Solovetsky saints: Saints Herman, Zosima and Savvaty. The life of our venerable father Savvaty of Solovetsky, wonderworker

02.09.2019

“In one of the Belozersky monasteries, called Kirillov, the Savvaty we mentioned stayed,” the life tells. The Monk Savvaty was tonsured at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, from where he went to Valaam, and then became the leader of Solovetsky.

Reverend Savvaty Solovetsky - founder of the Solovetsky monastery and its first beautifier

St. Savvaty, the Solovetsky wonderworker, along with other saints of God - St. Zosima and St. Herman, is considered the founder the greatest shrine– Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya Solovetsky Monastery. Savvaty was looking for a secluded place. His desert-loving soul rejoiced when he learned that in the sea there was an uninhabited Solovetsky Island, located a considerable distance from the shore. Abbot and brethren Valaam Monastery, loving the Reverend, did not want to lose his cohabitation and earnestly asked not to leave them. Savvaty, having lived with them for some more time, could not overcome the secret attraction of his spirit and, having prayed to God, left the monastery at night and headed his way to Solovetsky Island.

How it all began

Having reached the seashore, the Reverend received detailed information from local residents about the purpose of his journey. The island, they told him, is far from the shore, and the path to it through the stormy sea is very dangerous; in a circumference of about a hundred miles and has fish lakes, fresh water, mountains, forests, but is uninhabited precisely because of the inconvenience of communication with the coast; Fishermen occasionally visit it and, having finished their work, leave it again. Such stories ignited Savvaty’s spirit more and more: The monk saw that it was there - on Solovetsky Island - that he would achieve the desired silence and solitude. Understanding the monk’s intention, the coastal residents presented him with the inconveniences of life on a deserted island: “How will you eat and dress there! How will you live so far away from people!” But the elder put all his hope in the Lord. Soon the Providence of God showed him a future roommate on Solovetsky Island. Arriving at the Vyga River, Savvaty found the monk Herman, who lived at the chapel, who confirmed everything the elder had heard from the coastal residents. Then they both agreed to sail to the island, and for this they prepared a boat, food supplies and tools necessary for life in an empty place. Their voyage was calm: the Lord apparently blessed the intentions of the monks. With what joy did they see desert island with what delight they came ashore! About a mile from the shore, they found a place near the lake that seemed convenient to them for living. . Acquiring meager food for themselves through the labors of their hands, they remained in constant prayer and praise to the Lord.

Several years passed in the solitary life of the Reverends on a deserted island. The soul of St. Savvaty found peace and silence here, which it strove for with such firmness and constancy. When Herman sailed to the Onega River to acquire the necessities of life, Fr. Savvaty remained on the island completely alone - in the face of the all-seeing God, who saw his patience, prayerful works, and spiritual deeds. Comforted by the visit of St. angels, the Rev. exercised himself in unceasing contemplation of God, and every day he became more and more mature for eternity.

Anticipating the approach of his death, St. Savvaty wished to receive Holy Communion. Tain, and for this purpose, got into a small boat and swam to the shore. After a two-day voyage, he reached land and headed to the chapel on the Vyga River, where at that time Abbot Nathanael was staying, who had arrived to visit Orthodox Christians. According to the dispensation of God, abbot, while going to see a sick person for Communion, he met the Solovetsky hermit on the way to Vyga- and this meeting brought great joy to both: Savvaty was consoled that he had found what he was looking for, and Nathanael looked with joy at the gray hair and fasting face of the Reverend, about whom he had heard so much.“I ask you, father, said St. Savvaty, take away the sins that I confess to you, with the power given to you from God, and make me worthy of communion of the Holy Mysteries - for a long time now I have been wanting to delight my soul with this Divine food. Feed me with it now. Christ God showed you to me to cleanse the sins I have committed throughout my life - in word, deed and thought." Nathanael answered: “God will forgive you, brother.” And, after a pause, in surprise, he said with tears: “Oh, if only I had your sins, Reverend!” Savvaty continued: “The end of my life has approached, I ask you, immediately grant me Divine Communion.” The abbot suggested that the Reverend go to the chapel and wait there until the morning, until he returned from the sick. “Father,” said Savvaty, “don’t put it off until tomorrow, we don’t know whether we’ll still be alive today, and what will happen next, how do we know?” Nathanael, fulfilling the desire of the Reverend, gave him communion and, kissing him brotherly, asked him to wait in the chapel for his return. The Reverend prayed long and earnestly, thanking God for communion and all His mercies, and then, entering his cell, he began to prepare for his departure from this life.

Death of St. Savvaty

At that time, the Novgorod merchant John, sailing with goods, landed on the shore, near the chapel. He found the Monk Savvaty in his cell, who, having entered into a conversation with the merchant, taught him love of poverty, mercy and other good deeds. John offered the elder some of his estate for his needs, but the Reverend did not want to take anything and said to him: “My son, stay here until the morning - you will see God’s mercy and set off safely.” John did not want to wait for another day, he began to get ready for the road; but suddenly a storm arose, which created a strong disturbance in the river and sea; The merchant, although against his will, spent the night. The next day the wind died down, and John came to his cell to receive a parting blessing from the Monk Savvaty. Having pushed the door several times with prayer, he received no answer, and when he then entered the cell, he saw the Reverend sitting in a monastic robe and a censer standing near him. John said: “Forgive me, servant of God, that I came to you; please give me a blessing so that I can go safely on my way.” But there was no answer. Thinking that the Reverend was sleeping, John approached him, touched him with his hand, and only then did he realize that his holy soul had already soared to the Heavenly Father. At that time, Abbot Nathanael returned from the sick place and, seeing the monk deceased, kissed his honest body with tears. Both of them, Nathanael and John, recalled with surprise how one taught him St. Mysteries on the way, as directed by the Providence of God, and how another - by the same Providence of God - was privileged to hear the dying instructions of the Monk Savvaty.

His death occurred on September 27, 1435. The same abbot Nathanael and the merchant John, having performed the church funeral service for the Reverend, gave his honorable body to burial. The relics of St. Savvaty were transferred to the Solovetsky Monastery under the teaching. Abbot Zosima and laid in the ground behind the altar of the Assumption Cathedral, where they rested until 1566. This year, on August 8, they, along with the relics of the teacher. Zosima, were transferred to the chapel built in the name of these Wonderworkers. At the Moscow cathedral, which was held under Metropolitan Macarius in 1547, it was established, along with other Russian saints, to commemorate the Monk Savvaty on September 27. Currently St. His relics rest in the Zossimo-Savvatievskaya Church, in a richly decorated shrine.

Portraits of Saints Zosima and Sabbatius. Read the article briefly about the history of the Solovetsky Monastery, sources of income, and occupations of the inhabitants. Emelyanov A., Zhukov V. From the depths of centuries. Living Arctic. 1998. No. 2. P.6-7: ill. Bibliography.

The names of the saints of the Solovetsky Monastery, descriptions of whose lives and exploits have practically not been preserved

Solovki and the rest of the World

Solovetsky Saints

The path to becoming a monk

News about the origin of St. Savvaty, his parents, birth and details of his adoption of the monastic image have not been preserved. Rev. Savvaty came to the Kirillo-Beloezersky Monastery in 1396(?), where he possibly took monastic vows. Spending his life in fasting, vigil and prayer, he served as an edifying example for all monks. Obedience to the abbot and the brethren and diligent performance of monastic services gained him respect and love from those who knew him. But, not tolerating human glory, the humble monk planned to retire from the monastery to a secluded place. A rumor reached him that on Lake Nevo (now Ladoga), on the island of Valaam, there is a deserted monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord, in which the monks, acquiring what they need for life through the labors of their hands, are distinguished by the special severity of their exploits. Savvaty asked the abbot and the brethren to let him go where his heart’s desire led him, and having received their blessing, he moved to the Valaam Monastery. But his humble soul did not find peace here either: he soon surpassed everyone with his exploits, and again glory and surprise on the part of his companions were the lot of the virtuous monk. (Quoted from the article: Author unknown. Orthodox Church calendar. 2001. Moscow. www.days.ru. 2001)

Expert opinion

"The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery was founded by the Monk Kirill in 1397. The fact is widely known. And this is an error (In the date of tonsure - 1936. Note Ed.) is not the first time I have encountered it. ...The first lines of the life: “No information has been preserved from which city or village the Monk Savvaty came from, who his parents were and how many years from birth he took on the monastic form. It is only known that in the days All-Russian Metropolitan Photius, the venerable elder Savvaty, labored in the Belozersk monastery of St. Cyril" - that is, in the period of time between 1408 and 1431." ( Alexander Rudenko. From correspondence. Moscow - Toronto. 10/26/2006)

Expulsion of a fisherman's family

The Lord chose Savvaty to indicate with a special sign the future purpose of Solovetsky Island. Legend in the book by Kostomarov N.I.

The coastal residents began to envy the Reverends, considering themselves the hereditary owners of the entire coastal area and islands of the White Sea. And so, according to general advice, one fisherman, with his wife and the whole house, sailed to the island and settled not far from the monks’ cell. The Monks Savvaty and Herman did not interrupt the order of their lives. Once, on Sunday, early in the morning, having finished his cell rule, Fr. Savvaty with a censer left his cell to burn the cross that had been erected upon his arrival on the island, and heard a loud cry as if from a person being beaten. In horror, thinking that this was a dream, the Reverend returned to his cell and told his roommate about the scream he had heard. Herman, leaving his cell, also heard moans and screams and, having reached the place from where they were heard, found a woman in tears, who told him the following: “When I was going to the lake to my husband, two bright young men met me; they grabbed me and They beat me with rods, saying: leave this place; you cannot live here, because, by the will of God, it is intended for the residence of monks. After this, the young men became invisible.” Herman, returning to his cell, conveyed to Savvaty everything he had heard from the woman, and both glorified God. Meanwhile, the fisherman, frightened by the vision, took his wife and his property and sailed back to the village where he had previously lived. From that time on, none of the worldly people dared to settle on the island.

ZOSIMA AND SAVATY SOLOVETSKY

Surprisingly: these two people never met each other, but nevertheless in the memory of Russian people and in church tradition the names Venerable Zosima and Savvatiya are forever connected with each other. The church also honors the third of the founders of the famous Solovetsky Monastery - St. Herman of Solovetsky.

The Monk Savvaty of Solovetsky was a monk of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. We know nothing about his previous life: it is unknown who he was, where he came to the monastery of St. Kirill of Belozersky, or where he took monastic vows. It is unknown when exactly he appeared in the Belozersky Monastery. The life of the saint reports that he labored in the monastery “in the days of the pious Prince Vasily Vasilyevich,” that is, Vasily the Dark, therefore, after 1425 (the beginning of the reign of Vasily II). Sometimes called more the exact date: 1436 However, it should immediately be noted that the chronological guidelines contained in the Lives of the Monks Zosima and Savvatius are very vague and largely contradictory.

The life of Savvaty tells about the beginning of the saint’s exploits: “Having heard that in the Novgorod region there is Lake Nevo (that is, Ladoga), and on it an island called Valaam, where there is a monastery in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the monks of which are in strict labors , day and night, pleasing God and feeding on the labors of his hands, the Monk Savvaty began to ask the abbot and the brethren of the Kirillov Beloezersky Monastery to be allowed to live in the Valaam Monastery with a blessing.” The abbot gave him his blessing, and soon the monk moved to the Valaam Transfiguration Monastery.

On Valaam, as well as in the Cyril Monastery, Savvaty led a virtuous and ascetic life. However, burdened by communication with the brethren (who, according to the Life, highly revered and constantly praised him), Savvaty thinks about leaving the monastery and finding a silent and secluded place to settle. Even earlier, he had heard about the deserted and deserted Solovetsky Island on the White Sea (the main of the six Solovetsky Islands located at the entrance to the Onega Bay of the White Sea). The monk decides to move there. He makes a request to the abbot of the Valaam Monastery, but the abbot and brethren refuse him.

Then Savvaty secretly leaves the Valaam monastery at night. It rushes north and reaches the coast of the White Sea. He asks many people about the deserted Solovetsky Islands. Local residents tell him that Solovetsky Island (Solovki) is convenient for living: it has fresh water, fish lakes, forests; however, its connection with the mainland is very difficult due to its remoteness and the difficulty of sailing in the White Sea. Only sometimes, in good weather, fishermen approach the islands in their boats, but then they always return home. When the residents of those places learn about Savvaty’s intention to settle on Solovetsky Island, they begin to dissuade him in every possible way, and others even ridicule him.

Meanwhile, the monk came to the mouth of the Vyga River, which flows into the Onega Bay of the White Sea. At this place, called Soroki, there has long been a chapel. Here Savvaty met the monk Herman, who lived a solitary life at the chapel. Savvaty told him about his desire, and both ascetics decided to settle together on Solovki. Trusting in God, they prepared a boat, took with them some food and clothing, as well as the tools necessary for the work. Having waited for calm weather, the monks began their voyage and in two days' journey they safely reached the island.

The ascetics moved a little deeper into the island and found there a very beautiful area suitable for settlement. Here the monks erected a cross, built a cell and began to live in labor and prayer. (The place of their initial settlement is located 12 versts from the current Solovetsky monastery, near Mount Sekirnaya; subsequently a hermitage with a chapel in the name of St. Savvaty was built here.)

The life tells of clashes between ascetics and local fishermen who also began to settle on the Solovetsky Islands. This is a common phenomenon of the time, when monastic colonization of the inaccessible northern regions went hand in hand with peasant colonization. According to the story of the Life, only intervention Higher powers forced local fishermen to stop obstructing the monks. “God appointed this place for the monks to stay,” these were the words heard by a certain local woman, a fisherman’s wife, and her husband hurried to leave the island.

After some time, Herman left the island and moved to the Onega River, while Savvaty was left alone. Feeling the approach of death, he began to think about how he could partake of the Holy Mysteries. There was no priest on the island, and Savvaty decided to return to the mainland. He crossed the sea by boat and, having reached the shore, went to the mouth of the Vyga River. It so happened that on the way, Savvaty met a certain abbot Nathanael, who with holy gifts followed to a remote village to give communion to a patient who was dying. At first, Nathanael wanted to give Savvatiy communion on the way back and invited him to wait in the church on Vyga. “Father, don’t put it off until the morning,” answered the monk, “after all, we don’t know whether we will breathe air today, and even more so, how can we know about what will happen later.” Not daring to contradict the saint of God any longer, says the Life, Nathanael gave communion to the monk and began to beg him to wait for his return to Vyga; Savvaty agreed. He safely reached the church and locked himself in the cell located next to it. Here he was met by a certain merchant, a Novgorodian named John, who was sailing along the Vyga with his goods. The monk blessed him and asked him to stay the night; John at first began to refuse, but then a storm began on the river, and the merchant saw in it a sign of God. That same night the monk died: the next morning John came to his cell and found him sitting in all his monastic vestments. Soon abbot Nathanael returned; together they betrayed the body of the Monk Savvaty to the earth.

This happened on September 27, but in what year is unknown (sources call 1425, 1435 or even 1462). The holy relics remained here, on Vyga, until the time when they were transferred to Solovetsky Island (according to various sources, 1465 or 1471). The Lives of Saints Zosima and Savvaty tell about the miracles that took place at the tomb of the saint. Thus, John’s brother, Theodore, was once saved by the prayers of Saint Sabbatius from a terrible storm that broke out at sea.

A year after the death of St. Savvaty, the Life of St. Zosima of Solovetsky reports, “it pleased the Lord to glorify the place on Solovetsky Island where this holy man labored by establishing a glorious and great monastery here. For this work the Lord chose a man similar in his exploits to the Monk Savvatius, the Monk Zosima.”

We know a little more about the personality of Zosima Solovetsky than about the personality of Savvaty. Zosima was born in the Novgorod region. His homeland is the village of Tolvuya, located on the shores of Lake Onega. (In other words, his parents, very wealthy people, initially lived in Novgorod, and then moved to the village of Shunga, closer to the sea.) The saint’s parents’ names were Gabriel and Varvara; They raised their son from a young age in Christian virtues and taught him to read and write. However, the Life of the Saint almost does not contain any factual details about the life of the saint before his appearance on Solovetsky Island, limiting himself to only the most general information characteristic of the lives of many Russian saints. Thus, wanting to preserve mental and physical purity, the youth refuses to marry; when his parents begin to insist on marriage, he leaves the family and lives as a hermit in some secluded place, taking on a monastic image. In search of a mentor for himself, and also fearing that his parents will hinder his exploits, he goes even further from home.

So Zosima met the monk Herman, the same one who had previously lived with the Monk Savvaty on Solovetsky Island. Herman told Zosima the story of the life and exploits of the Monk Savvaty. Hearing about this, the Life tells, the Monk Zosima “rejoiced greatly in spirit and wished to be an inhabitant of that island and the successor of the Monk Savvaty, which is why he began earnestly asking Herman to take him to that deserted island and teach him monastic life there.”

By that time, Zosima's father had died. The monk buried him, but persuaded his mother to leave the house and take monastic vows in the monastery. After this, Zosima distributed the property left behind by his parents to the poor, and he himself returned to Herman. The venerable monks prepared everything necessary for the voyage and subsequent life on the deserted island and set off. They safely reached Solovetsky Island and chose a suitable place to settle. According to monastic tradition, this happened in 1429, but modern researchers tend to date the beginning of the exploits of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery several decades later.

On the day of their arrival, the Life tells us, the monks built themselves a hut, and then cut down their cells. The place where the church was built was indicated by a miraculous sign, which the Monk Zosima was honored to see: on the morning of the next day after arriving on the island, leaving the hut, he saw a radiant ray that shone from the sky. However, the construction of the church was still a long way off.

Soon Herman went to the mainland to replenish supplies necessary for the construction of the monastery. He had to stay on the coast; Autumn came, and sailing on the White Sea became impossible. Zosima spent the winter alone on the island. It was extremely difficult: the saint had to endure both hunger and demonic obsessions. The food supplies were miraculously replenished when the monk had already despaired of finding food for himself: certain men came to him with sleighs full of bread, flour and butter. It is unknown whether they were fishermen who wandered here from the coast, or God’s messengers. Finally, in the spring, Herman returned, and with him another man named Mark, very skilled in fishing (he later took monastic vows with the name Macarius). Soon other monks arrived on the island. They began to cut down trees and build cells, and then they cut down a small church in the name of the Transfiguration of the Savior.

To consecrate the church, it was necessary to have the blessing of the archbishop, as well as church utensils, an antimension (a quadrangular plate placed on the altar on which the sacrament of communion is performed); an abbot was also needed for the monastery. The Monk Zosima sent one of the brethren to Novgorod, to Saint Jonah (he occupied the Novgorod see from 1459 to 1470). Soon the blessing and everything necessary for the consecration of the church was received; The abbot, Hieromonk Pavel, also arrived. The church was consecrated, and thus the Solovetsky Transfiguration Monastery began its existence.

The brothers led a difficult life: they spent time in fasting and prayer, cultivated the land with their own hands, cut down forest, fished, cooked salt, which they then sold to visiting merchants, receiving in return everything they needed for monastic life. Unable to bear such a difficult life, Abbot Pavel soon left the monastery. Theodosius became his successor, but he also left the monastery, moving to the mainland. The brethren decided that the abbot must certainly be chosen from among the monks living in the monastery, and they turned to Zosima with a prayer to take over the leadership of the monastery. The monk refused for a long time, but finally, under pressure from both the monastic brethren and Saint Jonah, he was forced to agree. The monk went to Novgorod, where he was ordained to the priesthood and made abbot of the monastery he founded. Life testifies that the abbot brought a lot of gold, silver, church utensils, bread and other goods, which were given to the monastery by the Novgorod archbishop and boyars.

The number of monks in the monastery constantly increased. With the blessing of Abbot Zosima, a new wooden church was erected in the name of the Transfiguration of the Savior, a large refectory (for the previous one could no longer accommodate the brethren), as well as a church in the name of the Dormition of the Mother of God.

In 1465 (according to other sources, in 1471) the relics of St. Savvaty of Solovetsky were transferred to the monastery. Life says that for a long time the place of his burial remained unknown to the Solovetsky monks. But one day a message came to the monastery from the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery, in which, according to the Novgorod merchant John, it was told about last days the monk, as well as about the miracles near his grave, which were witnessed by John himself and his brother Theodore. The brothers immediately equipped the ships and hurried on their way. They managed to find the incorruptible relics of the first inhabitant of Solovetsky and, with a fair wind, transport them to their monastery, spending only one day on the voyage, instead of the usual two. The relics of St. Savvaty were placed behind the altar of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in a special chapel. And soon an icon of St. Sabbatius was brought from Novgorod, donated to the monastery by the above-mentioned merchants John and Theodore.

In the 70s of the 15th century, Abbot Zosima had to go to Novgorod again. The monastery ran a large economy, engaged in fishing and salt production and trade, and this led to a clash of its interests with the interests of the large Novgorod boyars. “At the instigation of the devil,” we read in the Lives of the Saints, “many of the boyar servants of the nobles and inhabitants of the land of Korelskaya began to come to Solovetsky Island, who fished on the lakes, while at the same time forbidding the monks to fish for monastic needs. These people called themselves the masters of that island, but they reviled St. Zosima and other monks with reproachful words and caused them a lot of trouble, promising to ruin the monastery.” The abbot turned for help to Archbishop Theophilus, the successor of St. Jonah (he occupied the Novgorod see in 1470–1480). The life tells that during this stay in Novgorod the monk predicted the destruction of the city, the devastation of the house of the famous Martha Boretskaya and the execution of six of the most prominent Novgorod boyars, which came true after the conquest of Novgorod by Grand Duke Ivan III. As for the main purpose of his visit, the Solovetsky abbot achieved complete success: both the archbishop and the boyars promised him protection from violence from the boyar servants. Moreover, according to the testimony of the Life, the Monk Zosima received a special charter “for the possession of the island of Solovetsky, and the island of Anzer, which lies ten miles from Solovki, and the island of Muksoma, which lies three miles away. And they attached eight tin seals to the charter: the first - of the ruler, the second - of the mayor, the third - of the thousand and five seals - from the five ends (districts. - Auth.) Novgorod". According to the charter, neither the Novgorodians nor the local Karelian residents had the right to “intercede” into the island possessions; all lands, as well as fishing and salt production, were declared to belong exclusively to the monastery. “And whoever comes to those islands for fishing, or for food, for lard, or for leather, and give them all to the house of St. Savior and St. Nicholas (that is, to the Solovetsky Monastery. - Auth.) out of everything tithe."

It is not surprising that already in the 16th century the Solovetsky Monastery became one of the richest monasteries in the Russian North. He also became famous as a military guard of the northern borders of Russia, who more than once took upon himself the blows of enemies in the 17th, 18th, and even 19th centuries.

The Monk Zosima continued to spend the last years of his life in constant work and prayer, not for a moment forgetting about death and the inevitability of God’s judgment. With his own hands he built a coffin for himself and kept it in the vestibule of his cell; he dug the grave himself. Anticipating the approach of death, the monk entrusted the monastery to his successor, Arseny, then gathered the brethren and taught them instructions.

Died Reverend Abbot Zosima April 17, 1479. The brothers buried him with honor in a grave that he dug with his own hands, behind the altar of the Church of the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord; later a chapel was built over the grave. In 1566, on August 8, the holy relics of Saints Zosima and Savvaty were solemnly transferred to the chapel of the cathedral church in the name of the saints, where they rest to this day.

Like Saint Sabbatius, Saint Zosimas became famous as a great miracle worker. His numerous miracles are known, which began to happen soon after his death. Many times the monk appeared to those sailing on the sea when they were in danger, stopped the storm and saved ships from sinking; sometimes he was seen in the temple among the praying monks; the sick received healing at the tombs of Zosima and Savvaty through the prayers of the saints.

Already at the end of the 15th century, the first edition of the Life of Saints Zosima and Savvaty was compiled in the Solovetsky Monastery, which has not reached us. Soon after the death of St. Zosima, as recounted in a special “Sermon on the Creation of the Life,” Elder Herman dictated his memories of the holy “chiefs” of Solovetsky to Zosima’s disciple Dosifei (at one time the head of the monastery). Herman was an illiterate man and spoke in “simple speech,” which caused ridicule from other Solovetsky monks. However, Dosifei diligently wrote down the elder’s stories. However, these notes disappeared soon after Herman’s death (1484): a certain monk from the Kirillov Monastery came to Solovki and took Dosifei’s notes with him. Subsequently, Dosifei ended up in Novgorod, and Novgorod Archbishop Gennady blessed him to write the Life of the Solovetsky Ascetics. Dosifei set to work, relying on his own memories and recalling Herman’s stories. However, Dosifei did not dare show his work to Gennady, since, in his opinion, it was written in too simple and artless language, not decorated, according to the customs of that time, with various kinds of rhetorical turns. Only a few years later, in 1503, Dosifei visited the Ferapontov Monastery and persuaded the former Metropolitan Spiridon-Sava, who lived there in captivity, to rewrite the biography of Zosima and Savvaty again. Dosifei took the work edited by Spiridon to Novgorod, where it aroused the approval of St. Gennady. (This edition of the Lives of Zosima and Savvatius has reached our time, although in a single list.) Subsequently, the Lives were edited again - by the famous scribe Maxim the Greek; later it was joined by stories about new miracles of the Solovetsky miracle workers. A speech of praise to Saints Zosima and Savvaty was also compiled. In general, the Lives of the holy founders of the Solovetsky monastery are among the most widespread in ancient Russian literature.

Local veneration of St. Savvaty began soon after the transfer of his relics to Solovetsky Island; The death of Abbot Zosima and the miracles that began at his tomb led to the church glorification of this great Solovetsky ascetic. The church-wide celebration of the saints was established on church cathedral 1547; Later, the Monk Herman of Solovetsky was canonized.

The Church celebrates the memory of Saints Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky on August 8 (21), the day of the transfer of their relics, as well as April 17 (30) (memory of Saint Zosima) and September 27 (October 10) (memory of Saint Savvaty).

LITERATURE:

Lives of saints in Russian, set out according to the guide of the Four Menaions of St. Demetrius of Rostov with additions from the Prologue. M., 1902–1911. September (Life Reverend Father our Savvaty, the Solovetsky wonderworker); April (Life of our Venerable Father Zosima, Abbot of Solovetsky);

Biographies of memorable people of the Russian land. X–XX centuries M., 1992;

Klyuchevsky V. O. Old Russian lives of saints as a historical source. M., 1988.

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SAVATIY, Venerable Solovetsky, when he was born is unknown, he lived during the time of the century. Vasily Vasilievich the Dark, under Metropolitan Photius. In 1396, Savvaty came to the Kirillo-Beloezersky Monastery and took monastic vows there. Carried away by a thirst for solitude, this great worker withdrew

Venerable Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky

According to the Life, Savatiy took monastic vows at the Kirill Belozersky Monastery in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (he may have been a student of St. Kirill Belozersky († 1427)). Savvaty lived in this monastery for many years, winning the love of the brethren and the abbot through obedience, meekness and humility. Weighed down by praise, Savvaty asked for the blessing of the abbot and moved to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery, known for the special severity of its rules. On Valaam, Savvaty spent “a lot of time” in monastic exploits. Perhaps here the future Novgorod Archbishop St. became his student. Gennady (Gonzov), in the mid-80s - early 90s. XV century who told Dositheus: “Savatie, your leader, was an elder, and he was in obedience for a long time and his life is worthy of the elder, great and holy.” In some copies of the short edition of the Life of Zosima, created at the turn of the 40s and 50s. XVI century, it is directly reported that St. Gennady was a student of Savvaty at the Valaam Monastery. However, even on Valaam, the monk heard a lot of praise addressed to him, because of which he decided to retire to the deserted Solovetsky Island in the White Sea. The abbot of the Valaam monastery did not want to release Savvaty, so as not to deprive the brethren of a model of monastic life. Then Savvaty secretly left the monastery and reached the mouth of the Vyg River. At the chapel on the river. In Soroka (a branch of the Vyg River) he met St. Herman Solovetsky, who had already been to Solovki and agreed to accompany Savvaty there.

In karbas, the monks crossed to Solovetsky Island and, having found a convenient place a mile from the shore, not far from the mountain and near Lake Dolgogo, they built 2 cells (in the northern part of the island on Sosnovaya Bay; subsequently, a monastery called Savvatievsky arose on the site of their settlement). According to the “chronicler of Solovetsky” early. XVIII century, monks arrived on Solovki in 6937 (1428/29) (In the monuments of the Vygov book tradition, the arrival of Savvaty and St. Herman on the Bolshoy Solovetsky Island is dated to 6928 (1420).

As the Life tells, after the monks, a family of Karelians sailed to Solovki, who did not want to cede the island to the monks. The Karelians settled on the island and were engaged in fishing, but the monks did not know about them. One day during matins, Savvaty heard loud screams and sent St. Herman to find out what's going on. St. Herman met a crying woman, who, according to her, was flogged with rods by 2 angels in the form of bright young men, saying that this place was intended for monastic life and here there will be a monastic monastery (in memory of this event, the mountain was later named Sekirnaya).

The hermits lived for several years on Solovetsky Island, after which Herman went to the mainland for economic needs, where he had to stay for almost 2 years. Savvaty, left alone, labored even harder and received a message from above about his imminent death. Wanting to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ before his death, he sailed by boat to the chapel at the mouth of the Vyg River. There he met Abbot Nathanael, who was visiting local Christians, who confessed him and gave him communion.

When Savvaty was praying after communion, the merchant Ivan, who was sailing from Novgorod, entered his cell. The merchant wanted to give alms to the elder and was upset by the reverend’s refusal. Wanting to console him, S. invited Ivan to stay on the shore until the morning and become a partaker of God’s grace, and in the morning to set off safely. Ivan did not listen to his advice and was about to set sail, when suddenly a strong storm began. Horrified by his foolishness, Ivan stayed overnight on the shore, and in the morning, when he entered the elder’s cell, he saw that Savvaty had died. The saint was sitting on a bench, the cell was filled with fragrance. Ivan and abbot. Nathanael buried Savvaty at the chapel at the mouth of the Vyg.

The Life of Savvaty does not indicate the year of death; it is reported that the saint died on September 27. Solovetsky chroniclers define the year of Savvaty’s death in different ways: “Chronicle” con. XVI century dates the death of the saint to 6944 (1435), “The Solovetsky Chronicler” beginning. XVIII century - to 6943 (1434) (In the Solovetsky book tradition there are other dates for the death of Savvaty, which should be considered less reliable, for example, 6939 (1430) in the “short Solovetsky chronicler of the black deacon Jeremiah.”

A year after the death of Savvaty (i.e., most likely in 1436) on Solovki together with St. Zosima sailed with Herman and became the founder of the monastery. As reported in the Volokolamsk edition of the Life, Zosima was born in the village. Shunga on Lake Onega (now the village of Shunga in the Medvezhyegorsk region of Karelia, 45 km southeast of Medvezhyegorsk), his parents came there from Novgorod. In later editions of the Life, created no earlier than the middle of the 16th century, and in the “Solovetsky Chronicler” beginning. XVIII century The birthplace of the saint is called the village. Tolvuy, also located on Lake Onega (now the village of Tolvuya, Medvezhyegorsk district, 20 km from Shunga).

The saint's parents, Gabriel and Varvara, were pious people and taught Zosima. reading the Holy Scriptures. Zosima avoided children's amusements, and when he reached adolescence, he became a monk. The place of his monastic tonsure is not named in the Life, but from the text it follows that, having accepted monasticism, Zosima remained to live in his native village, i.e., he was probably tonsured by a priest who served in the nearest parish church.

Being a monk, Zosima was burdened by life in the world. He happened to meet St. German, who spoke about Savvatiya and Solovetsky Island. Soon the saint's parents died (the Volokolamsk edition speaks of the death of Zosima's father and that his mother, on the advice of her son, accepted monasticism). Having distributed property to the poor, Zosima, together with St. German went to Solovki. Arriving on Solovetsky Island, the monks stopped not far from the place where the monastery is now located. According to the Life, Zosima had a vision: a ray of light shone around him, and in the east he saw a beautiful church in the air. St. Herman reminded Zosima. about the words of the angels who expelled seven Karelians from the island, that this place was intended for the stay of monks.

In the first winter, Zosima was left alone on the island, because St. Herman went to the mainland to acquire what he needed to set up a monastery, but was unable to return due to strong winds. Then the hermit had to endure numerous cruel attacks by unclean spirits who tried to expel him from the island. The saint defeated them with prayer. Some time later, Zosima discovered a shortage of food supplies and was very embarrassed by this, but, as before, he relied on God’s help. Soon two husbands came to him, bringing with them sledges full of bread, flour and butter. They said that they were going to sea to fish, and asked the saint to keep the food with him and use it if there was a need. Zosima stored supplies for a long time, but did not wait for the return of these people and realized that help was sent to him from God.

In the spring, St. Petersburg returned to the island. Herman, Mark sailed with him (see Macarius, St., Solovetsky), a skilled fisherman, and other ascetics gradually arrived. Together they built cells, built a small church and added a refectory to it. After this, Zosima sent one of the brethren to Novgorod to Archbishop St. Jonah (1459-1470) with a request to bless the consecration of the church and send them an abbot. The saint fulfilled their request: he gave them an antimension and sent them an abbot. Paul, who consecrated the church in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord. According to the Volokolamsk edition of the Life of Zosima, at that time the brethren consisted of 22 people. Residents of the White Sea region and servants of the Novgorodians ("bolarstii lyudie and clerks slaves"), having learned about the creation of the monastery, began to come to the island to expel the monks from the possessions of the Novgorod boyars. Karelian fishermen also came here, considering Solovki their patrimony. Unable to bear the hardships of such a life, Abbot Pavel returned to Novgorod. An abbot was sent in his place. Theodosius, but he did not stay long on the island and returned to the mainland. Then it was decided to elect an abbot from among the Solovetsky inhabitants. The choice of the brethren fell on the founder of the monastery, who, contrary to his wishes, was forced to go to Novgorod to receive priestly consecration and to be appointed abbot. In Novgorod, the saint received significant donations for the monastery from the archbishop and boyars, many of whom promised patronage to the monastery. When, after returning to the monastery, Zosima served the liturgy, his face lit up and the church was filled with fragrance. At the end of the liturgy, a miracle occurred with the prosphora, with which the abbot blessed the visiting merchants. On the way from the church to their boat, they dropped the prosphora. When Zosima sent one of the brethren to invite the merchants to dinner, he saw that the dog, running ahead of him, jumped on some object from which flames emanated and drove the dog away. When the monk came closer, he discovered a prosphora from the abbot’s service.

As the Life tells us, the brethren in the monastery multiplied, and there was no longer enough space either in the church or in the refectory. Then, by order of Zosima, a new cathedral church of the Transfiguration of the Lord and a new refectory with the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary were built. Apparently, a church in the name of the saint was built at the same time. Nicholas the Wonderworker, although there is no mention of this in the Life.

After several years of abbotship, Zosima received a message from the abbot and brethren of the Kirillov Belozersky Monastery, which contained advice to transfer the relics of Savvaty to the Solovetsky Monastery. Having gone to Vyg, Zosima found the incorrupt relics of Savvaty on the Soroka River and, returning with them to the monastery, buried them behind the altar of the Assumption Church, erecting there a tombstone chapel with icons of the Savior and the Most Holy. The Virgin Mary and the image of Savvaty, which was brought from Novgorod by the merchant Ivan and his brother Fyodor. The transfer of the relics was accompanied by many healings. The date of transfer of Savvatiy’s relics is not indicated in the Life. As reported in the life, Zosima came every night to the tomb chapel of Savvaty, prayed to God, the Most Holy Theotokos and Savvaty, asking the saint to be his mentor and prayer book for the brethren.

Soon the abbot had to make a second trip to Novgorod to ask the archbishop for protection from the servants of the Novgorod boyars, who continued to oppress the monks, hoping to expel them from the island. Archbishop Jonah and the noble Novgorodians, to whom Zosima turned, promised him protection. At the Novgorod meeting, convened by Archbishop Jonah, it was decided to welcome the “monastery of St. Savior and St. Nicholas” to all the islands of the Solovetsky archipelago. According to the Life, Zosima was presented with a charter of Novgorod with 8 seals: archbishop, mayor, thousand and 5 ends of the city. From now on, neither the Novgorod boyars nor the Karelian inhabitants could claim their rights to the Solovetsky Islands, and anyone who came there to hunt or fish had to give a tenth of the spoils to the monastery. The charter of Novgorod granted to the Solovetsky Monastery for possession of the Solovetsky Islands has been preserved. Based on the mention in the letter of the sedate mayor Ivan Lukinich and Tysyatsky Trifon Yuryevich, V.L. Yanin dates it to March and early August. 1468, when the named persons simultaneously held their positions.

The legend given in the Life of Zosima’s stay in Novgorod is connected with his visits to the noblewoman Martha (the widow of the mayor I. A. Boretsky). The saint came to her with complaints about her servants who oppressed the Solovetsky Monastery. Martha ordered the monk to be driven away. When leaving, the abbot prophetically predicted the future desolation of Martha's house. Seeing how revered Zosima was in Novgorod, the noblewoman repented and invited the saint to a feast. Finding himself at the table with the guests of honor, Zosima saw a terrible sight: six noble men sitting at the table were without heads. Several years passed, and Zosima's vision came true: in 1471, the troops of Grand Duke John III Vasilyevich defeated the Novgorodians on Shelon, after which Grand Duke ordered the heads of 4 senior boyars and several “their comrades” to be cut off. Among those executed was Martha’s son, mayor Dmitry Isakovich. In February 1479, Martha and her household were exiled to Moscow, and from there to Nizhny Novgorod.

ABOUT recent years The life of Zosimas in the Life tells that the saint was in tireless prayerful deeds; he made himself a coffin, placed it in the vestibule of his cell, and every night he wept over the coffin for his soul. Before his death, the monk called the brethren to him, bequeathed them to love each other and promised that he would continually be with them in spirit. He blessed the monk Arseny to become abbess, commanding him to preserve the church charter and monastic customs.

The saint was buried behind the altar of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, in the grave that he dug during his lifetime.

AKATHIST

Kontakion 1

The chosen saints of the Lord and great miracle workers, the luminaries of Christ's Church of the Most Blessed, shone with piety by the lordships of the desert of Northern Pomorie, and the whole country of Russia, shining with many miracles, Our Reverend Fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane, as having boldness towards the Lord, with their favorable prayers to Him from all Preserve us in troubles and evils, and we joyfully call to you:

Ikos 1

Angels have truly appeared on earth and people in heaven through your life, our blessed fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germana: in the flesh, as if incorporeal, the angelic life on earth has been completed, all the beauties of the world and temporary pleasures, as they are capable of imputation, but through purity and fasting I will bring you closer to God . Now it is worthy for him to stand with the bodiless, accept from our love the praise brought to you by the sips:

Rejoice, having loved the One God with all your soul;
Rejoice, having served Him with honor and righteousness from your youth.
Rejoice, you who have hated the corruptible beauty of this world;
Rejoice, having escaped the wisdom of worldly temptations and vanity.
Rejoice, having clinged with all your love to doing the commandments of the Lord;
Rejoice, having removed yourself from this world and all attachment to it.
Rejoice, having chosen a monastic life to please God for your own sake;
Rejoice, you who loved the narrow and sorrowful path with all your soul.
Rejoice, seeker of wisdom for Christ, longed for beads and precious stones;
Rejoice, loving bearer of Christ’s burden, light and good.
Rejoice, thou who imitated mortal flesh as a disembodied angel;
Rejoice, you who showed us the heavenly habitation on earth.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 2

Seeing yourself, Saint Savvaty, for the sake of many of your virtuous corrections, everywhere in your monastic stays you are revered and blessed, and fleeing the vanity of this world of glory, seeking eternal reward in heaven, you rushed to the Solovetsky stream, and there, in secret and visible to no one, you worked invisible and everything to the seeing God. Having thus obtained what we desired, we are instructed by blessed Herman to do this, and you joyfully cried out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

Having steadily directed your mind from your mother’s womb to God, and taken out the heavenly things, philosophizing and seeking, completely rejecting those below you, God-wise Zosimo, you were jealous of the life of the Venerable Savvatius, and in your empty father, where you accomplished your deeds pleasing to God, you moved in together with blessed Herman, and with them you will inherit the residence of Mount Jerusalem. In the same way, reverently praising the zeal for desert living, we call to you:

Rejoice, love for Christ's sake, love in yourself for the world has trampled down;
Rejoice, having despised all the sinful sweetness of this age.
Rejoice, you who are like Abraham, not only in faith and hope, but also in your voluntary emigration from your family and home of your father;
Rejoice, all-red desert and blessed planting.
Rejoice, most diligent and zealous of silence;
Rejoice, sincere lover of difficult desert feats.
Rejoice, more so in the wilds and mountains than in the villages of the world, who have deigned to wander about;
Rejoice, in the impassable deserts, united in labor and observance of the commandments of the Lord, having loved to strive.
Rejoice like gold, having been tempted in the crucible of desert bitterness;
Rejoice, you who valiantly endured many temptations from demons and people.
Rejoice, prophet of God Elijah and baptist Lord John the disposition of desert love is an imitation;
Rejoice, rustic father of like-minded companions and love-silence dwellers.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 3

The powers of heaven, sent to serve those who want to inherit salvation, have served you wonderfully, fathers of love for God. Whenever the inhabitants of the world, chilled by the silence of you, Savvaty and Germana, wanted to live on an island near you with their wives and children, the angels, with a formidable reprimand and punishment of the fishermen’s wives, stopped them from undertakings contrary to God: but for you, Father Zosimo, who was in the hibernation besides the brush, angelic the service required for nutrition was taught. For this reason, let us sing to God, who saves His saints: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

Having the tide of the sea in his own abode, inhabited by no one, and abiding in it, like in a God-created paradise, outside the rebellions and worries of everyday life, and besides vain worries, he has striven piously and godly for the blessing of God, studying day and night in the law of the Lord, and Every hour, with an untroubled mind and a pure heart, lifting up zealous prayers and supplications to God. For this reason we cry out to you with joy:

Rejoice, you who have always desired to walk blamelessly in the law of the Lord;
Rejoice, having always had your Lord before your eyes.
Rejoice, having protected all your paths with the fear of the Lord;
Rejoice, in sobriety we will spend our entire lives wisely.
Rejoice, you who have completely captured all the thoughts of your mind into the obedience of Christ;
Rejoice, having presented your pure hearts as a dwelling place to the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, you who did not let your eyes sleep during the all-night vigils of the Lord;
Rejoice, you who endured sorrows in the teaching of death and in heartfelt sighs to the Lord.
Rejoice, you who labored with sincere love to praise God and sing psalmody;
Rejoice, you who have continually raised prayers to God with your heart and lips.
Rejoice, having found the hidden Kingdom of God within your heart;
Rejoice, as the intelligent ones ascend to the heavenly vision.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 4

The storm of this multi-rebellious life has comfortably passed, Reverend Fathers, and the fierce waves of passions and temptations, raised from the world and the flesh and from the spirits of malice, without plunging or shaking the ship of your souls, the sails of unceasing prayer hailed, and alleviated by non-covetousness, guided by the grace of God . In the same way, you have reached the serene refuge of the eternal belly, crying out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing and leading from the Divine scriptures, as all who labored in piety, I crucified my flesh with passions and lusts, in pious wisdom, about the Reverend, following these feats, I strived to mortify my souls that exist on earth, in fasting, vigils and in all the labors of monastic life, courageously enduring sorrow. For this reason, as virtuous devotees of piety, we crown you with praises of calico:

Rejoice, your body has withered away through labors and diseases of abstinence;
Rejoice, all carnal wisdom, warring against the spirit, subduing the spirit.
Rejoice, having extinguished the flames of passions with tears of repentance;
Rejoice, having purified your souls like gold in the furnace of abstinence.
Rejoice, you have put away the old man with his passions;
Rejoice, having clothed yourself worthily with the garment of dispassion and the glory of incorruption;
Rejoice, you who have hated the temporary sweetness of sin;
Rejoice, you who have inherited endless joy in Heaven.
Rejoice, before death, in the world and crucify your flesh with its sweetness;
Rejoice, having manifested the glory of the future life in yourself before the resurrection.
Rejoice, you have shown us the path of fasting to the inheritance of paradise, lost through intemperance;
Rejoice, having presented to all in a dead and corruptible body the immortality and incorruptibility of the next century.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 5

Bountiful and many-bright stars appeared to nature, Reverend Fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Herman, luminous in the correction of the commandments of the Lord, illuminating the souls and hearts of the faithful, and floating in the night of sinful darkness in the abyss of the worldly sea, showing the reliable path to the blessed haven of the Heavenly Kingdom. In the same way, we sing to the benefactor of God, who have shown you as leaders and teachers of salvation: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Having seen the malice of the hater of human salvation, the unclean souls of darkness, your godly life, blessed fathers, I raised up a variety of temptations and fears against you, when in your thoughts and hearts there was overwhelming fear and confusion, but then transforming; in various ghosts of wondrous animals and reptiles, I rush with rage at you, hoping to turn you away from the deed pleasing to God and expel you from the desert: but you, with firm faith in God the Provider, powerfully and with the weapon of prayer and abstinence against your enemies, taking up arms against your enemies, will be victorious to the end and overthrow them power. For this reason, singing a victorious song, we appeal to you:

Rejoice, warriors of spiritual invincibility;
Rejoice, armorers of Christ's good victory.
Rejoice, ascetics, who courageously took up arms against the wiles of the evil one;
Rejoice, strong pillars, not shaken by the attacks of the enemy.
Rejoice, you who destroyed all the arrows of the devil like pride;
Rejoice, you have imputed all the hardships and insurance costs to nothing.
Rejoice, for you are in the flesh, having conquered the incorporeal and invisible enemies;
Rejoice, as you are lying in graves, you are overthrowing the enemy militia.
Rejoice, victors of glory, crowned by the Heavenly Crowned One;
Rejoice, champions of goodness in those who fight against the ruler of the darkness of this age.
Rejoice, for the angels were amazed at your feat;
Rejoice, for the assembly of the faithful rejoiced in your glory.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 6

The will of God preached by the angels about the population of monastics in the Solovetsky outflow has been fulfilled by you, the most blessed fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and German: behold, the desert is barren and uninhabited, and abundantly watered with your sweat and tears, it has appeared like a prosperous heliport and a verbal paradise, where the faces of monasticism have been taught by you. , bearing fruits pleasing to God, they sing the angelic song to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

Shine forth, God-bearing fathers, with the light of piety, like a divinely luminous luminary, enlightening everywhere with the luminous rays of your deeds and virtues. Because of this, we, sinners and darkened by the darkness of passions, in the light of your godly deeds flowing towards the day of light and salvation, we praise you, singing to your face:

Rejoice, disciples of Christ's good obedience;
Rejoice, Masters of your rabbi Blasia and Vernia.
Rejoice, most industrious workers of Christ’s grapes;
Rejoice, you who fulfilled the most diligent commandments of Christ.
Rejoice, you who have bowed your heart in submission to the yoke of Christ’s humility and meekness;
Rejoice, in the footsteps of Christ the Lord, who taught about poverty, diligently in the poverty and lack of wealth that followed.
Rejoice, according to the word of the Lord, having traversed the path of this temporary life through sorrowful and cramped paths;
Rejoice, like the rain, having washed away your souls with currents of tears.
Rejoice, O most beautiful Bridegroom who has preserved the beauty of his virginity;
Rejoice, in every holy thing, in all your good deeds that have pleased Him.
Rejoice, having glorified your Lord in your souls and bodies;
Rejoice, from the Lord, according to the inheritance of glorification on earth and in Heaven.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 7

Although you might save many, the Most Merciful God will show you to be not just mentors of a host of monastics, but like preachers of God, proclaiming the name of God in the countries of Lapland. For the people who dwell in these places, and who did not know God until then, but who were very fond of idolatry and wickedness, in your lordship, O Reverence, lives, signs and wonders, having seen the first dawn of saving knowledge of God and piety, and from you having learned to sing praises to the true God : Alleluia.

Ikos 7

Having wondrously and gloriously accomplished the path of their salvation, having founded a wondrous and magnificent monastery for the salvation of the monastic, blessedly accepting their death, our fathers, Zosimo, Savvaty and German, are ever in memory: both after your death, ever live, us, your children, never you leave, not in spirit, but still abiding to us, but also in giving us your celibate relics, like a priceless treasure. For this reason, we joyfully please you, calling:

Rejoice, having fought a good deed throughout your life;
Rejoice, having been crowned with glory and honor from your Lord Christ.
Rejoice, for having labored for a time, you have entered into eternal rest;
Rejoice, for having walked the narrow path, you have reached the bliss of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Rejoice, even if not together, but in equal struggles, you fought on earth;
Rejoice, for your equal life, as you enjoy joy and gladness together in Heaven.
Rejoice, thou who in the father is empty, like a city, a monastery founded by a monk;
Rejoice, you who have gathered the hosts of monks in Christ the Bose.
Rejoice, guardians of your flock, ever cheerful, and in these days of temporary life, not resting from deeds of charity;
Rejoice, sons of the Kingdom, who live in Heaven and do not leave the earthly.
Rejoice, in your spirit you are with the holy angels, and abiding with us sinners forever;
Rejoice, from your honest relics flowing streams of mercy upon everyone.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 8

Having seen the strange and wonderful, great and beautiful church that appeared in the air, yet this place, in which the monastery of monks was named, seeing the indescribable light shining, you were filled with horror, Father Zosimo, from the wondrous vision. Moreover, having understood God’s revelation in this, encouraging you to build a monastery, and also seeing the future glory of this place, with a tender heart and lips you sang to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

All orthodox Russian people, glorifying your holy and equal life, in all kinds of needs and sorrows flow to your help and intercession, most wonderful fathers: for grace has been given to you from God to pray for us, to deliver and save us from all the troubles and evils that come to the reliquaries of your venerable relics, and calling on your holy name in every place. Moreover, confessing your wonderful good deeds, we write a note of gratitude to you, calling:

Rejoice, sources of inexhaustible Divine gifts;
Rejoice, vessels of mercy and love for people who do not depend on you.
Rejoice, as you offer fragrant incense to God for peace;
Rejoice, for through your silent intercessions every blessing from the right hand of God has been brought down upon us.
Rejoice, for those who are in sorrow and need have received the knowledge of a helper;
Rejoice, in the circumstances and misfortunes of the speedy accomplice.
Rejoice, healers in the sick, and helmsmen and deliverers in the storm of the afflicted;
Rejoice, intercessors and comforters in all troubles and temptations.
Rejoice, faithful, piously honoring you, for your opposing supporters;
Rejoice, all Russian lands, in the election of a prayer service and intercessor.
Rejoice, you who work glorious miracles on earth and sea;
Rejoice, you have unenviably extended help to those who call for help in every possible way.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 9

Having adorned yourself with all the God-red graces of virtues, most praiseworthy Zosimo, you appeared most redly in soul and body, worthy of being anointed with the Divine ointment. Moreover, when in the holy temple you performed the first Divine service before the throne of the Lord, seeing your whole face covered with the light of grace, like the face of an angel: the whole temple, as a well-known testimony of your dignity, was filled with a great fragrance. For this reason, everyone, thanking God for their shepherd, cried out with a joyful heart: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

By Vetian good-proclamations it is not possible to glorify and glorify the many and innumerable, great and glorious, and surpassing all earthly understanding, performed by you, Reverend Fathers, at all times of miracles. Moreover, let us not appear through silence, like a servant who hid the treasure of his Master, from lips that are not even trained and do not have a word of wisdom, but driven by love and gratitude, we dare to extend a song of thanksgiving in memory and glorification of your miracles, calling to your face:

Rejoice, miracle workers of great honor and blessing;
Rejoice, soul and body healed from sickness.
Rejoice, you who enlighten the blind with the grace of God;
Rejoice, lips bound by dumbness, resolving blessings.
Rejoice, you who are relaxed and correct infirmities;
Rejoice, you who grant uprightness to the lame.
Rejoice, you who were captivated by your intercession from bonds and who freed captivity;
Rejoice, you who are dead by the power of God and who are resurrected by your prayer.
Rejoice, you who perform grace-filled healing in all passions and illnesses.
Rejoice, you who give peace and spiritual enlightenment to those languishing in circumstances and misfortunes;
Rejoice, for those who follow the Lord’s path along narrow and sorrowful paths, giving divine help.
Rejoice, our Reverend Fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 10

Having accomplished the feat of salvation well, renouncing this temporary life and departing to the eternal and blessed life, O blessed Zosimo, you consoled your disciples, saying that, having separated from them physically, you will not depart from them and your abode in your spirit. It is from this very deed that you fulfill your word, not only invisibly co-present with us and watching over everything, but also visibly many times, together with the blessed Savvaty and the venerable Herman, appearing at the right time to those who call you for help and cry out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

An insurmountable wall and a solid cover, salvation was taken away and the weapon of victory was given to us, Reverend Fathers, your warm prayers to God, on the day of this fierce battle, when, through our sin and iniquity, we were attacked by the strong and the skillful with fire and sword in our possession yours, in order to destroy your shrines and lay them in ruin and trampling, but to conquer your spiritual children and destroy them with a worthless death; On the other hand, having been able to do no evil, they themselves were especially filled with coldness and dishonor, while those who hoped for your help were girded with joy and gladness about their salvation. Giving thanks to God for this, we confess your intercession and support, and cry out to you warmly from the depths of our souls:

Rejoice, good shepherd, protecting your flock from destructive enemies;
Rejoice, as eagles cover their chicks under their wings.
Rejoice, having overshadowed us with the cover of your prayers on the day of battle;
Rejoice, O wrath of God, righteously driven upon us, having been quenched by your intercession.
Rejoice, you who did not allow your property to be trampled and stolen;
Rejoice, having preserved your hopes from the fiery ignition.
Rejoice, you who trusted in us and freed us from the destruction of mortals;
Rejoice, you who wonderfully preserved those from wounds and ulcers, from bonds and captivity.
Rejoice, having turned your enemies' pride and arrogance into stupefaction and dishonor;
Rejoice, we who live in your monastery, unskilled and unarmed, clothed in joy and gladness.
Rejoice, vigilant guardians of the faith and piety of the fatherland;
Rejoice, you who appeared for the fatherland and were courageous warriors after death.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 11

Songs of praise and all-contrite prayers bring, while the length of the journey and the dangers of the sea are not imputed to anything, kings and princes, saints and nobles, the rich and the poor, near and far, flow to your celibate power, all ages and sexes, and all faithful copulations, and as from an inexhaustible source, according to each of their needs, accepting abundant healing of the soul and body, they glorify and magnify God, who has given such grace to you, singing: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

By the light of Divine grace, in the depths of the earth, in wondrous signs and wonders, from the first days of your repose your relics shone forth, worthy and righteously the faces of monasticism, worn out from many years of protection, placed with reverence on the church candlestick, in the temple, created in your name, by great piety and holy imitator of your exploits, confessor and martyr, Saint and First See of Russia, Philip. And we now, piously rejoicing in your glory, the truly honest shrines of your relics and kindly kissing you, loudly call to you:

Rejoice, most blessed lamps, gloriously placed in the church candlestick;
Rejoice, arks of honesty, not with stones and gold, but with the grace bestowed upon them.
Rejoice, like three stars illuminating the midnight darkness;
Rejoice, for there are three pillars that affirm the Orthodox faith within the borders of Northern Pomorie.
Rejoice, sources of heaven, pouring out seas of miracles;
Rejoice, dear beads who adorn the Church of Christ.
Rejoice, brightest mirror of piety and virtue;
Rejoice, the Church and the Fatherland have been invincibly taken away.
Rejoice, heavenly fulfillment of the most fragrant cries;
Rejoice, most fruitful vines of the Divine.
Rejoice, fathers, in all blessings, glorified grief from God and angels, and blessedness from men;
Rejoice, for your joy, holy and perfect, endures forever.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 12

Sometimes the Most Blessed God, dwelling in all your bodies, show your Divine grace to the reverent monk Joseph in the form of two fiery pillars, from earth to heaven, rising above your tombs and shining with an indescribable light: truly, for you are, Reverend Fathers, pillars of spiritual light, with the lordship of high virtues and the light of the knowledge of God, signs and wonders, which illuminated the spiritual darkness in the midnight countries. For this reason, to God, who glorifies His saints, we sing: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing in songs the deeds and labors of your God-pleasing life, the glorious deeds and works done in every kind of goodness and miracles, praising and glorifying, we are perplexed, most wonderful fathers, what we should call you out of duty: for your virtues and talents are many, for this reason many befit you and naming. Moreover, being satisfied with small things in many, we sing this to you with love:

Rejoice, angels of earth, for you have lived through angelic life on earth;
Rejoice, people of heaven, for you are related to earth; you hate the earthly, but love the heavenly.
Rejoice, most patient fasters, who spent their entire lives in fasting;
Rejoice, worthy hermits, who served the Lord in the untrodden deserts.
Rejoice, teachers and mentors who lead your affairs on the path of salvation;
Rejoice, spiritual leaders, who lead many souls to Heavenly villages.
Rejoice, martyr of the same morality, as you bravely fought your passions;
Rejoice, imitator of the apostle, who enlightened the darkness of unbelief in the knowledge of God with lordships.
Rejoice, prophet of the like, secret and future carrying out and prophecy;
Rejoice, to all the saints of oneness of integrity, exploits for the sake of and pleasing God.
Rejoice, performer of the mysteries of grace and miracles;
Rejoice, citizens of heaven and friends of God and His saints.
Rejoice, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Germane.

Kontakion 13

About the Reverend our fathers, Zosimo, Savvaty and German! Kindly accept from us humble and unworthy this praise offered to you, and with your favorable prayers to God protect us from all misfortune and adversity, from illness and famine, from fire and sword, and invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare. Most of all, by your intercession, keep us strong from the invisible enemies who are seeking to destroy us, so that, having escaped their many-witted snares, we will live righteously and pleasing to God in the present world, and in the Kingdom of Heaven we will be worthy to sing with you to Christ our God: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

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

PRAYER

About the Reverend and God-bearing our fathers Zosimo and Savvatie, earthly angels and heavenly people, close friends of Christ and saints of God, your monastery is glory and adornment, but all the northern countries, especially the entire Orthodox fatherland, are an insurmountable wall and great intercession! Behold, we, unworthy and many sinners, with reverent love for your holy relics, bowing down, with a contrite and humble spirit, diligently beseech you: pray unceasingly to our merciful Master and Lord Jesus Christ, for you have great boldness towards Him, that His all-pervading grace may not depart from us, may the protection and intercession of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos remain in this place, and may the true zealots of the angelic life in holy monastery here, where you, God-bearing fathers and rulers, lay the beginning of monastic life through immeasurable labors and sacrifices, through tearful and all-night vigils, unceasing prayers and supplications. To her, saintly saints, most favorable prayer books to God, with your warm prayers to Him, protect and preserve us and this holy village of yours from cowardice, flood, fire and sword, invasion of foreigners and deadly plagues, from enmity and all kinds of disorder, from all misfortune and sorrow and from all evil: may the Most Holy Name of the Lord and God be reverently glorified in this place, in peace and silence, and those who seek Him may find eternal salvation. O blessedness, our fathers, Zosimo and Savvaty! Hear us sinners, living unworthily in your holy monastery and under the roof of your protection, and through your powerful petitions to God, ask for forgiveness of sins for our souls, correction of life and eternal blessings in the Kingdom of Heaven: to all who believe, in every place and in every need call you for help and intercession, and those who flow into your monastery with reverent love, do not stop pouring out all grace and mercy, preserving them from all resistive forces, from all misfortunes and from all evil circumstances, and giving them everything they need for their souls and bodies. benefit. Most of all, pray to the most merciful God, that He may establish and strengthen His holy Church and our entire Orthodox Fatherland in peace and silence, in love and unanimity, in orthodoxy and piety, and preserve and preserve it forever and ever. Amen.

TROPARION

Troparion, tone 8

As the lamps of all light appeared in the father of the ocean, our venerable fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Herman, for you took up the cross of Christ on your frame, diligently followed that and, having drawn near to the purity of God, from there you were enriched with the powers of miracles. In the same way, we kindly flow to the crayfish of your venerable relics and touchingly say: oh, reverend, pray to Christ God to save our souls.

CANON

(Reverend Zosima and Savvaty Solovetsky)

Troparion, tone 8

Like the all-bright lamps that appeared in the father of the ocean of the sea, the venerable fathers Zosimo and Savvaty: for you took up the cross of Christ on the frame, zealously followed that, and having drawn near to the purity of God, from there you were enriched with the powers of miracles. Thus, we kindly flow to the crayfish of your honorable relics, and touchingly say: O Reverend, pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Canon, voice 2

Song 1

Irmos:Come, people, let us sing a song to Christ God, who divided the sea and taught the people, even as he learned from the work of Egypt, for he was glorified.

Chorus:

With the enlightenment of the Trisolar Deity, illuminated by wisdom, the luminary appeared, illuminating everywhere: so pray for us, darkened by the darkness of passions, to illuminate us with the enlightenment of grace, and for our souls to receive salvation.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

With the light of Divine grace enlightened, blessed Zosimo and Savvaty, truly enlighten your luminous memory of the triumphant, and from the darkness of sin, with your prayers, venerable ones, deliver.

Glory:The temple of wisdom is quicker to the Holy Spirit, and all spiritual desires are turned to Him, and for this sake, for the sake of the meek, you inherit the earth: Reverend, tame our spiritual passionate storm, and in the silence that has once been divine, let us hymn your deeds.

And now:I am overwhelmed by the fierce passions of slander, O Young Lady, and immersed in the excuses of sin: I resort to Your one quiet and unbreakable haven of love, All-singing, generously save me, Ever-Virgin.

Song 3

Irmos:Having established me on the rock of faith, you have enlarged my mouth against my enemies, for my spirit has rejoiced, always singing: there is nothing holy like our God, and nothing is righteous than Thee, O Lord.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

We adorn ourselves with the height of humility, O Reverend Zosimo and Savvaty, and all the desire for the Lord is simple, while the furious movement against the enemies is armed, with fair deeds, fasting and prayers.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

The resurrection of your flesh, the venerable venerable one who slain with strong fasting, the abode of the quicker Master: beseech Him to be delivered from the sorrows and torment of the passions, which flow with faith to you, blessed one.

Glory:Having the promoting Divine power, countless healings flow from your powers, Reverend Zosimos and Savvatios: they drive away bodily illnesses from people, and heal spiritual passions, your deeds of all honor.

And now:I am tormented by the storm of sin, and the indignation of placeless thoughts: have mercy, O All-Immaculate One, and stretch out my helping hand, as if you were merciful, so that I may be saved, I magnify Thee.

Lord have mercy (three times).

Sedalen, voice 4th

The sea of life has sailed comfortably through abstinence, and to the haven of mental dispassion, rejoicing in doidost, Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, God-wisdom and blessedness: pray to Christ God, to save our souls.

Song 4

Irmos:You came from the Virgin, not an intercessor, nor an Angel, but the Lord Himself, who became incarnate, and you saved all of me, a man. Thus I call to Thee: glory to Thy power, O Lord.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

Having purified the venerable one in mind and soul, having completely rejected the soul-destroying charm from himself, and directed his feelings towards the unclouded silence, he descended into the wisdom of the sea, chanting: glory to Thy power, Lord.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

The laws of the New and Old Testament, learning from the mind of the saints, Reverend Zosimo and Savvaty: an image of all virtues, a wise one like a bee, and a friend of the Holy Spirit, quick in wisdom, chanting: Glory to Thy power, Lord.

Glory:With all kinds of luminous miracles, venerable ones, and illuminated by Divine grace, everyone has come to know the inexhaustible treasure of healings, you drive away the darkness of passions, and you overthrow the hosts of the enemy, chanting: glory to your power, Lord.

And now:From the womb of Thy Pure Maiden, the Divine Sun has risen, enlightening those who are in the darkness of polytheism, and those who sit in the shadow of death, Lady, Hosea, to Him we call in praise: glory to Thy power, Lord.

Song 5

Irmos:Enlightenment of those who lie in darkness, salvation of the desperate, Christ my Savior, to You in the morning, King of the world, enlighten me with Your radiance, for I don’t know any other God to You.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

He preferred the cramped one to the spacious path of the venerable one: and rejoicing, having been oppressed in every possible way by his father, he endured divine teachings, cleansing his soul, and the unspeakable kindness of God, ever beholding blessedness.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

Be gentle and meek and merciful, reverent one: in the same way, you have received grace and mercy from God from above, mercifully enlighten us, who honor your holy memory with love.

Glory:Like a great sun, the greatness of your feat shines upon us, Reverend Zosima and Savvatios, illuminating the ends of the earth, and illuminating everything with the light of God’s understanding. Thus we pray, enlighten our minds, blessed fathers.

And now:From the multitude of those who rise up against us, our belly has disappeared in illness, mired in the abyss of countless sins. Save us, O Lady, and raise us up as merciful, All-Immaculate: For the Imams are the only invincible Representative for You, Thy servants.

Song 6

Irmos:Lying in the abyss of sin, I call upon the unfathomable abyss of Thy mercy: lift me up from aphids, O God.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

Having loved the evangelical venerable Christ, you have turned away from the world, and having entered into impassable waters and empty streams, cleave to your One and Only Master: you have received reward from worthlessness and labor, having partaken of the eternal life, you pray for those who sing.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

Having been enriched with God-wise thoughts, O Reverend One, and all that is flattering on earth, as if they were imputed, to ageless bliss, from their faces in the light of the Immaterial Forces, ever rejoicing in God, blessedness.

Glory:Strange and glorious, venerable one, who works miracles in God, to all who float in the sea and suffer evil, we call upon you to appear quickly, delivering us from troubles: and we who are in need of cruelty, and those possessed by misfortunes, mercifully appear to save us, most blessed.

And now:Lighten the heavy burden of sin that weighs on me, Most Pure One: for You are the glorious Representative of sinners, having given birth to the Savior and Savior on earth.

Lord have mercy (three times). Glory, and now:

Kontakion, tone 2

Vulnerable to the love of Christ, venerable one, and His cross was carried in His arms by nature, divinely armed against invisible enemies, and unceasing prayers, like a spear in the hands of those who had it, strongly defeated the demonic militia: the grace of the Lord was received to heal the ailments of souls and bodies, flowing to the crayfish of honest relics You emit rays of your miracles everywhere. Thus we call to you: rejoice, venerable fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, fertilizer for the monk.

Ikos

Who is pleased with the utterance of your miracles, reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, we honor your all-praised and all-honorable memory with joy and Divine love, we bring this little song: Rejoice, you are filled with Christ’s beauty, and you are bright from Him and have received the reward in abundance: your bodies are a sea island accepted, the souls of heaven itself, the honors of their labors, the praises, having received from Christ all the King and God. We therefore pray that you visit mercifully and pray unceasingly for all of us.

Song 7

Irmos:I serve the golden image in the field of Deira, Thy three children, heedless of the godless commandment, cast into the midst of the fire, watering the waist: blessed art thou, O God of our fathers.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

In vigilant prayers, and strong in fasting, and unflagging patience in temptation, purity of mind, reverence, showing off, and worthy of the earthly retreat, heavenly pleasure is gained, chanting: blessed is God our father.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

Spiritual fruit, and an immaculate sacrifice, your life, O Reverend One, you have offered to the Lady, in abstinence you have lived in every possible way, having received from worthlessness and honor through labor, like a hero of heroism, you act glorious miracles, chanting: blessed is God our father.

Glory:Guide those who are shaken by the passions and the storm of sin, venerable ones, who are immersed, as you have great boldness towards God, and always, with wisdom, preserve those who honor you piously, as we sing: blessed is God our father.

And now:Deliver us from misfortunes and sorrows, and various sorrows, and foreign invasions, and internecine warfare, O Lady of All Sings, as we glorify Thee, and we cry to Thy Son: blessed be God our father.

Song 8

Irmos:Sometimes the fiery furnace in Babylon divided the action, scorching the Chaldeans by God's command, and watering the faithful, singing: Bless all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

In the abode of the ever-living, ever-living, reverent one, enjoying the incorruptible blessings, and being filled with the Trisolar Lordship, we, who call you, with your warm intercession, save those who sing from all the fierce ones: bless, all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

We who honor you with love, and who celebrate your honest triumph, Christ's saints Zosimo and Savvaty, reverend fathers, by sin, ask for forgiveness, and the change of passions, and the Divine illumination of the light, singing: bless, all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

Glory:O Pre-Eternal Nature, and Tripartite Unity, Father and Son and Holy Soul, receive from us Thy prayer books, venerable saints, and grant permission for sin, and correction of life, and alienation of the evil, and make us worthy in the world to sing of Thy power: bless, all the works of the Lord , Gentlemen.

And now:As the One who gave birth to the seedless birth of Christ God, the Brideless Pure Mother, do this mercifully, the Lady, to save the slaves from the violence and torment of the enemy, crying out to Christ to Thy Son: bless, all the works of the Lord, the Lord.

Song 9

Irmos:The Beginningless Parent, the Son, God and Lord, incarnated from the Virgin, appeared to us, darkened to enlighten, fellow waste. Thus we magnify the All-Sung Mother of God.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

Send forth your thoughts to God, Reverend Zosimo and Savvaty, who have left the earthly, have received the heavenly, I will greatly glorify you to God and the Savior, for your labors and unflagging abstinence: for this reason we honor you, blessed one.

Reverend Fathers Zosimo and Savvaty, pray to God for us.

Their blessings, reverend, half-pure, and heavenly glory, which you have been honored with from God, and to whom you will receive, pray that we too may be inseparable, we pray, with joy and Divine love for those who honor your deeds of all honor.

Glory:O Divine and God-wise and sacred duo, Zosimo and Savvaty, ask for peace to be sent down from God to the world, unity for the churches and for all those who mourn, consolation and salvation, blessings.

And now:Spare me, O Christ the Savior, spare through the prayers who gave birth to You and all Your saints: when you sit down to judge by my deeds, despise my iniquities and my sins, for only one is sinless.

NATALIA VOLKOVA

On August 21, the Russian Orthodox Church remembers Rev. Savvaty, Zosima and Herman, the Solovetsky miracle workers, or rather, the double transfer of their relics. These events are directly related to the history of the Solovetsky monastery.

Saints Savvaty, Zosima and Herman of Solovetsky would never have met if the Lord had not wanted a beautiful and secluded monastery to grow in the White Sea, to which pilgrims from all over the world still flock to this day. By the way, Saints Savvaty and Zosima did not know each other in earthly life, but the name of one ascetic is now inseparable from the name of the other - in heavenly history.

Venerable Savvaty (†1435)

So, it all began with the desire of the resident of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery Savvaty to live in the desert. The monk, virtuous and strict, whom the brethren respected, left them, asking for a blessing, to Valaam. After living there for several years, he, according to his life, “began to look for an even more secluded place. His desert-loving soul rejoiced when he learned that in the far north, in the sea, there was an uninhabited Solovetsky Island.” The monk also left the Valaam monastery, although the Valaam monks very much asked the Monk Savvaty not to leave them - his path lay to the shores of the White Sea.

St. Savvaty. Painting of the Assumption Church in Arkhangelsk. Photo: Solovki.info

Near the Vyg River, the monk met the monk Herman, who lived at the chapel in the village of Soroka, who had previously been to the Solovetsky Islands, but did not dare to settle there alone. In 1429, the two of them reached the Bolshoi Solovetsky Island on a fragile boat. The place where the monks settled was later named Savvatievo; it is located near Sekirnaya Mountain.

After six years of incessant work and prayer, Savvaty departed to the Lord. Here's how it happened. Monk Herman left for the mainland for economic reasons, and his brother was left alone. He already had a presentiment that he would soon leave for the monastery of the Heavenly Father and wanted to partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ. Alone he went to where he met Herman - to the village of Soroka, to the chapel. Here he met a priest, abbot Nathanael. The abbot confessed and gave communion to the Solovetsky hermit, after which on September 27, 1435, the Monk Savvaty peacefully departed to the Lord. He was buried near the walls of the chapel. Only 30 years later, his holy relics were transferred to Solovki and placed behind the altar of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Venerable Zosima (†1478)

The Venerable Abbot Zosima, the benefactor of the Solovetsky monastery, met the Venerable Herman of Solovetsky when he lived in one of the northern Pomeranian monasteries. He was young, but his soul longed for desert life, so after the monk Herman’s stories about the harsh Solovetsky Island, where he lived for several years with the Monk Savvaty, Zosima went even further to the north.

St. Zosima. Painting of the Assumption Church in Arkhangelsk. Photo: Solovki.info

In 1436, the monks Zosima and German settled on Bolshoi Solovetsky Island by the sea, not far from the place where the monastery is now located. One day Zosima saw an extraordinary light and in the east a beautiful church high above the ground. The hermits perceived this miraculous sign as a blessing for the founding of the monastery. The ascetics began to harvest timber and began construction, erecting cells and a fence.

The monks endured many trials before the monastery blossomed.

One day Zosima spent the winter alone, left without food supplies. Bad weather did not allow Herman to return to winter from the mainland. All the monk Zosima's supplies were exhausted, but a miracle helped the ascetic: two strangers came to him and left him bread, flour and butter. In amazement, the monk did not ask where they were from. Soon the Monk Herman returned to the island with the fisherman Mark, who took monastic vows. Other residents of Pomerania also began to come to the monastery.

The number of brethren increased and a monastery was built. A wooden church of the Transfiguration of the Lord with a chapel in the name of St. Nicholas grew up. Several abbots came to the island to lead the monastery, but none could withstand the harsh living conditions here. Then the Solovetsky monks chose Zosima as their abbot. He was ordained a priest and celebrated the first Liturgy at the Solovetsky monastery. According to legend, during prayer during that service his face shone like the face of an angel.

After some time, the monastery was built new temple in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God, the relics of St. Savvaty were transferred here. Through the efforts of Abbot Zosima and the brethren, a monastery rose on a deserted island. The monastery had a charter for Orthodox cenobitic monasteries, traditional for Russian monasticism.

Several decades passed under the abbess of St. Zosima. When the time of his death approached, he called the brethren and appointed the pious monk Arseny as abbot. Having said his farewell words, the ascetic departed to the Lord on April 17, 1478 and was buried behind the altar wooden church Transfiguration of the Lord.

Venerable Herman (†1479)

The feat of the Monk Herman, an associate of the Monks Savvaty and Zosima, consisted of daily work for the glory of God. For six years he helped Saint Savvatius, and for more than 40 years he worked in the monastery under Abbot Zosima. Without abandoning the feat of prayer, he made sea crossings, overcame the hardships of the northern region in labor, and together with his brethren erected churches. Elder Herman's oral narratives about the Solovetsky ascetics Savvatiya and Zosima, recorded at his request, were later used in the compilation of their lives.

In 1479, the Monk Herman, fulfilling the instructions of Abbot Arseny, the successor of the Monk Zosima, went to Novgorod. The illness prevented him from returning to the islands. At the monastery of St. Anthony the Roman, the ascetic took communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ and surrendered his soul to God. The Solovetsky monks were unable to take his body to the monastery due to muddy roads. Only five years later the relics of St. Herman were transferred to the Solovetsky monastery - they were placed next to the relics of St. Savvaty. Later, a chapel was erected over the burial place of St. Herman, and in 1860 a stone church was built, consecrated in his honor.

Transfer of the relics of the ascetics

The holy relics of the original Solovetsky leaders, Saints Zosima and Savvaty, were in the monastery at the time of their church glorification, which occurred in 1547. In 1862, upon completion of the construction of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the holy relics of Saints Zosima and Savvatiy were placed in silver crayfish in the Zosima-Savvatievsky chapel and remained there until the monastery was closed in 1920.

Until 1939, the relics of Saints Zosima, Savvaty and Herman remained on Solovki in the local history museum, which was subordinate to the camp authorities, which was opened on the site of the glorious monastery. After the liquidation of the camp, the relics of the Solovetsky founders were taken from the island and transferred for storage to the Central Anti-Religious Museum in Moscow, and then to the Leningrad Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism.

In June 1990, the Solovetsky shrines were transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church and on August 16, 1990, they were transferred to the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. In August 1992, the solemn transfer of the relics of Saints Zosima, Savvaty and German to the Solovetsky Monastery took place.

Currently, the relics of the Solovetsky founders rest in the gate church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Prayers to Zosima, Savvaty and Herman Solovetsky

About the Reverend and God-bearing fathers Zosimo, Savvaty and Herman, earthly angels and heavenly people, close friends of Christ and saints of God, your monasteries are glory and adornment, but all the northern countries, especially the entire Orthodox fatherland, are an insurmountable wall and great intercession! Behold, we, unworthy and many sinners, with reverent love for your holy relics, bowing down, with a contrite and humble spirit, diligently beseech you: pray unceasingly to our merciful Master and Lord Jesus Christ, for you have great boldness towards Him, that His all-pervading grace may not depart from us, may the protection and intercession of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos remain in this place, and may the true zealots of the angelic life in this holy monastery, where you, God-bearing fathers and rulers, never become lacking, with immeasurable labors and penances, with tears and all-night vigils, with unceasing prayers and with prayers began the monastic life. To her, saintly saints, most favorable prayer books to God, with your warm prayers to Him, protect and preserve us and this holy village of yours from cowardice, flood, fire and sword, invasion of foreigners and deadly plagues, from enmity and all kinds of disorder, from all misfortune and sorrow and from all evil: may the Most Holy Name of the Lord and God be reverently glorified in this place, in peace and silence, and those who seek Him may find eternal salvation. About the blessedness of our fathers, Zosimo, Savvaty and German! Hear us sinners, living unworthily in your holy monastery and under the roof of your protection, and through your powerful petitions to God, ask for forgiveness of sins for our souls, correction of life and eternal blessings in the Kingdom of Heaven: to all who believe, in every place and in every need call you for help and intercession, and those who flow into your monastery with reverent love, do not stop pouring out all grace and mercy, preserving them from all resistive forces, from all misfortunes and from all evil circumstances, and giving them everything they need for their souls and bodies. benefit. Most of all, pray to the most merciful God, that He may establish and strengthen His holy Church and our entire Orthodox Fatherland in peace and silence, in love and unanimity, in orthodoxy and piety, and preserve and preserve it forever and ever. Amen.

O reverend fathers, great intercessors and speedy hearers of prayers, saints of God and miracle workers Zosimo, Savvaty and Herman! Do not forget, as you promised, to visit your child. Even though you have departed from us in body, you are still with us in spirit. We pray, O Reverend One: deliver us from fire and sword, from the invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, from corrupting winds, and from vain death, and from all the demonic attacks that come upon us. Hear us, sinners, and accept this prayer and our supplication, like a fragrant censer, like a pleasing sacrifice, and revive our souls, evil deeds, and advice, and thoughts, and, like a dead damsel, you have healed, like the incurable wounds of many, from Deliver us from the unclean spirits tormented by evil, and also deliver us, kept in the bonds of the enemy, and deliver us from the snares of the devil, bring us out of the depths of sins, and by your merciful visit and intercession from enemies visible and invisible, protect us with the grace and power of the All-Holy Trinity, always, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.

), venerable, miracle worker

Reverence

Subsequently, a church in the name of the Holy Trinity was built on the site of the chapel. Then Rev. Zosima restored the deserted monastery of Savvaty on Solovetsky Island and in the year transferred the relics of the saint to the island to the Church of the Transfiguration, built on the spot where the holy hermits Savvaty and Herman first erected the cross.

Church-wide glorification of the saint by the Russian Church followed at the Moscow Council in the year. On August 8 of the year, the relics of Saints Savvaty and Zosima were transferred to the chapel, built in their name, near the same Church of the Transfiguration, where they rested in a silver shrine until the revolutionary hard times.

Prayers

Troparion, tone 3

Having retired from the world and settled in the desert, / you fought a good deed, through suffering, and attention, and prayers: / from sickness and after death you exuded healing, Savvaty our father, / pray to Christ God to save our souls.

Troparion, tone 4

From your youth, reverend, having offered everything to yourself to the Lord, / and leaving all earthly things behind, / you warmly followed Christ’s footsteps, / and a bodiless cohabitant appeared and an accomplice to all the saints, the blessed Savvaty. / Therefore, we pray, Father, pray for us unceasingly to Christ God, / that He will be merciful to us on the day of judgment.

Kontakion, tone 2

You fled the rumors of life, you moved into the sea island, wise, / and took up your cross, you followed Christ in prayers, and in vigils and in fasting, exhausting your flesh with suffering. / In this way you were a blessing to the saints: / for this reason, for the sake of love, we celebrate your memory, Rev. Savvaty, / pray to Christ God unceasingly for all of us.

Kontakion, voice 3

Like an all-bright star, shining with virtues, / emitting rays of miracles on both sides, / enriching the coming souls, purpose and body, / having grace, Savvaty. / The Great Giver glorifies Himself.

Literature

St. Dimitry Rostovsky, Lives of the Saints, September 27: