Calendar crestin ortodox - 19 martie
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March 19 Feasts
OrthodoxWiki
http://orthodoxwiki.org/March_19
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, and those with them at Rome: Claudius,
Hilaria, Jason, Maurus, Diodorus presbyter, and Marianus deacon;
Martyr Pancharius at Nicomedia; Saint Innocent of Komel (Vologda),
disciple of Saint Nilus of Sora; Saint Bassa, nun of Pskov; New-Martyr
Demetrius at Constantinople; Martyr Alcmund, Prince of Northumbria;
Icon of the Theotokos of Lubyatov; Icon of the Theotokos of Smolensk
the "Sweet-Kissing"
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Calendar crestin ortodox - 19 martie
http://www.calendar-ortodox.ro/luna/martie/martie19.htm
Sfintii mucenici Hrisant si Daria
Sf. mucenici Claudiu Tribunul, sotia sa Ilaria si fiii lor Iason si
Mavru
Sfinţii Diodor preotul şi Marian diaconul
Sfantul Dimitrie (Dumitru) Strungarul
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http://orthodoxwiki.org/Innocent_of_Komel
Our father among the saints Innocent of Komel is one of a number of
saints of the fifteenth century whose life and works was centered
around the Vologotsk region of Russia. He was a disciple and companion
of St. Nilus of Sora and an ascetic who lived in the wilderness of the
River Nurma. His feast is celebrated on March 19.
Life
The date and place of his birth as well as the early life of St.
Innocent are unknown. He is believed to have come from the Okhlyabin
boyar family. He became a monk in the Monastery of St. Cyril of the
White Lake and was placed under the spiritual guidance of St. Nilus of
Sora, an ascetic. Of like minds, St Innocent endeavored to imitate his
teacher and the two became friends. Together the two monks set out
from St. Cyril Monastery on a pilgrimage to the holy places in the
eastern Mediterranean Sea area. During their pilgrimage they visited
Palestine and stayed for a number of years on Mount Athos as well as
in Constantinople. Through their travels they learned about the
differences in life at the many monasteries that they visited.
Particularly at Mount Athos the two pilgrims spent much of their time
studying the writings of the Holy Fathers.
The two returned to Russia, and to the monastery from which they
started, inspired by the asceticism of the monks who dwelled in the
deserts and were enriched with the spiritual wisdom from their
experiences. In the time that they were away, St. Cyril Monastery had
grown in numbers of monks and on return Ss. Innocent and Nilus chose
then to settle in secluded cells outside the monastery walls.
Soon, the ascetics decided to move to the virgin forests. They chose a
secluded area in the marshy lands on the River Sora where they erected
a cross and built two cells. Here they continued to study the Holy
Scriptures and the writing of the Holy Fathers. Other monks looking
for seclusion began to join Ss. Innocent and Nilus. With the increase
in the number of monks the saints formed a new cloister that consisted
of a hieromonk, hierodeacon and twelve elders, each working and
praying in his own cell, but joining together on Sundays and feast
days for services in the little church they built.
St. Innocent zealously following the precepts of his saintly teacher
and reached in time a level of spiritual maturity that, according to
St. Nilus' will, he had to become a teacher for the others. St. Nilus
approached his disciple and after blessing him directed that he "Go to
the river Nurma: God will glorify you there and your monastery will be
a community". St. Innocent having never supposed that some day he
would leave the Sora hermitage humbly followed his teacher's
direction, with Nilus' instructions to follow the Lord's Commandments,
pray tirelessly, imitate the lives of the saints, keep their
traditions and pass these teachings to the brethren.
About 1491, Innocent journeyed to the southern part of the Vologodsk
region which was covered with impenetrable forests. This was an area
where already Russian ascetics had settled since the fourteenth
century. There, following in the path of such saints as Dimitry of
Prilutsk, Sylvester of Obnorsk, Sergius of Nuromsk, and Paul of
Obnorsk, Innocent established his new home in the swampy area among
the rivers Komela, Nurma, and Eda. Innocent built his secluded cell on
the River Eda at a place that was about seventy miles from Vologda and
ten miles from the River Nurma.
Soon, people seeking their salvation began to come to St. Innocent
seeking his counsel. These people he received with great love and
compassion.
Initially, St. Innocent used the same monastic rules as those used at
Nilus' monastery. As the number of ascetics increased Innocent
introduced a very strict coenobitic rule for his community. With an
increasing number of monks, the brethren built a church, under
Innocent's guidance, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Following in
the steps of his teacher, Innocent edified the monks of the community
with words from the writings of the Holy Fathers, especially the Ss.
John Chrysostom, Simeon the New Theologian, and Anthony the Great.
St. Innocent remained the superior of the monastery for thirty years.
When he felt his death approaching, St. Innocent wrote his spiritual
will to serve as the guide for the brethren of his hermitage after his
death. "It is I, poor monk Innocent, who has written this precept, to
whomever God commands to live in our hermitage. First of all I pray
you for God's sake to mention me, a sinner, in your holy prayers. I
bow to you greatly, our fathers and brothers. I leave this, that there
should not be any discord between you, but love in Christ and
spiritual peace among you. And for prayer to be in our hermitage
forever and how to eat and when it becomes everyone to go to labor in
blessed time and about other things, all the essence is in the
writings of my teacher, Father Nilus, and in this book. For this sake
I came soon and so you will find there everything that is pleasing to
God".
The year that Innocent of Komel reposed is not known. While there is
some agreement of the day he died, March 19, sources differ greatly
concerning the year of his death, some proposing a year as late as
1522, while many consider 1511 as the most probable year.
In 1538, the hermitage was overrun by Tatars who burned the church and
cells and killed the monastics. The monastery was rebuilt and
continued to exist until the eighteenth century after which the
monastery church was turned into a parish church.
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OCA
http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=100838
St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda
Commemorated on March 19
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Proloagele - luna martie in 19 zile:
http://www.credo.ro/proloage.php?data=1903&i=2
Intru aceasta zi, Sfantul Mucenic Panharie.