The Monk Savva Storozhevsky is well known in Rus', this miracle worker became famous for his piety and wisdom. Even during his lifetime, he was one of the very first followers of Sergius of Radonezh and was considered his student. But there is very little reliable information about him. Many believe that this is due to the fact that the elder lived more than a thousand years ago. Therefore, his biography was made according to the recollections of monks and monks who themselves met with the monk. In subsequent years, the life of St. Savva Storozhevsky was written by Alexander Pushkin himself. The Russian poet was inspired by what he learned about the elder, and even came to the temple near Zvenigorod to bow to his relics. From our article, you will learn about what earned the respect of the Monk Savva Storozhevsky, and the miracles that he worked during his lifetime and after death.

The early years of the future saint

Nothing is known about the place and date of birth of St. Savva Storozhevsky of Zvenigorodsky. These data were lost during his lifetime, however, historians have every reason to believe that the miracle worker came from a noble boyar family. This is indicated by some indirect facts, but so far it has not been possible to refute or prove them.

At a very young age, Savva (however, he received this name after being tonsured) expressed a desire to serve God and loved him more than anything in the world. For this, he personally came to Sergius of Radonezh and took the tonsure as his novice.

The monk spent whole days in abstinence, prayers, and also sang in the church choir. Savva regularly studied church literature and was completely obedient to his mentor. It is known that from the very early morning, even before dawn, he came to the temple for services and left its doors later than everyone else.

The Monk Savva Storozhevsky avoided frequent conversations and preferred to spend most of his time in silence and silence. Because of this, the brothers underestimated his wisdom, considering the young novice narrow-minded and tongue-tied. However, in reality, Savva surpassed in wisdom many who lived with him in the Trinity Monastery.

Saint Sergius highly valued the piety of his novice and considered him one of his best students. IN last years During his life, he practically retired from the affairs of the monastery, putting Nikon in charge of it. However, he did not stay at the head of the temple for long, expressing a desire to remain in seclusion. And then the choice clearly fell on the Monk Savva Storozhevsky.

Monastery Management

The Monk Savva Storozhevsky of Zvenigorodsky stayed in the position of hegumen for about six years. It is known that during these years the Trinity Monastery flourished, and once a spring with the purest water gushed near it.

He conducted his activities, managing the monastery, like his former hegumen Sergius of Radonezh. In many ways, Savva adhered to his worldviews and shared all his views.

After six years, the monk decided to give up his honorary post and completely immerse himself in the service of the Lord. He remained to live in the Trinity Monastery, but spent almost all the time in solitude and fervent prayers. He almost did not communicate with the brothers, and they expected that the elder would soon take a vow of silence.

Exodus from the Trinity Monastery

One day, Prince George Dimitrievich arrived at the monastery specially for the monk. He always had a very warm attitude towards the Trinity Monastery and was the godson of Sergius of Radonezh himself. Savva Storozhevsky from an early age was the confessor of the prince and often saw him.

Georgy Dimitrievich was a very pious person and came to persuade his spiritual mentor to go to Zvenigorod and build a new monastery near the city. The prince's intentions were pure, besides, he had already chosen a suitable place for a new temple. It was supposed to be Mount Watchmen, located very close to the city.

Seeing that the prince's words were ardent and sincere, the monk agreed to leave the monastery and go to Zvenigorod. By the way, many historians believe that Savva Storozhevsky was from these parts. Therefore, he willingly agreed to return to his native places and followed the pious prince.

Creation of a new monastery

According to the chronicles, the monk went up the mountain with the icon of the Mother of God. At the very top, he installed an image and turned to the Mother of God with fervent prayer. With tears in his eyes, the elder asked her for help in the new business and the blessing of any undertakings. With his own hands, the miracle worker, with the assistance of Georgy Dimitrievich, built a small wooden church. Nearby, he built a modest cell for himself and remained to live on the mountain.

The news of the saint and his righteous life quickly spread throughout Rus', and people who wanted to serve God and spend their days in prayer reached the mountain. The monk did not refuse shelter to anyone who came. He received everyone with love and blessed them for the monastic feat.

Soon quite a lot of people gathered around him, and Savva Storozhevsky created a monastic monastery, becoming its abbot. In this post, he daily showed an example of humility, patience, abstinence and diligence.

He taught his brothers to work every day and not spend a single minute in idleness. Even in his old age, the abbot himself carried water from the source up the mountain and did everything that was necessary for himself and the monks.

Construction of the temple in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin

At the end of the fourteenth century, Prince George went to battle with the army of the Golden Horde. Before the speech, he turned for a blessing to the reverend. He said a prayer and released the prince in peace. Returning with a victory, George thanked the elder, but he, being very modest, advised him to praise God and be merciful to everyone around. Struck by the wisdom of the monk, the prince began to make generous donations to the monastery, thanks to which a beautiful stone church was erected on the site of a modest church. Despite the fact that the monastery grew, its abbot remained a very modest person and was afraid of earthly glory. However, during his lifetime, many simple people began to call it the temple of St. Savva Storozhevsky.

The last years of the old man's life

Over time, people from different cities began to come to Savva's monastery. Some became monks and asked for his guidance, while others turned to the miracle worker for advice and guidance. In order to avoid earthly glory, the monk left his monastery and went into the forest. There he dug a small cave, where he spent his days in prayers and conversations with God. However, the elder considered this a small contribution to the cause of serving the Creator. With his own hands he dug a well so that the brothers would always have fresh water, and often brought it to the monastery himself. Even being at an advanced age, the miracle worker fully provided for himself with everything necessary and continued to work for the benefit of the monastery.

Feeling the approach of death, the elder called all the brothers and began to instruct them. He advised them to be humble, to fast, and to pray without ceasing. Having named his successor, the monk calmly departed into another world. His body was buried in a temple built with donations from the prince.

Icon of St. Savva Storozhevsky

The first images of the saint appeared decades after the death of the abbot. It is known that after the writing of the first face, miracles began to occur at the relics of the saint. And the very history of the creation of his icon is wonderful.

According to legend, hegumen Dionysius, who at that moment ruled the Zvenigorod monastery, was famous for his ability to paint icons, one night he saw an old man who ordered him to paint his image. Dionysius was surprised and asked the name of the visitor. The next morning, he ordered to send for one of the brothers, who had once been personally acquainted with Savva. He described it in detail from memory, and the abbot recognized in the verbal portrait of the elder who had come to him in a dream. He fulfilled the wonderworker's command and painted an icon. After that, the veneration of the saint increased, and various miracles began to occur on his grave.

Miracles at the relics of the saint

People talk a lot about the miracles of the saint. At different times, the most incredible events related to the holy elder took place. We will tell readers about only some of them.

The story of healing is widely known. Once a boyar came to the grave of an old man with his mute son. They fervently prayed at the relics of Savva, and after that the boyar asked the brothers for kvass, which they themselves prepared in the monastery. Literally after the first sip, the son of the boyar began to speak, which was instantly recognized as a miracle. Having thanked the saint, the boyar took the kvass home and cured all his household members suffering from various diseases with it.

Many Orthodox also know about the salvation of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich by the saints. During the hunt, the king got lost and tried for a long time to find the path. Having made his way through the thicket, he got out into a clearing, where a bear rushed towards him. It is not known how this story would have ended if the old man had not come out from behind the trees. He drove the beast away and vanished into thin air. The amazed king, having reached his retinue, decided to thank God for miraculous salvation. The nearest temple turned out to be the Storozhevsky Monastery, entering which the tsar immediately saw an icon depicting a mysterious old man, whom he saw in the thicket. In the future, Alexei Mikhailovich openly patronized the monastery and visited it more than once.

However, the most famous miracle is the story that happened to the stepson of Napoleon himself. During the war, he and his army settled in the Zvenigorod monastery, and at night an old man appeared to him, telling the prince that he would save his life if the monastery did not suffer and was not ruined.

The next morning, the prince left the monastery and really remained alive, and later he even became related to the royal family and lived in Russia long years.

Reverend Savva Storozhevsky: what helps

Orthodox are often interested in what kind of request you can turn to the saint. After all, it is known that each of the canonized elders helps in some specific cases. Savva Storozhevsky most often helps to heal from various physical and mental illnesses.

Among his miracles were many saving people from incurable diseases. Some of them were possessed, others were blind or deaf, and still others were saved by prayer from all sorts of infirmities.

Therefore, if you ask for the health of your loved ones, then come to the icon of the elder and turn to him with fervent prayer.

Prayer to the Monk Savva Storozhevsky

In order for the request to the saint to be heard faster, address him with special words. We give the prayer to the miracle worker in full.

Akathist

In different situations, the Orthodox can, in addition to prayer, also read an akathist to the Monk Savva Storozhevsky. We cannot quote its full text, but we will definitely quote the beginning:

If you find yourself near Zvenigorod, then be sure to look into the monastery, once created by the monk. Bow to his relics and ask for your relatives, because the elder never leaves anyone without help and support.

Saint Savva Storozhevsky is one of the first and closest disciples of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, abbot of the Russian Land. Saint Sava repeated his exploits in many ways: he also independently founded a well-known monastery named after him, and led the spiritual and political life Russian princes. Recently, in 2007, the Savvino-Storozhevsky Nativity Monastery celebrated the 600th anniversary of the canonization - the glorification of St. Savva as a saint.

ICONOGRAPHY OF SAVVA STOROZHEVSKY - HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE SAINT IN THE ICON

The image of the saint is always made in a fairly simple style, but he can always be recognized by the icon in his hands and, of course, the signature under the image.

• • The most common image shows Saint Sava in schemonic clothing - a black or brown monastic robe with a hood on his shoulders. His right palm is folded in a gesture of priestly blessing of the worshipers. The meaning of this gesture on the icon and in life is a blessing in the name of Jesus Christ. Fingers right hand at the same time, they are added to form the monogram IC XC, where the straight index finger is the letter “I” of the Greek alphabet, the middle and little fingers are two letters “C”, and the letter “X” is formed by the crossed thumb and ring fingers.

• • The saint looks directly at the one who is praying. He has an elongated blond beard, his hair is also blond and grayish, slightly curly, his forehead is open.

• • In his left hand, the saint holds an icon of Our Lady Hodegetria, and sometimes also a scroll, a symbol of contemplation of God, meditation on God, and instructions left to the disciples. Often the scroll is unfolded and the teachings of the saint, preserved in his life, are written in it.

• • The background on the icon is usually gold or blue - symbols of the stay of the monk in heavenly cloisters, in the light of God's grace.

• • In the 19th century, when saints were depicted in an academic manner (that is, the icons were essentially portraits, only with a signature in Church Slavonic and a halo above the head of the depicted), an icon was painted that looked like a portrait of a saint. Such images are being created even now - they are canonical, you can pray to the saint in front of them.

• • An interesting type of iconography of St. Savva Storozhevsky is an image first painted in the middle of the 16th century. This is a hagiographic icon, that is, stamps are placed around the image of the saint himself, on which various episodes from the life of the saint are depicted. You need to “read” such a picturesque life from left to right and from top to bottom. Unlike other icons, there are more than a hundred plots here: this iconography continued to develop in subsequent centuries. The very image of the saint, around whom the hallmarks are built, usually represents him in traditional monastic robes.

THE LIFE OF ST. SAVVA STOROZHEVSKY

The saint came to the Holy Trinity Monastery, founded by St. Sergius of Radonezh, very young. His date of birth and family are unknown - there are suggestions that he was the son of a boyar from Smolensk. After going through the usual labors and trials, he was tonsured a monk by Saint Sergius himself. Like all the inhabitants of the Sergius monastery, he worked hard - carried water, built temples and cells, looked after the monastery’s garden, and also performed ascetic feats of fasting, vigils and prayer . The brethren and abbot loved Savva for many virtues, meekness and humility, always a peaceful state of mind. He fell in love with monastic services and was always the last to leave the church, and for solitary prayer he chose a ravine not far from the monastery. Now there is a spring nearby, named after him.

Over time, the saint was ordained from the priesthood and appointed by the hegumen of the monastery himself, St. Sergius, to be the confessor of the brethren and also to confess the laity who come to the monastery to pray. In every monastery this is an important role and a great spiritual responsibility. The advice of Saint Sava was filled with God's grace and edification.

Considering Savva ready for independent life and exploits, St. Sergius blessed him to become abbot of the Dormition Monastery on the Dubinka River, founded by Holy Prince Dmitry Donskoy in gratitude to God for the victory on the Kulikovo field. In 1392, after the death of St. Sergius of Radonezh and the retirement (acceptance of the feat of solitary prayer) of the aged St. Nikon of Radonezh, the successor of St. Sergius, the brethren of the monastery begged St. Savva to become rector of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra (then called a simple monastery). He held this post for about six years.

In 1399, Yuri Dimitrievich, Prince of Zvenigorod, who was the godson of St. Sergius, asked St. Savva to become his confessor and settle in his domain, founding a monastery there. Leaving the Trinity-Sergius monastery in the care of his disciples, the saint went to the desert Storozheva Mountain, founding a church there in honor of the Nativity Holy Mother of God and a small cell. The prince visited the saint there, asking for blessings for important affairs of government - thus, the monk blessed Yuri for victorious campaigns against the Tatars (to the Volga Bulgaria, to Kazan). After a while, the prayer of the Storozhevsky elder helped to save Rus' during the invasion of Tamerlane. The Monk Savva predicted victory, and his far-sighted words came true.

Over time, brethren also appeared in the Storozhevsky Monastery. In spite of his old age, Saint Savva also labored here in the construction of temples and dwellings for the brethren. He died peacefully in 1407, at a very advanced age, having given instructions to the brethren before his death. The Church canonized him as the venerable ascetics of God a hundred years later.

Alas, after the death of the saint, the descendants of Prince Yuri and his brothers began internecine strife, so the Zvenigorod Monastery fell into temporary decline.

HAGIOGRAPHY OF SAINT SAVVA

In the 16th century, Markell Bezberody Khutynsky, hegumen of the Novgorod Khutorsky monastery, created the life of St. Sava, collecting the surviving hagiographic (hagiographic) information and recording the miracles performed by the Zvenigorod saint.

Surprisingly, this life has come down to us translated into Russian by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin himself. Around 1830 he translated it from Church Slavonic into Russian. This text was omitted for many years when the works of the great poet were published: indeed, they tried to portray Pushkin as a love of freedom and a revolutionary, but meanwhile the spiritual poems of the poet, including the life of St. Savva Storozhevsky, revered by him, were knocked out of the general ideas about his personality. The translation of the life was short, without lengthy descriptions of the miracles of the saint, so modern researchers consider it a preparation for some major work that was not written by a classic.

It is interesting that Pushkin calls one of the heroes of "Eugene Onegin" - the pious father of Tatyana, the rare name of Savva. The white autograph of the life is still kept in the Pushkin House - the Institute of Russian Literature in St. Petersburg, and anyone can get acquainted with it.

MIRACLES OF SAINT SAVVA

The life has preserved many descriptions of intravital and posthumous miracles of the saint, except for the removal of two sources of water from the earth:

• • Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov revered Saint Sava as his patron: while hunting, the tsar escaped from an angry bear, easily expelled by a simple old man in a monastic robe. The king asked him about his name, and the elder replied that he was Savva, a monk of the Storozhevsky monastery. At that time, there was not a single monk with that name in the monastery, and Alexei Mikhailovich realized that the saint himself had appeared to him. Since then, the king took the monastery, which was in oblivion, under his protection, not even allowing any of the courtiers to help her: he provided for the monastery and its monks in everything.

• • In 1812, during Patriotic War, Saint Sava appeared to Eugene Beauharnais, the Napoleonic general who occupied the monastery. His soldiers tried to commit blasphemy in the monastery, but the saint warned Beauharnais that he should stop the atrocities and treat the shrines of the monastery with reverence - then the Lord would save him in the war. The general did not immediately understand who the monk who came to him was, and recognized him only by the icon. Indeed, having preserved the monastery, Beauharnais himself survived the war lost by France. He told this story to the Russian military leaders.

MONASTERY OF SAVVA STOROZHEVSKY IN ZVENIGOROD

The construction of the monastery was completed around 1405: by the labors and prayers of the saint, with the participation of the Zvenigorod prince, several temples were erected in the monastery, the pearls of ancient Russian architecture that have survived to this day. In addition, the Monk Andrei Rublev, also a monk of the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, was invited to paint the churches and create the iconostasis of the temple. Perhaps this was one of the first icon-painting experiments of St. Andrew, who later painted the Assumption Cathedrals of Vladimir and Moscow - the key temples of Rus', who became the author of the greatest masterpiece of ancient Russian icon painting - the Holy Trinity.

The monastery in ancient times was located in a strategically important place for Muscovite Rus', protecting it from the west. The tsar and grand dukes from Ivan the Terrible to Alexei Mikhailovich often prayed here.

It is interesting that the famous "Rublyovka", the Rublevo-Uspenskaya route owes its appearance to the monastery of St. Sava. It was laid for the royal pilgrimage - visiting the monastery after the death of St. Sava.

During the years of persecution of the Church under the Bolsheviks, the monastery, which had endured many wars and difficult times, was closed. The huge bell, which became one of the "heralds of Zvenigorod" - this city is named after the bell ringing that glorified it - was broken. The monastery was either turned into a museum, or it housed various institutions.

The revival of spiritual life began here in 1995. Several dozen monks live here. The tradition of a large religious procession on the day of the memory of St. Sava has been renewed.

THE SOURCE AND SKETE OF ST. SAVVA STOROZHEVSKY IN THE TRINITY-SERGIUS LAVRA

For deep heartfelt prayer in solitude, the Monk Savva liked to withdraw from the monastery. In the Zvenigorod monastery, he had a cell in a cave dug out in a ravine. Now there is a church built in 1870 in memory of the saint, and a spring beats nearby.

Another source is located near the walls of the Trinity Sergius Lavra. If you go to the right of the gates of the monastery, passing by the pond, or rather the Bell Towers, you can see a small wooden chapel, consecrated in honor of St. Sava. Under it beats a spring, which appeared through the prayer of the saint from under the ground during the period of his abbess in the monastery.

The water in both springs of the two cloisters is healing. There are testimonies of healings after dipping into these springs with prayer. They also take water home, drink it with reverence and prayer to the reverend for the healing of the soul and body.

HONORING ST. SAVVA STOROZHEVSKY

The relics of Saint Sava were found incorrupt on January 19, 1652. Today they are open to everyone in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Storozhevskaya monastery, to the right of the Royal Doors. During the time of persecution of the Church, they were taken away from the monastery and returned to it again only in 1998. In order to venerate them, many make a pilgrimage to the monastery.

The feast in honor of St. Sava was established by a council decision of 1549. December 3 - the death of St. Sava in 1407 is celebrated.

Also, the days of memory of the saint are

January 19 - Uncovering the relics of the monk (1652).
July 30 - transfer of the relics of the Abbot of Zvenigorod Savva to the renovated canopy (1847).
August 23 - the second acquisition of the relics of St. Savva and their transfer to the revived Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery (1998).

On these days, especially solemn divine services are performed in the monastery and in churches consecrated in honor of the saint, as well as throughout the Moscow region, where the saint is especially revered as the protector of the region. The image of the saint is brought to the middle of the temple, the All-Night Vigil is performed the day before, and on the day of memory itself, a solemn Divine Liturgy is performed. Molebens can also be performed with an akathist to the saint. On these days, during divine services, special short prayers are sung - troparia and kontakions to the saint. They can also be read from memory and online at any difficult or dangerous moments in life:

In the desert you became a sprout of goodness, Reverend Savva: from your youth you lived purely, following your spiritual teacher, Reverend Sergius, and with his edifications raised your mind to heaven, your monastery became a wise mentor, therefore Christ glorified you with miracles, like a bright lamp of grace Your Savva, our father, pray to Him for the salvation of our souls.
With youthful zeal for God, you burned, loved the purity of life and despised the beauty and vanity of this world, followed your God-wise teacher, Saint Sergius, in labors and vigils, fasting and prayer, and deeds. You came to the Watchman River for the sake of silence and spiritual rigor, while standing and not falling asleep in deeds for the sake of God, you received the understanding of God, you saw the intrigues of demons, and repelled their attacks, you received the illumination of the Holy Spirit, shining like a bright star to all people, the Lord is faithful. Therefore, we revere you as a wise and luminous primate and shepherd of a flock of Orthodox sheep, enlightening with your light and all who come to you in faith, our father Savva, pray to the Lord Jesus Christ, may He save our souls.

WHAT HELPING SAINT SAVVA STOROZHEVSKY

They pray to Saint Savva the Watchman for many needs. There are always many pilgrims from all over Russia and even from other countries in the monastery. In Orthodoxy, there is a tradition to pray to every saint, asking him for something in which he became famous during his lifetime or posthumous miracles. Saint Sava is asked:

• • About good work and career growth - after all, he himself received several senior posts by many feats;

• • Getting rid of difficulties at work;

• • On the strengthening of faith;

• • About salvation in danger and difficult circumstances - after all, the saint saved the king even from an angry bear;

• • About healing in illnesses - after death, the Monk Savva, after prayers to him, healed many monks and pilgrims of his monastery;

• • About purity of soul and body.

• • Like any saint, they also pray to him for help in getting rid of sins and vices, for willpower, for sincere prayer without laziness.

The prayer to the holy reverend Savva Storozhevsky can be read online according to the text below:

O honored by all, the holy head of the Storozhevskaya monastery, now a citizen of Heavenly Jerusalem, who himself became the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, our reverend father Savva! You have great power before the Merciful Lord God, pray for the brethren of your monastery and all your spiritual children whom you adopt in spirit. Do not remain silent in answer to our prayers, but ask the Lord for us yourself, do not turn away from people who honor you with faith and love.
Ask the King over all kings, the Lord Jesus Christ, the peace of our Church, under the sign of the cross struggling with the spirits of malice, be an intercessor for all of us: grant the bishops greatness and holiness, good help to the monks in ascetic deeds; protection of your holy monastery, the city and all the cities and countries of the world; serenity and peace to the whole world, deliver everyone from hunger and death; give consolation and strengthening of strength to old and sick people, help young men and babies not to doubt in faith, to grow in the teachings of Christ, to be pure and chaste; be a gracious intercessor to widows and orphans, give joy to captives and return to their homes, grant healing to the weak, tranquility to the faint-hearted, give correction to those who have strayed from the true path, repentance to those who have sinned consciously or through inattention, and timely support to all who need gracious help.
Do not disappoint us, who come to you with faith, help us, like a good father to children, to carry the cross given to us in life, as given by Christ Himself - with complacency and patience, help everyone complete their life in peace and repentance and with strong hope on the mercy of God to move to heavenly villages. There you, after labors and deeds, abide with the Angels and all the saints and eternally glorify God in the Most Holy Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Through the prayers of St. Savva, may the Lord keep you!

The celebration of St. Savva Storozhevsky was established in 1547 at the Moscow Cathedral and takes place on December 16th.

July 30 marks the transfer of the relics of St. Savvas under the newly built canopy,

held in 1887.

Our Reverend Father Savva from the very young years loved Christ and hated the world. He came to and received tonsure from him. In the form of a monastic, striving for the heavenly blessings prepared from the Lord for those who pleased Him, he struggled with passions with particular zeal and practiced the virtues.

Monk Savva seemed to everyone simple and knew nothing, although in wisdom he surpassed many who thought to be wise - he entered the church first of all and after everyone came out of it, he had such tenderness that he could not restrain himself from strong weeping and sobbing during the divine service : seeing such tenderness and crying, the fathers marveled and glorified the Benefactor of God. For his high spiritual experience, the Monk was highly respected by everyone, so he was appointed the confessor of the brethren, and also, at the request of the brethren, he also served for some time as hegumen of the Trinity Monastery.

Having established himself in the virtues, the Monk Savva acquired for himself a good reputation and the respect of the princes. Christ-loving Prince George (Yuri) Dmitrievich came to the monastery of St. Sergius to the blessed Savva and begged him to create a monastery in his patrimony in a convenient place. Then Savva left the monastery of St. Sergius and settled in a deserted place on a mountain called Watchmen, in the upper reaches of the Moscow River, near Zvenigorod, fifty versts from the reigning city of Moscow; he chose this place for the future monastery.

Here Saint Savva lived in complete silence and solitude, enduring cold and heat. Not for long, however, the Reverend had to live alone. Rumors about his exploits and holy life began to spread rapidly, and monks and laity from everywhere began to come to Saint Sava with requests to guide them in their spiritual life. The Monk received all those who came to him with love, setting an example for them in humility and monastic labors: he himself drew water from the river, carried it on his shoulders to a high mountain, and performed other necessary work. By this he wanted to accustom the brethren to work, so that they would not ruin their days in idleness, which is the mother of all vices.

After that, the Christ-loving Prince Georgy Dmitrievich gave the Reverend the necessary funds for the construction of the temple, and Savva erected a temple in honor of the honest and glorious Nativity of the Most Pure Mother of God and built a monastery, wonderful and great, for the soul-saving stay of the monks in it.

The monk was a good shepherd of the flock of Christ gathered in this monastery, and, raising him to spiritual pasture, confirmed him in many virtues.

And the very life of the Reverend shone with virtues, so that the Lord was pleased to glorify him during his lifetime with the gift of foresight.

In 1399, Prince Georgy Dmitrievich had to, at the behest of his brother, the Grand Duke, go to war against the Bulgarians. Before setting out on a campaign, he came to the monastery of the Monk Savva to ask his blessing. The holy elder, having prayed for him and blessed him with a cross, prophetically said: “Go, noble prince, and may the Lord be with you, helping you! You will overcome your enemies and by the grace of Christ you will return to your homeland in good health.

Having then taken command of the troops of the grand princes, George, with the blessing of the elder, went out against the enemies, fought battles for three months and won all of them. Upon his return, George, first of all, hurried to the monastery of the Monk Savva and offered thanks to God, who granted him victory through the prayers of the holy elder.

Having reached old age, Saint Savva fell into an illness, and having summoned the brethren, he sufficiently taught them in the Divine Scriptures, urging them to preserve their bodily purity and abide unceasingly in fasting and prayer. After this, the Reverend, appointing one of his disciples as hegumen over them, commanded all the brethren to remain with the hegumen in obedience and obedience. Having taught everyone the peace and the last kiss, Saint Sava in a good confession gave up his soul in the hands of God on the 3rd day of the month of December.

The news of the repose of the holy saint quickly spread throughout the surroundings, and all the Christ-loving citizens of Zvenigorod, both noble and ordinary people, gathered with great love for the burial of the deceased saint, carrying with them the sick and sick. Having performed a tomb chant over the deceased, they buried him with honor in the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos he created.

The honest relics of St. Savva still exude many and various healings to all who flow to them with faith, to the glory of Christ our God, who works through His saints, and after their repose, glorious miracles. Glory to our Lord, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen

Remembrance of the apparition of Saint Savva

in the Patriotic War of 1812

This happened in 1812, during the Patriotic War with the French. During the movement of enemy troops to Moscow, Prince Eugene Beauharnais, Napoleon's stepson, Viceroy of Italy, with a 24,000-strong detachment approached Zvenigorod. On September 12, on the outskirts of the city, a Russian detachment of Cossacks under the command of F.F. Vintsengerode entered the battle with the enemy forces that were many times superior. The six-hour battle took place in the immediate vicinity of the walls of Savvin Storozhevsky Monastery. The enemy was forced to stop his movement, and only in the evening Beauharnais, together with his staff, entered the monastery. The French occupied rooms in the Storozhevskaya monastery, scattered around the monastery and began to rob the monastery. But the monk himself, by his appearance, frightened and enlightened the impudent robbers. It happened like this. When in the evening Prince Eugene, without undressing, lay down and fell asleep, behold, in reality or in a dream - he himself did not know it - he saw that some kindly old man in long black monastic clothes entered the room and approached him so close that it was possible with moonlight consider the features of his face and his menacing look. The one who appeared said: “Do not lead your army to plunder the monastery, especially to take away anything from the church; if you fulfill my request, then God will have mercy on you, and you will return to your homeland safe and sound.” Frightened by the vision, the prince gave an order in the morning that the main forces of his detachment should not enter the monastery, but he himself entered the cathedral church and, at the tomb of St. Savva, saw the image of the one who appeared to him at night, and, having learned whose image it was, bowed with reverence to the relics Reverend and wrote about what happened in his book. Then the prince ordered the cathedral church to be locked, sealed it with his seal, and placed a guard of thirty men at the door of the temple.

According to the prediction of the Monk Savva, Prince Eugene, unlike all the other main commanders of Napoleon, remained intact and was not even wounded anywhere in the battles after that.

But the story didn't end there. It has its no less amazing continuation in our time. In the spring of 1995, a nun from one of the Orthodox French monasteries Elisaveta, a representative of the Beauharnais family, came to the Zvenigorod Museum (then there was no talk of opening a monastery yet). Then the mother was already more than 70 years old. She said that in the family of the Dukes of Lichtenberg (descendants of the son of Prince Eugene Beauharnais - Maximilian) there is a family tradition that the Monk Savva not only predicted Eugene Beauharnais's return unharmed from Russia, but added one more phrase, which is not mentioned in any publication . He said: "Your descendants will return to Russia." And this prophecy was fulfilled. In 1839, the son of Eugene Beauharnais, Maximilian, Duke of Lichtenberg, came to Russia for a holiday dedicated to the anniversary of the Battle of Borodino. From him in Russia they learned the story that happened to Prince Eugene Beauharnais in the Savvin Storozhevsky Monastery back in 1812. Duke Maximilian, together with the Imperial family, visited the Storozhevsky monastery and bowed to the relics of St. Savva, as he had promised his dying father. In the same year, he proposed to Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, the beloved daughter of Tsar Nicholas I. After receiving the Supreme consent to marriage, the duke converted to Orthodoxy, and after the wedding, the newlyweds settled in St. Petersburg, where on Nevsky Prospekt you can still see the palace of the Dukes of Lichtenberg. The descendants of Maximilian lived there before the revolution. In the summer of 1917, the family of the Dukes of Lichtenberg left for France to live with relatives, taking valuables and papers with them, selling land and part of the property. The October Revolution found them in Paris. The Lichtenbergers live in France for almost the entire 20th century, but, according to Mother Elizabeth, almost all of them are Orthodox and have Russian names. And the Monk Savva is revered as their heavenly patron.

There is a version that, already on his deathbed, the Viceroy of Italy, Eugene Beauharnais, was baptized according to the Orthodox rite with the name Eugene. And absolutely historical fact- shortly after the Napoleonic wars, a chapel in the name of St. Savva was built near Paris. Savva Storozhevsky is one of the few (if not the only) Russian saints known and revered in France in the 19th century, not only by Russians living in Paris, but also by the French.

"Refuge for all sinners"

These words mean that, according to the word of the Lord (John 6, 37), the Monk Savva did not reject anyone who came to him: but any person, regardless of age and condition, who recognizes himself as having sinned before God, could count on the compassionate attention of the holy hegumen . The Monk Savva learned everything from his mentor, the Monk Sergius of Radonezh, and in one thing he surpassed him: Sergius himself made Savva the confessor of the brethren, he himself confessed to him.

The grace of performing the Sacraments, including the Sacrament of Confession, is in every priest. But the people do not strive for everyone equally, not everyone is asked for advice in difficult situations. life situations when deep wisdom is needed.

Saints Sergius and Savva possessed not only the wisdom that comes with experience, but also the gift of clairvoyance from God. They opened the depths of human souls. To reassure, comfort a sinner, to promise him forgiveness is a great thing. But it is a mistake to see this as an indulgence of sin, as some say: “The Orthodox have an easy life: if they sin, they repent.” This was not the spirit of the Reverend. He knew that “there is no man who does not sin” (2 Chronicles 6:36), but arbitrary indulgence in sin could not be justified by him.

"Domostroy" - a religious text according to which Russian people lived in the age of the glorification of St. Savva - indicates the necessary conditions for the salvation of a person on the Day of Judgment of Christ: "Whoever does not live according to God, not in a Christian way, commits all kinds of untruth, violence and resentment ... or dishonestly judges, or unjustly searches, or falsely testifies ... he does all sorts of obscene deeds: fornication, debauchery, foul language, slander ... as if everyone will be in hell and cursed on earth, for for all sinful deeds the owner of such a God is cursed, and offended by him cry out to God. And death to his soul, and desolation to his house ... and God does not accept their alms from unrighteous wealth, neither during their lifetime, nor after death. If you want to get rid of eternal torment, give back what you have seized by untruth to the offended and promise not to do so in the future.

There were many patrons and donors at the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, the monks commemorated many names in their synodics. But only those of them were remembered by the seer Savva with his own lips, who had a “desire to repent”, according to the word of prayer. Such a person, if he still could not lag behind his former deeds, then with all his heart he desired this and languished, and did not justify himself in anything. For such a person, Saint Savva was a "refuge", whether he was a king or a commoner.

Thanks to this omniscience of his love, the Zvenigorod hegumen was called "the Wonderworker of all Russia." For the fact that he did not shy away from those in power, communication with whom is always a test both for the humility of a monk and for his firmness, and at the same time remained a simple Russian peasant, carrying firewood and water on overworked shoulders.

"Wonderworker of All Russia", the Monk Savva during his glorification, in the formidable 16th century, had already become a symbol of the unity of Rus'. Although the church people always honored Savva, his name periodically fell out of public memory: between the time of Prince Yuri and Tsar Ivan, between the reigns of Tsar Theodore and Tsar Alexy, after 1917 and to the present day. But this name has always miraculously revived, as the spring sun appears after winter.

"Unity" in Church Slavonic means "cathedral". The cathedral as an Orthodox church is a symbol of unity. The Nativity Cathedral of the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery and the Trinity Cathedral of the St. Sergius Lavra became symbols of monolithic unity in spirit. As an icon of the spiritual unity of the people "from young to old", the Intercession Cathedral was built on Red Square in Moscow. As a monument to the military unity of the Russian people in the war of 1812, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior was erected with public money. History is preparing new tests of the real unity of our country, and if the goals of people are not rooted in eternity, the ties between them will hardly be strong enough.

The monument to St. Savva was unveiled at the entrance to the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery in Zvenigorod in August 2007.

Akathist to Our Reverend Father Savva Abbot Storozhevsky of Zvenigorod the Wonderworker

Kondak 1

Chosen from the Voevoda and the Lord of the hosts of heaven, our reverend Father Savvo, by the power of the Cross of the Lord, conquering adversity, even from the devil, the world and the flesh, as if having boldness towards the Lord, from all temptations, troubles and slander of the enemy with your prayers, save us, laudable with love to you chanting:

Ikos 1

An angel in the flesh appeared to you on earth, Reverend Savvo, having loved God from youth, you were equal to the angelic life of your teacher, the blessed Sergius, and served the Lord in truth and reverence all the days of your belly, after the exodus of incorruption, you shine in your body. All ubo reverently honoring you, we sing to the sit:

Rejoice, true holy teacher of your zealot;

Rejoice, earthly angel and heavenly man.

Rejoice, faithful servant of the Lord;

Rejoice, zealous guardian of purity and abstinence.

Rejoice, mirror of pious faith;

Rejoice, the image of spiritual meekness

Rejoice, desert dwellers are beautiful;

Rejoice, teacher of monks.

Rejoice, guide to the salvation of many;

Rejoice, quick helper to those who come to you in faith.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 2

Seeing that in this world there is all sorts of vanity and corruption, you were trying to complete the course of this life in a narrow and regrettable way; having settled in the cloisters of the Monk Sergius, and having taken on an angelic image from him, you were jealous of his God-wise humility and diligence, and together with him, day and night, you sang to the Savior, God of all: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

Having subdued your mind and heart to Christ the Savior, saying: “Whoever wants to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,” you irrevocably turned your face away from this world, as if from sinful Babylon, and despising all the red and his goodness, thou hast settled in the wilderness, the tea of ​​God, who saves His warriors. Now stand before the Throne of God, enjoying heavenly blessings, and having great boldness to the Lord, do not forget us, to the race of your relics diligently flowing and praising you:

Rejoice, avoiding worldly vanities and worldly temptations;

Rejoice, monastic dispassion and silence acquired.

Rejoice, all the good of the earth, Heavenly for the sake of the Kingdom, sane for the mind;

Rejoice, beloved of equal angelic life to the end.

Rejoice, hating the sinful sweetness of this world;

Rejoice. perceivable promise of everlasting life.

Rejoice, clothed with the glory of the Kingdom of Heaven;

Rejoice, finding an incorruptible and incorruptible treasure.

Rejoice, O Church of Christ, militant on earth, heavenly prayer book;

Rejoice, O representative of all the faithful who come to worship you.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 3

With the power poured out on you from above, ascending to the height of virtues, fasting and vigil, prayers and chastity, like a valuable crown of monastic prosperity, you shone everywhere: for this sake, great and glorious is your honor. But you, fleeing glory from man, remained as one from the simple, laboring more than all and singing praise to the one, glorious God in the Trinity: Hallelujah.

Ikos 3

Having a soul of humility filled with wisdom, even if you were afraid of the burden of the authorities, both not having disobeyed the will of God, you accepted the flock of Christ entrusted to you and were good in his pasture. Now, when you stand before the Throne of God, prosper with your prayers to all who call to you:

Rejoice, unquestioning will of your teacher to the executor;

Rejoice, good flock of Christ, mentor.

Rejoice, beloved more than many by the chosen one of God Sergius, from him your sanctuary is not hidden;

Rejoice, fragrant krine of the church garden.

Rejoice, bright vessel of Divine grace;

Rejoice, lamp, not hiding under a bushel, but placed on a candlestick.

Rejoice, village honored by the Holy Spirit;

Rejoice, bright decoration of the saints.

Rejoice, strengthen the monks in fasting labors;

Rejoice, show the way of salvation to those who have gone astray.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 4

The storm of passions and temptations of the enemy, overcoming fasting, vigil and prayers, quenched to the end. Now partaking of the glory of heaven with all the saints, stand before the King of glory and eat together with them: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing near and far your charitable life, I flow from the surrounding countries to you, for the sake of benefit: you kindly accepted everyone, warmed their hearts with Divine love. To you, too, we crouching, we pray: guide us, like a father to his child, on the path of salvation; and do not forget those who call to you:

Rejoice, venerable mentor to all who resort to you;

Rejoice, those who seek peace of conscience are quiet interlocutors.

Rejoice, sweet comforter of desponding souls;

Rejoice, zealous intercessor of those who repent with compunction.

Rejoice, meek corrector of those who err;

Rejoice, gentle accuser of the lawless.

Rejoice, unflagging guide to temperance and chastity;

Rejoice, indefatigable help to those struggling with passions.

Rejoice, unfaithful guide of the right path of faith and piety;

Rejoice, relentless protector of those who pray to you from the wrath of God.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 5

The divine star appeared to you, Reverend Father Savo, from the darkness of sinful desire to pass to the Sun of truth, clearly showing the way. We also pray to you: enlighten our hearts, darkened by the passions of life, and help us worthily sing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Seeing the faithful prince George your humility, as if you evaded the authorities in the monastery of your teacher, rushing to the desert silence, then implore you to dwell on the mountains spoken by the Watchmen, but you, deigning good obedience to manifest a good desire and made up a monastic monastery here though , proclaimed with the Prophet: "Behold my rest, here I rejoice, as if I desired." And soon, in this place, the temple of the Most Holy Theotokos will be created, In it, now, with the incorruption of your relics, blauhaesh and silently cry to the Lord for those who cry out to you:

Rejoice, desert-loving and good-looking dove.

Rejoice, good vegetation of the desert,

Rejoice, ever-blooming flower;

Rejoice, thou who didst fragrant this country with humility and all virtues.

Rejoice, you who made the prince's petition beneficial and wise;

Rejoice, you built a beautiful church here to the glory of the Nativity of the Mother of God.

Rejoice, thou who didst transform the desert into the abode of monasticism;

Rejoice, faithful mentor of your flock.

Rejoice, bringing down peace and blessings from the Lord with your prayers to all who flow to you;

Rejoice, unsleeping prayer book for all the cities and towns of Russia.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 6

Having listened to the Gospel sermons: “Do not fret with your soul about what you eat or what you drink; neither with your body, in what you put on, ”thou abolished your heart from worldly worries, feeding on desert past and wearing low-value robes. For the sake of incorruption, you were clothed with clothes after your repose, and you will receive from Christ God and ask us, crying out to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

Thou hast shone, like a God-illumined luminary, in the country of the Russians, all-blessed Father Savvo, illuminating us with the rays of your virtues and miracles, the same cry to you:

Rejoice, shining member of the Church of Christ with the gifts of the Holy Spirit;

Rejoice, overflowing with true tenderness towards God.

Rejoice, imitator of the saints in perfect patience;

Rejoice, zealot of monastic deeds.

Rejoice, sinful passions, by the power of grace, mortifying yourself;

Rejoice, image of poverty and lack of possessions.

Rejoice, bright shrine mirror;

Rejoice, protector of all virtues.

Rejoice, healer of the weak;

Rejoice, rod, reinforcing the falling.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 7

Wanting the noble prince Gerogy to fight against adversaries, you gave a blessing, father, to overcome, saying prophetically: “Go away, noble prince! The Lord will help you, and you will overcome your enemies, and by the grace of God you will return to your fatherland in good health! He, having returned from the battle with victory and glory, and supplying your monastery with many gifts, sings thanksgivingly to His wondrous God in His saints: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

A new imitator of the ancient warriors on the passions of the flesh appeared to you, Father Savvo: from youth, your mind turned to God, like a pillar of faith unshakable, even to old age, venerable, you remained in the crucification of your flesh with passions and lusts. For this sake, I cannot stumble your feet with the power of demons, I can scare you from afar, from their slanders and misfortunes, keep us intact and solemnly singing to you:

Rejoice, numbered among the ancient fasters;

Rejoice, thou who through all-night prayers and vigils put to shame all the charms of demons.

Rejoice, keeper of purity and abstinence;

Rejoice, winner of spiritual and bodily passions.

Rejoice, fearless warrior of Christ;

Rejoice, reliable doctor obsessed with demonic power.

Rejoice, bring the arrogant by the wisdom of the flesh to submission to the words of God;

Rejoice, flatter spiritual vision and sobriety to all who are attacked from the spirit.

Rejoice, drive away the spirit of enmity and arrogance from those who flow to you;

Rejoice, as by your intercession of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, strengthening in the warfare of Christ, we are worthy.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 8

You did a strange miracle, O marvelous Father Savo, when the wicked want to plunder the property of your church. They, like a tatie, rush through the window, if they were at your tomb: here is a great mountain, it seemed to them, it’s not possible to take it powerfully to the south. Having returned from here with a cold, then having repented, with a cry and tears, confessing your sin before everyone, and soon left the path of injustice, living the rest in repentance, with faith crying out to God: Hallelujah.

Ikos 8

You were all in Bose, still on earth, in the labors of a monastic life: the coming of you before the face of the Lord in the Divine service, your miraculous inflammation was visible in your face from prayerful burning in the soul to God. But when your soul is in so much tenderness, as if streams of tears flow from your eyes uncontrollably, for the sake of being like-minded you should be in vain with the prophet who says: “My tears have been my bread day and night.” Both, having gained great boldness to God, do not forget us, with tears of sorrow about our sins flowing to your intercession and crying out to you:

Rejoice, fire of Divine love of the old man in yourself hot;

Rejoice, in the flesh, like a fleshless, alive on earth.

Rejoice, quenching the fire of lust with living and saving tears;

Rejoice, mountain of joy and bliss of the angelic partaker.

Rejoice, for your much love for God the Father, glorified with glory and honor;

Rejoice, for your deep humility from Christ, the Son of God, crowned with a crown of incorruption.

Rejoice, for the purity and passionlessness of the angels from the Most Holy Spirit illuminated;

Rejoice, holy abode of the Trinity.

Rejoice, faithful and unsleeping servant of the Mother of God;

Rejoice, in the temple of Her mountain ascended in spirit, and now remain in the body again.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 9

Deliver us all troubles and sorrows, Reverend Father Savvo, with your warm prayers to God, and ask us all that is needed for temporary and eternal life, so that we may be honored with the highest. Reach Jerusalem and sing with you to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

Vityas of multicasting are perplexed to worthily praise thee, God-wise Savo: who is more pleased to understand all your struggles with the rulers of the darkness of this world? Or who will count your labors, illnesses and exploits, in which you performed a desert-loving life? Both of us, with your love we conquer, thank you we call:

Rejoice, all-hearted doer of the law of God;

Rejoice, most honest with purity and chastity of precious beads.

Rejoice, in patience and struggle against the flesh of adamant the hardest;

Rejoice, glorified by humility and meekness more than the glorious earth.

Rejoice, invincible helper struggling with passions and lusts;

Rejoice, in labor, vigil and abstinence as a great fasting imitator of the most zealous.

Rejoice, most skilful mentor in spiritual wisdom;

Rejoice, most diligent indicator of monastic deeds.

Rejoice, friend of God, Reverend Sergius, of the same morals;

Rejoice, having moved to Heaven to the face of the friends of God.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 10

If you want to save yourself faithfully from the various misfortunes and troubles of this world, we offer you a warm intercessor and prayer book to God: do not create our hope for your prayers in vain, but by your intercession deliver us from fierce troubles, misfortunes, temptations and sorrows, but without embarrassment, from the abundance of the heart , we always say to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

Having acquired a solid wall and a prayer book, your holy monastery and all the countries of Russia boast of your intercession. The same, we are sinners, we have flown to your grave, like a child of the father, we pray: intercede and save us from temptations and sorrows, troubles and misfortunes with your prayers, but we cry joyfully:

Rejoice, fragrant krine of the paradise garden;

Rejoice, cypress tree, sweetening the hearts of the faithful with incense.

Rejoice, blessed-leaved tree, with which your abode is covered;

Rejoice, vigilant prayer book, fulfill the desires of the faithful in good things.

Rejoice, hope and rest in the sea of ​​life of this floating;

Rejoice, firm barrier and refuge for those who work diligently for God.

Rejoice, inexhaustible source of healing;

Rejoice, stream that soldered and gladdened those who thirst for truth.

Rejoice, for in the sorrows of life and circumstances we are worthy of your intercession;

Rejoice, quick deliverance to all who diligently flow to you from temptations and troubles.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 11

We offer the most tender singing to you, most blessed Father Savvo, and with boldness we pray: offer up to the Lord your holy prayer for the salvation of our souls, that we may forever be able to sing to God in blessed joy: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

Your life shines with light-giving rays, our father Savvo: every virtue of the Gospel is fulfilled in you, the same verb:

Rejoice, having acquired heavenly wealth for the sake of poverty;

Rejoice, crying and tears of tenderness eternal consolation received.

Rejoice, greedy and thirsty for truth, now satiate yourself with heavenly bliss;

Rejoice, merciful reward promised by the merciful.

Rejoice, having attained the vision of God with the purity of your heart;

Rejoice, thou who wast worthy of many world-creations in the person of the sons of God.

Rejoice, having settled into the Kingdom of Heaven with patience for the sake of truth;

Rejoice, in the form of meekness, quietness and gentleness, give a lesson to those who are in embitterment.

Rejoice, example of brotherly love to seek not your own, but even your neighbor, and affirm our hearts;

Rejoice, joy of all who work with fear of the Lord.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 12

The grace given to you from God, to heal the ailments of the soul and body, convenes the faithful to your all-honored might: with them, even a small prayer is given to those who bring great grace from God, more accepting, with each other we joyfully proclaim to God: Hallelujah.

Ikos 12

Singing your greatness, venerable father, deeds and labors, we bless your ever-memorable dormition: even if you have passed away from us, but alive and after death, do not depart from us in spirit: both the relics of your cancer are always visible before our eyes. We fall down to you, we pray to you and praise you:

Rejoice, in faith and divine love, reverently from youth and piously to venerable old age, alive;

Rejoice, laborious and varied feats of good deeds in monasticism.

Rejoice, for you are filled with perfect sanctification from the Holy Spirit;

Rejoice, having become like your wonderful teacher in complete purity and holiness.

Rejoice, for you are always rejoicing with God-wise Sergius in Heaven;

Rejoice, as with him you implore God for us sinners.

Rejoice, as with the incorruption of your relics, like a trumpet, the future resurrection of all is preached;

Rejoice, precious adornment to this country and to our entire fatherland.

Rejoice, as by you many monks in their ascetic labors receive fortification;

Rejoice, as by your intercession the faithful and in the rumors of life are saved.

Rejoice, our Father Savvo, glorious miracle worker.

Kondak 13

O glorious miracle worker and quick intercessor of ours, blessed Father Savvo! Now accept this small offering from us, ask Christ our God for approval in faith and brotherly love, to be unharmed from all temptations, troubles and misfortunes, and in the coming age of eternal torment, be delivered to all who cry to Him: Hallelujah.

This kontakion is spoken three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1

Prayer to Saint Savva

O honorable and sacred head, citizen of Heavenly Jerusalem, habitation of the Most Holy Trinity, Reverend Father Savo! Having great boldness to the All-Merciful Lord, pray for the flock of your fence, and for all, in spirit, your children. Do not stop crying for us to the Lord, and do not despise those who honor you with faith and love. Ask, by your intercession, from the King of the reigning peace of the Church, under the banner of the Militant Cross, monastic good in labors; this holy monastery, this city and all cities and countries, protection; world serenity and peace, prosperity and destruction deliverance; consolation and reinforcement for the old and the weak, good growth in faith for the young and babies, firm learning in the Gospel teaching, and staying in purity and chastity; widows and orphans mercy and intercession; captive joy and return; aching healing; faint-hearted repose; misguided correction; sinning spirit of contrition; to those in need and to all who require grace-filled help, help in time. Do not shame us, who come to you with faith; hurry, like a child-loving father to children, and we will bear the yoke of Christ in complacency and patience; and govern everyone, in peace and repentance, end your life shamelessly and settle down with hope in the heavenly abode; where you, according to labors and labors, are now settling with Angels and Saints, in vain and glorifying God, in the Trinity of glory, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Troparion, tone 8

Thou hast appeared to the desert, O Reverend: from youth, thou hast deigned to have a pure life, following your spiritual teacher, and that teaching mind to the heavenly ones, and to your flock, the wise mentor appeared to you; so Christ, as if the light of the lamp, enrich miracles: Savvo, our father, pray that our souls be saved.

Reverend Savva Storozhevsky (or Zvenigorodsky)

The Monk Savva Storozhevsky (Zvenigorodsky) is considered the closest in spirit to the disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

The main source of information about Saint Savva is his Life, written in Ser. 16th century on behalf of Metropolitan Macarius, hagiographer and connoisseur of hook singing Markell Khutynsky (Beardless). Brief references to the saint are also found in the Life of his mentor, as well as in the annals. The legends about the Miracles of the Zvenigorod ascetic have also been preserved.

Biographical information about the Monk Savva is very scarce, which the author of his Life complained about as early as the 16th century. It is known that most of his life, St. Savva spent in the Trinity Monastery, was elected the confessor of the brethren and even the hegumen Sergius himself. Six months after the death of the mentor, Savva became hegumen of the Trinity Monastery, despite the fact that Sergius appointed another of his students to this position, Nikon of Radonezh . But he, refusing to be abbess, went into seclusion and headed the monastery only 6 years later, after Savva left the Trinity monastery in 1398. At the invitation of Prince Yuri of Zvenigorod and Galich, he founded in Zvenigorod, on Mount Storozh, the Mother of God-Christmas (Savvino-Storozhevsky) monastery and became its first abbot. A young icon painter Andrey Rublev was invited to paint the temple. With the blessing of Savva, he created the now famous "Zvenigorod rank" of the iconostasis of the Assumption Church on Gorodok in the Zvenigorod Kremlin.

The Monk Savva Storozhevsky reposed on December 16, 1407. At first he was venerated locally, and then he was canonized at the Church Council of 1547. The Life dedicated to him was included in the Dormition and Royal sets of the Great Menaia of the Four.

In 1919, the Savvino-Storozhevskaya monastery was closed, Savva's relics were confiscated by the liquidation Department of the People's Commissariat of Justice and kept in the Lubyanka until the early 1930s. Only in 1998 did they return to the Nativity Cathedral of the monastery.

Saint Savva is one of the most revered saints of Rus'. The monastery founded by him was the first in the history of Rus' to receive the status of a Lavra. He was especially revered in the grand-ducal, later royal, family. Having become a spiritual father for representatives of the grand-ducal family, the Monk Savva was also considered the “patron of kings” at a later time. The author of the Life called him “the defender of Moscow”: Savva blessed the Zvenigorod prince Yuri on a campaign in the Volga Bulgaria, and the complete victory of the Russian army in this campaign contributed to the salvation of Muscovite Rus' from the invasion of Tamerlane, who threatened the complete destruction of the state. The plot of the victory over the Volga Bulgars and the ruin of Kazan, included in the Life of St. Sava, was especially relevant for the policy of Rus' in the middle. XVI century

Life of St. Savva Storozhevsky in the history of Russian culture

Many well-known cultural figures of Russia turned in their work to the monuments associated with St. Savva. Among them are I. I. Shishkin, F. I. Chaliapin, N. K. Roerich, A. M. Remizov, I. I. Levitan, A. P. Chekhov, M. M. Prishvin, I. S. Shmelev, M. A. Voloshin, A. I. Solzhenitsyn, Andrei Tarkovsky and others.

A. S. Pushkin also addressed directly to the Life of St. Savva. In the early 30s of the nineteenth century. he made a translation of this work into modern Russian. As the researchers have determined, the text of A. S. Pushkin goes back to the Fourth Menaion of the Metropolitan Rostov Dimitry. The set of Lives compiled by the metropolitan was a constant reading of the poet throughout his life. While working on the translation, Pushkin worked hard on the style, correcting and choosing more accurate words. It is important to note that the writer also made extracts from other hagiographic works placed in the Menaion of Demetrius, but he completely translated only the Life of the Zvenigorod ascetic. Interest in Zvenigorod is associated with the writer's childhood memories, since he often spent the summer there at his grandmother's estate. The Savino-Storozhevsky Monastery is also the setting for his earlier works - the poem "The Monk" (1813) and the sketch "On the Quiet Banks of Moscow" (1823). For the first time, Pushkin's translation of the Life of Abbot Savva was published only in 1904. The writer's autograph is kept at the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) (code: PD, No. 1620). It was found in a block of 4 sheets, sewn by the gendarmes into notebook No. 2386 B artificially compiled by them.

Miracles and later legends about the Monk Savva Storozhevsky

Markell Beardless, following the canon of compiling a hagiographic work, accompanied the Life with Miracles. These texts were written down by him from the words of the monks of the Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery. The first miracles took place at the end of the 15th century; the latter are contemporary with the creation of the Life and date back to the middle of the sixteenth century.
The legends of a later time are also connected with the name of the Monk Savva. There is a legend about the salvation of the Zvenigorod saints Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich during a bear hunt. This plot was reflected in the poem by Lev Alexandrovich Mei (1822-1862) "Deliverer", first published in the second volume of the book "Grand Duke, Royal and Imperial Hunting in Rus'" (1896-1911), where it was illustrated by the artist Nikolai Semenovich Samokish (1869-1944).

The Appearance of St. Savva Storozhevsky to Eugene Beauharnais: Legend and Reality

Another legend tells of the appearance in 1812 of the Monk Savva to Eugene Beauharnais.

Prince Eugene Rose (Eugene) de Beauharnais(1781-1824) - stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte, Viceroy of Italy, heir to the Italian throne, military leader, divisional general. An engraved portrait of the prince can be seen in the Department of Prints of the National Library of Russia.
In 1812, Eugene Beauharnais commanded the 4th (Italian) infantry corps of the Napoleonic army. Protecting the roads to Moscow from Russian detachments, in September 1812, the corps headed by Beauharnais settled down near Zvenigorod, in the Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery. Tradition says that here in a dream an old man appeared to the prince, who turned to him with a request not to ruin the monastery and predicted to him that in this case he would avoid death, and his descendants would serve Russia. The next morning they explained to him that that elder was the Monk Savva himself.

Indeed, Eugène Beauharnais was almost the only one of Napoleon's generals who participated in the Russian campaign to return unharmed. Moreover, it was Beauharnais who, after Murat's unauthorized departure, took command of the remnants of the Great Army and brought it to Magdeburg. And the descendants of Beauharnais actually intermarried with the Russian imperial house.

In 1837, the son of Eugene Beauharnais, Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg, visited Russia to participate in cavalry maneuvers (this title was granted to Eugene Beauharnais and all his descendants in 1817). Here, in August 1837, at a ball, he met the daughter of Emperor Nicholas I, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna. In 1839, their wedding took place. Maximilian Leuchtenbergsky took an active part in the life of the Russian state: he was the president of the Academy of Arts, as well as the head of the Mining Institute, established an galvanoplastic plant and a hospital in St. railways. Upon the death of Duke Maximilian, Nicholas I included his children in the Russian imperial family and gave them the title of Romanov princes.

After the October Revolution of 1917, almost all the Dukes of Leuchtenberg left their homeland. Many of their family settled in France. Not far from Paris, a chapel was built in the name of St. Savva. Savva Storozhevsky is almost the only Russian saint known and revered by the French.

In Russia after the revolution, of all the descendants of the Dukes of Leuchtenberg, only Daria Evgenievna (Dolly, Dora) Leuchtenberg . Despite her origin, she worked for many years in Leningrad, in the Public (Russian National) Library, where she was accepted on the personal recommendation of M. Gorky. In 1937, Dolly Leuchtenberg was arrested and shot.

Publication of the tradition

But let us return to Eugene Beauharnais's vision of the Monk Savva Storozhevsky. The legend about this, preceded by the legend about the salvation of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, was first published in 1914. Duke George of Leuchtenberg titled "Family Tradition". In the publication, the author cites different versions of the legend about the appearance of the Monk Savva: monastic and existing among members of his large family. In addition, he adds excerpts from the notes of the participants in the Napoleonic campaign, in particular excerpts from the diaries of the adjutant of Prince Beauharnais, E. Labom, already published by that time. (Labaume, S. 156).

Albrecht Adam and his drawings of the Zvenigorod Monastery

As an illustration, Georgy Leikhtenbergsky placed a black-and-white photographic reproduction of the drawing with the caption: “Savvin, Storozhevsky, monastery. (Drawing of Adam, made from nature on the day of the stay in the monastery of the Viceroy of Italy, Prince Eugene of Beauharnais). This drawing was in St. Petersburg, in the Mariinsky Palace, built after the wedding of Maximilian Beauharnais with Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna. To decorate the palace, the famous art gallery of the Dukes of Leuchtenberg was transported from Munich. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, after the treasury bought the Mariinsky Palace in 1884 and rebuilt it for the State Council, the gallery was sold out. Some items from the Leuchtenberg collection ended up in the Hermitage, including the Russian Campaign album, which included a drawing of the monastery.

The album "Russian Campaign" was created by a German battle painter and lithographer Albrecht Adam(1786-1862), who served in the troops led by Eugene Beauharnais, including participating in the campaign of Napoleon I in Russia. Throughout the campaign, he recorded in detail the course of events in drawings and diary entries. After returning to France, based on his sketches, Adam created a series of 83 sheets (the so-called "Russian Album"), made with liquid oil on paper. Later he lithographed them and compiled an album: “Voyage pittoresque et militaire Willenberg en Prusse jusqu’ à Moscou fait en 1812 pris sur le terrain meme, et lithographié par Albrecht Adam. Verlag Hermann und Barth. Munich. 1827 (“Picturesque picture of the military campaign from Willenberg in Prussia to Moscow in 1812” (1827 - 1833). This album already consisted of 95 sheets, and each of them was accompanied by an explanatory text in French or German from a travel magazine the artist himself or quotes from the memoirs of participants in the war.

A series of drawings "Russian Album" by A. Adam is now in State Hermitage. The drawing of interest to us is "Napoleonic troops marching past the walls of the monastery" (Inv. No. 25996). The album contains the following caption under the picture: “The monastery in Zvenigorod. Main apartment September 13, 1812" ("Abbaye de Zwenigherod. Quartier General le 13 Septembre") (Russian album of Albrecht Adam: catalogue. S. 31, no. 81; the image is on the catalog cover). In the foreground, next to the tent, near which a staff officer from the Beauharnais retinue is reclining, Adam is depicted with his back to the viewer.

An album of lithographs by A. Adam can be found far from all, even large, book repositories and museums. The Rossika department of the National Library of Russia has such an album of lithographs, one of which depicts the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery on the day when the army led by Beauharnais was stationed there. The lithograph is called "Vue de ľabbaye de Zwenigherod le 10 Septembre". It is somewhat different from the pictorial drawing: it lacks images of a column of troops, an artist and a tent, and in their place is a halt of the French linear infantry. In the caption to the lithograph, the time of action is referred to three days ago. In addition, it is accompanied by an excerpt, as it was possible to establish, from the work of E. Labom. The album contains a small fragment of the memoirs of this adjutant Eugene Beauharnais. In the book, Labom devoted much more space to visiting the Zvenigorod monastery.

The French officer told how he and his soldiers entered the monastery, where they were met by gray-haired monks. One of them spoke French and told Labom about the trials that befell the Russian people, about their desire for freedom, about the patience and courage with which the Russians overcame the invasion of enemies. The elder told the Frenchman about the great role of ministers Orthodox Church in the struggle for the independence of the motherland. Labom "imbued with respect for the nation, showing so much greatness in misfortune," and told the prince of Beauharnais who arrived at the monastery about this.

And the memoirs of E. Labom, and the drawing by A. Adam - all this testifies to a real visit by Eugene Beauharnais to the Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery. Therefore, it can be assumed that the basis of the legend about the appearance of St. Savva to the French General Eugene Beauharnais is an actual event, captured in the memoirs of his adjutant E. Labom.

Letters from Napoleon Bonaparte to Eugène Beauharnais

The legend of the vision of the Zvenigorod saint to Eugene Beauharnais was passed from mouth to mouth in the family of his descendants, the Dukes of Leuchtenberg. They also carefully kept documents, paintings and memorial items associated with the name of their famous ancestor. Some items from the Mariinsky Palace ended up in the State Hermitage after the revolution.

Probably and two letters, which belonged to General Beauharnais and ended up in the OR RNB, also come from the family archive of the descendants of E. Beauharnais. Both are in f. No. 991 (General collection of foreign autographs); one came from Paris as a gift from A. Ya. Polonsky in 1985 and is listed under inventory 3, without number, the other - according to inventory 1, number 923, therefore, the second entered the National Library of Russia earlier.
These letters are addressed to the Viceroy of Italy, E. Beauharnais, and endorsed by Napoleon Bonaparte with his own hand. Both letters were written in Fontainebleau, and both are dated September 14, 1807: one on the 14th, the other on the 30th. The emperor addresses his stepson with recommendations regarding the reception of the Russian squadron after the signing of the Tilsit peace expeditions, campaigns and strategic actions of the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Mediterranean during the wars of the third and fourth anti-French coalition in 1805-1807 and the Russian-Turkish war of 1806-1812).

In another fund of the OR there is another document associated with the name of Beauharnais. This is a copy of a letter from the general himself about the redeployment of troops, dated October 9, 1812 (code: f. 859, collected by N. K. Schilder, k. 42, No. 20).

Icon "Cathedral of Radonezh Saints"

Il. 1. Miniature "St. Sergius of Radonezh". Rev. service Sergius of Radonezh. Collection of services to the saints. XVII century
Code: OSRK, Q.I.85, l. 425 rpm

Types of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Drawings from the album of I. F. Tyumenev
"In Rus'". Watercolor. Deut. floor. nineteenth century

Il. 2. l. 30 Belfry from behind the garden

Code: f. 796. Tyumenev, unit ridge 275
Il. 3. l. 25. View from the refectory gallery

Types of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Drawings from the album of I. F. Tyumenev "Across Rus'". Watercolor. Deut. floor. nineteenth century
Code: f. 796. Tyumenev, unit ridge 275
Il. 4. l. 27. North side. Walls

Types of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Drawings from the album of I. F. Tyumenev "Across Rus'". Watercolor. Deut. floor. nineteenth century
Code: f. 796. Tyumenev, unit ridge 275
Il. 5. l. 23. View of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra from afar, from the Moscow road

Types of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Drawings from the album of I. F. Tyumenev "Across Rus'". Watercolor. Deut. floor. nineteenth century
Code: f. 796. Tyumenev, unit ridge 275
Il. 6. l. 26. Walls: East side

Il. 7. Miniature "The Savior in the Force". "Pereyaslav Gospel". Con. XIV-XV centuries Pereyaslavl-Zalessky. Scribe Deacon Zinoviishko.

Il. 8. Screensaver. "Pereyaslav Gospel". Con. XIV-XV centuries Pereyaslavl-Zalessky. Scribe Deacon Zinoviishko.
Code: OSRK, F.p.I. 21 (from the collection of F. A. Tolstoy), l. 7 vol.

Il. 9. Screensaver. "Pereyaslav Gospel". Con. XIV-XV centuries Pereyaslavl-Zalessky. Scribe Deacon Zinoviishko.
Code: OSRK, F.p.I. 21 (from the collection of F. A. Tolstoy), l. 79

Il. 10. Screensaver. "Pereyaslav Gospel". Con. XIV-XV centuries Pereyaslavl-Zalessky. Scribe Deacon Zinoviishko.
Code: OSRK, F.p.I. 21 (from the collection of F. A. Tolstoy), l. 26

Il. 12. Screen saver and the beginning of the manuscript.
Ladder of John of Sinai. 1422
Golutvinsky Epiphany Monastery (Kolomna).
Code: Weather. 73, l. 1

Il. 13. Postscript of the scribe. Ladder of John of Sinai. 1422 Golutvinsky Epiphany Monastery (Kolomna).
Code: Weather. 73, l. 297

Il. 14. Miniature "Evangelist Matthew". Four Gospels. 1610
Contribution to the Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery.
Code: Weather. 163, l. 6 vol.

Il. 15. Record of the attachment of the manuscript to the Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery. Four Gospels. 1610
Code: Weather. 163, l. 239 vol.

Il. 16. Miniature "Reverend Abraham of Galicia". Service and Life of the Monk Abraham of Galicia (Gorodetsky or Chukhlomsky). XVIII century
Code: AN Lavra, A-69, l. 2

Il. 17. Miniature depicting a plot from the Life of St. Abraham Galitsky. Service and Life of the Monk Abraham of Galicia (Gorodetsky or Chukhlomsky). XVIII century
Code: AN Lavra, A-69, l. 2 vol.

Il. 19. Prayers, and a record of the contribution of the manuscript. Jerusalem Rule. 1412
Code: OSRK. F.p.I.25, fol. 1 vol.

Il. 20. Savva Zvenigorodsky saving Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich during a bear hunt. Illustration by N. S. Samokish for L. A. May's poem "The Redeemer". 1896-1911

Il. 21. Eugene Rose (Eugene) de Beauharnais (1781 1824) - stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte, Viceroy of Italy. Engraved portrait. Department of prints of the National Library of Russia

Il. 22. Portrait of a Duchess
Darya Evgenievna Leuchtenberg.
Hood. F. Flaming. France. 1896
Canvas, oil. State Hermitage

Il. 23. Portrait of Albrecht Adam. Voyage pittoresque et militaire Willenberg en Prusse jusqu' à Moscou fait en 1812 pris sur le terrain meme, et lithographié par Albrecht Adam. Verlag Hermann und Barth. Munich. 1827
(“A picturesque picture of a military campaign from Willenberg in Prussia to Moscow in 1812” (1827 - 1833)

Il. 24. A. Adam. Monastery in Zvenigorod. Main apartment September 13, 1812" ("Abbaye de Zwenigherod. Quartier General le 13 Septembre"). Oil painting from "Russian Album" by A. Adam. State Hermitage, inv. No. 25996

Il. 25. A. Adam. Monastery in Zvenigorod. September 10, 1812" ("Vue de ľabbaye de Zwenigherod le 10 Septembre"). Lithograph from the album Voyage pittoresque et militaire Willenberg en Prusse jusqu' à Moscou fait en 1812 pris sur le terrain meme, et lithographié par Albrecht Adam. Verlag Hermann und Barth. Munich. 1827 ("Picturesque picture of the military campaign from Willenberg in Prussia to Moscow in 1812" (1827 - 1833). Rossika Department, National Library of Russia

Napoleon's signature.

Il. 26, 27. Letter from Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte addressed to Viceroy of Italy E. Beauharnais. Fontainebleau. September 14, 1807
Napoleon's signature.
Code: f. No. 991. General coll. foreign autographs, op. 3, no no.

Napoleon's signature.

Il. 28, 29. Letter from Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte addressed to Viceroy of Italy E. Beauharnais. Fontainebleau. September 30, 1807
Napoleon's signature.
Code: f. No. 991 (General collection of foreign autographs), op. 1, no. 923

Il. 31. Memorial entry. Canon. Con. XIV-beginning XV century and early XV century Simonov Monastery.
Code: OSRK. O.p.I.6 (from the collection of F. Tolstoy), fol. 84

Il. 32. Life of St. Stephen of Perm, compiled by Epiphanius the Wise ("Word on the life and teachings of our holy father Stephen, the former bishop of Perm") Collection. Beginning XV century
Code: Elm. Q. 10, fol. 129

Il. 33. Record of the scribe's Life of St. Stephen of Perm, compiled by Epiphanius the Wise Collection. Beginning XV century
Code: Elm. Q. 10, fol. 194 vol. (last line) 195 (three lines above in scribe's handwriting)

Il. 34. Message from Epiphanius the Wise to his friend Cyril in Tver.
Collection. XVII-XVIII centuries.
Code: Solov. 15/1474, fol. 130

Il. 35. A eulogy from St. Sergius of Radonezh, compiled by Epiphanius the Wise. Collection. 90s XV century
Code: Soph. 1384, l. 250

Il. 37. Life of St. Sergius of Radonezh (the closest text, compiled by Epiphanius the Wise). List of early XVI century
Code: OLDP. F. 185, fol. 489 rev. 490

Il. 39. Ferapontov-Belozersky Monastery. Drawing from the album of I. F. Tyumenev "Across Rus'". Hood. I. F. Tyumenev (?). Watercolor. Deut. floors. nineteenth century
Code: f. : f. 796. Tyumenev, unit ridge 271, l. 69

Il. 40. Ferapontov-Belozersky Monastery. Drawing from the album of I. F. Tyumenev "Across Rus'".
Hood. and F Tyumenev (?). Watercolor. Deut. floors. nineteenth century
Code: f. 796. Tyumenev, unit ridge 271, l. 73

Il. 41. Below: Lake near the Ferapontovo-Belozersky Monastery. Above: Patriarch Nikon's island Drawing from I. F. Tyumenev's album "Through Rus'". Hood. and F Tyumenev. Watercolor. Deut. floors. nineteenth century
Code: f. 796. Tyumenev, unit ridge 271, l. 84

Il. 42. Life of St. Sergius of Radonezh with the miracles of 1449. Collection. Con. XV century
Code: Soph. 1389, l. 281 (on the top foliation).

Il. 43. Preface to the manuscript. The Great Menaion of the Honor of Metropolitan Macarius (the Menaion for September). Ser. XVI century
Code: Soph. 1317, l. 3

Il. 44. Intro to the manuscript. The Great Menaion of the Honor of Metropolitan Macarius (the Menaion for September). Ser. XVI century
Code: Soph. 1317, l. 9

Il. 45. Life of St. Sergius of Radonezh, compiled by Pachomius Serb Great Menaion of the Honor of Metropolitan Macarius (Menaia for September). Ser. XVI century
Code: Soph. 1317, l. 373 rev.

Il. 47. Sample handwriting assistant Dimitri Rostovsky. Menaia of the honor of Demetrius of Rostov. Horse list. XVII century
Code: OSRK. F.I.651

Il. 48. Extracts from the Life of St. Sergius of Radonezh, made by Empress Catherine II. 1793 Copy of P.P. Pekarsky from Catherine's autograph. Ser. nineteenth century
Code: f. 568. Pekarsky, unit ridge 466

Il. 49. Note in cursive: "Prologue of the Prilutsky Monastery". Prologue. Con. XIV-beginning XV century Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery.
Code: SPDA. A.I.264 (2), l. 2

Il. 50. Screensaver with the image of prep. Martinian Belozersky. Life of Rev. Martinian Belozersky. Beginning XVIII century
Code: Weather. 739.

Il. 51. Miniature depicting Rev. Kirill Belozersky. Beginning of the Rev. Cyril Life of St. Kirill Belozersky and Service to him. 1837
Code: Kir.-Bel. 58/1297, fol. 4 vol.-5

Il. 52. Things from the sacristy of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery,
belonging to the Monk Kirill Belozersky.

Code: f. 796. Tyumenev, unit ridge 271, l. 43

Il. 53. Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. Church of St. Sergius in the Ivanovsky Monastery.
Drawing from the album of I. F. Tyumenev "Across Rus'". Hood. A. P. Ryabushkin. Watercolor. Deut. floor. nineteenth century
Code: f. 796.Tyumenev, unit ridge 271, l. 33

Il. 54. The first cell of St. Kirill Belozersky.
Drawing from the album of I. F. Tyumenev "Across Rus'". Hood. A. P. Ryabushkin. Watercolor. Deut. floor. nineteenth century
Code: f. 796.Tyumenev, unit ridge 271, l. 34

Il. 55. Beginning of the second Epistle of Metropolitan Cyprian to abbots Sergius of Radonezh and Fyodor Simonovsky. Pilot. Beginning XV century
Code: F.II.119

Reverend Savva Storozhevsky, Zvenigorodsky, in early youth he left the world, taking tonsure from, and was one of his first students and associates.

The monk loved the silent life, avoided conversations with people and was in constant labor, weeping for the poverty of his soul, remembering the judgment of God. The Monk Savva for all people was an image of simplicity and humility, he acquired such deep spiritual wisdom that even "in the monastery of Sergius he was the spiritual father of the whole brotherhood, a respectable and very instructive elder." When the Grand Duke Dimitry Donskoy, in gratitude for the victory over Mamai, built a monastery of the Assumption on the Dubenka River Mother of God, Savva became her abbot, with the blessing of St. Sergius. Keeping the simplicity of his ascetic life, he ate only vegetable food, wore coarse clothes, and slept on the floor. In 1392, the brethren of the Sergius Lavra, upon the removal of Abbot Nikon for silence, begged the Monk Savva to accept the abbess in the monastery. Here he is "good pasturing the flock entrusted to him, more powerful and more powerful than his father, blessed Sergius, I will help him in prayer." Tradition dates back to the time of his abbess the production of a water source outside the walls of the Lavra.

Prince Yury Dimitrievich Zvenigorodsky, the godson of St. Sergius, treated the Monk Savva with great love and reverence. He chose the Monk Savva as a confessor and begged him to come and give a blessing to his house. The monk hoped to return to his monastery, but the prince begged him to stay and found "in his homeland, near Zvenigorod, where there is a place called Watchmen," a new monastery. Striving for a solitary and silent life, the monk accepted the offer of the Zvenigorod prince Yuri Dimitrievich and, in front of the icon of the Mother of God, with tears, asked for Her cover for a deserted place. On Mount Storozhevskaya, where the guards that once guarded Moscow from enemies were located, he founded a small wooden church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos (1377), and not far from it he set up a small cell for himself. In 1399, the monk built a monastery here, lovingly receiving all those who seek a silent life. The Monk Savva labored a lot in the construction of his monastery. He himself dug a well under the mountain, from where he carried water on his shoulders, surrounded the monastery with a wooden fence, and a verst from it, in a ravine, dug himself a cell for a silent life. In 1399, the monk blessed his spiritual son, Prince Yuri, who was leaving for a military campaign, and predicted victory over his enemies for him. Through the prayers of the holy elder, an early victory was granted to the troops of the prince. Through the labors of St. Savva, a stone cathedral church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos was built in the monastery. Saint Sava died at a ripe old age on December 3, 1406.

The veneration of the monk by the locals began immediately after his death. The miraculous healing power that flowed from the tomb of the monk, his numerous appearances convinced everyone that Abbot Savva "is truly the divine light, the light that never sets, enlightening all miracles with rays." In a letter of 1539, the Monk Savva is called a miracle worker. He was especially revered by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who repeatedly went on foot to worship in the monastery of the monk. Tradition has preserved for us a wonderful story about how the Monk Savva saved him from a ferocious bear. As the life of the Monk Savva, compiled in the 16th century, tells, at the end of the 15th century (1480-1490), after the evening rule, the hegumen of the Savva monastery Dionysius appeared and addressed him: "Dionysius! Get up and write my face on the icon." When asked by Dionysius who he was, the man who appeared answered: "I am Savva, the head of this place." The old elder of the Avvakum monastery, who saw the monk in his youth, described the appearance of the saint. This is exactly how he appeared to hegumen Dionysius, who fulfilled the command and painted the icon of St. Savva.

The celebration of the Monk Savva was established in 1547 at the Moscow Cathedral. On January 19, 1652, the relics of the monk were found incorrupt.

Iconic original
	Moscow. XVII. Rev. Savva. Icon. Moscow. 17th century From the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on the Assumption Vrazhek in Moscow. Zvenigorod Monastery.