was closed. In 1929, a bookbinding, bag and toy workshops were located in its building. Currently, the Vologda wallpaper factory is located in the church of St. Cyril Belozersky. The bell tower and the dome of the temple are lost.

In the name of St. Cyril of Belozersky, the chapel of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Stary Simonovo (Moscow) was consecrated. The temple was built in 1509 on the site of a wooden one, which was originally erected in 1370 by St. Sergius of Radonezh and his nephew Theodore, Bishop of Rostov, as the temple of a small monastery. In 1380, the Monk Kirill of Belozersky was a monk of this monastery. Until 1917, there was a memorial stone on the supposed site of his cells. In 1927 the church was closed. In the 1930s beheaded. In 1989 it was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.

In the name of St. Kirill Belozersky, a chapel of the Resurrection Church was consecrated in the village of Gorodnya, Stupino District, Moscow Region. At the beginning of the 16th century, in the village of Gorodnya, at the expense of the Sheremetevs, a stone tent church of the Resurrection of Christ was built. It was first mentioned in documents in 1578. At the beginning of the 16th century, a one-story gallery was added to the temple, which was built on with a second tier in the second half of the 17th century. In 1896 a small bell tower was built. In 1936 the temple was closed and destroyed. In the 1990s handed over to the ROC community.

A short life of pre-dob-no-go Kiril-la Be-lo-e-zero-go

In the world of Kos-ma. Born in Moscow from the b-go-che-sti-vy ro-di-te-lei. He took a different-ness in Si-mo-no-vom mo-on-sta-re, in his own way, in a move-ha-mi, he lowered the respect of all the brethren and was from-whether-cha-eat by the father of the foreigners - the pre-excellent Ser-gi-em. In 1390, the brethren of the Si-mo-nov-sky obi-te-li upro-si-li-pre-do-no-go Kiril-la to be their igu-men-nom. Many-number-len-nye and noble in-se-ti-te-li, come-ho-div-shie to the yoke-me-well for-becoming-le-ni-i-mi and blah -go-ve-we-no-em, strong-but embarrass-do-be-good-but-go Kiril-la, from-be-gav-she-go-you-che-lo- ve-che-sky, and he soon folded the rank of yoke-me-na from himself and began to hang out like a simple monk. Looking for co-ver-shen-no-go seclusion-non-niya and silent-vija, re-po-b-ny Ky-rill by miracle-des-no-mu-instruction-of-bo-go-ma -te-ri removed-lyed-sya on the shore of the Be-lo-go-lake-ra (Vo-lo-god-skaya region) and in the deep forest thicket began to ve-sti life from-shel-no-ka. A roar-no-those without-silence began to flow to him, and St. the old man realized that his time of silence was over.

When the number of brethren multiplied, the pre-excellent gave the charter of the common life for the obi, someone consecrated the rum of your life. In the church, no one dared to be-se-to-vat, no-one should have left it before the end of the service, to the Holy Evangely-ge-liyu under-ho-di-li by seniority. For tra-pe-zu, everyone sat down in their own place, and in the tra-pez-noy there was silence. From the tra-pez-noy, each silent went to his cell. The money was stored in the mo-on-styr-sky treasury, no one had any property. The kel-lies didn’t f-pi-ra-lis, and in them, except for icons and books, they didn’t hold anything.

The Lord on-graded His pleasing-no-ka-da-rum of pro-zor-whether-in-sti and healing. Once upon a time, there was not enough wine for the Divine liturgy, reverend Kirill ordered to bring to him a po- stand co-court, someone's eyes are full of wine. During the famine, the pre-excellent Kirill spread bread to everyone who needed it, and he didn’t end, despite the fact that usually for-pa-owls ed-va hva-ta-lo for brethren. Once upon a time, a pre-additional ukro-til boo-ryu on the lake-re.

He performed his next divine service on the day of the Holy Trinity. For-having the brothers keep the thread of love between each other, reverend Ky-rill is bliss-women-but-chill on the 90th year of his life June 9, 1427

The venerable Ky-rill loved the spiritual enlightenment and instilled this love with his teachers. According to the inventory of 1635, there are more than two thousand books in the monastery, among them 16 “miracle-to-creator Kiril-la”. For-me-cha-tel-we-mi-raz-tsa-mi-du-hov-no-go on-becoming-no-che-stva and ru-ko-vod-stva, love-vi, mi-ro -love-biya and consolation are yav-la-yut-sya three messages that have come down to us from pre-good-no-go Russian princes.

A full life of pre-dob-no-go Kiril-la Be-lo-e-zero-go

Venerable Kirill, in the world of Kos-ma, the son of the blessed and godly Muscovites, in childhood he received personal re-pi-ta-nie. Remaining in his young years as a si-ro-toy, he, in the ro-che-niya ro-di-te-lei, lived with relatives-no-ka-his-e-go, bo-yari -on Ti-mo-fairy Wa-si-le-vi-cha Ve-lya-mi-no-va, around-no-thing at the court of Prince Di-mit-riy Don-sko- go. For a quiet disposition and a good life, the Boyarin loved Kos-mu and entrusted him with looking after the economy and the service of his home . The young man from-the-roof-wa-moose gleaming pop-ri-sche secular service, but he aspired to move-no-thing. He didn’t open the races-of-his-bla-go-de-tel-no-mu-related-no-ku, because he was sure in the absence of Ti-mo-fairy with his same-la-ni-i-mi, and tai-but prayed-sya to the Lord. And so he came to the house of the bo-yari-on the pre-beloved Stefan Makhrishchsky († 1406; pa-myat July 14/27), who had arrived in Moscow on business lam obi-te-li. Kos-ma opened his soul to him. And the venerable Stefan, seeing in the youth the bu-du-sche-go in a move-no-ka, inclined the bo-yari-on to the fact that he accords with the desire of his heart to serve the one Lord in the same way.

Kos-ma gave away all his property to the poor, after which heguman Stefan brought him to the monastery of Si-mo-novskaya, just -no-van-nuyu in a new place ar-khi-mand-ri-tom Fe-o-do-rum († 1395; pa-myat 28 Nov-Nov-rya / 11 de-kab-rya) , ple-myan-no-one pre-on-dob-no-go Ser-giya. St. Fe-o-dor accepted Kos-mu with joy, dressed him in a different image with the name Kirill and ru-chil him in motion -ni-ku Mi-ha-i-lu, in the aftermath of the epi-sko-pu Smo-len-sko-mu. Under the leadership of the elder, the young monk, with all his zeal, entered into the feat of monasticism. But-whose elder read the Psalm-Tir, and Ky-rill, on his order, put in clones, and on the first blow, ko-lo-ko-la went to the morning and before everyone came to the church. He tried, with incessant listening, in everything, to re-press the old-tsu and asked him to let him eat food only after two or three days, but an experienced mentor told him to de-lyat tra-pe-zu together with his brother, although not to satiety. Kirill listened to the old man, but tasted so little that he could hardly walk. Ar-khi-mand-rit appointed him to listen in the bread-bakery, and he himself carried water, chopped firewood and, apart, warm bread -would be brethren, with-no-small instead of them, warm self-be-lit-you. According to the time-me-us, the pre-excellent Ser-gius came to the monastery of Si-mo-nov-skaya for the se-sche-nation of the tribe-myan-no-ka -go Fe-o-do-ra, but first of all he searched for Kiril-la in the bakery and for a long time be-se-do-val with him about the benefits of the soul-shev- Noah. All the brethren were astounded: in some way, ve-li-ky Ser-giy, leaving on-one-hundred-I-te-la and all the monks, for-no-small -sya alone only Kiril-crowbar, but do not for-vi-do-wa-whether young-she, knowing his dob-ro-de-tel. From the bread-no-re-re-went, according to the will of the hundred-I-te-la, in the var-nu, he drank the pe-chi and, looking at the pa-la-yu- burning fire, he said to himself: “Look, Kirill, you wouldn’t fall into the eternal fire.” These humble labors of Kiril-la lasted for nine years; and he acquired such a numbness that he could not eat even bread without tears. The general respect from the brethren embarrassed him, and he began to foolishly, in order to escape to reap something. In na-ka-for-nie for na-ru-she-nie bless-go-chi-niya on-to-I-tel-signed him to drink only bread and water for days fourty; Ky-rill with ra-do-stu you-half-nil this for-meaning. How, on the other hand, did he conceal his spirituality of St. Kirill, experienced elders in no way him and against him in-whether for-sta-vi-whether to take the rank of hiero-mo-na-ha. And then a new service began for him: strictly fulfilling the order of the priesthood, but the service, he did not leave the former on-styr-sky ra-bot in bread and varna.

Soon, ar-khi-mand-rit Fe-o-dor was elected episcop in Ro-sto-ve, and in his place in Si-mo-nov, ve-ve-li pre- in a better way Kiril-la, not heeding his tears and from-ri-tsa-nyu. It would be in 1390. But prp. Kirill, now already ar-khi-mand-rit, not because of me-nil about-ra-for-life and in your free time you went to work that together with listen-no-ka-mi. The rich and noble people began to greet the pre-good in order to listen to his in-stations. This confuses the humble spirit of the saint, and no matter how the brothers tried, he didn’t stay on the hundred-I-te-lem, but -created in her former cell. But here, too, there are frequent in-se-ti-te-whether the devil-on-co-and-whether pre-do-good-no-go, and he went to the old swarm Si-mo-no -in. The soul of pre-good-n-th Kiril-la rushed to silence, and he prayed to the Mother of God to show him a place, useful for spa-se-niya. One day, at night, reading, as always, an aka-fist before the icon of God, Ma-te-ri Odi-git-riya, he heard a voice: “ Go to Be-lo-lake-ro, there you-be-a-hundred. At the same time, the light began to shine, and from the windows, Kirill saw an illuminated place in the far north. Hearing from a friend of his Fe-ra-pon-ta (pa-min May 27 / June 9), ka-ko-va country on Be-lo-zer-skaya, he with the same icon-noy Bo-go-ma-te-ri from-right-vil-sya on Be-lo-lake-ro in co-p-ro-waiting for a friend.

In the Be-lo-zero side, then deaf and little-crowded, for a long time ho-di-whether countries-no-ki and went up to the mountain Mya- u-ru. This is the sa-may you-so-kaya mountain in the vicinity of Be-lo-zero. In a dosh-wu, it is washed by the waves of Lake Si-ver-go. Le-sa, lu-ga, waters united here in a vast expanse and about-ra-zo-wa-whether one of the most beautiful places Russia. On the one hand, Sheks-at times-whether-va-et-sya from-we-whether-on-mi through the meadows is indispensable, on the other - a few si- of them lakes are raz-bro-sa-but among dense forests. Here Rev. Ky-rill saw that place, someone swarm in vi-de-nii na-zna-che-but it was for his stay, and b-go-gift fell noah soul before Pre-chi-stop. Descending from the mountain to the square surrounded by forest, he put up a cross, and near his deserts, you-to-pa-whether the earth lan-ku. The venerable Fe-ra-pont soon retired to another place, and the venerable Ky-rill has been alone for more than one year under-vis-hall-sya in an underground cell-ley. One day, St. Cyril, in that strange dream, lay down to sleep under a pine tree, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he heard a voice: “ Run, Ky-rill!” Only the pre-excellent Ky-rill had time to jump off, like sos-on ruh-nu-la. From this pine, the mover made a cross. Rev. Ky-rill prayed so that the Lord would take away a heavy sleep from him, and from that time he could stay for several days without sleep. Another time, reverend Kirill almost died from the flames and smoke, when he cleared the forest, but God kept His please. One peasant tried to set fire to the cell-liya pre-do-no-go. More than once he went to the cell, so that you could fill your mind; he set fire, but the fire went out. Then, with the tears of the races-ka-i-niya, he gave his sin, reverend. Kiril-lu and, at his request, had a haircut, was in mo-na-she-stvo.

Soon, from Si-mo-no-howl ob-te-whether to the pre-dob-no-mu came their favorite foreigners Ze-ve-dey and Dee-o-ni- this one, and then Na-fa-nail, subsequently ke-lar obi-te-li. Many began to come to the pre-good-no-mu and ask to honor their monasticism. The holy elder realized that his time without silence was over.

In 1397, he built a temple in honor of the Assumption of the Pre-Holy Bo-go-ro-di-tsy.

When, in the neighborhood, there was a rumor that the ar-khi-mand-rit Kirill, who came from Moscow, would arrange-and-va-et in desert mo-on-stir, then bo-yari-well Fe-o-do-ru came to the idea that, right, ar-khi-mand-rit brought with him many go de-neg, and he sent his servants to rob Kiril-la. But two nights in a row under-ho-di-whether those to the obi-te-li and see-de-whether around the obi-te-whether military people. Fe-o-dor thought it was small that, it’s true, someone from the Moscow nobles came to Kiril-lu, and sent to find out who that who came. He-ve-cha-whether that more than a week, as if none of the other parties had been in obi-there. Then Fe-o-dor came to his senses and, after se-tiv the abode, with tears, he gave Kiril-lu his sin. The reverend said to him: “Be sure, my son Fe-o-dor, that I don’t have anything, except for clothes, I you see on me, and several books. From that time on, Boyarin began to b-go-go-vey-but respect Kiril-la and every time, as soon as he came, he came but-strength of a fish-boo or something else. After that, the silent chief-nick Ig-na-ty came to him, your husband is good-ro-de-te-li; in those 30 years of life in the obi-li Kiril-lo-voi, he was, after Kiril-la, the first example in the movement-no-thing stva. He never lay down to sleep and fell asleep standing up, leaning against the wall; ne-shche-that and carrying-ty-zha-tel-ness reached his highest degree.

When in the obi-there Kiril-lo-voi smartly lived the number of brethren, the reverend gave her a charter of community life and consecrated his example of his life. In the church, no one dared to talk and no one should have left it before the end of the service; to the Holy Evangelion-ge-liu under-ho-di-li according to seniority. For tra-pe-zu, everyone sat down in their own place, and in tra-pe-ze there was silence; in the pi-schu before-la-ga-there were only three ku-sha-nya. Very strictly for-ve-gave the pre-added, so that neither with him, nor after him, hop-ny drinks not only did not drink, but also don’t keep it in obi-those. From the meal, each silently went to his cell, not going to the other. No-one dared to-be-chat neither pi-sem, nor gifts, in my-mo pre-be-good-but-go - to him, but-si-neras-pe- chat-tan letters; without his b-go-word-ve-niya and do not pi-sa-li pi-sem. The money was kept in the mo-on-styr-sky treasury, and no one had any property, yes, you want to drink water di-whether in tra-pe-zu. In the cell, they didn’t keep anything, except for icons and books, and she never got drunk. Ino-ki stared one before the other to appear as soon as possible to the service of God and to the mo-na-styr-sky ra-bo-you , sub-vi-za-is not for people, but for the Lord-for-yes. When did it happen that there was a shortage of a hundred current in bread and bra-tia in need-yes-whether for a hundred-I-te-la to send for bread-bom to Christ-a-hundred-love -tsam, pre-dob-ny from-ve-chal: “God and the Pre-chi-flock of God-mother will not forget us, otherwise why should we live on earth -le? And he didn’t doz-in-lyal to-ku-chat mi-rya-us asking-ba-mi for da-i-nii. He had a student, by the name of An-to-niy, experienced in de la spiritual and life; he sent him once a year for-ku-drink everything you need for mo-na-stay, at other times no one left obi-the-whether, and if-whether-sy-la-las-ka-kaya-li-bo mi-lo-stay-nya, with love-view it with-no-ma-li as a gift from Bo- living.

In the last years, pre-dob-no-go-bo-yarin Ro-man, every year he brought 50 measures of rye, he fanned to provide obi -tel se-scrap and sent him a darst-vein-gra-mo-tu. But the pre-better, better, better, gra-mo-tu, ras-su-dil like this: if we become-it to have a se-la, from that they will come out for-bo-you for the brethren about the earth; they will appear in the villages and a row-no-ki, silently-the other-chess-something on-ru-shit-sya. For some reason, b-go-your-ri-te-lu was sent such an answer: “You please, man of God, give se-lo to the house Bo-go-ma-te-ri on the pro-pi-ta-nie brothers. But instead of a hundred and 50 measures of rye, you give something every year, give us 100, if you can, we will be free to those, and behold - la-mi rule it yourself, for they are not useful for the brethren.

Before that, it was pro-nick-nut love-bo-view to the Lord, that during the service of li-tour-gy and during the reading of the church -kov-nyh could not hold back from blessed tears; especially-ben-but they were with him during the time of ke-lei-no-go pra-vi-la.

Meek, humble, spending all his life “in tears and air-dy-ha-ni-yah, bde-ni-yah and prayers” “and in the air -der-zha-ni when lying down, ”before-in-advanced even during the life of pro-la-vil-sya for the gift of pro-zor-whether-in-sti and miracles. A certain Fe-o-dor-drank among the brethren, but after a few time, the human enemy inspired him with such to the holy Cyril-lu that he not only could not see him, but even hear his voice. Embarrassingly, in my mind, he came to the strict old man Ig-na-tiy, silently-chal-no-ku use-ve-to give him a heavy some con-st-i-ing of my-e-th-spirit: that out of hatred for St. Kiril-lu ho-chet leave the abode. Ig-na-ty consoled him somewhat and strengthened his mo-lit-howl, convincing him to stay on the test for another year; but the year mi-no-val, and the hatred did not fade away. Fe-o-dor decided to open his secret thought to sa-mo-mu Kiril-lu, but, having ascended into his cell, he was ashamed of him se-di-na and couldn’t you-go-vo-rit. When he already wanted to get out of the cell, the visionary old man himself began to talk about the hatred that he was pi-tal to him Fe-o-dor. The ter-e-my-with-ve-stu monk fell to his feet and could-lil forgive him for his sin, but the saint with a blood-to-stu -chal: “Do not grieve, my brother, everything about me was a blessing; you alone knew the truth and all my lack of worth, I am exactly a sinner and unworthy. He let go of him with the world, promising that from now on such temptation would no longer fall on him, and since then Fe-o-dor pre-be -shaft in complete love with the ve-li-ko-av-you.

Did a man bring a lo-ve-ka to the monastery? -whether before death. Pre-beautiful and clothed him in a different way with the name Dal-mat. After a few days, he began to end and asked for the communion of the Holy Ta-in, but the priest for-med-lil co-ver-she-ni-em li-tur-gyi, and when he brought the Holy Gifts to the cell, more-lya-shchy had already died. The embarrassed priest was in a hurry to tell about that, pre-good-no-mu, someone was very upset. Then Saint Cyril soon closed the windows of his cell and began to pray. A little later, a ke-lei-nik came, serving Dal-ma-tu, and, knocking on the windows, said to the bless-women-no-mu that Dal-mate is still alive and asks for par-cha-st-sya. Immediately-len-but sent st. Ky-rill for the priest-no-one, in order to-combine the brother. And although he was sure that Dal-mat had already died, one-on-one, fulfilling the will of av-you, went. But how much would it be his surprise when he saw Dal-ma-ta, sitting on the step. As soon as he communed the Holy Ta-in, he began to say goodbye to all the brothers and quietly went to the Lord.

One day there was not enough wine for the church service, but it was necessary to make a liturgy. The priest-nick came to tell the saint Kiril-lu about that, and he asked in-no-ma-rya Ni-fon-ta: is it really no fault. Hearing from him that there is no, as if with me, va-ya, ordered to bring that co-court, in which-rum there would always be vi-no . In-vi-but-val-sya Ni-font and with astonishment-le-ni-em brought a co-court, so full of guilt that it is yes from-whether-wa-moose, and for a long time not osku-de-va-lo vi-but in co-su-de, like once the widow’s oil, according to the word about -ro-ka Elijah.

In a good way, during the h-lo-yes, smartly lived in stock of bread, so that the most bread-no-ki hurray-zu-me-whether was - neck wonder. “Ki-rill, smart-living vi-but for liturgy, smart-stinging and bread for pro-pi-ta-niya smooth, with the help of God-go-ma- te-ri, ”they say, and so it continued until the new bread.

Uche-ni-ki pre-add-but-go lo-vi-li according to the will of his fish on the lake-re. A terrible storm arose, the waves pe-re-be-ha-whether through the boat, death would have swallowed everyone. Hundred-yav-shey on the be-re-gu in-be-zhal to tell pre-do-be-no-mu about the danger. He, taking the cross in his hands, hurriedly came to the shore and, having autumned St. cross-lake-ro, soothe the waves. There was a fire in the monastery, and the brethren could not extinguish it, but the saint stood with the cross right against the fire, -carried prayers to God, and the fire, as if tired of marveling at his prayers, out of the blue died out.

Approaching the blissful end, the reverend called the whole brethren to him, appointed the teacher In-no- ken-tia in the yoke-me-na and strictly for-on-ve-gave not to-ru-shat his mouth. In-ru-chiv for-those cloister in the blood-vi-tel-stvo Be-lo-zero-go prince Andrey, added that “if anyone is not for -wants to live according to my pre-da-tion and will not listen to the yoke-me-na, ve-li, go-su-dar, send those from the monastery ". For thirty years he was in the wives of St. Ky-rill in Si-mo-no-ve mo-on-hundred-re and lived there for thirty years, having come to this place for six-sti-de-sya-ti-years -him, he lived for another thirty years in this new obi-those, until he reached half the number of years de-vya-no-hundred. From long hundred-I-I and old-growth, but-gi pre-be-good-but-go in the last time he weakened, and he in the last days si-dya co-ver-shal ke-ley-noe pra-vi-lo. On the day of the Holy Trinity, he co-performed his next divine service. And his last word was to the weeping brothers: “Do not mourn about my departure. If, in a better way, my audacity and my labor will be pleasing to the Lord, then not only my abode will not be smitten, but even more painful we are distributing according to my step, just have love between you and the fight. He peace-but-chil in the 90th year of his life on June 9, 1427.

Not for a long time before the end of the pre-good-no-go was the monk So-si-patr. His brother Hri-sto-for hurried to pre-do-b-no-mu Kiril-lu to re-ve-stit that So-si-patr was already dying, but pre-po -good, smiling, answering: “Believe me, cha-do-Chris-to-for, that not one of you will die before me; after my departure, many of you will follow me.” And really, but, So-si-patr you-well-ro-led; but after death, the pre-death prophecy about the brethren was fulfilled. Not even one year passed after his death, as out of 53 people, the brothers re-re-se-li-moose from the local life - no more than 30. Remaining pre-extra-of-a-hundred yav-la-et-sya in a dream with support and on-becoming-le-no-eat.

Even during his lifetime, pre-be-good-no-go, his disciple Fe-o-do-this pe-re-told him to give him -lo mo-at-stay-ryu and heard from the pre-do-but-th answer: “During my life, I don’t want to sit down, but after my death, de - lay-te, as ho-ti-te. Fe-o-do-this thought-small that it was the afflicted old man who said it, and was offended by it; after that, he began to grieve that he had brought upon himself the inconvenience of the saint. The pre-beautiful appeared to Mar-ty-ni-a-well and said: “Tell brother Fe-o-do-so, so that it’s not sor-white: I’m against him I don't have anything." Not tro-ha-tel-but is this evidence of snis-ho-di-tel-noy love-vi-pre-do-but-go, yes, behind the pre-ela-mi coffin-ba ?..

The holy relics please God in a chi-va-yut under a stu-house in its ob-the-between the Assumption Cathedral and the church-to-view in his name. On the icon, pi-san-noy in 1424 pre-excellent Di-o-ni-si-em Glu-shits-kim († 1437; pa-meat June 1/14), pre-po -ex-Ki-rill is depicted in full-length, in old-Che-sky years, with an open head, with a face for-dum-chi-you, with ru-ka-mi, folded-wife-us-mi on the pers, in the mantle and ana-la-ve. In addition to that, after him, a genuine spiritual charter was preserved, pi-san-naya on a column of an ordinary-but-vein-noy boo-ma-gi small-kim, even-kim and red-si-you in black-com. From the number of ru-ko-pi-sey, pi-san-nyh sa-mim pre-in-dob-nym, for-me-cha-tel-on one with ob-yas-no-no-I -mi different yav-le-ni-pits of nature, you-you-mi from the ancient nature-is-py-ta-te-la Ga-le-na. There are articles here about the seas, about clouds, thunder, lightning and falling stars. These-mi sve-de-ni-i-mi blissful-pol-zo-val-sya in order to-go-to-understand the pre-races-court-ki on-native about the le-ni-yah nature and show the true meaning of these phenomena. To the explanations-not-no-pits of Ga-le-na, here they add-le-na and their remarks. For example, about the pa-y-y-y-ing stars, it’s said-for-but: “About the pa-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y stars, they say that it’s pa-yes- yut stars, and others that these are evil we-tar-stva. But this is not the stars, and not we-tar-stva, but from-de-le-ni-heaven-no-th-fire; they descend a little, ras-tap-li-va-ut-sya and again merge-va-ut-sya in the air-du-he. In a way, no one has seen them on earth, but they always merge and ras-sy-pa-yut-sya in the air; the stars never fall, only in the coming of Christ. Then the heavens co-curl and the stars fall; equally, the spirits of we-tarsts will then go into the eternal fire.

Especially-ben-us-mi-e-raz-tsa-mi spirit-hov-no-go on-becoming-no-che-stva and ru-ko-vod-stva, love-vi, mi-ro-lu-biya and the consolation of the yav-la-yut-sya that has come down to us three messages of the pre-good-no-go Russian princes. They are from-whether-cha-yut-sya simply from-the-lo-zhe-niya and is-roll-no-stu b-go-che-sti-howling soul-shi, deep-bo-ko- zi-da-tel-ny.

In a letter to the ve-li-ko-mu prince Vasi-liu, St. av-va pi-shet: “The more the saints come to love God, the more they see themselves as sinners. You, sir-dar, give-about-re-ta-eat yourself you-be-whether-what benefit to the soul, sm-re-ni-em with your own, that in-sy -la-eat to me sin-no-mu, no-sche-mu, passion-no-mu and un-stand-no-mu with a request for prayers ... I, a sinner, I am glad with my brother-ti-her, how much strength there will be, to pray to God about you, our go-su-da-re. But for the sake of God, be yourself attentive to yourself and to the whole prince, on whom the Holy Spirit has placed you pa-sti people, is-kup-len-nyh with the blood of Christ-hundred-howl. The more power you grant to the neck, the more strictly you lie under the ve-tu. Re-give Bla-go-de-te-lu your duty, keep-no-no-eat the saints for-the-ve-dey of Him and evade-no-no-eat from the paths, ve-du-shchi to for-gi-be-whether. No power, neither royal nor prince-sky, can ba-wit us from the ne-tse-mer-no-th su-yes of God; and if you will love to beat your neighbor, like yourself, if you console the souls of mournful and distressed ones, it will help you a lot -be, go-su-dar, on the Terrible and right-wing court of Christ. The Apostle Pa-vel, a disciple of Christ, writes: ve not an imam, there is nothing good for us. ” I love your brethren and all Christians, and your faith in God and mercy on the poor will be pleasing to the Lord.

In a letter to Prince Andrey Di-mit-ri-e-vi-chu Mo-jai-sko-mu, with delight, reminiscing about the miraculous from -bav-le-nii of Russia from Toh-ta-we-sha, pi-shet, with ka-ki-mi races-lo-same-ni-i-mi over-le-lives to be after ta-ko-bla-go-de-i-niya. “You are the power-ste-lin,” writes the pre-excellent, “in your rank, you were appointed by God to keep people from li-ho th custom; look, sir, so that su-di-whether the court is right, as before God, not crooked; so that there are no sub-logs and clones; the judges wouldn’t take gifts, but let them have their own lesson yes-I-no-eat ... On-observe-give, sir, so that there are no taverns in your region - from them we-li-kai pa-gu-ba people-dyam: the peasants pro-pi-wa-yut-sya, and their souls perish ... So, let you not have such-my-wife-ditch - this is money that is not right; where there is a pe-re-cart, go-su-dar, you should give it for work. Let there not be in your rank either a fight, or a theft. If you don’t get away from the evil de la, ve-whether to-ka-zat, who is worth something. Uni-mai under-chi-nen-your-them from bad words and swearing - all this angers God. If you don’t sweat to manage all that, cry out on you, because you are power-ste-lin over all people, set th God. Don’t be lazy yourself to give the peasants us-management: it’s up to you to pray for you. Keep from drinking. Po-da-wai-te by si-le mi-lo-sta-nu. You can’t-the-same-those and mo-pour-sya - le-no-tes. Let mi-lo-sty-nya re-full of the lack of stats of your-shi. When-ka-zy-wai-te sing mo-leb-na in the church-you Spa-si-te-lu and Ma-te-ri God-zhi-her , and don’t let yourself go to church. In the church, stand with fear and trembling, imagining to yourself that you stand as in heaven. The Church is the earthly sky, in it the Ta-in-stva of Christ-you are co-verified. Be-re-gi yourself, sir, standing in the church, do not talk and do not speak idle words; if you see that someone is be-se-du-ing in the church, be it from boyars or ordinary people, forbid them, for all this is angry God."

Zven-no-kind-of-the-th-prince Yuri Di-mit-ri-e-vi-cha pre-extra-dob-ny consolation in mourning for more-left-shay su-pru- ge. And together they wrote: “I tell you in advance that you can’t see us: leave me-on-shit and go away, ku- yes God on-sta-vit. You think that I am a kind, holy man here. No, truly, but I am more sinful and unhappy than all and full of stench. Do not be surprised at this, Prince Yuri: I hear that you yourself chi-ta-eat and know St. -is-ho-dit from man-lo-ve-che-praise, especially for us, the weak.

The venerable Ky-rill loved spiritual enlightenment, he himself worked in writing books and instilled this love in his -im teaching-no-kam. In the 16th century, not one of the obi-te-lei of the Russians was so bo-ga-ta ru-ko-pi-sya-mi as Kiril-lo-va. According to the description of 1635, it kept in it until 2092 ru-ko-pi-sey.

The abode of pre-be-good-no-go Kiril-la in many acts on-zy-va-et-sya Love-roy. Its external view is in a do-ben fortified-len-no-mu city: you-so-kai three-tiered fence-yes with big-shi-mi towers, not counting the small ones, it surrounds the mo-to-stack, divided into several parts; one of them, enclosing that hill in itself, in some-rum there would be an earth-lyan-ka pre-be-good-no-go, on-zy- va-et-sya Ivanov-skim mo-on-stay-rem.

General-Russian in-chi-ta-nie pre-do-no-go on-cha-moose not later than 1447-1448. The life of St. Cy-ril-la would-lo on-pi-sa-but in-ru-che-niyu mit-ro-po-li-ta Fe-o-do-this and ve- whether-of-prince-zya Va-si-liya Va-si-lie-vi-cha hiero-mo-na-hom Pa-ho-mi-em Lo-go-fe-tom, someone at -was in Kiril-loving mo-na-styr in 1462 and made many eye-witnesses of pre-good-no-go Kiril-la, including and pre-good-no-go Mar-ti-ni-a-na († 1483; pa-myat 12/25 Jan-va-rya), manager-lav-she-th then Fe-ra- pon-to-vym mo-on-stay-rem.

Prayers

Troparion to St. Cyril, hegumen of Beloezersky, tone 1

Like a crine in the desert of David flourished thou, Father Cyril, / eradicating thorns of evil, / and thou didst gather in it a multitude of disciples, / by the fear of God and your teaching, / even to the end, like a child-loving father / not you left visiting, let us all cry : / glory to Him who gave you a fortress, / glory to Him who crowned you, / / ​​glory to Him who acts by you, healing all.

Translation: Like a lily in the desert, according to Scripture, you blossomed, Father Cyril, eradicating the vicious thorns, and gathered in it many disciples, guided by your teachings, but to the end, as a father who loves his children, you did not leave, giving them attention, yes we all cry out to you: “Glory to the One who gave you strength, glory to the one who crowned you, glory to the one who gives healing to all through you.”

Kontakion to St. Cyril, Abbot of Beloezersky, Tone 8

As if having offended the perishable and the bottom attracting wisdom, father, / joyfully rushed to the Higher current, / and there with the saints of the Most Holy Trinity are coming, / pray from the enemy that your flock be preserved, / like yes, your holy assumption is celebrating, crying out m:// rejoice, blessed Cyril, our father.

Translation: Rejecting disastrous and earthly philosophies, father, you joyfully rushed to heavenly ascent, and standing there with the saints, pray for the preservation of your flock from enemies, so that we, celebrating your holy, cry out: “Rejoice, blessed Cyril, our father!”

Prayer to the Monk Cyril, Abbot of Beloezersky

Oh, holy head, reverend and God-bearing Father Cyril! We fall to you with faith and love, and we ask you, our Heavenly intercessor: show your great mercy to us, humble and sinners, and pour out your warm prayers for us to the Lord God. It is peculiar to you to have mercy, holy of God, for, I live on earth, you alone have care, even to save the soul of man from perdition, and all your holy life is a mirror of good deeds, glorified in you from Father of Heaven. Having acquired great boldness to Him, ask us from His goodness for the right faith, unfeigned piety, true repentance, perfect brotherly love and prosperity in all good deeds. Give us health of mind and body, fruitfulness of the earth, well-being of the air, a peaceful and serene life, a shameless Christian death and a good answer at the terrible Judgment of Christ. Save the Holy Church and the Russian state from wars and discords. Protect your honest monastery from all evil, and all the faithful people who come to you and worship your relics, autumn with your Heavenly blessing, and fulfill all their petitions for good. Hey, father, do not despise our prayers, offered to you with tenderness, but be a warm intercessor for us to the Lord, and make us with your help receive eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, let us praise great generosity and not the spoken mercies of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity of the worshiped God, and your fatherly intercession, forever and ever. Amen.

Canons and Akathists

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Kondak 1

Chosen from the King of the forces of the Lord Jesus, spiritual warrior and wonderworker, reverend Our Father Cyril, we praise You with love in spiritual songs, our holy intercessor, but you, as if you have much mercy, bow mercifully to us who sing to you, and your intercession to the Lord, from all troubles of freedom calling you joyfully:

Ikos 1

You were truly an earthly angel and a heavenly man, O Reverend Father, from the morning of your life until the deep evening of death, lazily working for the Lord in reverence and holiness, leaving us as an example of imitation your life equal to the angels, it is strange to him, and we call your voices laudatory with your miracles. sice:

Rejoice, God-loving fruit of pious parents;

Rejoice, holy vegetation of the capital city of Moscow.

Rejoice, orphan in your youth;

Rejoice, in thy orphanhood God sought with diligent love.

Rejoice, numbered above in the sonship of God;

Rejoice, all the riches of this world for the sake of Christ, despised.

Rejoice, earthly joys and pleasures, sane for nothing.

Rejoice, having only diligence, pleasing the only God.

Rejoice, having nourished your soul with the reading of divine scriptures;

Rejoice, fruitful heart of yours with tears of prayer.

Rejoice, purity of soul and body immaculately preserved.

Rejoice, curbing youthful passions with fasting and abstinence.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 2

Seeing your relative, the eminent boyar of the Autocrat of Russia, the well-being of your soul, Most Blessed Father, love you and make you the builder of your house, but take care of his needs, you are overwhelmed by the rumors of life, you were very sick with your soul and prayed warmly to the Lord, may you grant thee is outside the world and its vanities, serve Him in silence and unhinderedly sing the angelic song: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

With a God-enlightened mind, you recognized the goodness of your soul, Reverend Stephen, hegumen of the monastery, even on Mahra, when you came to the city of Moscow and knew you, Holy One of God, you confessed with tears the desire of your heart, as if you wished to be a monk, and from him the betrothal of an angelic image thou hast perceived. Remembering, therefore, such your zeal for spiritual exploits, we bless you, as the chosen one of God, and with tenderness we say:

Rejoice, meek and gentle follower of Christ;

Rejoice, having accomplished the commandments of the Gospel by the very deed.

Rejoice, wondrous self-denial according to the word of your Lord;

Rejoice, nobility of the family and worldly honors, leaving Christ for the sake of it.

Rejoice, instead of golden-woven robes, beloved monastic rags;

Rejoice, having received the cross of Christ with diligence on your frame.

Rejoice, planting high virtue in your souls;

Rejoice, uprooting every vain passion in yourself.

Rejoice, strongly armed against the world, the flesh and the devil;

Rejoice, by the power of God you conquered all their pretensions.

Rejoice, former vessel of the undefiled grace of God;

Rejoice, thou who hast become fearful and impregnable an invisible enemy.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 3

Fortified by the power of God, you were not afraid, reverend, angry at you, your relative, who forbade you to monasticize, but from the hand of the holy Theodore, Archimandrite of the Simonov Monastery, you took perfect tonsure into the angelic image, and within the walls of his monastery you found a quiet haven of salvation for yourself, applying labor to labor, and in prayers day and night sweetly singing to the Savior God: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

Having obedience from the abbot, even to work in bread and cookery, O Holy Father, you did not give sleep to your eyes, nor a slumbering eye, but you worked without laziness; and stay on your knees cheerfully, you were a good worker of the Kingdom of Heaven, ascending to spiritual perfection according to the degree of virtues. We also praise thee:

Rejoice, otherwise God-pleasing, monastic without hypocrisy from a sincere soul;

Rejoice, perfect novice, who preceded the word of command by deed itself.

Rejoice, tearful seeker of eternal bliss;

Rejoice, prayerful lifter of the hands of the saints, mountain to the Lord.

Rejoice, with the fire of the oven in the bakery and the kitchen, the fire of eternal torment reminding yourself;

Rejoice, obedience to the cookery of tenderness, acquiring depth.

Rejoice, you who watered the bread with tears of love for the Lord;

Rejoice, dissolving thy drink with repentant weeping.

Rejoice, first of all found in the temple at Divine services;

Rejoice, beloved, rush to the house of your God.

Rejoice, fasting severely mortifying your flesh, may it not prevail in spirit;

Rejoice, after two and three days you ate scarce food.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 4

A storm of passions and heavy waves of temptations, even if they attack you in a new beginning, a monastic, a servant of God, both unable to shake the strength of your will, even to please God alone. By the same prayer, fasting and true obedience, all the arrows of the enemy, fired at you, were ineffective, and you were honored still in the flesh, in deep passionlessness, to lift up to the Creator the Seraphim song: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing about your virtuous life, great Sergius of Radonezh, love you dearly, Father Kirill. And when you come from your wilderness to the monastery of Simon, first of all visiting you, existing in the exploits of monastic obedience, preferring you to a young old man of many years, and thereby surprising all the brethren, from his lips of the saints you heard many words of soul-beneficial, and putting them in your heart yours, you were a good student of the great teacher, truly worthy of such praises;

Rejoice, chosen friend and interlocutor of God-bearing Sergius;

Rejoice, thou who didst acquire great love in the Lord for him, and from him dearly beloved.

Rejoice, in your humility you received high spiritual gifts;

Rejoice, humbly laboring in the feats of obedience and vouchsafed the visitation of Sergius.

Rejoice, never grumbling at your obediences;

Rejoice, ever-remembering judgment of God and eternal torment.

Rejoice, avoiding vain honors and human glory;

Rejoice, for the sake of Christ's foolishness, you will be humiliated from everyone.

Rejoice, punished by the abbot, dishonor to honor yourself sane;

Rejoice, wearer of thin and many-seamed robes.

Rejoice, oppressor of your body with winter cold;

Rejoice, hateful bodily rest.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 5

Having been a divine luminary, you were placed on the candlestick of the priesthood by the will of your rector, Father Cyril, and like an immaculate altar of the Lord's servant, with fear and reverence, you offered a bloodless sacrifice to God, even though you made you a secret spectator of many great miracles, hidden in the sacrament of the Eucharist and being a worthy clergyman, You were also numbered with them, calling out of warm love to Christ who suffered for us: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Seeing the brethren in the monastery of Simonov, God-bearing and equal to the angels of life, Cyril is God-blessed, having chosen you, if not unwilling, into the Archimandrite of your monastery, you are the baton of the rector's reception, you did not exalt yourself with a rank of height, but you succeeded purely in humility and you were an image reverence to your verbal flock, teaching your disciples in word and life, even crying out to you:

Rejoice, O God-foretold teacher of piety and purity;

Rejoice, tenderness full of preaching repentance.

Rejoice, whose words were for the salvation of many;

Rejoice, for you softened his exhortations, petrified in sins of the heart.

Rejoice, not only in a word, but in your whole life, teaching your spiritual child;

Rejoice, thou didst teach what thou didst, and thou didst not lazily do it.

Rejoice, wise counselor of princes;

Rejoice, impartial accuser of the mighty of this world.

Rejoice, loving feeder of the poor and wretched;

Rejoice, for his love for the lesser brethren in Christ never fails.

Rejoice, for you have enjoyed many of its blessings;

Rejoice, in whom the Heavenly Father is glorified on earth.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 6

The preacher of true humility appeared to you, Father, when, shaking with glory and the rumor of the priesthood in Simonov, you left the priesthood and retired to the silence of the cell, so that only one God could work unhindered, both in silence did not leave the enemy of human salvation, arming on the rector who came after you, giving way to his wrath, thou hast settled on the old Simonov, and there, staying alone, silently sang the song to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

Ascend to you the light of heaven, when you prayed in the deep evening, reverend, in your cell before the icon of the Mother of God, asking Yu to grant you a place convenient for silent living, and behold, you heard a voice from the icon of Her Holy One, saying: “Cyril, get out of here and go to Beloezero: there you have prepared a place where you can save yourself, ”and with a voice together, a radiant beam from the midnight country of Osiya and an indication of the place chosen from above for your settlement, you joyfully contemplated it through the window of your cell. You are a shame to the rejoiced, and we joyfully exclaim:

Rejoice, great servant of God, contemplating the light of heaven while still on earth;

Rejoice, chosen servant of the Mother of the Lord, who spoke to you from the icon of Your Holy One.

Rejoice, favored by the grace of the Lady of the world;

Rejoice, receiving your petitions from Ney.

Rejoice, for your prayer has been heard by the intercessor of the Christian race;

Rejoice, as the night is enlightened for you by the radiance of Divine glory.

Rejoice, as a place far away, near seemed to you the marvelous fates of God;

Rejoice, as from above you have been granted a place of spiritual rest.

Rejoice, full of joy and consolation about this;

Rejoice, pouring out tears of warm thanksgiving and praise before God.

Rejoice, fragrant censer of prayers;

Rejoice, graceful psalmody organ.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 7

A wondrous vision and a voice from the icon of the Mother of God, the former, told thou, reverend Father, to thy companion and friend, the Monk Ferapont, and together with him left the city of thy fatherland, and flowed into the impenetrable desert to Beloezero, looking for the place indicated by God, hedgehog found , thou rejoiced greatly, and thou didst dwell on it in the cave, for the consecration of the same place, the honest Cross, having built it with your own hands, you placed it there, calling to the one who was crucified on the cross and trampled on the power of hell, the King of glory to Christ: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

With a new spiritual feat, thou art afar off to thyself, God-blessed Father, in the desert dwelling in solitude in prayers, fasting and unceasing labors, even seeing the All-seeing Lord, gathered to you a flock of desert-loving monks, even though I want to live with you, and be edified from you for salvation: and so arranged Thou art a holy abode, like a creen in the desert that flourished spiritually, in which your name is glorified to this day with these worthy praises:

Rejoice, reverend, lightly adorned with holiness and purity;

Rejoice, O God-bearer, gifted with divine gifts from above.

Rejoice, good shepherd of the herd of verbal sheep gathered by you;

Rejoice, builder of God-wise monastic dormitories.

Rejoice, thou who didst transform the impenetrable wilderness into a spiritual garden by thy labors;

Rejoice, shameful of all the fears and ghosts of the enemy with your prayers.

Rejoice, thou who didst build thy dwelling place with undoubted hope in God;

Rejoice, with prayerful tears its foundation was irrigated.

Rejoice, poor in spirit, but rich in many;

Rejoice, sovereignly guarded by the hand of the Most High.

Rejoice, miraculously delivered from vain death;

Rejoice, invisibly protected from the flames of fire.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 8

A strange vision was a robber, who thought to rob your monastery, Holy of God, even when he came to her at night, he saw a lot of military people standing on guard around the monastery, and rob those who did not allow it, even taking it away, as if no guards were in the monastery of that night, knowing God the protecting power, and with repentance flowed to you, I confessed a wonderful vision, rejoicing about it, you sang with your disciples, to God saving you, a song of thanksgiving: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

Being wholly in God, you placed strong hope in God, O Reverend Father, as you are strong to feed you with your disciples, who are in a desert place. Moreover, you did not send alms to anyone, believing undoubtedly that you will receive everything you need from the hand of God for life: and according to your faith and prayer, you received all this from the lovers of God and without your petition, surprising your children with the power of faith, working miracles, and striving call you:

Rejoice, zealous silence, hating vain rumors;

Rejoice, thought of God is high, unattainable care of worldly things.

Rejoice, abstinence in food and drink is a well-known rule;

Rejoice, forbidden drinking in your monastery.

Rejoice, Father unfailingly preserving the laws of the saints;

Rejoice, for your guiding disciples to the feat of lofty.

Rejoice, achieve in measure perfection in Christ;

Rejoice, having taken power over unclean spirits.

Rejoice, enriched with the gift of miracles;

Rejoice, full of divine power.

Rejoice, having shown grace-filled foresight;

Rejoice, thou who didst not give healing help.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 9

All the monks of your monastery, Reverend Father, as an angel of God I honor you, for truly angel-like manners you showed them in your holy life, and everything was dedicated to the unceasing pleasing of God. Moreover, God gave you wonderful miracles: you healed the sick, you freed the demon-possessed from the torment of the devil, you predicted the future, you also resurrected the dead with your prayer, in a hedgehog to sing about you near and far, a laudatory song to the supreme miracle creator God: Alleluia .

Ikos 9

Human vitiation cannot utter the greatness of your miracles, God's servant, Father Cyril, in the image of your earthly life, like fragrant flowers, spiritually beautify yourself, fragrant the souls of the faithful with the sweetness of reverence and holiness, and leading them to the glorification of God, this glorifying thee of his chosen one, but to us inspiring call to you:

Rejoice, good healer of the sick;

Rejoice, merciful strengthener of the weakened.

Rejoice, thou who bestowed sight on the blind many times.

Rejoice, freeing the possessed from the violence of the devil.

Rejoice, thou who didst restore Roman's health from the deathbed;

Rejoice, resurrecting the deceased monk Dalmat for repentance.

Rejoice, miraculously multiplying the wine that has become impoverished in your monastery for the Liturgy of the saints;

Rejoice, filling the empty granary with bread during the famine.

Rejoice, thou who graciously nourished smooth people with this bread;

Rejoice, for the bread that you distribute is not impoverished in the granary, but rather multiplied.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 10

Thou hast inherited eternal salvation, O servant of God, and thou hast received a righteous death, like a crown by thy feat, painlessly and peacefully passing from the earthly to the heavenly abodes, where thy holy soul, the recompense of the priest from the hand of the Almighty God, and with the angelic armies will stand on the throne of His Divine singing a song that is silent to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

The Tsar of Heaven is a good and faithful servant, the talent given to you is not hidden, but diligently aggravated, and I will buy a lot of spiritual things by creating them, Father Cyril, help us, earthly and earthly, to imitate your holy life, and acquire the good hope of salvation at our end, let us sing to you with tender voices:

Rejoice, Holy One of God, holy and blameless end of earthly life;

Rejoice, Chosen One of Christ, painlessly and peacefully betraying your spirit in the hands of God.

Rejoice, for your death is honorable before the Lord, and your dormancy with the Saints;

Rejoice, for your memory is honored with praise in the Holy Church.

Rejoice, as if you have settled in the heavenly abode, and do not leave the earthly;

Rejoice, for from the heights of heaven you penetrate with your mercy to the earthly.

Rejoice, miracle worker who was during life, who appeared the same after death;

Rejoice, thou who didst preserve thy abode and after thy death.

Rejoice, thy spiritual child, and after thy death do not forget.

Rejoice, leaving your healing relics to comfort them.

Rejoice, quick representative who honors you.

Rejoice, diligent intercessor of all who resort to you.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 11

Prayer singing is brought by the faithful at the shrine of your holy relics, Cyril God-bearing, even if they rest in the bowels of the earth, both emit the rays of many miracles, illuminating the souls and hearts of those who seek your intercession with faith, vouchsafe it to us, the humble, who offer this song of praise to you, and God gratefully calling: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

The luminous lamp of God's grace, illuminating the midnight country of the Russian Kingdom, appeared to you, reverend and venerable Father Kirilla, enlightening the desert with the spiritual radiance of your exploits and miracles, and in it you arranged a monastery as a monk, where the faces of the fasting people find a quiet haven of salvation, and you, your original, majestic love, they cry out to you in song:

Rejoice, great-named and many-glorious ascetic in miracles;

Rejoice, angelic human.

Rejoice, blessed consolation of your fatherland;

Rejoice, everlasting joy of thy abode.

Rejoice, miraculously working miraculously with your relics;

Rejoice, fulfill our prayers and petitions for good.

Rejoice, beloved of humility during life and after death;

Rejoice, thou who humbly desires to rest thy relics in the bowels of the earth.

Rejoice, as your honest doctor's clinic appeared as a human ailment;

Rejoice, as from her everyone with faith comes and accepts healing gifts.

Rejoice, ever-flowing river of miracles;

Rejoice, source of healing and ever impoverished.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 12

By the grace of God, having been a bright dwelling during your lifetime, O Pleasant of God, and after the death of your grace, I participated in the cancer of your relics, assuring us with glorious miracles that you are great before the Lord, and how much your prayer can do before His goodness. Reveal, therefore, to us, the unworthy, your bounties of prayer, and with your warm intercession, feed us to the refuge of salvation, and let us sing on the lands of the living, forever alive and dead to the possessing Lord God: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing many and glorious miracles of yours, Reverend Father Cyril, we humbly ask you, our heavenly intercessor: in the terrible hour of death, when our wretched soul approaches its end, show us your powerful intercession, and deliver us by your intercession from the power of dark, ordinary forces block the soul of mankind from ascending to the heights of the monastery, reach them with your prayers, let us call you grateful voices:

Rejoice, most holy consubstantial Trinity, zealous servant;

Rejoice, worthy chosen one of the Most Holy Lady Theotokos.

Rejoice, bright interlocutor of angelic forces;

Rejoice, forerunner of the Lord, desert-loving imitator.

Rejoice, clairvoyant likeness of the Prophets of God;

Rejoice, unanimous follower of the Apostles of Christ.

Rejoice, thou who was compared with patience in labors as a victorious martyr.

Rejoice, thou who didst compete with the soul-saving teaching of the Holy Hierarch.

Rejoice, shining star in the face of the Saints;

Rejoice, blessed cohabitant of the Righteous and all Saints.

Rejoice, people rejoice in it and praise God;

Rejoice, dark hellish forces tremble at him.

Rejoice, Cyril, the great Wonderworker!

Kondak 13

Oh, great servant of God and Wonderworker, reverend Father Kirill! You are woe in heaven, we are down on earth, far from you, not only a place, but by our sins: both dare to bring you this little laudatory singing, if you graciously accept, implore the merciful Creator, have mercy on us and deliver hellfire and the torment of hell, may we be honored Together with you, in the Kingdom of Heaven, sing to Him an eternally joyful song: Alleluia.

(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)

Prayer to the Monk Cyril, hegumen of Beloezersky, miracle worker

Oh, sacred head, reverend and God-bearing Father Kirill! We fall to you with faith and love, and we ask you, our heavenly Intercessor: show your great mercy to us, humble and sinners, and pour out your warm prayers for us to the Lord God. It is peculiar to you to have mercy, holier God, for whoever lives on earth, you alone have care, to save human souls from perdition, and all your holy life is a mirror of good deeds, about which the Heavenly Father is glorified in you, to Nemuzhe great boldness having acquired, ask us of His goodness: faith in law, piety not hypocritical, true repentance, perfect brotherly love and success in all good deeds. Grant us health of mind and body, fruitfulness of the earth, good air, peaceful and serene life, a shameless Christian death and a good answer at the terrible Judgment of Christ. Save the Holy Church and the Russian State from strife and disorder. Protect your honest monastery from all evil, and all the faithful people who come to you and worship with your might, autumn with your heavenly blessing, and fulfill all their petitions for the good. Hey, Father, do not despise our prayers, with tenderness offered to you, but be a warm intercessor for us to the Lord, and make us worthy of your holy help to receive eternal salvation, and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, let us glorify the great bounty and inexpressible mercy of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity worshiping God, and your Fatherly intercession, forever and ever, amen.

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33 years old As the Menologion, published in 1869, tells us, Jesus Christ Resurrected on this day. The soldiers guarding the Tomb of the Savior testified to the high priests about His Resurrection, but they bribed the guards to say that the disciples of Christ stole His body when they were sleeping (Matt. 28, 11-13)