Years in the village of Varnitsy, near Rostov, in the family of pious and noble boyars Cyril and Mary, received the name Bartholomew in baptism.
Patriarch Kirill Rusi blessed this church. As the priests pray for the current government, Jesus rises from his throne and turns his back on them. There is no life without such processes as metabolism and blood circulation. A further process is the disintegration of the body into bones. So how is it that some people retain their bodies after death, even for hundreds of years?
There are many documented cases where people were exhumed many years after death and their bodies were unexplained. Even more amazing is that some of them have been around for centuries. Considering the question of the indestructibility of the body, one can look at this phenomenon both from the spiritual and the physical.
From the first days of his life, the baby surprised everyone with fasting, on Wednesdays and Fridays he did not take mother's milk, on other days, if Mary ate meat, the baby also refused mother's milk. Noticing this, Mary completely refused meat food.
At the age of seven, Bartholomew was sent to study with his two brothers - the elder Stefan and the younger Peter. His brothers studied successfully, but Bartholomew lagged behind in teaching, although the teacher studied with him a lot. The parents scolded the child, the teacher punished, and the comrades mocked his absurdity. Then Bartholomew with tears prayed to the Lord for the gift of book understanding. One day, the father sent Bartholomew for horses in the field. On the way, he met an Angel sent by God in a monastic form: an old man stood under an oak tree in the middle of a field and prayed. Bartholomew approached him and, bowing, began to wait for the end of the prayer of the elder. He blessed the boy, kissed him and asked what he wanted. Bartholomew replied: "With all my heart I want to learn to read and write, Holy Father, pray for me to God that He would help me to learn to read and write." The monk fulfilled the request of Bartholomew, raised his prayer to God and, blessing the lad, said to him: "From now on, God gives you, my child, to understand the letter, you will surpass your brothers and peers." At the same time, the elder took out a vessel and gave Bartholomew a particle of prosphora: “Take, child, and eat,” he said. “This is given to you as a sign of the grace of God and for the understanding of Holy Scripture.” The elder wanted to leave, but Bartholomew asked him to visit his parents' house. Parents greeted the guest with honor and offered refreshments. The elder replied that one should first taste spiritual food, and ordered their son to read the Psalter. Bartholomew began to read harmoniously, and the parents were surprised at the change that had taken place with their son. Saying goodbye, the elder prophetically predicted about St. Sergius: "Your son will be great before God and people. He will become the chosen abode of the Holy Spirit." Since then, the holy lad could easily read and understand the content of the books. With special zeal, he began to delve into prayer, not missing a single Divine Service. Already in childhood, he imposed on himself strict post, did not eat anything on Wednesdays and Fridays, and on other days he ate only bread and water.
A spiritual argument that holds that the special nature of a person has somehow affected the organism. Religion perceives this as a holiday of man. Minors are people whose bodies mysteriously did not disintegrate after death. Often these people were puzzled by their lives, and their lives were accompanied by miracles, visions and images.
A strange coincidence of the most indestructible body is those who practice the Christian religion. They never mummified and did not find other conditions that would allow them to stay in shape. The physical argument is that the organism has undergone such conditions environment that the decay is much slower, for example, in a cold and dry cemetery. Delayed decay also occurs in the case of the subsoil, which consists of soil rich in certain compounds that are beneficial to the body and organs.
For centuries, the relics of St. Sergius rested in the Trinity Lavra founded by him, being one of the greatest shrines of the Russian Church. Naturally, they were one of the first targets of the anti-church struggle unleashed by the atheists who came to power after the October Revolution in the year. The closure of the Lavra was preceded by the blasphemous opening of the relics of St. Sergius in the year, which was one of the main links in the broad campaign of the authorities to open the holy relics. When the Lavra was closed in a year, the holy relics were placed in a museum. Before that, priest Pavel Florensky and Count Yuri Alexandrovich Olsufiev, with the blessing of Patriarch Tikhon, secretly hid the honest head of the reverend from everyone. Only in a year, after the Lavra, along with the holy relics, was returned to the Church, the honest head was reunited with the body.
Remove moisture from the body with slower decomposition. There is also a small amount of fat and a small amount of meat. Famous well-preserved bodies recovered from torture in northern Europe. Turtle conditions cover high acidity, low temperatures and lack of oxygen. However, despite the fact that the body and skin are preserved, the bone decays due to the acid contained in the cakes, which dissolve the calcium phosphate in the bone. Many such bodies have been found even over thousands of years.
Many of them were deliberately killed and then used for rituals. Modern modern forensic science and science are able to restore appearance who died even hundreds and thousands of years ago. Based on the survivors, they can determine the age at death, the person's appearance, the way he or she died, and even the last meal of the day.
Prayers
Troparion to Sergius, hegumen of Radonezh, wonderworker of all Russia, tone 4
Even as an ascetic of virtues, / as a true warrior of Christ God, / on the passion of the greats, you labored in temporary life, / in singing, vigil and veneration, the image was your disciple; / the same and the Holy Spirit dwelled in you, / You are brightly adorned with His action. / But as if having boldness to the Holy Trinity, / remember the flock that you gathered together, wiser, / and do not forget, as you promised, / visiting your children, / St. Sergius, our father.
We know the methods of mummification, where the body can be preserved for a very long period of time, this method was subjected to the bodies of the dead Egyptian pharaohs with the help of various herbs and other natural substances to protect the body from decomposition. This does not apply to Indestructible, it amazes the scientists. Their skin is elastic, even many years after their death, they look as if they were asleep.
It is not that these bodies were mummified, but the local conditions were not found to have a conservative effect on them. Other bodies in their vicinity were completely destroyed. Although researchers are looking for reasons for this, they have not yet found anything concrete.
John troparion, tone 8
From youth you received Christ in your soul, reverend, / and most of all you longed to evade worldly rebellion, / courageously settled in the wilderness, / and children of obedience in it, the fruits of humility, you raised. / That being in the Trinity the settlement, / enlightened all your miracles, who come to you in faith, / and abundant healing to all. / Our Father Sergius, pray to Christ God, may our souls be saved.
Another group looks at this natural wonder of a celebrity fragrance. These places often give off a certain smell, compared to flowers. Interestingly, the smell comes from indestructible parts of the body, especially from stigmatic wounds. Maraville from Jesus came out with heavenly smells immediately after his death.
Teresa of Ávila realized that even as she passed through the convent, she remained behind her heavenly scent and could stay for a long time, and so it was until her death. Nine months after her funeral, the nuns could still smell her grave. They decided to exhale Teresa's body. They found that the lid of the coffin had already fallen off and started to rot, but Teresa's body was completely preserved.
Ying troparion, same voice
In the purity of your life, the source of your tears, / confessions of labor sweats, thou hast, / and thou hast drained the spiritual font, holy Sergius, reverend, / you wash the creatures that create your memory with love, / the foulness of the wallpaper of the soul and body. / For the sake of these, your child is, we cry out to you: / pray, Father, to the Holy Trinity for our souls.
Likewise, Maisa Tereska of Lisieux is a small flower, noticed a strong body odor from her immediately after her death. Padre Pio had a strong smell. No matter what people say about it, this phenomenon is fascinating and it eludes all the laws of science and nature. Many of these bodies were covered in wax, but when they were found intact, there was never any change in human intervention before destroying the body after death. There was a supernatural intervention, even the organs did not fall apart.
Although in our Western culture such phenomena are considered supernatural, known in Eastern cultures. The second thing that is observed with these bodies is the smell of light. So far, none of the discovered bodies has been scientifically confirmed. In Catholicism, the body left after death is indestructible as the image of a person.
John troparion for the uncovering of relics, tone 4
Today, the reigning city of Moscow flaunts brightly, / as if with light-beaming dawns, we shine with lightning of your miracles, / convenes the whole universe / praise you, God-wise Sergius, / your most honorable and glorious monastery, / south in the name of the Holy Trinity, you created many of your labors, father, / have your flocks of your disciples in you, / joy and joy are fulfilled. / But we, celebrating the most glorious finding of your honest relics, in the hidden lands, / like a fragrant flower and a censer fragrant, / kindly kissing me, various healings are acceptable / and with your prayers of forgiveness of sins of forgiveness, / Father Reverend Sergius, / pray to the Holy Trinity to save souls our.
The Catholic Church has cataloged indestructible bodies. Adrian Ondrusov - Russian Orthodox monk and martyr of St. Adrian Poshekhonsko-Russian Orthodox monk and martyr. Agnes of Montepulciano Roman Catholic nun. Alexander Svir - Russian Orthodox monk. Amphilochius Pochaev Orthodox monk from western Ukraine, lived in Soviet times. Angela Merici is a Catholic nun of St. Angela a Crucifix Roman Catholic nun. Blessed Angelina Spoleto Roman Catholic nun. Blessed is Anna Marie Taigi-Roman Catholic.
Kontakion, tone 8
Wounded by Christ's love, reverend, / and following this with an irrevocable desire, / you hated all carnal pleasure, / and like the sun of your Fatherland shone forth, / with this Christ enrich you with the gift of miracles. / Remember us, who honor your blessed memory, let us call you: / rejoice, Sergius the Wise.
Ying kontakion, same voice
Anthony, John and Eustathius - Russian Orthodox Martyrs of Vilnius. Benedict is a black Catholic monk. Bernadette is a seer of a Lourdes-Roman Catholic nun. Blessed Betrando de Jeans-Roman Catholic. Katherine Bologna - Roman Catholic Church of St. Catherine Labourie - Roman Catholic nun of St. Catherine of Siena - Roman Catholic nun and mystic. Charbel Maklof - Maronite monk Saint Charles Sizere - Roman Catholic monk, mystic and stigmatist. Claire of Assisi-Roman Catholic nun St.
Claire from Montefalco Roman Catholic nun. Blessed Dominic Barbary - Roman Catholic missionary to England. Francis Xavier-Apostle Far East Roman Catholic missionary Saint Gaspard Louis Bertoni-Roman Catholic priest. Blessed Hilda Roman Catholic Dominican nun. Blessed Jacinta Marto, far-sighted Catholic Fatima. Joanna Francisca de Chantal is a Roman Catholic nun. The work of a Pochaev-Orthodox monk from Western Ukraine. John James of the Chozevites-Roman Catholic St.
Like an incorporeal equalizer, / you excelled all the saints with fasting labors and prayerful vigils, wise Sergius, / thus you received from God to heal ailments and drive away demons / and for this we cry out to you: / rejoice, father, reverend Sergius.
In kontakion for the uncovering of relics, tone 8
Today, like the sun is bright, / having risen from the earth, your honest relics have become incorruptible, / like a fragrant color, shining with many miracles, / and exuding various healings to all the faithful, / and your flock merrily chosen, / having gathered wisely and good pastel thou, / for them even now stand before the Trinity, praying, / let us all cry out to you: / rejoice, Sergius the Wise.
John Vianni-Roman Catholic, Kuril Ars Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska-Greek Catholic nun from western Ukraine. Joseph Cupertino-Roman Catholic Friar St. Juliana Falconeiri-Roman Catholic Nun St. Louis Orion-Roman Catholic St. Louise de Marillac-Roman Catholic Nun Blessed Margaret Castello-Roman Catholic. Margaret Mary - Roman Catholic nun Blessed Mary Angela of Astorch is a Roman Catholic nun. Blessed Maria de Jesus Torres is a Roman Catholic nun.
Troparion prpp. Sergius and Nikon of Radonezh, tone 8
Like the three bright suns of luminous stars, / You illuminate the hearts of the faithful with Trinity light, / the vessels of the Light of the Most Holy Trinity have appeared, / and by your amazing life, the monk quickly set the law, / and the splendor of the churches, and the faithful, and the saint, and all the people, / all the more demonic filth having driven away / with your pure teachings and deeds, / good save the flock gathered by you, / but even now we pray to you: visit your children, / as if they have boldness in the Holy Trinity, / God-wise, Sergius with his wonderful disciple Nikon, / and pray to Christ May God save our souls.
Maria Francisca Illagas is a Catholic nun. Reverend Mary Jesus Delgado is a Roman Catholic nun. Blessed Mary Margaret Caiani is a Roman Catholic nun. Maria Mazarello - Roman Catholic nun of St. Nicholas of Tolentino - Roman Catholic priest of St. Peter Julian Eimard - Roman Catholic priest. Pio Pietrlcina is a Roman Catholic priest. Rita Cassia - Roman Catholic nun St. Sava - consecrated Orthodox monk St. Sergius of Radonezh - Orthodox monk Rev. Solanus Cassi - Roman Catholic.
Kondak prpp. Sergius and Nikon of Radonezh, tone 8
In fasting, having joined Great Anthony / and Euthymius of Jerusalem, jealous of labors, / like angels, appear on earth, / enlightening, reverend, faithful hearts / Divine signs and wonders forever, / for this sake we joyfully honor you and cry out to you with love: / rejoice, reverend Fathers Sergius and Nikone, / fasting fertilizer and all the Russian land is a great affirmation.
Stanisław Kostka - Roman Catholic Blessed Stefan Bellesini - Roman Catholic priest. Sunniva Norwegian-Roman Catholic martyr, from the island of Sel. Torlak from the Icelandic-Roman Catholic Bishop of Skalholt. Torvald of Norway - Roman Catholic martyr from Lir, patron of Oslo.
Ursula Ledochowa-Roman Catholic nun St. Vasily Velichkovsky-Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest died in Winnipeg, body found intact 30 years later St. Veronica Giulianni-Roman Catholic nun St. Virginia Centurion-Roman Catholic Vissarion Korkoloakos-Greek Orthodox monk. Zita - Roman Catholic popes, bishops and patriarchs. The Pope is a Roman Catholic The Pope is a Roman Catholic Tikhon - Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow St. Ambrose of Milan Claudius Besancon - French bishop and abbot.
Literature
- Life (large)
- Life (large, divided into separate pages-chapters)
Used materials
- Life (according to the "Handbook of the clergyman"):
- Full Troparion, Publishing House "Trinity", 2006, v. 1, p. 71-73, 81, 82.
- Andronik (Trubachev), igum., "The fate of the head of St. Sergius", JMP, 2001, No. 4, p. 33-53.
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Cuthbert Anglo-Saxon, revered by Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans. Innocent Orthodox Bishop of Irkutsk John of Shanghai and San Francisco Orthodox Archbishop. Reverend John Henry Newman is a Roman Catholic cardinal. Iosafat Kuntsevich - Greek Catholic Metropolitan from Ukraine, martyr, killed in Polotsk, relics enshrined in Rome. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Bishop St.
Ubaldo Gubbio Roman Catholic Bishop Christian Kings and Queens. Olga - Grand Duchess Kievan Rus, an Orthodox saint, died during the reign of Saint Vladimir, it was found that her body had not been corrupted. Olav - King of Norway, Catholic saint. Edward the Confessor - King of England. Blessed Queen Mafalda of Portugal, consort of the Queen of Castile-Roman Catholic Church. Characteristics of non-ektiritch posts.
Sergius of Radonezh is revered by Russian Orthodox Church like a saint. This amazing person gained fame already during his lifetime: people walked and rode from all over the Grand Duchy to receive his blessing. They say that his one word gave unspeakable consolation, helped in sorrows, and guided even the most erring ones on the true path. What Interesting Facts biographies of Sergius of Radonezh have come down to us through the darkness of centuries?
To watch ekshumaji. Sakushinbuta monks in Japan follow a diet of salt, nuts, seeds, roots, pine bark, and urushi. Some of them were buried alive in pine palms filled with salt. This type of death was not considered suicide due to the lengthy nature of Santhar, the person had enough time to think about their own life. The person who chose this method included Santhar's wedding when someone felt like he was in his life. The goal was to clean up old food and prevent new ones from coming in.
- The future founder of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra was born in 1392 into a family of boyar families. His father Cyril and mother Maria were very respected people, they helped the poor.
- The newborn was named Bartholomew. Even before his birth, a miracle happened, which chronicles tell about. One day, pregnant Mary came to church, and the baby cried out three times in the womb. The woman was surrounded, they began to assure that this was not good. She forced her way out of the crowd. And then it turned out that it was not evil, but the bright forces of heaven that declared themselves in such an incredible way: the future saint was born to Mary.
- Bartholomew, along with his older brother, went to school when the age suitable for study came. However, if the eldest, Stefan, grabbed everything on the fly, then the youngest was not given a letter at all. Increasingly, they began to send him instead of school to graze cows. Frustrated, the boy wandered around the field, and one fine day he saw an old wanderer next to him. Bartholomew brought grandfather home, where Mary fed and watered the traveler. And he said to the child: “I heard you can’t study? Come on, read me a prayer." The astonished Bartholomew suddenly understood the letters and began to read easily!
- Bartholomew dreamed of becoming a monk since childhood. Having learned, he, together with his brother, went into the forest thicket, where he cut out a cell for himself. The brothers lived together without accepting alms, worked hard, prayed.
- When Stefan, unable to endure the hardships of forest life, went to the city, people began to flock to Bartholomew (who had already taken the name Sergius), thirsting for prayerful labors and solitude. The monastery grew and grew stronger.
- Sergius predicted his death even before he began to lose strength. He took a vow of silence and has not spoken a word for the past six months. With him inseparably was only a beloved student.
- Once Sergius was offered the metropolitan rank. He refused.
- Dmitry Donskoy himself came to Sergius for a blessing for the Battle of Kulikovo. Sergius of Radonezh predicted victory and prayed for the Russian army all the time of the battle. When a Russian warrior fell in battle, he mentally saw his death and spoke about it to his students.
- Sergius was famous for his ability to heal bodily and mental ailments. One day, a heartbroken peasant brought to him a young son who had just died from a serious illness. Sergius took the child, rubbed it with herbs, prayed over him - and the boy came to life.
- In addition to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, the Russian saint built 5 more temple complexes.
- In the monasteries, where Sergius became the head, the brethren lived strictly. Everything was common, begging was not allowed. The monks provided for themselves. If Sergius found out about the violation of the monastery charter, the offender left the monastery.
Sergius of Radonezh was a great man. He undoubtedly possessed great fortitude, unbending will. He directed the entire powerful flow of soul energy to the service of God and man, helping God's weak creation to withstand the trials sent by fate. The main covenants that he left to posterity were: to work, overcome difficulties, not to grumble at your lot and give a helping hand to those who need it. Such was his whole life - the uninterrupted labor of an ascetic.
