Dmitry Prilutsky, Rev.
The Monk Demetrius was born at the beginning of the 14th century in Pereyaslavl Zalessky, where his father, a wealthy man, conducted quite a significant trade.
When the boy reached school age, his parents, who had strengthened his pious Christian disposition from early childhood, began his teaching; according to the custom of the time, it consisted of mastering church literacy, and then reading liturgical books and Holy Scripture, mainly the Psalter. The seed of the word of God, sinking into the pure soul of the child, began to bear fruit: the boy stood out among his peers for his intelligence and humility, he moved away from noisy children's games, avoided the services and honor with which his household servants surrounded him. The further time went, the more and more diligent he was in reading the Holy Books and thinking about God, kindling love for God in his heart. It is not surprising because he was little interested in his father’s trading affairs - he did not think about fleeting riches and not about the joys of this life: his soul strove for the heavenly and eternal treasure prepared by Christ the Savior for those believers who, out of love for Him, abandoned not only worldly goods , but even those closest by blood: Whoever leaves a house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or a village for My name’s sake, will receive it a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.(Matt. 19:29). His thought about entering the “narrow and sorrowful path” of monastic life matured more and more. Finally, the thought turned into a decision: obedient to his inner attraction and the word of the Gospel, young Dimitri leaves his father’s house and takes monastic vows at the Pereyaslavl Goritsky Monastery. His tonsure was a real rejection of his will, worldly temptations and worries for the unhindered concentration of spiritual strength to achieve one goal - salvation in Christ. Following in His footsteps, the young tonsured man obeys his brethren in humility and studies day and night in prayer. His patience, humility and kindness were so great that they aroused the involuntary surprise of the brethren.
For such a virtuous life, the monk was awarded the priesthood. Endowed with the high title of performer of the Mysteries of God, he intensified his exploits, “like a faithful servant, making many purchases without laziness for the Lord, from Whom he received such a great gift.”
It is unknown how long the monk labored at the place of his tonsure - in the Goritsky Monastery. Then he decided to create his own monastery with strict communal rules and fulfilled his idea. He moved from the Goritsky monastery to the swamp; this was the name of a damp swampy place on the western outskirts of Pereyaslavl, one mile from Lake Pleshcheevo; On the site of the new settlement, the Monk Demetrius built a temple in the name of St. Nicholas, and built a communal monastery with it.
Located in a low-lying and damp area, without any villages or land, the poor monastery of the saint attracted many, however, with the glory of the name of its founder; Wanting to asceticize under the leadership of the Monk Demetrius, both laymen seeking tonsure and monks from other monasteries came to him. The monk, like a loving father, received everyone with love. In the rank of abbot, he ruled with meekness the newly gathered flock of verbal sheep, teaching them mainly by the example of his own virtuous life. The brothers looked at him “as an Angel of God” and obeyed him with filial disposition.
Special cases of manifestation of God's grace over the saint further strengthened the respect of the brethren and laity for him.
The Monk Demetrius was gifted with rare beauty, and since he led a “cruel life,” exhausting himself with feats of fasting, prayer and labor, his face shone with a special spirituality that surprised people. Therefore, in order to avoid seduction and temptation, the monk usually covered his face with a monastic doll even during conversations with male visitors to the monastery; He spoke to women very rarely, when there was an urgent need for a word of edification. Since the monastery of the saint was located in the city, many townspeople came here to worship on Sundays and holidays. Among these ordinary visitors to the monastery church there was one noble woman. She often heard about the beauty and chastity of the Monk Demetrius and she really wanted to look at his face. For a long time her efforts were unsuccessful. Finally, spurred on by empty curiosity, the woman decided on the following: one day before mass she crept up to the monk’s cell and looked out the window at the abbot. The ascetic at this time was preparing for the Divine Liturgy; Noticing the woman’s immodesty, he was upset and looked at her reproachfully. Under the angry gaze of the monk, the woman was seized with such strong horror that she fell to the ground in relaxation, not having the strength to rise. Some of the brethren brought her, barely alive, to the porch of the abbot's cell and strenuously asked the abbot to forgive the offender. Seeing the sincere repentance of the crying woman, the monk meekly reproached her: “Why did you, foolish, want to see a sinner who had already died for the world?”
To this the ascetic added the instruction that one should come to the temple of God not to display perishable decorations, but to enlighten the soul with chaste, concentrated prayer and alms. Having then blessed the woman, the Monk Demetrius granted her forgiveness; the woman was immediately healed from the sudden illness and went home, thanking God and the monk.
During the days of his abbess at the St. Nicholas Monastery, the Monk Demetrius began a sincere fellowship in Christ with the father of North Russian monasticism, the Monk Sergius, who labored 60 versts from Pereyaslavl, in the dense forests of Radonezh. The Monk Demetrius loved to come to the Monastery of the Life-Giving Trinity to the Monk Sergius for mutual prayer and edifying conversation.
The fame of the ascetic life of the Monk Demetrius reached the Grand Duke Demetrius Ioannovich Donskoy, who summoned the elder to Moscow. The Monk Demetrius made a strong impression on the Grand Duke, who was imbued with deep respect for him: honoring the Pereyaslavl ascetic in the same way as the Monk Sergius, he asked him to be the recipient of the baptism of one of his children. Then the Grand Duke honorably released the humble abbot of the poor monastery, richly rewarding him.
But worldly glory for a true monk is a heavy burden and a dangerous obstacle on the humble path of asceticism; it is the same for a monk as “a net is for a bird and a snare for a chamois.” The Monk Demetrius was well aware of this. Avoiding human glory, he decided to leave his hometown and his monastery. Taking with him only his beloved disciple Pachomius, the monk left Pereyaslavl and headed to the remote, wooded north. Through dense forests, wilds and swamps, the travelers reached the Lezha River. Here, not far from the confluence of the Velikaya River, about 20 versts from Vologda, they built themselves a hut: the Monk Demetrius liked the place as convenient, due to its distance from the villages, for silent service to God. The monk and his disciple hastened to consecrate the new settlement, building with their own hands a small church in honor of the Resurrection of Christ.
But when the residents of the neighboring village of Avnegi learned that monks had settled in their forests on Lezhe and had already built a temple, they were embarrassed. “Here,” they reasoned, “a great old man has settled near us, who will soon take possession of both us and our villages.”
In a crowd, with a murmur of discontent, they came to the monk, demanding that he leave their area and go in the other direction. “Father! - they said, “we don’t like your stay here.”
Considering their demand to be an indication of the Providence of God, the Monk Demetrius did not argue: he left the inhospitable shores of Lezha and in the summer of 1371 came with a student to Vologda. The Monk Demetrius decided to stay here and found a monastery. For the monastery, he chose a place at the turn (bow) of the Vologda River to the northwest, about three miles from the city to the northeast. The land here belonged to two peasants, residents of the nearby village of Prilutsky, Elijah and his friend and neighbor Isidor, nicknamed Vypryag.
At the request of the Monk Demetrius, they gave him a plot of land needed to build a monastery; These lands were fields on which the winter grain had almost come out; but the donors, out of love and respect for the saint and so that they could quickly begin building the church, decided not to wait for the harvest. Having built a cross, the Monk Demetrius prayerfully placed it on the site of the future monastery, and then began building the temple.
When the news of the coming of the “man of God” and his decision to create a monastery spread throughout the city and surrounding villages, then, as the ancient life of the saint narrates, “small and great, rich and poor, preceding each other, hurried for a blessing to the saint,” providing In this, who could, assist him in any way in the construction of the temple and monastery: some gave money, some timber, some these or other items necessary for the temple and monastery. So very soon a church was built and on August 1, 1371 it was consecrated in the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, His Most Pure Mother and in honor of the Life-Giving Cross, because in Vologda, which was quite rich in churches, there was no temple in honor of the Origin of the honorable trees of the Holy Cross. Cells for the brethren and the most necessary services were built near the temple; This is how the Spaso-Prilutsk monastery arose, which was the first monastery within the Vologda region with a strictly communal charter. Those seeking monastic achievement began to flock here to the monk; Most of them were from Vologda and surrounding villages, but besides them, monks also came from the monastery previously founded by the monk in Pereyaslavl, after the news of the founding of a new monastery reached them. When the Grand Duke of Moscow Dimitri Ioannovich heard about this, he hastened to send the venerated elder a generous donation for the needs of the monastery.
But, despite the donations, the new monastery could not be called rich. All of her land consisted of a small field for sowing grain, located two miles from the monastery. The Monk Demetrius often came here to supervise the work, and a small plot of land, cultivated only by the plowman Gregory, yielded a bountiful harvest through the prayers of the saint. The monastery was also poor in books. Some of the brethren once reminded the abbot of this. But the monk, wanting to direct the thoughts of the monks to the main and essential in the monastic feat, answered their complaint in this way: “It is enough, brothers, those comforting books that we have, if only we are without laziness, from a pure heart, with spiritual love and We humbly praise God for them, for the trumpet of God is crying every day and night.”
However, the monk taught the brethren not so much with words as with the example of his life, which was the true embodiment of monastic vows.
The first in labors for the benefit of the brethren, the Monk Demetrius was also the first in church in prayer. By his order, a special place was built in the temple, on the left side of the altar, fenced off with boards; here, not visible to anyone and not dissipated by anything, the saint poured out his soul before God in fervent and fervent prayer. His fast was so severe that he did not take food for whole weeks; Only on holidays, when, according to the rules of the brethren, “some consolation” was prescribed at meals, the monk relaxed his fast somewhat: he ate a small prosphora with warm water, which the cellarer served him in a small clay vessel. The ascetic's clothing consisted only of a crusty sheepskin coat made of hard sheepskin; The monk wore it continuously for a whole year, suffering from cold in winter and heat in summer. Enslaving the body to the spirit through prayer, fasting and “the thinness of the vestment,” the monk, in addition, wore heavy iron chains on his body.
The Spaso-Prilutsk monastery was located on the high road to Ustyug, Perm the Great and to the White Sea. This position of the monastery prompted the ascetic to develop a wide degree of hospitality to strangers. And here the Monk Demetrius set an example for the brethren: he was, says his ancient life, “naked clothing, comforting the sad, helping the poor and freeing them from misfortunes, healing the sick with prayer, redeeming debtors and relieving debts himself.” Those who came to him with spiritual needs were also close to the saint’s heart: wanting to direct everyone on the path of salvation, he was a teacher for sinners “to repentance.” The monk did not limit his activities of mercy to the confines of the monastery: he often left the monastery to petition for sorrow in the city before the authorities on behalf of the offended and oppressed. The monk also defended slaves from the violence of their masters, resorting not only to exhortations, but, if necessary, to denunciations. One of the regular benefactors of the monastery, who had deep respect for the Monk Demetrius, once sent food and drink for the brethren to the Prilutsky monastery. But the monk did not accept the gift, remarking to the benefactor: “Take this to your house and feed your household first, so that they do not languish with hunger and thirst; if there are any leftovers, bring them to our poverty, and then your alms will be pleasing to God.” And only the tears and promises of the donor to change his attitude towards the slaves prompted the elder to cancel his decision and take what he had brought. For his zeal for the monastery, the Monk Demetrius showed this benefactor much kindness and once, through his prayer, saved him from great misfortune.
At the end of his hardworking ascetic life, the Monk Demetrius was awarded by the Lord the gift of clairvoyance.
The saint's brother, who inherited his father's rich estate, fell, however, as a result of unsuccessful trade turnover, into unpayable debts, and with them into poverty. Wanting to improve matters, he came to the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery, asking his brother’s blessing for a trading trip to the pagan tribes of Ugra and Pechora. The monk gave a blessing to the impoverished brother, and the latter, taking his own and other people's goods, set off on the road with the collectors of the grand ducal tribute. Trade with Pechora and Ugra gave him such a profit that, upon returning home, he could pay all his debts. The next year, also with the blessing of the monk, he again went to the same tribes for trade and returned with even greater profit. A passion for profit kindled in the merchant, and in the third year he again came to the monk, asking for blessings on a familiar path. But the monk said to him: “That’s enough, brother, you can live with what you have acquired; don’t walk any more - you wouldn’t die from beast-like people.”
The brother did not heed the admonition of the holy elder and, without his blessing, undertook a third trading trip, but never returned home, apparently killed by wild pagans.
One day in the spring of 1389, while working with his brethren on a church building, the Monk Demetrius, tearing up, unexpectedly said: “We, brethren, are now building earthly, perishable things, and the blessed Grand Duke Demetrius Ioannovich from this day no longer worries with us about this vain thing.” life."
And after this, the ascetic began to pray aloud for the repose of the soul of the newly deceased. There was no news of the illness of the Grand Duke, who was in a time of courage, and therefore the words of the monk about his death seemed strange to the brethren. But a few days later, news came from Moscow that the Grand Duke had died and, as it turned out, on the very day and hour when the monk told the brethren about this.
Walking the “sorrowful and narrow path” of asceticism, the Monk Demetrius reached venerable old age and finally felt the approach of his death. Wanting to leave behind a reliable leader for the brethren, the monk decided to appoint a successor for himself. Having gathered the brethren, he, in such words filled with humility, conveyed the sad news for them about his imminent death: “Great sinner for my bad deeds, I am already exhausted and moving away from this temporary life, and I bless you in my place to be the abbot of my brother and son spiritual Pachomius; obey him in all good deeds as to your father.”
When some of the brethren asked the monk where he wanted to be buried, the humble ascetic answered: “Throw my sinful body into the swamp and trample it under your feet.”
This conversation, apparently, was the last conversation the monk had with his brethren.
On the night of February 11, 1392, the monks of the Spaso-Prilutsk monastery noticed that some kind of fragrance, reminiscent of incense, spread throughout the monastery. Everyone immediately hurried to the dwelling of the monk, but found the holy elder had already departed: his cell was full of a wondrous fragrance, and the face of the reposed ascetic shone with an unearthly light, was calm and quiet, like that of a sleeper. Mourning with bitter tears the loss of the “meek shepherd,” the brethren reverently bowed to the honorable remains of St. Demetrius. Then, after performing funeral prayers, they interred the hardworking body of the abbot in the church he had created, behind the right choir. The Monk Demetrius reposed in the days of Grand Duke Vasily Dimitrievich, under the Moscow Metropolitan Cyprian, seven and a half months before the death of his spiritual friend, the Monk Sergius of Radonezh.
Death did not put a limit to the merciful activity of the Monk Demetrius: the Lord glorified His saint, and for all who with faith called on his name, his tomb, by the grace of God, became the source of many grace-filled miracles and healings.
In 1409, a widespread disease “korcheta” appeared in the Vologda region, apparently so named because it was accompanied by strong writhing: they were even forced to put sticks into the hands of patients so that they would not injure their palms with their nails. Many who suffered from this painful and terrible illness were brought to the tomb of the Monk Demetrius. Here they, wallowing in the torments of cramps and repenting of their sins, asked the saint of God for healing, and through the prayers of the saint, the disease left those of them who touched his tomb with strong faith and strong hope. Such healed ones, joyfully throwing down the sticks at the tomb of the wonderworker, returned home, glorifying God and the Monk Demetrius. When, after the end of the illness, the brethren took out of the temple the sticks left in it by the sick, there were more than a cartload of the latter.
In 1417, the Vyatchans, “separated from the Moscow powers,” attacked Vologda, then not yet protected by walls, and took possession of it; Destroying and plundering the surrounding villages, they came to the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery and began to plunder it. The more arrogant ones were not ashamed to enter even the temple itself, and one of them, tearing off the vestments and shrouds from the holy icons, even touched the saint’s tomb, wanting to remove the cover. But immediately, by the invisible power of God, the blasphemer was thrown onto the church platform. Numb and speechless, he lay among his comrades, amazed by his unexpected and menacing death. When the leaders of the rebel Vyatchans learned about the punishment of God that befell the robber, they felt great fear: they ordered the release of all the monastery prisoners and, without harming anyone else, went home.
But not many of them reached their homeland - most found death on unmaintained and dangerous forest roads. For a long time, the Vyatchans remembered the terrible miracle of the Monk Demetrius: long after their described attack on Vologda, they sent generous alms to the Spaso-Prilutsk monastery with its monk Zacchaeus, who was in their country.
Healings of demoniacs at the tomb of St. Demetrius were especially frequent.
The rumor about the miracles that took place through the prayerful intercession of the saint of God spread far throughout the environs of the Savior-Prilutsk monastery. Near Vologda, in a certain village, there lived a widow named Antonina, who feared God and prayerfully revered the Monk Demetrius. She had no use of her hand and was blind in one eye, which, due to illness, had almost completely protruded from its sockets. Stories about miracles at the saint’s grave sank into her soul. And then one day in a dream she sees some radiant old man who tells her: “If you want to be healthy, go to the Feast of the Savior, touch the tomb of Elder Demetrius - and God will heal you.” She answered: “Sir! I won’t be able to donate anything to the monastery.” The elder said to this: “Get some berries and sell them for silver, which you should sacrifice with faith.”
The woman woke up with fear and joy; Carrying out the elder’s orders, she picked berries, which a passer-by bought from her for silver. When August 1st arrived, many people from the city and surrounding villages gathered, as usual, at the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery for the temple holiday; The aforementioned widow also came among them. Placing a piece of silver on the saint’s tomb, she fell to it with the following prayer: “Oh, Saint Demetrius! You yourself promised to grant me complete healing, now deliver me at least from an eye disease.” And immediately she began to see with her eye; from that same time her hand began to heal. Not believing herself, the woman concealed the miracle that had happened to her in fear and joy, expecting a complete and final healing. She told only one of the monks of the Spaso-Prilutsk monastery about the mercy of God shown over her through the intercession of the Monk Demetrius.
The Galich prince Dimitry Shemyaka, fighting with the Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily Vasilyevich, attacked Vologda in the winter of 1450. Having surrounded it on all sides, he began to approach the city walls itself. The city was sparsely populated and did not even have a governor, so the residents of Vologda were in fear, especially since the besiegers began to plunder and destroy the surrounding area; out of reverence for the Monk Demetrius, Shemyaka did not order to touch only the Savior-Prilutsk monastery. During this time of distress, the holy monk of the Spaso-Prilutsk monastery, Euthymius, was awarded the following vision. Once, after completing the evening rule, he went to bed and had just begun to close his eyes, when suddenly, as if in reality, he saw that a radiant old man, adorned with gray hair and surrounded by an extraordinary radiance, had entered his cell, and said to him: “Let us pray to our Savior Jesus Christ for the city and for people, so that the Lord may have mercy on them, we will help them, because this army will find them without guilt.”
With these words the elder became invisible. During the miraculous vision, Euthymius was filled with great joy, as he recognized the radiant old man as St. Demetrius, and after he left, he woke up. That same night, the monk of the Vologda monastery had the following vision: she imagined that a strong light surrounded the city, and along the road from the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery a radiant old man was walking towards the city; Two light-looking men from Belorizia came out from the chapel at the cemetery for the strange to meet the elder, each of them carrying large logs on their shoulders. The walls of the city shook and seemed about to fall; but the Belorizians and the elder strengthened the walls that were ready to collapse on all four sides. That same night, the same phenomenon occurred during sleep to one layman who was in the Trinity Monastery at the end of the settlement: he saw an elder and two bright Belorizians, who called the elder Dimitri, who strengthened the four sides of the city with supports made of logs, and then disappeared. The next day, the residents of Vologda repelled the attack of Shemyaka, throwing clay balls from the walls at the besiegers. After this unsuccessful attack, after standing near the city for quite a long time, Shemyaka went to Galich.
Two churches burned down one after another in the Spaso-Prilutsk monastery. When the construction of the third temple began, it proceeded very slowly due to the lack of necessary funds; The abbot and the brethren were sad, not knowing where to get wood for the building and bread to feed the workers. During this difficult time for the monastery, one of the monks, who was lying in his cell in the heat due to illness, had the following vision: he imagined that with some of the brethren he was standing in front of the monastery gates, and some radiant old man was carrying from the river to the mountain to the log church. Those standing at the gate said to each other: “Look, Demetrius himself is carrying logs!”
Then the brother woke up. From that time on, the work went much more successfully, and the church was soon rebuilt (in 1542). After its consecration, the same monk had another vision: as if inside the newly created temple, near the walls, there stood monastic elders shining with holiness; Looking at them, the monk thought that Saint Demetrius the Wonderworker should also be here. Suddenly, behind the altar, where the saint’s coffin is located, a voice like thunder was heard: “Are you looking for Demetrius? Now the wonderworker Demetrius is in Kazan.”
At this point the vision stopped, and the monk, waking up, felt completely recovered.
That year, Grand Duke John IV sent his army to Kazan, with which was the icon of St. Demetrius taken from the Prilutsky Monastery. And at the very time when the icon was seen, the Moscow army inflicted significant damage on the Tatars in battle. Upon the return of the army from the campaign, John IV returned with generous alms the icon of the saint to the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery, richly decorating it. On June 3, 1545, the icon was brought to Vologda, and from here it was escorted to the monastery with a religious procession.
Under the Archbishop of Vologda and Veliki Perm Varlaam and the abbot of the Spaso-Prilutsk monastery Pitirim, a dispute arose between the bishop's house and the monastery about the right to own land on the Lezhsky portage and the Velikaya River. To properly demarcate the disputed lands, they decided to use the instructions of one of the local old-timers. By mutual agreement, the archbishop and the abbot entrusted the construction of the boundary line to the elder of the Innocent Monastery, Misail, as a person who had known the area well for a long time. But Misail, caring more about pleasing the archbishop than about the truth, drew the boundary in such a way that a significant part of the land went completely incorrectly from the monastery to the bishop’s house. Pointing out the boundary, Misail walked ahead and wandered into such a forest from which he could not return. The archbishop and the abbot waited for him for a long time, and finally, feeling bad, they sent people to search for the missing counselor. They found him in a deep forest, under one log, barely alive. When Misail was brought to the archbishop, he said the following with tears of repentance: “Forgive me, lord, I sinned before the Monk Demetrius the Wonderworker, I wanted to make friends with you and demarcate the lands near the monastery. When I walked forward for this purpose, suddenly such great darkness enveloped me that I could not see anything in front of me; and a radiant, gray-haired old man appeared to me; having thrown me under the block, he began to beat me with his staff, saying: “Why, monk, are you marking the wrong land?”
The archbishop sent the elder to the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery for repentance and stopped the dispute with the monastery over land holdings, leaving the previous boundary.
In 1609, the Vologda governor wrote to Rostov: “Here, in Vologda, the Monk Demetrius showed his mercy, promised to stand with us against the enemies of the sovereign: he appeared to the spiritual elder at his tomb and ordered his image to be transferred from the tomb to Vologda. The archbishop, the governor, with all the residents of Vologda and non-residents, having met that image with great honor on January 4, with tears and prayer singing, they placed it in the Church of the All-Merciful Savior on Vologda Square. Nowadays this image stands for reassurance and worship to all Christians. They say that this image of St. Demetrius was painted by St. Dionysius of Glushitsky. In Vologda they want to build a temple in the name of St. Demetrius on the square. With firm trust in the All-Merciful Savior and the Most Pure Mother of God, in St. Demetrius and all the saints, we decided to boldly stand against the enemies of the sovereign and all Orthodox Christianity.”
The temple to St. Demetrius was indeed soon erected on the square, opposite the zemstvo chamber.
The relics of St. Demetrius rest hidden in an arch among the lower church dedicated to his name. Above them is a wooden tomb, lined with gilded copper sheets; On the tomb lies an image of the monk, painted in full size, in a silver robe. Opposite the tomb, at the feet of the ascetic, in a glass cabinet hang his chains. Of the other things belonging to the monk, the following have been preserved in the monastery: a wooden eight-pointed cross, made by the monk with his own hands and erected on the site chosen for the construction of the Savior-Prilutsk monastery; This cross, three arshins high, two arshins and a quarter in diameter, is located in a stone chapel near the well dug by the monk; another cross, called the Cilician cross, brought by the monk from Pereyaslavl; cell image of the Mother of God “Passionate”; a phelonion made of blue silk with red flowers and a shoulder made of various velvets, on a dyed lining - a gift to the Venerable Grand Duke Dimitri Donskoy; a black wooden crutch with an iron tip, wrapped in red velvet and gold lace; wooden rosary with mother-of-pearl inlay.
Local celebration of St. Demetrius in the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery was established, probably, in 1409, when miracles began to happen at his tomb. By the end of the 15th century, the celebration of the saint had become not only diocesan, but also all-Russian.
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The name of St. Demetrius of Prilutsky, the miracle worker, has not been preserved in the world, as well as the exact date of birth; it is taken to be the beginning of the 14th century. It is known that he came from a wealthy merchant family of the Pokropaevs, who lived, according to some sources, in ancient Pereslavl-Zalessky, according to others, in the village of Veslevo, Pereslavl district, Yaroslavl province. It is also known that from childhood the boy did not participate in children's games, did not waste time on entertainment, which his peers were interested in. Obviously, the Pokropaev family of merchants was distinguished by special piety, which affected his upbringing: barely able to read and write, he began reading books pleasing to God early, he especially loved the works of John Chrysostom, and loved God with all his soul, deciding that he would devote his life to serving Him.Therefore, as a young boy, Saint Demetrius came to the Pereslavl, otherwise Goritsky, Monastery of the Holy Mother of God. Here he spent the first years of novice service and very soon became a model of humility, chastity, and fasting life, such that everyone was only amazed at his asceticism.
Having taken monastic vows, he founded the Nikolsky cenobitic monastery in Pereslavl, on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo, which began with a church erected and consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. God vouchsafed the monk in 1354 to meet with another spiritual luminary of the Russian land - St. Sergius of Radonezh, when he came to Pereslavl to see Bishop Athanasius. Obviously, in conversations with him in the monastery of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity, the famous Trinity-Sergius Lavra, he learned about the organization of a monastic community, on which the Monk Sergius worked a lot, then he thought about how best to implement the received spiritual knowledge in his monastery, in the monastic life of its brethren. Soon news about Abbot Demetrius and his spiritual virtues spread throughout Orthodox Rus'. The rumor about him was so commendable that Grand Duke Dimitri Donskoy wished to see him as his successor - the godfather of one of his sons.
The Lord rewarded the monk with another quality - an external one, which a worldly person would consider a virtue, but for a monk, especially since he kept his lifestyle to extreme severity, it became a real test. Those who met him when he lived in the world claimed that the Monk Demetrius was extremely handsome; they said about him that he was beautiful. However, the monk himself was burdened by his appearance, considered it only an obstacle in the acquisition of virtue, and therefore increased the labors of abstinence, the severity of fasting and the zeal of prayer, but because of this, spiritual beauty shone in him even more, increasing the miracle of physical beauty. To prevent external beauty from becoming a possible temptation, according to monastic custom, he always covered his face with a doll, whether he was in church or in a cell. He rarely talked with worldly men and avoided conversations with women, except those who especially needed the saving conversation of the shepherd.
Probably, this was not the main reason, the main reason was still the influence of the wise speeches of the Monk Sergius of Radonezh, but it contributed to the fact that, having taken the disciple Pachomius, the Monk Demetrius retired to the north, where in the remote Vologda forests of the Avnezh district he built a temple on the banks of the Velikaya River in honor of the Resurrection of Christ. The monk wanted to found a monastery around the temple, but the local residents spared their lands for this godly purpose, and the monk Demetrius and his disciple went to look for another place to realize their pious plan.
They almost reached Vologda, where the Monk Demetrius chose another place to found the monastery: near the city, in a bend of the river - “Prilutsky”, that is, at the river bow. Vologda residents and residents of the surrounding area, on the contrary, happily decided to give up part of the land for the monastery. So in the Russian North, at the bow of the Vologda River, around the wooden Spassky Cathedral, built in 1371, the Spaso-Prilutsky monastery, the first for these places, a male cenobitic monastery arose. Future inhabitants began to flow here, among them there were many who followed the monk from Pereslavl, from the Pereslavl monastery he founded. And here, too, when organizing monastic life, he was guided by the instructions of St. Sergius, who for the Russian Orthodox Church is one of the founders of the rules of monastic community, which determined life according to the strictest image, where the main requirements for monastics were tireless prayer and asceticism in everything. First of all, the Reverend Abbot Demetrius was demanding of himself: he worked in the monastery at various jobs together with the brethren, without any concessions that he could afford as an abbot. In food, even on holidays, when the monks were allowed fish and wine, he continued, as always, to eat only prosphora diluted in warm water. From year to year, in winter and summer, he wore a single old sheepskin sheepskin coat, which did not protect him from the cold in the cold, and in the summer heat it was unbearably hot, but the monk believed that such patience was nothing compared to the suffering of Christ on cross.
Strictness in him was wonderfully combined with mercy and love for everyone who came to the monastery, which, by its location, was at the crossroads of many roads. Here the beggar and the hungry were always fed and received help from the abbot; he talked with wanderers who came for advice, and consoled the mourners. It happened that he paid debts for debtors, but if someone owed him, that is, the monastery, he forgave the debts, forgetting about them. If someone brought donations to the monastery, then the venerable abbot thanked for virtuous contributions, but accepted them only after examining whether they would become a loss to the donor’s neighbors. When he saw that he was at a loss, he ordered him to take it back to the house and first feed the house workers, the beggars and orphans, and bring to the monastery only what was left after these works, and that’s exactly what the monk said, “you will be a true merciful person, and only the Lord God will consider this to be true.”
Holy Abbot Demetrius loved to pray alone and devoted almost all the time remaining from other matters to prayer. For all his deeds, for his great asceticism, the diligent acquisition of the Holy Spirit through prayer, fasting and labors for monastics and laity, for all the wonderful spiritual virtues and wondrous properties of his human soul, the Lord honored St. Demetrius of Prilutsk with the gift of clairvoyance. Here is just one example from his Life, compiled in the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery (published in Vologda, in 1996): “Once the brethren were engaged in church affairs, and he, standing next to him, said with a heartfelt sigh: “We, brethren, We arrange perishable, earthly things, and the blessed Grand Duke Dimitri Ivanovich no longer cares with us about this vain life...” And here the abbot began to ask God for his repose with the righteous. The brethren who happened to be there heard everything and did not understand, did not know what the saint was talking about, they only remembered those words and kept them in their hearts. And a few days later, news came from the reigning city of Moscow that Grand Duke Demetrius had reposed on the very day when the saint foretold that he “no longer cares with us about this vain life...” And at that very hour the brethren remembered the words of the blessed one who had prayed about all this to God.”
Having spent his long life like this, the holy abbot fell into weakness and, having heard in prayer a prophecy about his imminent death, he informed the brethren about this, bequeathing the hegumen's staff to his faithful Pachomius. According to legend, they learned about his death in the monastery when one of the monks, standing in prayer, smelled incense, the fragrance of which enveloped the entire monastery. Everyone went to see where it was coming from, and found the source of the divine aroma - it was the abbot’s cell. The monks entered the cell and saw that their dear abbot had passed away, as if he had fallen asleep, a fragrance reigned in the cell, and a cloud of light was shining around his body.
On February 11, 1406, with tears and prayers, the holy Venerable Demetrius, the first abbot of the Spaso-Prilutsky Dimitriev diocesan monastery he founded, was buried at the southern wall of the wooden Spassky Church. There are discrepancies in the date of his death in chronology; the year we have is indicated according to the latest information taken from the Orthodox Encyclopedia, the article “Demetrius of Prilutsky”, where it is determined based on the date of the first posthumous miracle of the reverend abbot. The veneration of St. Demetrius of Prilutsky spread everywhere in the 15th century, at the end of which the icon painter Dionysius created his hagiographic icon.
The honorable relics of St. Demetrius of Prilutsky, as well as his abbot’s staff, are now kept in Vologda, in the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery, and from them many miracles occurred and are occurring, of which there is documentary evidence. Mostly these were deliverances from grave mental illnesses that caused great sorrow to the sufferers themselves and to everyone around them, including from the disease of drunkenness. He himself appeared to some sick people in a vision, others were brought by force to the coffin, bowed before him, applied, and healing occurred instantly.
Also, the venerable abbot repeatedly showed his patronage of Vologda, as was the case during the attack of the Moscow prince Dmitry Yuryevich Shemyaka, one of the main participants in the Civil War of the 2nd quarter of the 15th century, with a great army that repeatedly shed the blood of Russian Christians on the side of their opponents, guided only by their political ambitions. He was condemned by both the great princes and the Moscow metropolitans; he repented, but then continued his reckless military actions towards God and Orthodox Christians. He took advantage of the absence of the governor and his army in the city, and the townspeople found themselves defenseless, but the monastery, located outside the walls of Vologda, miraculously turned out to be untouched.
At night, while standing in prayer, Hieromonk Euthymius easily dozed off from fatigue, and half asleep he saw an elder, illuminated by light, who said to him: “Let us pray, brother, to our Savior Jesus Christ for the city and its innocent inhabitants, may the Lord have mercy on them and help them.” . Having woken up, Euthymy realized that he had seen the holy abbot Demetrius himself, and joyfully began to pray fervently. That same night, one nun saw an elder walking from the Prilutsk monastery, and a light suddenly shone over the whole of Vologda. From the side of the churchyard, two men in snow-white robes came out to him, holding huge logs in their hands. In the same radiance, the strongly shaking walls of the city were visible, which the elder and those two Belorizians strengthened with logs, and as soon as they strengthened them, they immediately disappeared along with the faded radiance. Another witness, who lived in a suburb near the Trinity Monastery, saw in a dream exactly the same vision, but he also heard the Belorians calling the elder Dimitri. The next day, the townspeople, whose spirit was strengthened by prayers to the Lord, threw pieces of clay at the armed invaders, and the troops of Prince Shemyaka retreated. The multi-day siege did not bring them victory. But the matter did not end there: the troops of the Moscow prince went to Galich, where they were completely defeated - so the Lord turned His wrath on the one who contributed to the ruin of Rus'.
Another well-known miracle, dating back to 1417. A robber entered the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery and wanted to rob the saint’s coffin. As soon as the villain extended his hand to the shrine, an unknown force threw him away, he hit his head and died immediately.
And many other miracles happened through prayers to St. Demetrius of Prilutsky, and now he helps everyone who comes to him and to his tomb for help, support, advice, when through prayers he suddenly finds the answer to the most difficult question, a way out of the most confusing and controversial situation.
Meaning of the icon
The very first, miraculous image of St. Demetrius of Prilutsk was lost to us, just as its description has not been preserved. However, the holy hagiographic icon with 16 marks depicting events from the life and miracles of the holy hegumen Demetrius, in honor of which the summer holiday of the Presentation of Her was established (“presentation” is an ancient “meeting”, more details in the section “When the icon of a saint is celebrated”), the work of an icon painter Dionisia resides in Vologda. Of course, Dionysius was well acquainted with the life of the saint, and this icon contains a wonderful property: it radiates with the same reverence and love with which its ancient genius artist was full. About such icons and our attitude towards them, Saint Philaret of Moscow in his “Creations” said: “Sometimes an icon, more than another, can receive a Blessing and the quality of miracles if it was written and prayerfully used by a person filled with piety and grace.”
Icon painter Marina Filippova paints her icon according to Dionysius’ list: the high brow of a sage, regular facial features. The face is framed by white hair from old age, the hair is also white, but, as eyewitnesses describe the face of the saint, not quite, with dark strands. The icon shines with pure colors, mainly scarlet and heavenly tones. Based on the biography of the great ascetic, on his robe under his cloak is inscribed the image of the Honorable and Life-Giving Cross in a form that indicates the schematic, extremely ascetic way of life of the saint. Therefore, the ornament of the pre-personal one is relatively simple, but on the Kuznetsov icon of St. Demetrius of Prilutsky the wondrous radiance is again reflected, which was spoken about by everyone to whom the wonderful old man appeared in visions throughout the five centuries that passed from the hour of his repose, accompanied by wondrous phenomena of incense fragrance and Divine light, indicating his lifetime holiness.
This most venerable and God-bearing father, our Di-mitriy, was born in our country in the city of Perey-slav-le at the blessing -che-sti-vyh ro-di-te-ley. He was baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and was taught divine books from childhood. He was superior in intelligence and humble wisdom to many of his peers. In many of his habits he improved. In particular, he did not like to accept honors from servants, but he always had humility and wisdom in his heart -lyed about the future century, about God's judgment, about rewarding every person according to his deeds, O King -ness of Heaven, joy of the righteous and heavenly bliss. Having received from the books of the Old and New Testaments the idea that everything in this world will soon pass, the saint left this world, filled with the fear of God and became a mo-na-home in Gorits-kom mo-na-sta-re Most Holy Bo -go-ro-di-tsy in the same city of Perey-slav-le. He worked a lot on the acquisition of goodness, namely the spirit of sobriety, mo -you, pure-hearted, have deep humility and love for all people, and his work has become a source of spa-si- bodily fruits, since he was busy doing nothing for the Lord's commands both day and night. He was whole-wise and with a pure heart, striving for God, that is, he lived like An-ge-lu. The blessed one strives to know what the Angels contemplate and what is accessible only to those who love God. And him for his kindness to love and foreigners, and simple people. Then God enabled him to accept the gift of the priesthood and to be a mentor and teach to the people that he fulfilled as he did -nya-is a good warrior who pleases his lord. At that time, our holy father Sergius established a monastery of the Holy Trinity near Ra-do-nezh and according to the will of God. She was introduced to the community regulations there. Saint Demetrius had the custom of often meeting with Saint Sergius and conversing with him in Christ about how to manage my -we are standing in order to bring His chosen ones to God. These saints are pleasing to you, dear to us from our fathers, but you are miraculous. creator, God truly illuminated the Russian land. Then the blessed Demetrius built a church in the name of St. Nicholas the Chu-do-creator and a monastery near Lake -ra and the city of Pe-re-yaslav-la and was its abbot. Mo-na-hi and no mo-na-hi came to him to heal his soul and to stay with him. He taught them with sme-re-ni-em and sheared them into the holy foreign rank, bringing together a hundred sheep of Christ in such a way -exit The blessed one introduced a community charter into the monastery and himself was a model for sub-region for everyone. The brotherhood seemed to him with love as an An-ge-lu of God, as a true figure, and as a ho-hum -yes, before God, you are the Kingdom of Heaven for them. Then the blessed Di-mitriy moved away from there to Vo-log-du. There he created the Church of the All-Mi-lo-Savior for the consecration of the Water (in honor of the celebration of the Holy of the Living Trees of the Living Cross of the Lord, when the Church sanctifies the water; this mo -on the monastery of St. Di-mitriy stood in the iz-lu-chin, or lu-ke, river of Vo-log-dy - Spas-sky Pri-lutsk mon-on-styr ). The saint gathered a large brotherhood at this place and also gave a community charter. It’s good to see these hundred sheep before Christ, our reverend father Demetrius came to the Lord in 1392 February 11th (February 24th according to the new style).
See also: "" in the text of St. Di-mit-ria of Ro-stov.
From above, O Reverend,/ you received spiritual grace,/ and from Him you were known, O blessed one,/ For this reason, you also knew in spirit that you are the best of Him,/ the future as a stay,/ and having experienced fasting in their abodes./ And now with The angels rejoiced, / Praying for the salvation of everyone for us, Saint Demetrius, let us all cry out: / Glory to Him who gave you strength, / glory to Him who crowned you, / / glory to Him who works healing for you all.
Translation: From above, you received spiritual things from God, and from Him you were known (), blessed one, for His sake you also spiritually knew His best, the life of the Future Age, having experienced yourself in fasting in your abodes. And now, rejoicing with the angels, pray to the Savior of us all, Saint Demetrius, and we all cry out to you: “Glory to Him who gave you strength, glory to Him who crowned you, glory to Him who gives healing to everyone through you.”
Rise today like the sun, / the most honorable image of your sacred likeness, / more than the sun, illuminating everyone with the rays of your miracles, / creating the darkness of demons without a trace, / which I joyfully saw, / the spirit The beautiful faces are composed,/ we cry out to you unceasingly:/ Demetrius, our father, Pray to the Savior of all/ to save your city and our country,/ giving salvation to your flock// and great mercy.
Translation: Today, like the sun, the revered image of the icon befitting your holiness shone, illuminating everyone with the rays of your miracles more than the sun, dispelling the darkness of demons, welcoming it with joy, forming a spiritual gathering, we constantly cry out to you: “Dimitri, our father, pray to the Savior of all preserve your city and our country, giving salvation and great mercy to your flock.”
From above, O Reverend, / you have received grace from God, O most glorious Demetrius, / and we strengthen Him with strength, / you have deigned to walk in the Gospel, / from the same place and from Christ you will receive the reward of your labors, all the best Unne,/ Pray to Him// for our souls to be saved.
Translation: You received grace from above from God, reverend, Demetrius, glorified and strengthened by His power, lived according to the Gospel, therefore you received a reward from Christ for your labors, O All-Blessed One. Pray to Him for the salvation of our souls.
From your youth, reverend, you took up your cross, you followed Christ,/ in prayers and forgiveness, in vigils and suffering, your flesh was exhausted./ Moreover, the All-Seeing Eye saw your labors,/ your miracles glorifies and teaches you to call everyone: // Rejoice, reverend Father Demetrius, fertilizer for fasters.
Translation: From your youth, reverend, having taken up your cross, you followed Christ, in prayers and fastings, in a harsh life, exhausting your flesh. Therefore, the All-Seeing Eye, seeing your works, glorified you in miracles and taught everyone to cry out to you: “Rejoice, Venerable Father Demetrius, adornment of the fasting.”
You desired to follow the only Christ in this life/ and having rejected Him with earthly love, having passed over the Heavenly Ones,/ the Angel appeared from the face, relentlessly standing before God,/ and to this day is most holy We joyfully create a holiday in your image, / we accept healing from ailments, we are grateful crying // Rejoice, like Father Demetrius, fertilizer for fasters.
Translation: You wished to follow the only Christ in your life and, having abandoned earthly things with His love, remained with the Heavenly, having settled in the assembly of angels, you relentlessly stand before God, and therefore now, celebrating the meeting of your most holy icon, we receive healing from illnesses, gratefully crying out: “Rejoice , Rev. Father Demetrius, adornment of fasting people.”
With the rod, Saint Demetrius, given to you by God,/ you have preserved your people in the pastures of the life-giving law,/ you have crushed the invisible vacillation of the beast under your nose, those who sing, // like you are in troubles Pla of the representative of the imama.
Translation: With the rod, Saint Demetrius, given to you by God, you have preserved your people in life-giving pastures, but you have crushed the insolence of the invisible beast (the devil) under the feet of those who praise you, since in troubles you are our ardent defender.
Oh, sacred head, wonderful miracle worker, God-bearing Father Demetrius! As we earnestly fall to you, we pray: show us, the humble and sinners, your powerful intercession. Behold, it is a sin for our sakes, the imams do not have the boldness to ask the Lord for His gifts that are beneficial to us, but to you, a prayer book favorable to Him, we offer and ask: ask us from His goodness for all that is for the benefit of souls and to our bodies: faith, truth, hope beyond doubt , unfeigned love, courage in temptation, patience in suffering, constancy in prayer, prosperity in piety, longed-for health, fruitful lands, goodness in the air, seasonable rains , contentment for the needs of life, peace in our days and blessings from above on all our good deeds. Do not forget, miracle-working saint, to mercifully visit your monastery, the cities and villages of our Orthodox country, preserving and observing them with your prayers from all evil. Remember all those who have faith and love for you and who call on your name in prayer, and graciously fulfill their requests in goodness, overshadowing them with your patristic blessing from above. To her, Holiness of God, do not deprive us sinners of your many-powerful intercession, but grant us a good end to our lives and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Let us sing and glorify our wondrous God in our saints, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Chosen wonderworker and great servant of Christ, Reverend Our Father Demetrius, friend and interlocutor of the friend of God, Reverend Sergius, and ever-present intercessor of your fatherland, accept from us with love the singing of praise brought to you and, as you have boldness towards the Lord, with your prayers free us from all troubles, let's call you:
Reverend Father Demetrius, you were an angel, even if you were a man by nature: you acquired angelic purity on earth, and your face bloomed with angelic beauty, as if everyone who saw you marveled at your splendor. In the same way, as God’s chosen one, magnificent in soul and body, we please you with these songs:
Rejoice, most honorable offspring of pious parents.
Rejoice, holy vegetation of the city of Pereyaslavl.
Rejoice, spiritual adornment of the Russian country.
Rejoice, zealot for the life of the Gospel according to God.
Rejoice, having loved only Christ with all your soul from the youth of your life.
Rejoice, perishable wealth, and I will buy temporary wealth.
Rejoice, having inflamed your heart with seraphic love for the Lord.
Rejoice, having worthily received the gifts of the Holy Spirit into your soul.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
Having seen your parents, reverend father, how your heart was not attached to earthly riches, but how from your youth you preferred to seek the only thing you need, to serve and please Christ with a pure and immaculate life, I was greatly amazed at your good behavior and joyfully sang to God, in to the one who strengthened your youth, a song of gratitude: Alleluia.
Having acquired a God-enlightened mind, you have understood well, Father Demetrius, the path to the highest spiritual perfection indicated by the Savior of the world. Likewise, after the death of your parents, you left a temporary purchase and you squandered all your wealth on the poor, making it easier for yourself to move inviolably in the footsteps of Christ. For this reason, we please you with these blasphemous words:
Rejoice, ascetic of God, not deceived by the beauty of the world.
Rejoice, having loved free poverty for Christ's sake.
Rejoice, you who have distributed much wealth to the lesser brothers of Christ.
Rejoice, poor and wretched one who is satisfied with your wealth.
Rejoice, you who clothed the naked and nourished the smooth.
Rejoice, former father and benefactor to widows and orphans.
Rejoice, you who diligently desired to bear the cross of Christ.
Rejoice, you who implanted the humility of Christ into your soul.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
Spiritual power from above was granted to you by the Lord, Reverend Father, when in tonsure you took on the angelic form of an angel and you completely put aside all carnal wisdom, as if you were truly a follower of Christ, for you only ever looked at Christ with the intelligent eyes of your soul and you had His holy commandments taken away. before you, like a guiding lamp, call to Him with warm love: Alleluia.
Having concern for the salvation of your soul, you desired silence, reverend father, and in a place of thieves and deserts near the city of Pereyaslavl you settled, working alone for the one Christ in fasting and prayers: otherwise, do not hide your reverend life from your fellow citizens who come to you, I asked for prayers and blessings from you, I wanted to be instructed in salvation from you, I wanted to live with you under your spiritual guidance: you did not drive away those who came to you, but you served the salvation of human souls, remembering the hedgehog, crying out in praise to you:
Rejoice, teacher of piety, teaching everyone by the example of your life.
Rejoice, teacher of divine wisdom, teaching your disciples salvation through your divinely inspired words.
Rejoice, the rule of monasticism pleasing to God is well known.
Rejoice, you who lead the narrow path to the Kingdom of Heaven, an unflattering signpost.
Rejoice, faithful fulfiller of the Gospel commandments.
Rejoice, unshakable pillar of Orthodoxy.
Rejoice, thou who has created and taught, and who has been named great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Rejoice, having served with zeal for the salvation of many human souls.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
The stormy turbulence of the sea of life, you swam comfortably, all-blessed father, and reached the quiet refuge of the desert. In it, you rewarded the monastery with a monk in the name of the saint and wonderworker Nicholas, and you yourself were honored with the sanctification of the priest, the godly-wise abbot of your monastery, meekly shepherding the verbal sheep entrusted to you by God and silently singing with them a song of praise to the Most Holy Trinity: Alleluia.
Hearing about the wondrous beauty of your face, Father Dimitri, one of the famous noblewomen of the city of Pereyaslavl wanted to enjoy seeing you and for this reason she came to your cell, peering into the window, seeing you standing in prayer and bathed in heavenly light, while she herself was weakened with her whole body. and fell as if dead, lying on the ground. But you, obeying the request of your brethren, through your prayer you healed and taught, so that others may be wise and not look at alien beauty, and we, honoring such purity of your soul, cry out to you:
Rejoice, lamp of God's grace, shining brightly with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, illuminated by heavenly light while still on earth.
Rejoice, for by the light of your face you have shown the great lordship of your soul.
Rejoice, through this light you made your immodest and chaste wife.
Rejoice, you who taught me good with your spiritual words.
Rejoice, glory of virginity and purity, who has flourished on earth.
Rejoice, thou who hide the beauty of thy face with the veil of a monastic doll from the unclean views of men.
Rejoice, you who have kept yourself dangerously from temptation.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
The God-bright luminary, Father Demetrius, was the great lamp of the Radonezh desert, the God-bearing Sergius, who visited you in the unknown and thieves of the desert, living in his deeds: you received him with love in Christ and through spiritual conversation with him you were comforted, and from that time on you were a close friend and a companion to him. you have become, now together with him you stand before the heavenly throne of the Triune God and eat sweets to Him: Alleluia.
Having seen you, Reverend Father Demetrius, to the God-bearing Father Sergius, who acquired great love for Christ, walked to him for a spiritual conversation from your desert and with him performed all-night vigils, with them a torch of candle replaced you, your prayer, like a flame of fire, until reaching the heavens, we are amazed at such a partnership between you and the great saint of God and we call to you:
Rejoice, friend of the saints, close to God.
Rejoice, companion of fasts and interlocutor of St. Sergius.
Rejoice, beloved all-Russian intercessor and prayer book.
Rejoice, having drawn the depth of spiritual wisdom from the lips of Sergius.
Rejoice, you who have acquired great love in Christ for him.
Rejoice, thou who has ascended to the heights of spiritual perfection.
Rejoice, having penetrated into the depths of the saint’s humility.
Rejoice, heavenly man, jealous of the incorporeal in the flesh.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
Having come to know you as a kindly preacher, Father Demetrius, the blessed Grand Duke Demetrius loved you dearly and created for yourself a spiritual father, and chose you as the recipient of holy baptism from his sons, so that you would become a constant mentor and prayer book to him from the beginning: but you, reverend, were not so proud the love of the Grand Duke of Russia for you, but you succeeded even more in holy humility, calling to the Master God who glorified you: Alleluia.
The shining of your virtues is a great light throughout the entire Russian country, Reverend Father Demetrius, and many people come to you from afar to enjoy your God-inspired teachings: for your mouth is full of sweet spiritual teachings, and your tongue is like the reed of a scribe who has written the words of life on the hearts of men. eternal. In the same way, as a compassionate teacher and an effective motivator of repentance, we praise you according to your heritage:
Rejoice, well-skilled physician of mental ailments.
Rejoice, you who awakened the sleeping conscience to repentance.
Rejoice, you who soften the hardened heart to correct it.
Rejoice, faithful leader to the salvation of monks and laity.
Rejoice, spiritual image of meekness.
Rejoice, impartial herald of God's truth.
Rejoice, mighty ones of the world, who have neglected the truth, unafraid of the accuser.
Rejoice, powerful intercessor of the offended and persecuted.
You had a zealous desire, reverend father, to work for God without restraint in silence, and for this sake, escaping the rumors of people who came to you, you secretly left your monastery and the city of your fatherland and with your disciple Pachomius you retired to the borders of Vologda, into the deserted desert, In it you built a small cell for yourself, and there you remained in desert labors, silently singing the angelic song to Christ God: Alleluia.
A new monastic monastery, conceived in the desert, having seen the surrounding inhabitants with rudeness of disposition, they are angry with you, reverend father, and reproach you, as if you had settled on their land. But you, according to the Gospel of Christ, without giving way to anger, you departed from that desert and approached the city of Vologda, desiring to settle in its outskirts on Prilutsekh, and let us honor you as the father and leader of the Vologda monks, and we cry out to you in song:
Rejoice, desert-loving turtledove, who flew away from the noise of the world into the serenity of the desert.
Rejoice, kindly dove, not wounded by the anger of foolish people.
Rejoice, wise wanderer, seeking the mountainous fatherland.
Rejoice, you who wear thin and multi-stitched garments.
Rejoice, you who surrounded your body with chains of iron.
Rejoice, the cross of Christ, like an invincible weapon, a companion for yourself.
Rejoice, you always have the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos with you, like a wall of enclosure.
Rejoice, thou who graciously bears fruit in the barren desert.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
You were a wanderer and stranger in the city of Vologda, the Reverend Our Father Demetrius, now his constant representative and intercessor, having seen this city, adorned with holy churches, you loved it, and at the begging of its inhabitants on Prilutsekh in the outskirts of the city you found a secluded place, on it You moved in, and having made the honorable cross with your hands, you set it up, establishing the beginning of the monastery of the Savior and ever chanting to the King of glory, Christ, crucified on the cross: Alleluia.
Having been completely in God, blessed father, you did not care about temporary things, and you created your abode on Prilutsekh not only with wealth, but with your tears and prayerful deeds, trusting entirely in the Savior Christ, as He Himself nourishes you with your brethren: and so it was according to your faith and prayer: you were deprived of nothing, but you abounded in all that was needed by the wondrous Providence of God. For this we praise you and cry out to you:
Rejoice, you who came to the city of Vologda with a wandering staff.
Rejoice, in him you have found your second fatherland.
Rejoice, beloved of Christ, who is strong in his love.
Rejoice, you who built the monastery of Spasov in his outskirts.
Rejoice, you who have glorified these exploits by your deeds.
Rejoice, as a loving father, prayerfully edifying your spiritual children.
Rejoice, wondrous prophet, the future as the present, the seer.
Rejoice, merciless healer, who healed the sick through your prayer.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
All the heavenly angels and holy faces met you joyfully, Reverend Father Demetrius, when your holy soul, liberated from the bondage of the flesh by the venerable death, ascended to the abode of heaven: and the Creator of angels and the Holy of Holies Himself, Christ the Lord, beloved by you from your youth, crowned you with a crown incorruptible glory and count among the saints, who sing a song of praise and praise to Him: Alleluia.
The wealth of human blessings does not suffice for the worthy glorification of your many deeds, Reverend Our Father Demetrius, with them your holy life, like flowers, is beautifully adorned and spiritually fragrant, from your early youth to your venerable old age, you unflaggingly pleased God and His holy will You have always worked, for the sake of your righteous death, as if you received a crown from your deeds from the Lord, and the sweet fragrance from your relics abiy after your death expired, your whole monastery was fragrant: with the same we, glorifying your repose, we call you here:
Rejoice, great servant of God, who has gone from earth to the heavenly abode.
Rejoice, air scented by the ascension of your holy soul to the villages above.
Rejoice, having sanctified your monastery with your multi-healing relics.
Rejoice, for your soul is kept in the hand of God forever.
Rejoice, for neither sorrow nor illness will touch you.
Rejoice, for your holy relics exude healing with grace to the faithful.
Rejoice, for you have asked from the Lord power over unclean spirits.
Rejoice, for through your intercession you free people from the evil of their violence.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
You beseech the Savior Christ for your city and your people, Reverend Wonderworker Demetrius, for you showed this to reality in the days of the military siege of Vologda, appearing as one of the most pious nuns, with two bright Belorizians, going around the walls of the city and strengthening them, so that they would remain unshakable from the attack of hostile armies, even Soon, with the cold, retreat from the city, it is not possible to defeat it, but the people glorified and sang to God: Alleluia.
You were a faithful servant and saint of the Heavenly Lord Jesus, Reverend Father Demetrius, and having received great grace from Him, you helped the earthly king, the blessed Grand Duke John, to defeat the kingdom of Kazan, appearing among the Russian regiments and defeating the wicked Hagarians with heavenly help and soon taking the capital their city is Kazan. Remembering this appearance of yours, we gratefully call to you:
Rejoice, holy one of God, dwell with the holy, and beseech God for sinners.
Rejoice, servant of Christ, mercifully approaching the earthly heights from the heights.
Rejoice, you have preserved your love for your earthly fatherland even after death.
Rejoice, your help to the holy country of Russia has been miraculously revealed.
Rejoice, for the archangel of Russia defeated the Hagarians.
Rejoice, you wonderfully helped them take the city of Kazan.
Rejoice, your city Vologda having been delivered from numerous military attacks.
Rejoice, full of compassion and rich in mercy.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
Mercifully accept our prayer song, O saint of God, Reverend Father Demetrius, and grant us your healing bounties for our ills: you are a wealthy and forgiving doctor, ever ready to help us and heal our ailments with the grace given to you by the Lord. Glorifying from a grateful soul, we cry out to God who benefits us: Alleluia.
With the bright rays of your miracles, you graciously enlighten, holy wonderworker Demetrius, not only your city and your monastery, but also the entire Russian country. In it, as a great saint of God, he diligently glorifies the faithful, graciously granting your healing bounties to those near and far, and we all joyfully cry out to you:
Rejoice, our great all-Russian intercessor.
Rejoice, angelic man.
Rejoice, morning star, driving away the darkness of wickedness.
Rejoice, you have taken away the invincible from enemies visible and invisible.
Rejoice, hasten those who pray to you to help.
Rejoice, quench the fiery invocation of your name.
Rejoice, quick helper to the helpless.
Rejoice, multi-healing source of God's grace.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
You bestowed grace on the sacramental image of your face to your people as a blessing and consolation, Reverend Father Demetrius, and from Him you performed many miracles, as a glorious miracle worker. With the same faith and love we worship your icon, our holy representative, and, magnifying Christ the Lord who magnified you, we call him in praise: Alleluia.
Singing your many miracles and your great compassion for the people of your kindred, blessed Demetrius, we kindly ask you, our heavenly intercessor: bring your heartfelt prayers to the Lord for us and ask us for a good and shameless end to life, so that with your holy help we will inherit eternal salvation and together with you we will dwell there, where the light of the face of God shines and all the righteous have rejoiced since the ages. For this we pray and call you:
Rejoice, overshadowed by the favor of the Most Holy Trinity.
Rejoice, you who have been honored with the sight of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Rejoice, thou who followed the Lamb of God to earth.
Rejoice, stand before Him in heaven with virgin faces.
Rejoice, worship the Creator with God's chosen ones.
Rejoice, you who have acquired boldness in prayer to the Heavenly Father.
Rejoice, people rejoice in him and glorify God.
Rejoice, grace-filled healing for our souls and bodies.
Rejoice, Demetrius, great miracle worker.
O great miracle worker and quick helper in troubles, Reverend Father Demetrius! We pray to you and ask you with faith and love: graciously accept this small song of praise, brought to you from our zeal, and beg the Lord God on the day of the Last Judgment to have mercy on us and deliver us from eternal condemnation, so that we may be worthy of the blessed part of those standing at His right hand and joyfully sing to Him : Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
O sacred head, wonderful miracle worker, God-bearing Father Demetrius! Diligently falling to you, we pray: show us, humble and sinners, your powerful intercession. Because it is a sin for our sake, the imams do not have the boldness to ask the Lord for His gifts that are beneficial to us, but we offer and ask you, a prayer book favorable to Him: ask us from His goodness for everything that is for the benefit of our souls and bodies: faith, truth, undoubted hope , unfeigned love, courage in temptation, patience in suffering, constancy in prayer, prosperity in piety, longed-for health, fruitfulness of the earth, goodness of the air, well-timed rains, contentment for everyday needs, peace in our days and blessings from above for all our good deeds. Do not forget, miracle-working saint, to graciously visit your monastery, the cities and towns of our Orthodox country, preserving and protecting them with your prayers from all evil. Remember all those who have faith and love for you and call on your name in prayer, and graciously fulfill their good requests, overshadowing them with your patristic blessing from above. To her, Holy One of God, do not deprive us sinners of your powerful intercession, but grant us the gift of achieving a good end to our lives and inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven. Let us sing and glorify our wondrous God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
DIMITRY PRILUTSKY
The life of St. Demetrius, the founder of the Spaso-Prilutsk Vologda Monastery and the Vologda wonderworker, is told in his Life, compiled in the second half of the 15th century by the Prilutsk abbot Macarius, mainly based on the stories of St. Demetrius’ disciple Pachomius.
Dimitri was born at the beginning of the 14th century in the city of Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, into a wealthy merchant family. (Local Pereyaslavl legend calls the village in which the saint was born Veslevo, as well as the family nickname of his parents - Pokropaevs.) As a child, he learned to read and write and fell in love with reading the Holy Books. His father's trading affairs were of little interest to him; he thought more about heavenly things, thinking about entering the “straight and sorrowful path” of monastic life. As a young man, he leaves his father's house and takes monastic vows at the Pereyaslavl Goritsky Monastery. Here he spends some time and is awarded the priesthood, that is, he becomes a hieromonk.
Soon after this, Dimitri decides to leave the Goritsky monastery and found his own. He moves “to the swamp” - that was the name of a damp swampy place on the outskirts of Pereyaslavl, one mile from Lake Pleshcheevo. Here the monk erects a temple in the name of St. Nicholas of Myra and founds a monastery with it, of which he becomes abbot.
Soon the monastery gains fame. The Life tells that laymen who want to take tonsure from his hand, as well as monks from other monasteries, come to Demetrius. The saint, “like a loving father,” accepts everyone with love. “Reverend Demetrius,” says the author of the Life, “was gifted with rare beauty, and since he led a “cruel life,” exhausting himself with feats of fasting, prayer and labor, his face shone with a special spirituality that surprised people. Therefore, in order to avoid seduction and temptation, the monk usually covered his face with a monastic doll, even during conversations with male visitors to the monastery; he spoke to women very rarely, when there was an urgent need for a word of edification.” On Sundays and holidays, many townspeople, both men and women, came to the monastery, located within the city limits. And then a certain noble woman, who had heard a lot about the beauty and chastity of the Monk Demetrius, wanted to look at him. For a long time her efforts were unsuccessful. Finally, spurred on by empty curiosity, she crept up to the monk’s cell and looked through the window at the abbot. “The ascetic was preparing for the Divine Liturgy at this time; Noticing the woman’s immodesty, he was upset and looked at her reproachfully. Under the angry gaze of the monk, the woman was seized with such strong horror that she fell to the ground in relaxation, not having the strength to rise. Some of the brethren, barely alive, brought her to the porch of the abbot's cell and strenuously asked the abbot to forgive the offender. Seeing the sincere repentance of the crying woman,” the author of the Life concludes his story, the monk “meekly reproached her” and, teaching that “one should come to the temple not to show off perishable jewelry, but to enlighten the soul with concentrated prayer and alms,” blessed her and granted her forgiveness.
During the time of the abbess of the Monk Demetrius in the St. Nicholas Monastery, his acquaintance and then sincere friendship with the Monk Sergius of Radonezh date back. (It can be assumed that their acquaintance took place in 1354, when Sergius was ordained to the rank of presbyter in Pereyaslavl by Bishop Athanasius.) The Monk Demetrius loved to come to the Monastery of the Life-Giving Trinity to the Monk Sergius for mutual prayer and edifying conversation. Probably, it was under the influence of these conversations that Demetrius introduced a cenobitic rule in his monastery, almost unknown before in the north of Rus'.
The glory of the saint’s ascetic life reached Grand Duke Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy. He invited the elder to Moscow and asked him to be the recipient of the baptism of one of his sons.
Human glory, however, weighed heavily on the monk. He decided to leave his monastery and hometown. Taking only one of his students, Pachomius, Demetrius left Pereyaslavl and went north. Through dense forests, wilds and swamps, the travelers reached the Lezha River, the right tributary of the Sukhona (in the Vologda region). Here, not far from the confluence of the Velikaya River with the Lezha, about 20 versts from Vologda, they built a small church in honor of the Resurrection of Christ; This place seemed convenient to them for solitary service to God. However, the residents of the neighboring village of Avnegi, having learned that monks had settled in their forests and had already built a church, decided to drive them away. “Here,” they reasoned, “a great old man has settled near us, who will soon take possession of both us and our villages.” (Indeed, the practice of monastic development of the northern regions of Russia testified that the northern monasteries, according to princely charters, soon acquired significant land holdings. The lives of many northern Russian ascetics are filled with stories about their clashes with local residents; sometimes these stories even seem to be a kind of stencils, “common places” in hagiographic literature.) A crowd of peasants came to the monk and demanded that he leave their region. “We don’t like your stay here,” they said.
The monk did not argue. Considering their demand as an indication of God's providence, he left the inhospitable shores of Lezha and in the summer of 1371 came with his disciple Pachomius to Vologda. He chose a place for the monastery at the bend (bow) of the Vologda River, about three versts from the city. The land here belonged to two peasants, residents of the nearby village of Prilutskoye, Ilya and Isidor, nicknamed Vypryag. At the request of the monk, they gave him a plot of land suitable for building a monastery. These lands were fields on which the grain had almost grown; but the donors, out of respect for the elder and for the speedy construction of the church, decided not to wait for the harvest. Having built a cross, the Monk Demetrius prayerfully placed it on the site of the future monastery, and then began building the temple. Having learned about the arrival of the “man of God,” the ancient Life testifies, all the inhabitants of the city - “small and great, rich and poor, anticipating each other, hurried to the saint for a blessing.” Many contributed to the construction of the church and monastery: some with money, others with logs or utensils necessary for the monastery. Soon the church was built and consecrated on August 1, 1371 in the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, His Most Pure Mother and in honor of the Life-Giving Cross - celebrations celebrated on this day. (Subsequently, the monastery founded by Demetrius received the name Spaso-Prilutsky.) It was the first monastery in the Vologda land with a strict communal charter.
Monks and laymen seeking tonsure began to flock to the monk: the majority were from Vologda and surrounding villages, but monks also came from the St. Nicholas Pereyaslav Monastery, founded by Demetrius, who learned about the founding of a new monastery by their teacher. When news of this reached Grand Duke Dmitry Ivanovich, he hastened to send a generous donation to the elder he revered.
The life tells about the harsh and truly ascetic life of St. Demetrius. He was the first to work for the benefit of the brethren, and he was the first to pray in church. By his order, in the temple, on the left side of the altar, a special place was built, fenced off with boards; here, unseen by anyone and undistracted by anything, he poured out his soul before God in fervent and fervent prayer. His fast was extremely severe: for weeks the elder went without food, only allowing himself to eat bread and water on holidays. His clothing consisted of one crusty sheepskin coat, so that in winter he suffered from cold and in summer from heat. In addition, the monk wore heavy iron chains on his body (not too common in the practice of Russian saints of that time).
The abbot took care of the wanderers, generously giving them everything they needed. He did not leave those who came to him with spiritual needs with conversation and teaching. Often he left the monastery in order to intercede with the authorities on behalf of the offended and oppressed, and he also protected servants from the violence of their masters. They say that one day he refused to accept food and drink sent to the monastery from one of the regular benefactors of the monastery. “Take this to your house,” he answered him, “and first feed your household, so that they do not languish with hunger and thirst.” (The word household refers primarily to servants.)
They also talk about the elder’s gift of clairvoyance. His brother, who inherited his father’s rich estate, soon went bankrupt and, planning to improve matters, came to the Prilutsk monastery, asking his brother to bless him for a trading trip to the pagan tribes of Ugra and Pechora. The monk blessed him. The trip turned out to be very successful; soon, again with the blessing of the monk, the merchant again set off north. A passion for profit flared up in him, and he came to his brother for the third time, asking for blessings on a trading trip. This time the monk refused him: “That’s enough, brother, you can live with what you have acquired; Don’t go any more, lest you perish from the pagans.” The brother did not heed his admonitions and set off on his journey without a blessing. He never returned back. In the spring of 1389, the monk foresaw the death of Prince Dmitry Donskoy, which happened in Moscow, and told the brethren about it. Only a few days later his words were confirmed by a messenger arriving from the capital.
The great ascetic died on the night of February 11, 1392, having appointed his disciple Pachomius as his successor before his death. His body was buried in the church he built. Soon, miracles and healings began to take place near the tomb: especially many of them took place in 1409, when Vologda was struck by an epidemic of a terrible disease. It was then that a local celebration of the saint was probably established. By the end of the 15th century, the celebration had already become all-Russian.
The Church celebrates the memory of St. Demetrius of Prilutsky on the day of his death, February 11 (24).
LITERATURE:
Selected lives of Russian saints. X–XV centuries M., 1992.
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Venerable Demetrius of Prilutsky born at the beginning of the 14th century into a family of wealthy Pereyaslavl merchants. We don’t know what the child was named at baptism, but we know that the father and mother of the future saint were pious people and began to teach their son to read and write early. The teaching came easily to him, and, while still a very young boy, he was already reading the Gospel and the Psalter. The son's love for the sacred books and his excellent obedience delighted his parents. What upset them was his complete disregard for the trade affairs for which they intended him. In the end, they obviously came to terms with this, but the Monk Demetrius was able to take monastic vows only after their death. He renounced his share of the inheritance in favor of his brother and entered the Goritsky Monastery, whose majestic walls still tower over Pereslavl-Zalessky.
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In 1354, the first meeting of the Monk Demetrius took place with. Until this moment, the ascetics had heard a lot about each other, and when the Radonezh abbot came to Pereyaslavl on business for his monastery, he did not fail to visit the Monk Demetrius. The acquaintance grew into a strong friendship, and more than once the Monk Demetrius went sixty miles from Pereyaslavl to Sergius of Radonezh:
“wishing to be consoled by seeing him and having soulful conversations with him.”
Soon the news of the ascetic life of the Monk Demetrius of Prilutsky reached Moscow, where Dmitry Donskoy reigned at that time. When meeting with the prince, the Monk Demetrius made such a strong impression on him that he gave him “great honors,” placing him on an equal footing with the Monk Sergius, and begged him to become the godfather of his son (presumably the eldest, Vasily).
In 1368, the Monk Demetrius left the St. Nicholas Monastery (now we would call his departure a “flight from popularity”) and went towards Vologda, where three years later he founded the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery, establishing a strict cenobitic rule in it.
The Life says that the Monk Demetrius of Prilutsky was an example for the brethren in everything: he was the first to go to monastic work, exhausted his body with “prayer, fasting (he ate only prosphora and water) and thin vestments (that is, bad clothes)” and tirelessly cared for those entrusted to him. to him the monks, and about everyone who came to the monastery for help. But the abundant alms that he gave in front of the brethren were only the tip of the iceberg. Most of the alms of St. Dimitri served secretly. The fact is that the inhabitants of the monastery from time to time showed dissatisfaction with the crowds of beggars who flocked to the monastery. Like any weak people, they were afraid that “they themselves would not have enough.” And so, the holy abbot tried to do alms secretly, so that by grumbling the brethren “would not destroy their reward,” that is, they would not lose their reward in the Kingdom of Heaven.
During his holy life, the monk acquired from God the gift of clairvoyance. So, in 1389, he, working together with the brethren on some monastery building, suddenly stopped and said:
“We, brothers, are building these earthly, perishable things, and the blessed Grand Duke Dimitri Donskoy no longer cares with us about this vain life.”
The Monk Demetrius of Prilutsky himself ended his earthly journey on the night of February 11 (old style) 1392. At that moment when his soul left his body, the entire cell, and then the entire monastery, was filled with fragrance. It was through him that the brethren learned about the death of their mentor.
The relics of the saint became famous for their miracles from the beginning of the 15th century: in 1409, an epidemic broke out in Vologda, and many received healing from the tomb of the Prilutsk abbot. By the 16th century, all of Rus' already revered Saint Demetrius as a great miracle worker and.
