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We welcome you, dear brothers and sisters,00:00:16
to the biblical portal exegaint and today00:00:19
we will remember the most beloved most precious00:00:22
and holy fathers of the holy fathers of the Russian00:00:24
Orthodox Church St. Ignatius00:00:26
Brianchaninov with us today we00:00:30
remember him in prayer and why he is the00:00:32
most beloved most precious and because00:00:35
he is the whole with his soul, with all his00:00:38
heart, he dedicated himself to the00:00:40
patristic tradition of the saints to the fathers00:00:42
who spoke about the hidden00:00:45
inner work of the ascent of the00:00:48
human soul to God, and now St.00:00:50
Ignatius, he was completely immersed in the00:00:54
writings of the holy fathers, the00:00:55
previous tradition and he was able to identify the most00:00:58
important thing and how he presents a precious gift for00:01:00
Christians of the present00:01:02
time,00:01:03
precious Treasures from the patristic00:01:05
writings of antiquity, he was able to00:01:08
generalize this, analyze it, he was able to00:01:11
reveal to us in a clear and deep language at the same time the most00:01:14
important thing, the very essence of the00:01:17
patristic teaching, and from00:01:19
brothers and sisters, if we look00:01:22
at life in general, shine or Ignatius is00:01:25
simply amazing here, in fact, he has,00:01:27
as it were, two biographies, that is, here is one00:01:29
biography. This is a purely external biography00:01:32
because he is from a noble background, and that00:01:35
is, this is a requirement determined by his00:01:37
class rules and00:01:40
his internal biography is a complete00:01:43
desire for Christ as Lord, it00:01:46
turns out that his internal00:01:48
biography did not always coincide with his00:01:50
external biography. It00:01:52
was difficult for him to make his way to monasticism, and00:01:56
when he comes to monasticism, many00:01:58
also perceive him as a black sheep,00:02:00
so he came from the nobility, which means he is, or00:02:03
maybe he is looking there some high00:02:05
statuses and he was not looking for all this,00:02:08
he wanted to serve00:02:10
Christ wholeheartedly, and this path of his life is00:02:14
constant internal work and00:02:17
overcoming constant obstacles00:02:18
that are class limitations,00:02:21
then outwardly this apparatus was repaired to him by the00:02:25
consistory that had developed everything a distant00:02:27
period that means people were thinking all the time00:02:30
Well, they were cheating on something of their own sinful00:02:33
man tends to think up something all the time00:02:35
remembering and here he was00:02:37
through this Silk stubble stubble and he was going to00:02:40
what he was going to nothing and to whom he was going to00:02:42
Christ and completely He dedicated himself to the Lord Jesus00:02:45
Christ, so the brothers and sisters00:02:48
of the saints Ignatius Brianchaninov, he00:02:50
really is from an ancient noble00:02:53
family, the Brianchaninov family, they even00:02:55
had this legend that he00:02:57
goes back to the boyar Mikhail Brenko or00:03:02
Brennik, the pronunciation was different there00:03:04
And this Mikhail Brinko he was00:03:08
Arms-bearer of Prince Dmitry Donskoy, and00:03:10
when on the Kulikov field Prince00:03:13
Dmitry00:03:14
and Dmitry, he00:03:16
and his soldiers actually entered the battle and00:03:18
he changed into the armor of a simple warrior, and so it was00:03:23
that Mikhail Brienko, the00:03:26
Prince’s squire, took on the prince’s armor and accordingly he00:03:28
took on suffered a blow and died in this00:03:31
Bloody Slaughter to sacrifice themselves for the00:03:34
Holy Righteous Prince Dmitry and00:03:37
subsequently the Bryanchanin family00:03:39
served their fatherland with the Faith of Truth, if we00:03:41
take the Time of Troubles when many00:03:44
boyar clans and not here and there there and to00:03:47
the Poles and and seemingly to the Tsar both ours and00:03:50
yours But there are no Bryanchaninovs, they strictly00:03:53
served the Tsar of Moscow, the Bryanchaninovs,00:03:56
and during the Patriotic War of 1812, it was00:04:00
also, by the way, called at one time the00:04:03
Great Patriotic War, they00:04:07
defended their homeland then, and subsequently they00:04:11
were all distinguished by their patriotism and00:04:13
loyalty to the Russian sovereign and00:04:16
directly the father of Saint Ignatius00:04:18
Alexander Semyonovich Brianchaninov, he was a00:04:21
Page of the times of Catherine II and the son of00:04:24
Emperor Paul I, and then he moved00:04:28
to Vologda and of course it cannot be said that00:04:31
the father means Alexander Semyonovich that00:04:34
he was so rich,00:04:36
some landowner is not very rich but00:04:38
with a certain income, and he even00:04:40
built a school for peasant children, can you imagine?00:04:43
That is, you were nobles at that00:04:45
time. Well, this is the turn of the 18th-19th centuries, they00:04:49
still cared about00:04:52
Christians and he built a school in00:04:54
which about 50 peasant00:04:57
children studied, 2 years passed training and00:05:01
Alexander Semyonovich himself, well, according to the00:05:03
memoirs of his contemporaries Yes, and00:05:04
he was distinguished by his children. Of course, he was distinguished by his piety00:05:09
of piety, that’s how some describe00:05:11
that he stood dependent on the entire liturgy from00:05:14
beginning to end. And after00:05:16
the liturgy, having taken the food in his hands, he carried it00:05:20
home and from church to home with With his bare00:05:23
head, this one about the quarrel reverently00:05:26
carried from the temple to the house, as if he was00:05:30
taking a piece of the temple with him, and thereby00:05:32
expressed his general reverence for the00:05:34
church and for the Lord God. And the mother of00:05:37
St. Ignatius, Sofya Afanasyevna, she is00:05:40
also a very pious woman, but00:05:42
it’s true that he was the father it’s very strict, so00:05:44
we’ll mention it in a little more detail, and00:05:47
so they mean the parents got married00:05:49
quite young and00:05:53
Some time passes, one child is born and00:05:55
dies, then the second child is born00:05:57
and dies after this infertility and of course00:06:01
they felt very bad from this test in their00:06:03
souls and they parents began to pray to God,00:06:07
they began to visit monasteries, this is00:06:10
the Northern Philoid. And those monasteries00:06:12
that decorate our region spiritually, they00:06:17
prayed and visited the Holy Spiritual and00:06:20
Glushitsky troubles and the Prilutsky monasteries00:06:23
and asked that the Lord would bow with his00:06:26
favor and grant them a chat and00:06:28
indeed After that, a00:06:30
son is born to them who you named00:06:32
Dmitry in honor of the Monk Demetrius00:06:34
of Prilutsk, this is in the future Saint00:06:37
Ignatius Brianchaninov in his birth he is00:06:39
Dmitry, he was born according to the Italian00:06:41
calendar on February 5,00:06:43
1807, in general they lived in their00:06:46
estate in the village of Pokrovskoye, Gryazovets00:06:50
district of the Vologda province, and these places are00:06:53
now by the way are being restored This is the00:06:56
place where00:06:59
Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov spent his first years and in00:07:02
this family nine children grew up,00:07:04
of whom Saint Ignatius he was the eldest00:07:08
child and he You see, from childhood he was00:07:11
distinguished by such a serious character,00:07:14
taciturnity, such silence and00:07:17
really strived more for prayer00:07:19
But this was his disposition and00:07:22
this was his internal self-determination already00:07:24
in the first years of his life, and as00:07:27
his brother recalls, his brother Peter00:07:31
Aleksandrovich, who throughout00:07:32
his life also accompanied and spiritually00:07:35
accompanied Saint Ignatius, he00:07:38
says that of course they played00:07:40
ordinary children’s games and there and uh they ran00:07:44
into the launches there and fought, but at the same time the00:07:47
elder brother says, here is Dmitry, the00:07:49
future Saint Ignatius, he never00:07:52
used his superiority, but00:07:54
when they fought together, he always00:07:57
convinced that the brother would certainly00:08:00
resist, show fortitude and00:08:02
say so don’t give up, defend yourself, he taught00:08:05
this kind of Fortitude and Peter00:08:08
Alexandrovich recalls. This later and in the00:08:10
monastic path in the spiritual guidance of00:08:12
St. Ignatius also affected that00:08:15
he always taught to show fortitude and00:08:18
not give in to temptations, of course,00:08:20
since the family was Noble,00:08:23
education was set at the00:08:25
highest level and professors and teachers specially came from the city00:08:30
who gave the00:08:33
best education. Well, in particular,00:08:35
St. Ignatius, he already00:08:36
studied ancient Greek and Latin as a child,00:08:39
and by the way, this later became very00:08:42
useful to him when he studied the holy00:08:45
fathers, he took the00:08:47
holy fathers in his hands and they wrote Well, many of them are00:08:50
in ancient Greek, and then he00:08:53
directly worked with the originals,00:08:55
translated them himself, and included in his00:08:58
writings quotes from the translated works of the00:09:00
holy fathers, that is, his knowledge of ancient00:09:02
languages was also directed by him into a00:09:06
spiritual direction, he also studied music and even00:09:09
practiced playing the violin Can you imagine,00:09:12
and of course another, here is an00:09:14
ordinary education, the kind that was necessary00:09:17
for representatives of the nobility, it was of course00:09:20
taught to him by his brothers and sisters, but00:09:24
still brothers and sisters, we cannot00:09:26
hide that a certain kind of severity reigned in the family00:09:29
and the illuminator Ignatius,00:09:31
he experienced a certain kind of melancholy00:09:33
Why Because that between parents and00:09:36
children there was, well, a certain distance00:09:39
built up and the behavior of the children was very00:09:42
clearly observed by those assigned there, or the00:09:44
guy there or the children’s nanny, the guy00:09:47
there needed a daughter, a nanny, and they had to00:09:49
report every day about all the00:09:51
offenses and Hmm, they were punished00:09:54
very strict, that’s how the00:09:56
niece of St. Ignatius Alexander00:09:59
Kupriyanova recalls, she remembers about her mother Mary00:10:01
that she was once accused,00:10:04
accused undeservedly, and that means it was her00:10:07
choice or with rods she became00:10:10
justified after that, saying that she was00:10:11
not accused completely undeservedly because00:10:14
of - because she made excuses,00:10:17
she was whipped with rods a second time and this00:10:19
time to the point of fainting. That is, she simply00:10:21
passed out, lost consciousness and00:10:24
was counted. So, if the elders00:10:26
said, then this must be00:10:28
done, if the elders gave you00:10:30
a punishment, you must00:10:32
obey unquestioningly and00:10:34
here is the Saint to drive away, he later00:10:36
also recalled that when he was still a child,00:10:38
once he and his father were swimming in the00:10:42
river and little Dmitry Dmitry00:10:45
Alexandrovich Yes, he was00:10:48
frozen, he was just so frozen that he00:10:50
stood trembling, but did not dare to go out before00:10:53
his father because it was considered some kind of00:10:57
insolence and he did not dare even to ask the father00:10:59
because, too, well,00:11:01
the subordination was so established00:11:03
that only when the father says that00:11:05
then it means you We leave the river because of00:11:07
this he caught a bad cold, he undermined00:11:10
his health, and then later this, too, due to the00:11:12
circumstances of his health,00:11:15
was undermined even more And to great00:11:18
regret, here between parents and children, despite the fact00:11:20
that the parents are pious,00:11:22
they go to church and the children are raised00:11:24
correctly, but there is00:11:26
excessive severity, and this00:11:28
distance resulted in the fact that there was not always00:11:30
mutual understanding. Although the father00:11:33
subsequently complained, Alexander00:11:36
Semenovich, he said that I00:11:38
raised the elders to be strict and lost but he00:11:42
spoiled the younger ones and didn’t win anything. But00:11:44
what did he mean here? It’s not entirely00:11:46
clear because in fact, to00:11:48
everything. Well, maybe the youngest one was a little bit00:11:50
strict for me. But in fact, everyone got it,00:11:52
and now the brother of St.00:11:55
Ignatius, Peter Alexandrovich, remembers that when00:11:58
somehow Another noble family also arrived,00:12:00
and here was a treat for him, and there00:12:05
they served crackers for tea, and for the guests,00:12:07
they put these especially00:12:09
beautiful white crackers in a separate vase, the address of their00:12:12
children, worse than balls, and he said that here are00:12:16
Dmitry and I, Petya and Dima, they just did00:12:20
n’t want to show that no matter how they are not00:12:22
together in the company, they are purely like that and00:12:26
solidarity or something with the guests, they00:12:27
still took it too. Therefore, they took a white00:12:29
cracker or two crackers each and00:12:32
tasted it. Not because they wanted to00:12:35
satiate them with these crackers, but they00:12:37
just wanted to show that they were, as it00:12:39
were, in a single company so as not to stand out,00:12:40
and for this a terrible punishment followed.00:12:43
Then, that the father caught them both in a00:12:48
separate room on their knees for 2 hours and00:12:51
put a cracker in each of their mouths, that’s why00:12:53
they had to do that for 2 hours00:12:55
stood and Peter Alexander remembered that it00:12:58
was very difficult to endure This00:13:00
punishment was so humiliating Yes, but00:13:03
Dmitry He, of course, endured all this00:13:05
But at the same time he was older, yes And00:13:08
so he writes in his writings that00:13:10
my childhood was filled with sorrows, I00:13:14
had no one to vent to his heart00:13:16
That is, he could not have a00:13:18
heart-to-heart talk with his parents Yes, he maintained relations with the younger ones00:13:21
But you need00:13:24
some kind of support to come00:13:27
somewhere You need to lean on some strong00:13:29
shoulder and anger your soul And00:13:32
so I say I didn’t have before who to pour out00:13:34
my soul and began to pour out my heart00:13:36
before God, he began to pray to the Lord,00:13:40
already in his childhood years he immersed himself in00:13:44
intense, deep prayer and00:13:46
began to read the Holy Scriptures and the00:13:48
Gospel,00:13:49
and at the same time he said that the curtain, which was00:13:54
occasionally opened, lay for me00:13:57
on the Gospel. there is, he did not understand everything,00:13:58
but it was your sisoi and makarii that00:14:03
made a wonderful impression on me, that00:14:05
is, the Venerable Pimen the Great Avos00:14:08
isoi ava Macarius the Great, he read the holy00:14:11
fathers of00:14:12
that ascetic antiquity and they00:14:15
suddenly revealed for him the very essence of00:14:18
the Gospel and St. Ignatius reads the00:14:21
book in five volumes there is a school of piety00:14:25
where the life of the holy fathers of that00:14:27
time is described. Their ascetic instructions and00:14:30
now he says that they began00:14:31
to reveal for me the very essence of00:14:34
the Gospel and says when I was a00:14:36
15-year-old boy, an00:14:39
amazing silence overshadowed my heart, a00:14:42
kind of blessed peace covered him soul00:14:45
And he thought that this was the state of all people in general,00:14:48
but this was for him because he00:14:51
constantly prayed and he had already joined the00:14:53
patristic tradition then, and now,00:14:56
perhaps looking ahead a little, let’s00:14:58
say that in general what was different about00:15:01
Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov was that00:15:03
all his life he was immersed in the00:15:06
patristic Heritage, all his life he00:15:08
tried to study the Holy Fathers and00:15:11
perceive their spirit, and he even said00:15:13
that you should try not to read Only00:15:16
one Gospel, but be sure to00:15:20
read the Holy Fathers in addition to the Gospel because00:15:22
from the Holy Fathers you find the correct00:15:25
explanation of the Gospel with your mind you00:15:28
can understand that it’s wrong, you00:15:30
can distort the meaning of Scripture for yourself,00:15:31
he said. So, it’s00:15:34
better that the holy fathers lead you to00:15:37
the gospel as their beloved child,00:15:39
rather than with your own inventions you00:15:43
will come to some kind of wilds, so he said, you00:15:46
even need to study the holy fathers more00:15:49
because, in fact, they are the holy fathers00:15:51
fulfilled the Gospel and they offer00:15:54
us a00:15:56
correct and Clearly clear explanation of the00:15:58
Holy Gospel in the sixteenth year,00:16:02
his father took him to St. Petersburg, of course00:16:04
the father wanted his son to follow in the footsteps of his00:16:07
parents, he also took some kind of prominent00:16:09
high position under the emperor and wanted to00:16:13
appoint him higher to the engineering school00:16:16
that prepared officers of the engineering00:16:19
troops and here is the road, father Alexander00:16:23
Semenovich, he suddenly asked Dmitry00:16:27
his son And what service would you like to00:16:30
enter and for the son it was a00:16:32
surprise Why Because usually00:16:34
the father did not ask anything Revelations And00:16:37
then suddenly the father asks directly Well, he00:16:39
himself what would you like and then for the00:16:42
first time Dmitry directly says that of all00:16:45
services he prefers service to the king00:16:48
of heaven and would like to go to his father00:16:51
listened to his fears and didn’t even answer anything00:16:53
because he believed that all this was not serious and that00:16:55
it did not correspond to Well, not his00:16:57
parental plan and probably some kind of00:17:00
just a short-term thought of00:17:02
passion for my son and therefore Let's go00:17:04
further And then they bring it there Yes and00:17:07
the exams begin and it turned out that00:17:10
St. Ignatius then Dmitry00:17:12
Bryanchaninov he shows the highest00:17:15
result In general there were four people00:17:18
for the place there were generally even00:17:20
more than 4,130 people entered and00:17:23
only 30 were accepted, and of all of them,00:17:26
Saint Ignatius showed the00:17:28
highest results because he00:17:30
already knew languages and he was well educated, and00:17:33
then he was immediately taken to the second grade and then the00:17:36
training began, and00:17:38
throughout all the courses of study Dmitry00:17:41
Brianchaninov retained this first00:17:44
place in terms of academic performance, and00:17:47
suddenly, after two years, inside he has a00:17:50
Thirst and hunger for God. That is, he writes00:17:55
himself, he remembers about this, that two years00:17:57
have passed in earthly studies. I studied00:18:00
human sciences, but inside there is melancholy because00:18:03
no the Lord is enough, the heavenly is not enough,00:18:07
if before this, until he was 15 years old, he was praying, he00:18:10
was already delving into the patristic teachings and00:18:13
And now the worldly sciences and it turns out that00:18:16
they provide only what is needed for the earth.00:18:20
But the soul is immortal, then what can00:18:22
earthly sciences give for the sake of the eternal00:18:25
immortal? life and it turns out there is nothing and00:18:28
the Saint drives him out then Dmitry He00:18:31
suffers very internally from this And he00:18:33
loses the former this silence00:18:35
Silence the peace of the soul and he begins to00:18:39
Pray even more intensely and for this he00:18:42
reads the holy fathers even more intensely and Yes,00:18:46
there were, of course, even such here he00:18:48
confesses that00:18:49
and when this melancholy appeared. I00:18:52
say I’m walking through the streets of St. Petersburg in a00:18:55
cadet’s uniform and tears are streaming down00:18:59
my face, but can you imagine? Yes, what?00:19:02
Why were these tears about the loss of the former00:19:06
peace of heart? Because at that00:19:09
time prayer level his prayers00:19:11
decreased and it was necessary, of course, to return to this.00:19:13
And how he returned and00:19:15
subsequently he also directly admitted00:19:17
that sometimes he went to bed, as if to sleep,00:19:20
and when it already means there is no Light Yes,00:19:24
all this around was immersed in sleep and he00:19:27
raises his head above the pillow and begins to00:19:30
read Here he says a prayer and the00:19:32
prayers of Jesus in the Lord Jesus Christ, the00:19:34
son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner, and00:19:36
some other prayers and says00:19:38
he prayed and so, raising his head above the00:19:42
pillow all night until the morning until dawn And00:19:45
after that he got out of bed and went to00:19:48
class for classes00:19:49
You can’t imagine how00:19:51
intense this is, an intensified internal feat,00:19:54
that is, he spends the whole night in prayer after that,00:19:56
he goes to study anyway and at the same time00:19:58
maintains the highest level of00:20:00
academic performance, that is, it is clear that here00:20:02
the Lord, of course, did not abandon his grace for him00:20:05
Yes, but this was also a need00:20:07
his soul because melancholy developed00:20:10
just scary and we brothers and sisters have00:20:12
already said that his external biography Sometimes00:20:14
his internal biography diverged00:20:16
from his internal life. What is this00:20:18
discrepancy when he studied in St. Petersburg,00:20:21
he was well received in the world; for00:20:23
example, he attended creative evenings in00:20:26
Olenin’s house He was such a very00:20:29
highly educated representative who00:20:31
loved all kinds of art and00:20:35
the most creative personalities gathered at his home. Well, for example,00:20:38
Krylov came there and then the00:20:40
writer-father, you even Pushkin himself and00:20:42
imagine Dmitry Bryanchaninov, you were in00:20:44
their community and even recited00:20:47
some of his literary poems00:20:49
the works are not simple, such00:20:50
poetic works, and Pushkin even favorably00:20:54
spoke about these works of the future00:20:56
Saint Ignatius, and Dmitry00:20:59
Brianchaninov himself recited and read someone’s00:21:02
works at these evenings. That is, he00:21:04
belonged there, but at the same time his soul was looking for00:21:07
something else, that is, an internal biography is a00:21:09
complete desire Lord Jesus00:21:12
Christ And so, of course, he devotes himself to00:21:15
intelligent work. You understand, this has passed00:21:17
through his whole life. Saint Ignatius, the very00:21:20
essence of spiritual life is what00:21:22
happens inside you in your mind and00:21:25
heart, and why is that so? Because00:21:28
human life is guided by00:21:31
what is born in our thoughts or the fact00:21:34
that we have our heartfelt feelings in our hearts00:21:36
and then in our inner00:21:37
world some kind of life desire is already ripening00:21:39
and at the beginning a human thought appears,00:21:42
it affects our00:21:44
worldview and the worldview is already00:21:46
manifested in our deeds and in life00:21:48
actions, so if00:21:51
our thoughts are not doctored, if a00:21:54
person’s mind is not treated by a doctor, then life will00:21:56
never be externally transformed, therefore the most00:21:59
intimate essence of spiritual life is00:22:02
inside and, accordingly, our mind and heart00:22:05
should be directed precisely to God to the00:22:08
Lord, they have transformed00:22:10
to become a den of some evil,00:22:12
sin-loving desires because00:22:15
man, from the very beginning, as the00:22:18
Lord God intended him to be a man, is the temple of God and the00:22:21
receptacle of divine grace00:22:23
must first of all become the human mind00:22:25
and the human heart. And then the00:22:27
whole life of such a person will00:22:30
truly become Graceful, and that’s00:22:32
about it This is exactly what Saint00:22:34
Ignatius wrote in his numerous00:22:36
works, and here he00:22:38
is in this field, he prays and00:22:42
various spiritual temptations come up, and00:22:44
from some of his letters such00:22:47
indirect00:22:48
statements are even clear that sometimes00:22:51
demonic forces came to him clearly00:22:54
and here he is through prayer through prayer, he00:22:57
gained freedom from them But on this path,00:22:59
you understand, you can’t be alone if you do00:23:02
n’t rely on anyone, it’s very easy to00:23:04
stray somewhere and stumble,00:23:06
so he’s looking for spiritual guidance And00:23:10
how to find him Here he is in St. Petersburg, yes And00:23:13
first of all, this is there the confessor of the school00:23:15
who was appointed and there was a confessor,00:23:18
Father Alexei Malov, who by the way was also the00:23:22
confessor of some Decembrists. And that00:23:25
means, but he was very formal00:23:28
even though he was a famous preacher of that00:23:30
time, and now Imagine that00:23:32
Dmitry Brianchaninov comes to him for00:23:34
advice and says that we are fighting with many00:23:37
sinful thoughts And this is understandable. After all,00:23:40
when you enter the field of spiritual00:23:42
life and begin to pray, then business00:23:44
begins to throw up all sorts of thoughts00:23:47
there of sins to desecrate your inner00:23:49
world, and now Dmitry Causinov says that you00:23:51
fight with many sinful thoughts and that00:23:54
And you and I mean we fight sinful thoughts goes00:23:57
to to the authorities of the00:23:59
military engineering school and00:24:01
reports and says that Dmitry00:24:04
Brianchaninov is a student of such and such course00:24:06
Master, with political plans, he simply00:24:09
misunderstood the situation and completely00:24:12
distorted everything. And of course now we will say that00:24:15
it was the Secret of Confession that was violated. Well,00:24:18
in fact, so, but the point is that00:24:20
the synodal period is the period starting from00:24:23
Peter I. When the patriarchate00:24:25
was abolished And when the church00:24:29
was under strict control00:24:30
of the state and was considered as one00:24:33
of the government departments, it was00:24:36
called the department of Orthodox00:24:38
confession,00:24:40
and then there were regulations for00:24:42
two centuries, which means in the 18th and 19th centuries that00:24:46
if during confession a priest suddenly00:24:49
finds out about some really00:24:52
plans against the government, then he00:24:54
must report this to the authorities and this00:24:57
actually diverged from church00:25:00
decrees and canons that00:25:02
the Priest does not have the right to reveal the00:25:04
secret of confession and, in general, often00:25:08
priests they didn’t give anything away,00:25:10
that is, they tried to influence the00:25:12
penitents. Well, if he had already come to00:25:14
Confession and repent of this, then what was the point of00:25:16
denouncing him?00:25:18
He had already come for a spiritual marriage.00:25:21
However, let us repeat that there were some00:25:24
state regulations. Unfortunately,00:25:25
there were what if00:25:27
the priest sees something against the00:25:30
government as a truly00:25:32
political plan. He must00:25:34
convey this. Well, this confessor here00:25:36
at the school, he formally00:25:38
acted like this, and the leadership there is Count Sievers,00:25:42
he’s00:25:43
the chief, that means the leader, he’s a Lutheran,00:25:46
he won’t understand at all what we’re talking about and00:25:47
calls the students Dmitry Brianchaninov immediately00:25:49
means the inspector in the presence00:25:52
says that you told00:25:55
the confessor that the borims mean some kind of00:25:58
plans and you yourself recognize them as00:26:01
sinful, that is, it is obvious that you have something00:26:04
against the government then tell us00:26:06
what kind of plans you00:26:08
have there and Dmitry Brianchaninov begins00:26:11
to them And how does this mean Lutherans, he generally00:26:13
feels this is an ascetic tradition,00:26:15
he is trying to explain that there is00:26:17
nothing against the government here, but we are talking00:26:20
about an invisible internal battle against00:26:23
really acting sinful00:26:25
thoughts, and it turns out that a00:26:29
certain breakdown is happening, that is,00:26:31
he is trying rely on the confessor And then he00:26:33
gives it to him, he informs the leadership and00:26:37
what to do then and then it means supervision00:26:38
over Dmitry cause that you will get there for her,00:26:40
keep an eye on him And he is just00:26:43
alien to any political plans, he00:26:45
generally wants to go from here to a monastery and00:26:48
he was forced to look for other00:26:51
guidance and he finds it Dmitry00:26:54
Bryanchaninov began to go to the Valaam00:26:56
Compound and there he already finds00:27:00
spiritual support from the monks, while the Lord00:27:02
gives more help Dmitry Bryanchaninov he00:27:05
has a spiritual friend, this is Mikhail00:27:08
Chikhachev Mikhail Chekhachev he is the most00:27:10
Pskov nobleman and00:27:13
he became Brianchaninov's companion in life,00:27:16
but at the same time he was very different00:27:19
in character from him because Dmitry00:27:21
Brianchaninov was so silent, quiet,00:27:24
modest, as if in himself. In prayer, and00:27:26
Mikhail Chikhachev, he is the opposite. He has his soul00:27:29
wide open, such a merry talker,00:27:32
different jokes to him.00:27:34
Dmitry Cainin says Well, be it you00:27:37
mean you’re a Christian, then on a horse He00:27:40
answers cheerfully, but I’ve never been a00:27:42
Tatar Well then, let’s actually00:27:45
get involved in this and took him along00:27:47
to the Valaam Compound and there they00:27:51
really began to fit into the rhythm of00:27:53
such a monastic service, but when they could00:27:57
already come outside of school and Dmitry Brianchaninov, he00:28:02
began to confess and receive communion every00:28:04
week. And for the synodal era This was00:28:07
very, very unusual Why Because let us00:28:09
repeat that, unfortunately, these00:28:12
were such00:28:14
remnants of something like that00:28:17
system when they tried to00:28:20
keep the church under surveillance and how00:28:22
it was prescribed that every year00:28:25
everyone should go to Confession and00:28:27
take communion. Well, as a rule, Maundy00:28:30
Thursday. But it was possible on others. Yes, not in00:28:32
principle, and a report was submitted about this that this is how00:28:35
many citizens of the empire00:28:37
confess and take communion, and everyone seems to be00:28:40
trustworthy00:28:42
adhere to the correct confession, but00:28:44
in the end this led to the fact that people00:28:47
slowly began to confess You only once a year,00:28:49
the reason may not be because of00:28:51
this, I apologize and00:28:54
said so Maybe there were other00:28:55
reasons and the Holy Righteous John00:28:57
of Kronstadt He a little later He the youngest00:29:00
contemporary of Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov,00:29:02
he fought against this too,00:29:04
but other holy fathers also said that00:29:07
it is still necessary to receive communion more often than00:29:09
once a year. And Saint00:29:11
Philaret himself of Moscow also wrote about this, but a00:29:14
certain minimum was established00:29:17
once a year. a year is a certain minimum and people00:29:20
made rules from the minimum that and the00:29:24
state, by the way, the state Well, as00:29:26
it prescribed that if someone00:29:28
does not take Confession at least once a year,00:29:31
then you are not an Orthodox00:29:32
Christian. But you are a citizen of the00:29:34
Orthodox empire and for this you could be00:29:36
punished work, they could somehow00:29:39
demand from such a person to00:29:41
treat him more strictly, but it turned out00:29:43
that spiritual life became melancholy and00:29:45
people simply formally began to00:29:49
confess and receive communion only once a year00:29:52
and did00:29:55
not lead a spiritual life throughout the year and then00:29:57
for some it was already strange that00:29:59
people confess and receive communion more00:30:01
often, and now St. Ignatius says it00:30:04
means Dmitry Bryanchaninov Mikhail00:30:06
Chekhachev that it is my custom to go to confession every00:30:08
Saturday and Sunday00:30:09
and on Sunday to receive00:30:12
communion come with me Michael00:30:15
Why, I’m not ready I’m not00:30:17
prepared for Lord’s communion like00:30:19
me, how can I even be allowed to do this? The reason00:30:22
says: Yes, it’s not your00:30:24
business at all, it’s the business of your confessor, the main thing is to00:30:26
come, this is actually now,00:30:28
many people live in the world and seem to00:30:31
understand that they need to confess there00:30:33
take communion, but how can I not? I’m00:30:37
not ready. And you at least come there. You at00:30:40
least come and they will receive you in the temple, they00:30:43
will help you, and the Lord of His00:30:45
grace will embrace you, and so they led00:30:48
such a way of life and then the monks of the00:30:51
Valaam metochion themselves advised to00:30:54
turn to a more spiritually mature00:30:57
mentor of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra00:31:00
because00:31:01
Dmitry Bryanchaninov Mikhail Chikhachev they were00:31:04
already attuned to the monastic00:31:06
way of life, and in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra00:31:09
there was a wonderful confessor, Father00:31:11
Afanasy, and there were also some other monks00:31:14
Aaron and Aniki, and there were someone else there who00:31:18
were students Elders Fyodor and00:31:22
Leonid are Leonid, the future Optina00:31:24
elder in chemistry, Leo and the succession of the00:31:26
Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky. They00:31:29
ascended, that is, the traditions of Eat and00:31:30
Velichkovsky in these students were00:31:33
represented in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra00:31:35
and both friends parted to go there.00:31:38
Well, in general, they even looked there00:31:41
There was such a circle of00:31:43
pious cadets who united around00:31:45
Ignatius Brianchaninov Dmitry,00:31:47
prayed together, and began to00:31:51
attend monastery00:31:53
services like this, that is, they were not alone, but the two of them were somehow more00:31:57
closely and00:32:00
they reached monasticism. In the end, and when00:32:02
they already They began to visit very actively, then they00:32:06
reported this to their parents, and of course,00:32:10
Dmitry Bryanchaninov’s father, Alexander Semenovich,00:32:13
he was angry and furious. What is it that a00:32:15
son is asking for some monasteries somehow, so that00:32:18
means the school management00:32:21
influenced him? Well, the management itself is00:32:22
also the same they are preparing lay specialists,00:32:26
officers are being trained who must serve the00:32:29
Tsar. The Fatherland is also wonderful,00:32:31
but the fact that someone can serve the heavenly Tsar was00:32:35
not part of the plan, and in00:32:38
the end, it means00:32:40
we asked the highest person there,00:32:43
Metropolitan Seraphim of St. Petersburg, to00:32:45
make the00:32:47
monk Alexander Nevskaya punished Laurels so that00:32:49
they no longer accept and it00:32:52
really means that Metropolitan00:32:55
Seraphim says to the monk Laurus that you are00:32:57
embarrassing the cadets there, they have their way there,00:33:00
strictly forbids them, and then Dmitry00:33:03
Bryanchaninov himself personally comes to00:33:04
Metropolitan Seraphim and a00:33:06
very warm, cordial conversation took place between them,00:33:09
Metropolitan Seraphim00:33:11
suggests - to his desire, the Bryansk resident directly00:33:14
tells him that Well, you don’t have academic00:33:16
degrees from the Theological Academy, you won’t be able to00:33:18
rise above the archimandrite, the00:33:21
episcopal degrees are closed to you, and the Saint00:33:24
exile tells him that I’m00:33:26
not looking for any00:33:28
degree titles in the church. For me, the main thing is00:33:30
the salvation of the soul and Life in Christ and00:33:33
Metropolitan Seraphim understands that this00:33:36
young man is just looking for Christ. And for him,00:33:38
really, for this he must00:33:40
open up in his beauty, and then he00:33:43
allows him to continue to visit the00:33:46
Alexander Nevsky Lavra and be nourished by the00:33:49
Lavra confessors, that is, with one This00:33:52
means that00:33:53
worldly high-ranking people are putting pressure on00:33:56
Metropolitan Seraphim. But he still00:33:58
allows Dmitry Brianchaninov00:34:00
to take care of him there, and in fact, Mikhail00:34:02
Chikhachev recalled that there were some00:34:05
such interesting events when00:34:07
the future of St. Ignatius finally became clear,00:34:10
when they were cadets walking down the street there00:34:13
was one holy fool in St. Petersburg And suddenly00:34:15
she runs out and bows to Brianchaninova and00:34:17
says about the bright father, bless And00:34:21
he is walking in a cadet manner, that is,00:34:23
she has already seen that he will be a00:34:25
clergyman, a priest and a bright one, and00:34:27
such a servant of God, and then00:34:30
somehow they came to another comrade00:34:33
ensign Denchik was sick and Denchik00:34:37
was very pious, well, the first thing that00:34:39
means doomed to Chikhachovom is00:34:41
pious, this ensign00:34:44
also decided that they should visit the cheek day and as00:34:46
if he were laughingly pushing00:34:48
Brianchaninov there in the body Well, somehow00:34:50
worldly him with a laugh And the little boy00:34:52
tells him why are you doing this to him,00:34:55
after all, he is a bishop, this simple00:34:58
pious man who was a00:35:00
little boy, he already saw the light that in00:35:02
fact later Dmitry Bryanchaninov00:35:05
would become a bishop when he was 19 years old.00:35:08
Dmitry Brianchaninov fell ill with a terrible00:35:10
disease, tuberculosis pulmonary tuberculosis,00:35:13
consumption, and then they didn’t really know how to treat00:35:17
him and fed him some kind of jelly from00:35:20
Icelandic moss. Well, somehow the doctors00:35:22
offered some kind of treatment, but in fact the00:35:26
situation was very difficult and he himself00:35:29
began to prepare for death,00:35:31
prayed intensely, and this is the preparation By the time of00:35:33
death, it was already like a complete00:35:35
transition of his to monasticism because00:35:37
monasticism is dying for the world for the00:35:40
blessings of this world and he was surrounded by00:35:44
patristic works in which he00:35:46
delved into what he wrote out from there,00:35:49
studied, read and constantly prayed the00:35:51
inner prayer of the Jesus Prayer,00:35:54
Lord Jesus Christ, son God have mercy on00:35:57
me, a sinner And contrary to the expectations of the doctors00:35:59
After three months,00:36:01
relief came, the disease somehow00:36:04
subsided, as soon as he gained a little00:36:07
strength, he immediately headed to the00:36:09
Alexander Nevsky Lavra and then the00:36:11
fateful meeting turned out that00:36:13
just at that time the Monk00:36:16
Leonid of Optina arrived, well Optina he became a00:36:18
little later the famous old one with Leonid00:36:20
And in the scheme of Leo the Venerable Leo of Optina00:36:22
and here they are,00:36:24
Dmitry Causin meets and they have00:36:27
a conversation and it radically changes everything00:36:30
and subsequently St. Ignatius says00:36:33
that uh, it’s as if the elder he just00:36:37
took mine heart and transferred it to himself00:36:41
and it’s as if I’ve been talking for a thousand years already00:36:44
with him there was such unanimity of00:36:47
mutual understanding and receives00:36:49
extraordinary blessed inspiration00:36:51
from the elder Dmitry Brianchaninov and that’s all. That00:36:54
is, he already completely wants to be a monk,00:36:58
after that he was given a short leave to00:37:00
go I tried to00:37:02
talk to my parents somehow, they are strictly00:37:04
against monasticism, which means he returns00:37:06
to school and submits a report so that00:37:10
his sovereign gives him retirement from military service. And00:37:14
here it should be mentioned that the sovereign at that00:37:17
time was already Nicholas I and the fact is that00:37:21
Nicholas I Dmitry Bryanchaninov personally knew00:37:23
because when he00:37:25
entered, Nicholas 1 was still just a00:37:28
Grand Duke, not the sovereign, and he00:37:32
just looked after the engineering school and he00:37:35
paid attention to it and allocated00:37:37
funds for its maintenance to00:37:39
pensioners of the royal chita;00:37:42
Nicholas 1’s wife allocated funds and therefore00:37:45
Of course, Nikolai was against00:37:48
Dmitry Bryanchaninov leaving the world and he00:37:52
instructed his brother Grand Duke00:37:54
Mikhail Pavlovich to00:37:56
dissuade him by all means, again, so they00:37:58
gathered. So, everyone there is higher up, the leadership of00:38:01
the school, there is someone else there, and what about this00:38:03
yard, it means they brought00:38:06
Bryanchaninov to The Grand Duke and he00:38:09
tells him that we will give you any place00:38:11
that will satisfy you, that means your00:38:13
love of text and your love of Glory, they all00:38:16
thought that Dmitry Brianchaninov was looking for00:38:19
the honor of the Glory of this world, and he says that00:38:22
I want to devote myself to monasticism,00:38:25
which means Well, is it impossible to live in the world and00:38:29
to save himself for this reason, the Inov replies00:38:31
that this is the same as standing in a fire00:38:34
means and thinking about not getting burned means well,00:38:38
they were there now, something else offers him00:38:40
that they will transfer you to the guard there, but00:38:44
I don’t have the funds, so the king needs00:38:46
to allocate funds But I have illnesses, they00:38:49
do not allow me00:38:50
to serve in such a high place, and00:38:56
then, at first, the Great Book00:38:58
says: Yes, I am not a preacher, I am not00:39:00
a preacher, and then I began to00:39:02
shout, rotten, that you are a disobedient to the highest00:39:05
will, you are a disobedient to the will of the sovereign, and00:39:08
for Dmitry Bryanchaninov this is it00:39:10
really was such a difficult00:39:12
argument because the entire nobility was00:39:15
brought up in such strict00:39:17
loyalty to the sovereign emperor and he even00:39:20
turned pale, which means Dmitry Causinov00:39:22
and the Grand Duke says that he was scared,00:39:24
now you are giving up monasticism. He00:39:27
says No, I still want to listen to00:39:29
the Lord to part with the world and to become a00:39:31
monk then means since00:39:34
no conversation took place, they decided00:39:36
to send him to the single combat fortress so that00:39:38
he would be there. I began performing00:39:40
engineering work and joined00:39:43
these worldly duties. Dmitry00:39:45
Bryanchaninov obeyed, he arrived at the martial arts00:39:47
fortress, but there, among00:39:50
this damp climate, he00:39:52
became so ill that he ended up almost00:39:54
incapable of performing his work and00:39:57
was often forced to lie down, but he found00:40:00
wonderful friends there, they helped him, and00:40:03
then Grand Duke00:40:05
Mikhail Pavlovich arrives, the same one who00:40:07
dissuaded him, sees that Brianchaninov,00:40:09
completely ill, is incapable of anything,00:40:12
and then they finally allow him to apply to00:40:15
resignation was, of course, like some kind of miracle00:40:17
of God. Well, God’s providence led him,00:40:19
it must be said that00:40:22
Dmitry Brianchaninov’s health was undermined00:40:25
for the rest of his life and there were these colds00:40:27
and tuberculosis and there are also of course00:40:30
these nervous shocks when you00:40:32
constantly had to go contrary to00:40:35
others, throughout his later life he was00:40:37
often sick, but And the most important thing is that00:40:40
now he finally gains at least00:40:42
some kind of spiritual freedom and he goes in the00:40:45
clothes of a commoner to the Alexander00:40:47
Svirsky monastery, where the00:40:50
Monk Leonid, the future00:40:53
elder of Optina, was just at that time. And so there he devotes00:40:56
himself entirely to spiritual obedience to the00:40:59
obedience of the elder, he is appointed to00:41:02
the cookhouse and at the cookhouse the cook there00:41:05
imagine this is the former serf of00:41:07
Dmitry Bryanchaninov’s father, imagine00:41:10
what it means there he was a serf who worked00:41:13
constantly for his father And here it turns out that00:41:15
Dmitry Bryanchaninov himself is00:41:18
subordinate to him and it means that when00:41:22
Dmitry, the novice cook, came to him, he said to him, come00:41:26
on, brother, come with me, and threw him a00:41:28
sack in a simple manner, so in a00:41:31
peasant way, he threw him a sack of Flour00:41:33
and told the Saint to expel him, that he was00:41:35
covered in all white dust. That’s it00:41:39
such an Unexpected Feeling that it’s already00:41:42
completely different, that is, not some kind of00:41:43
noble, these high-society00:41:45
relationships are very simple,00:41:47
immediate, and then00:41:50
his humility began to manifest itself and he went to00:41:52
pour flour with him there And in order to00:41:53
hold the bag, he was forced to take the00:41:55
edge with his teeth too00:41:58
they poured the bag like this and says for the first time I00:42:01
had a feeling of sweetness, humility00:42:04
when pride breaks down. Yes, and00:42:06
humility appears, it brings a certain00:42:09
joy and freedom inside, and00:42:12
Dmitry Brianchaninov00:42:14
was in such obediences and he loved them very much, in00:42:16
fact, these obediences and once he even00:42:18
described that during the meal he00:42:21
carried the dish to the nets of the brothers sitting at the00:42:25
table and then carried it to the farthest00:42:28
table where the novices were sitting and mentally00:42:30
said to themselves, accept from me servants of00:42:33
God this wretched service and now00:42:35
presents it to them this tray of dishes and00:42:38
says if at that moment I felt00:42:41
incredibly strong00:42:43
prayer actions inside my heart that00:42:45
such a gracious action sank into my soul00:42:48
and did not leave me for about 2000:42:51
days and subsequently he wrote that the00:42:54
action of humility and the action of prayer are00:42:57
one and the same the same action, that is, if00:42:59
you pray but don’t have humility, you wo00:43:01
n’t be able to perceive anything at all. Well,00:43:04
equal saints, you humble yourself, you don’t pray, but the00:43:06
essence is what the meaning of prayer is to00:43:09
be together with the Lord. Well,00:43:12
when a Christian humbles himself before his00:43:15
neighbors for the sake of Christ and in Christ, he00:43:17
humbles himself, then he receives the same00:43:20
grace and becomes his heart,00:43:22
too, together with the Lord, and the Lord consoles00:43:24
him with his grace and even brings00:43:25
joy and in a state of humility, prayer00:43:29
turns out to be especially light, pure,00:43:33
free, that is, it is no longer plundered by00:43:35
some extraneous thoughts and00:43:38
such pure prayer he remained for many00:43:40
days. And why is this because he plunged00:43:43
into humility and tasted the virtues of00:43:45
humility every day Dmitry Brianchaninov00:43:48
confessed his thoughts, opened his whole00:43:50
soul to the elder Leonid of Optina and he00:43:53
found in this exactly what he and00:43:56
what he saw the holy fathers full of00:43:59
revelation of the secrets of his heart and support00:44:02
in his inner feat and there was such an00:44:05
intensified and quickly enough00:44:07
spiritual formation he fulfilled all the00:44:09
obediences, then later he00:44:11
wrote about this with gratitude, then one day00:44:13
while fishing there all these people00:44:16
got confused and that means the Fisherman ordered00:44:19
Dmitry Bryanchaninov to dive and untangle the00:44:22
net and he did it. After that,00:44:24
again, he was sick for a long time and now Dmitry00:44:26
Bryanchaninov goes through all these obediences00:44:28
and then what happens But something didn’t00:44:31
work out for Elder Leonid there and the00:44:33
elder had to leave Alexander of00:44:36
Svir of the monastery, he crossed some kind of00:44:40
site and deserts of the Oryol province Well,00:44:43
now this is the Bryansk Diocese there, which means00:44:45
students are settling there,00:44:48
Elder Leonid’s students have become more numerous,00:44:50
Mikhail Chikhachev also arrives and joins00:44:52
Dmitry Bryanchaninov, and here they00:44:55
begin to diverge a little on the way. And00:44:58
who has the matter? Here is Saint Ignatius, from the00:45:02
very beginning of his life, according to the00:45:06
structure of his soul, he was more inclined to00:45:08
such a solitary contemplative way of00:45:10
life than when there were a lot of people00:45:13
around and performing some different00:45:16
obediences, a lot of them, and at the same time,00:45:19
little if in the monastery little attention is paid to00:45:22
intelligent work, then Now the soul of00:45:25
St. Ignatius, she began to feel sad because of00:45:27
this, and when they were already sitting00:45:30
in the room that pretended to be an00:45:33
elder’s cell, then there were some00:45:36
novices there, they00:45:38
were discussing something, some kind of gossip.00:45:40
Mikhail Chekhachev began to get carried away in this00:45:42
and this entailed Russia not spirit00:45:46
that had already developed by this time in the00:45:48
future Saint and he was already experiencing00:45:51
some dissatisfaction. And since the00:45:53
elder already had many disciples, the00:45:56
Saint’s questions about the secrets of spiritual00:46:00
life and intimate matters of prayer,00:46:01
they did not all receive an answer and00:46:05
because of this some such an00:46:07
imbalance is actually the Lord. It’s just that00:46:10
you led Saint Ignatius along your own00:46:12
path because every Saint, despite the fact00:46:15
that there is an obvious certain00:46:17
common unity, similarity, but it also happens00:46:20
like some kind of path of your own, you are just like00:46:22
Saint Theophan the hermits at that time time00:46:24
with Saint Righteous John00:46:25
of Kronstadt or Saint Innocent,00:46:28
Metropolitan of Moscow, who generally00:46:29
went or enlightened someone there, that is,00:46:33
this is a little bit. These are different paths and in00:46:36
each case the providence of God acted00:46:38
in its own way and Saint Ignatius he was looking for00:46:41
precisely such a secret solitary00:46:43
matter not in in the end, of course, he00:46:45
found it. But despite the prevailing external00:46:48
circumstances, it00:46:50
turned out that some00:46:53
misunderstandings arose and Elder Leonid00:46:57
insisted more on purely external00:46:59
obediences, and the internal ones that00:47:02
Saint Ignatius was looking for, they, well,00:47:05
were no longer so satisfied00:47:08
and then what happens when00:47:11
the illuminator Ignatius Dmitry Bryanchaninov,00:47:14
he was very sick and so he00:47:16
prayed and One day he was given such a00:47:19
vision which he recounted to the elder how00:47:21
he saw a shining cross and a crucifix and how00:47:25
he and Mikhail Chekhachev00:47:27
were in front of this cross and he00:47:29
heard a voice that the cross - this means a00:47:32
sincere renunciation of the world and then00:47:35
it is said that his friend Mikhail Chikhachev00:47:38
must participate in his sufferings. That00:47:41
is, he must also participate in00:47:43
your sufferings, and the crises took place00:47:45
in solitude, and when Dmitry00:47:48
Bryanchaninov already retold this vision to the00:47:50
elder Leonid, he already blessed them00:47:52
to live separately In a separate cell, that is,00:47:55
on the rights of such a solitude of Skidsky00:47:57
solitude, and that is, understanding that apparently00:48:01
their path will be a little different, while00:48:04
Mikhail Chikhachev in his notes00:48:07
notes on this that after this00:48:10
vision and blessing Dmitry00:48:12
Bryanchaninov had, how such a spiritual one was revealed the00:48:16
gift that he began to penetrate a00:48:20
vision of some spiritual issues of00:48:23
complex situations that he could00:48:26
very easily resolve and explain, that00:48:28
is, he was given from God another such00:48:30
gift of spiritual prudence after00:48:33
this vision. Of course, we want the00:48:35
life of the saints to always fit in00:48:37
some kind of scheme, but at the same time we are00:48:39
drawing up this scheme for ourselves and we want to00:48:41
put it there, but the providence of God is00:48:44
not very widely embraced, and it must be said that00:48:46
even for St. Leonid of Optina,00:48:51
not everything went smoothly for him00:48:52
with those monasteries where he was located and in the00:48:55
Plashkan desert where they were just at00:48:58
that time he had to leave because of a00:49:01
disagreement with Abbess Markelin,00:49:03
Abbess Markelin asked old00:49:06
Leonid to leave, well Why Because the00:49:09
old one with Leonid He was a very strong00:49:11
Personality, such a strong-willed one who00:49:14
spoke directly without any beating around the bush00:49:16
expressed what was required and00:49:19
disciples gathered to him, accordingly00:49:21
it worked out, so let’s say in this00:49:23
monastery its own tradition arises here00:49:25
its own tradition here, here is its own00:49:27
confessor there, someone else is there and due to00:49:30
some difficulties it was suggested to00:49:33
Elder Leonid to go and then he already00:49:35
moves to Optina it doesn’t become empty that00:49:37
this famous elder Leonid with00:49:40
chemistry Leo the abbot ordered that the00:49:43
Brianchaninov Chikhachevs also leave as00:49:46
disciples Elders Leonid Although they seem to00:49:50
lead a solitary lifestyle, but00:49:53
still, that is, you are not ours, they were ordered to00:49:56
leave and they too are staying in Optina00:49:59
Pustyn but there they already feel completely out of00:50:02
place. Some of the brothers did00:50:04
not treat them very kindly and00:50:06
there their health began to00:50:09
cool down very much because the food was00:50:12
quite meager, plus it means that Elder00:50:15
Leonid already had his own circle of00:50:17
disciples. It turns out that it’s a little bit00:50:20
out of luck and now illnesses00:50:22
They don’t take root here and at this time00:50:25
news comes from00:50:27
Dmitry Bryanchaninov’s sick mother and a chaise also arrives so that00:50:30
he can still go there00:50:33
because at that time my mother was considered00:50:35
that she was on the edge already on the verge of00:50:38
death and00:50:40
Dmitry Bryanchaninov, perceiving this as This is00:50:43
also the providence of God, together with00:50:45
Chikhachev, they go home there, the father seems to00:50:48
accept and says that he will build a cell for00:50:51
them next to the temple, but then the mother’s health00:50:53
gets better, which means the father is also against it,00:50:55
and the only place where he suddenly finds00:50:58
unexpected understanding is00:51:01
Bishop Stefan of Vologda That is, just the native00:51:04
diocese, which was there. So this is00:51:06
where their native home is and Bishop Stefan00:51:09
of Vologda, he treated Dmitry Brianchaninov with great love00:51:12
and it was he who00:51:14
suggested that he take00:51:16
monastic vows and in 1831 this00:51:20
long-awaited the desired tonsure in honor of00:51:22
the name takes in honor of Saint Ignatius the00:51:25
God-Bearer, here Saint Gnate the God-Bearer00:51:27
Why is he called that? Because, according to00:51:29
legend, all his life he00:51:31
bore the name of God in his heart. St.00:51:35
Ignatius Causinov, he also00:51:37
bore the name of Christ in his heart all his life, the name of God,00:51:40
and dedicated himself to the inner00:51:46
Bishop Stefan quickly dedicated him to the secret doing of the Jesus Prayer00:51:49
and sent him00:51:52
as abbot to the Pelsham00:51:56
experience of the monastery, and this monastery is in the middle of the00:51:59
swamps, and they even thought about maybe00:52:00
closing this monastery, and when the00:52:03
young abbot Saint00:52:05
Ignatius arrived there, it came to him by the way these00:52:08
novices gathered from those monasteries where he00:52:11
had been before, but he also00:52:12
visited some other monasteries there, too, we don’t00:52:15
mention everything here, they already knew about his00:52:18
serious, purposeful00:52:20
character, that he really00:52:22
had certain spiritual experience00:52:25
and quickly gathered such a Brotherhood yes, the00:52:28
new Brotherhood for those monks who00:52:31
lived before they did not really support00:52:34
St. Ignatius because he demanded00:52:36
strict discipline and there was even such a00:52:39
case that a pious peasant carp lived nearby00:52:41
and a vision was00:52:44
revealed to him as the brothers of this monastery. The00:52:47
older brothers are not very disciplined00:52:50
how she complains to the00:52:52
Venerable Gregory of Pelshvinsky at00:52:55
St. Ignat and well, there was such a00:52:57
vision that they take this and it stands00:53:00
in the waters of the river Pelshma and turning to the00:53:04
Venerable Gregory of Pelshvinsky they00:53:06
complain that the abbot this means00:53:08
forbids them to walk in red sashes00:53:11
forbids them to walk in the nearby00:53:15
villages and villages Well, so that they00:53:17
spend more time inside the00:53:18
monasteries forbids them to sniff tobacco in00:53:21
the choir That is, even they had such not00:53:24
very pious customs Well, there are00:53:27
various other complaints of theirs and the Venerable00:53:31
Gregory of Pelshinsky, he addressed the00:53:33
pious peasant carp says,00:53:35
“Can I listen to them, the abbot00:53:37
does what he must do, if he00:53:40
arrives, it means that00:53:43
in these rules he will accept the same fate as us,00:53:47
that is, the Monk Gregory of00:53:49
Pelshevsky discovered that St. Ignatius00:53:52
is following in the footsteps of the reverend fathers. Yes, if00:53:56
he endures to the end, then he will have the same00:53:58
fate Well, by the way, then it00:54:01
was also revealed to this peasant that the Lord would transfer00:54:04
St. Ignatius to a00:54:07
monastery near St. Petersburg, and therefore dedicating the Trinity to00:54:10
St. Sergius, this is the Trinity of St. Sergius Hermitages00:54:12
near St. Petersburg, which was later00:54:14
fulfilled.00:54:20
he had an00:54:23
engineering education and he knew how to00:54:25
build something, how to restore walls,00:54:27
what the foundation of a building should be,00:54:29
how to carry out restoration work00:54:31
and generally create from scratch, and this00:54:34
helped him a lot later and he00:54:37
really knew how to perfectly build00:54:39
monastery buildings. Unfortunately, he was00:54:42
and this feature that we00:54:43
talked about is that the health of St. Ignatius was00:54:46
constantly lame, and where the climate was00:54:49
too damp and swampy,00:54:52
illnesses quickly set in there. And he asked00:54:55
his friend Mikhail Chukhachev to00:54:57
try to find him some other00:55:00
monastery with a more favorable climate00:55:02
and in the end it all comes to00:55:05
Saint Philaret of Moscow,00:55:08
he had heard a lot about Saint Ignatius and00:55:10
his excellent education and high00:55:12
merits and he decided to elevate him to the00:55:16
abbot of the Nikolo-Ugreshsky monastery and it00:55:19
must be said that even the appointment had already been written00:55:22
and the Holy Synod signed00:55:24
this appointment and has already All that remained was for00:55:27
Saint Ignatius to come to the St.00:55:30
Nicholas Monastery, then he would00:55:31
be under the wing of Saint Philaret,00:55:34
Metropolitan of Moscow. And then suddenly,00:55:37
when this assignment was read by00:55:40
Emperor Nicholas himself, he said, wait,00:55:45
wait, this is the same graduate, which means00:55:48
Dmitry Brianchaninov,00:55:50
so I need him myself and the Emperor00:55:53
demanded that Saint Ignatius00:55:55
come to him personally for an audience,00:55:58
he comes and says00:56:00
I still love you, don’t forget00:56:03
this, and I invested a lot in you when you were00:56:06
studying. Therefore, you sell me the debt00:56:10
that you owe If you were in the world I didn’t00:56:12
serve, then serve while00:56:14
in the church and in monasticism. I want to entrust00:56:18
you with a00:56:19
monastery near St. Petersburg so that you00:56:22
make it an exemplary monastery and we are talking00:56:25
about the Trinity-Sergius Hermitage near St.00:56:28
Petersburg, which was just00:56:31
on the road between St. Petersburg and Peterhof00:56:33
and many went there high-ranking00:56:35
officials came to this monastery and it was00:56:38
not of a very high level, it was necessary to00:56:41
raise it, and in general the sovereign says that00:56:43
this is what I want and Although, due to00:56:47
the climate, of course, this place was not suitable00:56:49
to see But here, he00:56:52
could not obey and accordingly, he agrees and00:56:55
he goes along with Mikhail Chekhachev, he00:56:57
arrives at the Trinity St. Sergius Monastery and00:57:00
quickly enough he was able to raise this00:57:03
monastery, that is, well, purely externally,00:57:06
how to00:57:07
rebuild some buildings, they carry out00:57:10
these various works, education00:57:12
allowed this to be done, but internally he00:57:15
builds everything according to He introduces the Revelation of thoughts into such strict00:57:17
ascetic monastic work.00:57:20
Yes, Saint00:57:23
Ignatius, by the way, was elevated to archimandrite and00:57:25
he was 27 years old. 27 years old, he and he accepts the00:57:29
Revelation of thoughts from another00:57:31
brethren, there were somewhere before that. There were 1300:57:34
monks in total, but something immediately gathered00:57:36
there were about 30 monks00:57:38
to the saint and there was strict discipline and00:57:42
orderly worship, and he tried to00:57:45
delve into the spiritual life of each monk and the00:57:48
monastery really00:57:49
quickly became stronger, rose to the top and00:57:52
many people moved there. Well, for00:57:54
example, the00:57:56
famous church00:57:59
composer Archpriest Peter Turchaninov and00:58:03
his Saint lived nearby for about 5 years Ignatius was attracted so that he00:58:05
could create a wonderful choir for the00:58:07
monastery and Peter Turchaninov even00:58:10
personally led the00:58:12
church choir. And this meant that00:58:15
pilgrims began to gather because00:58:17
everyone admired the beautiful singing and00:58:20
rejoiced at it. St. Ignatius He,00:58:23
by the way, maintained correspondence with Mikhail00:58:26
Glinka And in general, these are the people of art that they00:58:31
were drawn to to him and sometimes they asked00:58:34
his advice and Saint00:58:37
Ignatius spent 23 years here, and again, here00:58:40
is the discrepancy between the external and the internal,00:58:42
some secular people come all the time,00:58:45
they need to be given a welcome,00:58:48
treat them to treat them, and talk with them, and00:58:52
Saint Ignatius is a silent person by heart00:58:54
some of their friends came to him,00:58:56
they were surprised how it was like this. Yes, by00:59:00
the way, he and Saint Ignatius himself wrote what it00:59:02
means in his office he acted as a00:59:05
representative archimandrite00:59:08
in his secluded room he remained a00:59:12
hermit-ascetic and indeed00:59:13
he showed some of his friends that he00:59:16
spent in a distant room and it is00:59:18
small, the walls are bare, a simple icon00:59:22
hangs at the bottom of an unquenchable lamp and on the00:59:24
floor there is some kind of simple face and there00:59:26
to shine or Ignatius retired for00:59:29
solitary prayer, especially when00:59:32
illness befell him and there were such00:59:34
inner chambers where he wrote his00:59:37
numerous works Although00:59:40
this world seemed to be raging all around, But the world was00:59:42
really raging Because when00:59:44
St. Ignatius appeared,00:59:47
envy immediately arose, it means some00:59:50
whispers there, some pretender00:59:53
appeared, and even the emperor himself loves him00:59:55
and the slander just flowed over the edge00:59:59
excessively in St. Petersburg they whispered,01:00:01
talked, were angry,01:00:03
envied and Saints01:00:05
Ignatius continued to do his thing to me01:00:08
Yes, he accepted these worldly01:00:10
people, but he did not fawn over anyone and was not a01:00:14
hypocrite, of course his01:00:17
students rightly noted his own brother Peter01:00:20
Alexandrovich, of course it is impossible to01:00:21
completely jump out of your class01:00:24
Yes, from which you were01:00:26
born and certain noble traits they01:00:29
remained preserved by visitors01:00:31
Ignatius, in particular, independence of01:00:33
character, for example, he is called by the St.01:00:37
Petersburg bishop St. Ignatius the01:00:39
Archimandrite arrives there and the bishops01:00:43
or not or is delayed or he is there01:00:46
talking with someone you have to wait an hour and the01:00:49
St. Ignatius is not waiting for this hour That01:00:51
is, he arrives at the appointed hour, the01:00:53
bishop cannot help but accept and Saint01:00:56
Ignatius is leaving, that is, it seems like01:00:58
he is not expected here at the moment,01:01:01
but he often acted very boldly and01:01:05
independently, and even if you don’t always understand,01:01:09
he went towards the sovereign, as it were, when01:01:12
when it concerned the truths of the Gospel. Well, for01:01:16
example, once a maid of honor came to01:01:20
Trinity Hermitage in the Sergius Hermitage, maid of honor01:01:24
Varvara Nelidova, and she apparently was looking for01:01:28
some kind of justification for the01:01:30
planned fall from grace, and she said01:01:33
so that she felt that01:01:36
the sovereign had paid attention to her from the01:01:40
beginning communicate with no more And that this01:01:43
can involuntarily lead to such a well,01:01:46
bodily thing in general It is clear to fornication, in other01:01:48
words, yes And that It turns out that she01:01:52
already shared these thoughts with the royal01:01:55
confessor and then said Well, there is no special sin in this01:01:57
because01:02:00
the royal special ones understand there a very01:02:02
tall person sometimes you have to give in. Of01:02:05
course it’s strange that such things01:02:07
were said, but maybe because, as01:02:10
if at court, such things were said and01:02:12
she seemed to be looking for an excuse for this,01:02:15
the illuminator Ignatius directly says that01:02:17
the height of the position of a person only aggravates the01:02:21
responsibility for sin, if we say a01:02:24
simple person it is only the court that sins, but01:02:27
if a high-ranking person falls into the same sin, he has01:02:32
more responsibility because he01:02:34
becomes an example for many others.01:02:36
Therefore, rulers have01:02:38
more responsibility and demand And if those01:02:42
who are highly placed Yes, and not just01:02:43
rulers, high-ranking officials, but those who01:02:47
Well, the heads of some enterprises,01:02:50
organizations of some kind, if they are open01:02:53
and lead a seductive lifestyle, then there is01:02:55
more demand from them. And the higher the person, the01:02:58
greater the demand, which is why King David, when01:03:01
he sinned, was in special demand from God, this is01:03:04
what St. Ignatius said01:03:06
Brianchaninov and this is Varvara01:03:09
Nelidova, she left very dissatisfied and the01:03:12
sovereign was dissatisfied with Saint01:03:15
Ignatius Brianchaninov, but then of course01:03:18
the king took courage and well, he fell there or01:03:21
Nepal, it’s difficult to say01:03:23
who writes what and they say supposedly when01:03:26
his wife01:03:27
gave birth to their seventh child, the doctors said01:03:30
that they say She can’t give birth anymore Well,01:03:32
if she can’t, that means we need to01:03:35
find someone else. Well, who is01:03:38
saying what? These are already such rumors, gossip, there is01:03:40
also information that after all,01:03:42
Nikolai always treated his wife quite reverently and01:03:45
reverently and valued her01:03:48
and always protected her Yes but we are talking01:03:52
about the fact that Temptations concern01:03:54
everyone and St. Ignatius When it was01:03:57
about these temptations of temptations, he01:03:58
always took an irreconcilable such a01:04:01
strict position and always defended the01:04:04
truth of the Gospel that01:04:07
condoning sin is Well, in principle,01:04:09
for a Christian it is impossible and not01:04:12
permissible, the world inflicted its01:04:14
to dedicate blows or to Ignatius, and they often01:04:16
slandered him, which means he was forbidden to01:04:18
travel and the Sergius Hermitage was being built.01:04:21
Although he, as an abbot,01:04:23
had to go out to resolve some01:04:25
issues, they somehow slandered him there,01:04:28
accused him of something constantly. This went on and01:04:30
denunciations were written on him and Saints01:04:32
Ignatius all these are terpells somewhere he01:04:34
was like In a siege I was forced to01:04:37
hold the defense But for him this is something that01:04:40
is, he perceived it too as the01:04:42
providence of God, the providence of God that01:04:44
the Lord was putting him through this for the sake of cleansing01:04:47
his soul and developed in this the spirit of him and01:04:51
his ascetic instructions, for01:04:53
example, he said that if01:04:54
sorrows are allowed to you, then you know that01:04:58
in fact the Lord allows it for some reason01:05:00
in order to heal your01:05:02
pride in order to humble your01:05:05
arrogant spirit and in fact01:05:08
the saint said Ignatius Causinov, we are01:05:10
all people in general, all of humanity is01:05:12
like two thieves crucified01:05:16
near the01:05:17
Cross of Christ. Why is this so? Because01:05:19
the savior was crucified for everyone, and people01:05:23
in their earthly life still carry01:05:25
their own cross and everyone suffers,01:05:27
whether you like it or not want you01:05:29
will still suffer01:05:30
Why Because we are all sinners but how01:05:33
differently people react to these sorrows,01:05:35
troubles and external injustice01:05:38
and one Thief to the left of01:05:41
Christ was crucified, he said that01:05:43
if you are Christ Save yourself and us and01:05:46
come down with cross and us Together with them, that is,01:05:48
we don’t need any sorrows We don’t01:05:50
suffer deservedly, and the second one said,01:05:53
worthy of my deeds, I accept, remember01:05:56
me, Lord, in your kingdom And it was01:05:59
this Robber who entered paradise, he01:06:01
was told: Now you will be with me in paradise and01:06:04
all of humanity is like these two01:06:07
thieves, only some are grumbling, some01:06:09
say, Lord, save me, I don’t want to01:06:11
suffer, suffer, I don’t deserve all this.01:06:13
And if you don’t save me, then01:06:16
maybe you don’t exist at all, Lord, that01:06:21
is, this is the experience of despair of God,01:06:23
rejection is coming and they are similar to this01:06:26
wicked robber, but you need to01:06:29
accept this01:06:31
prudent robber who01:06:33
said, worthy of my deeds, I accept,01:06:35
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom, and01:06:38
St. Ignatius advises that01:06:40
if some kind of sorrow befalls you,01:06:42
illness or the state of some kind of01:06:45
oppression then you say from the01:06:47
bottom of your heart worthy of my deeds is01:06:50
acceptable remember me Lord in01:06:52
your kingdom or even go and say Glory01:06:55
to you Lord Glory to you Glory to you01:06:57
Lord Glory to you and little by little peace and01:07:01
silence will return to your heart that is, in01:07:04
fact, this is all the same allowed by01:07:07
the Lord for the sake of eradicating our passions01:07:09
and St. Ignatius, he said about himself01:07:12
that01:07:15
he shared with loved ones, then it01:07:18
becomes our common property,01:07:20
which he says01:07:23
when I prayed then and prayed,01:07:26
including for my enemies,01:07:28
with love and humility, that enemy who01:07:31
he burned with hatred for me and breathed01:07:34
with anger, he wanted my destruction, then he01:07:36
appeared to me, his face seemed to me in01:07:40
my eyes like the face of an angel. That is, I01:07:42
looked at him as an enemy, but as01:07:45
someone who is holy before me. Why is that01:07:49
because his soul itself a person01:07:51
who prays with love and her enemies are01:07:54
already transformed Yes, and we begin to01:07:56
look differently and then we come out01:07:59
from under the power of evil when evil wins01:08:02
when it enters inside us when we01:08:04
ourselves become embittered And they say about such people01:08:06
that they accumulate evil for themselves if they01:08:09
accumulate evil within themselves, and then they themselves become a01:08:11
container for evil; they respond with revenge to01:08:15
some other people’s injustices; they01:08:18
also have a grudge against other people’s misdeeds and you carry evil01:08:21
within yourself; and when you free yourself,01:08:23
you even look at the enemy with love, but if at heights01:08:26
like when you reached St. Ignatiev01:08:29
he generally looked at the enemy. So the face of01:08:32
the enemy seemed to him like the face of an Angel, he01:08:34
looked at him with such love and purity01:08:37
and because he prayed to the Lord and01:08:39
considered himself worthy of all kinds of01:08:42
injustice, and this path of01:08:45
Saint Ignatius is the path of inner01:08:48
prayer, the01:08:50
Jesus Prayer and the Saint considered that the01:08:53
Jesus Prayer is actually a divine01:08:56
institution because01:08:58
the Lord said at the Last Supper that01:09:01
you have not yet asked but you have not asked for anything.01:09:04
In my name ask and I will give you that is,01:09:08
praying with a petition in the name of Christ it is01:09:12
based on the gospel in my name they will01:09:15
cast out demons Yes there there will be Well, there are others01:09:18
there, miracles are said to take snakes, if01:09:21
mortals drink anything, it won’t harm them, they shouldn’t01:09:24
lay on their hands and they will be healthy, and so01:09:26
on, but in the name of Christ,01:09:29
miracles are performed, the basis for this is laid in the01:09:32
gospel and this is the name of Christ, it is given to01:09:34
us for prayer and it is concluded in the01:09:37
Jesus Prayer, Lord Jesus Christ,01:09:40
son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner, and he01:09:42
explained that in the beginning you need to at least01:09:44
say it a little out loud so that the01:09:47
bodily prayer goes on, so that you get used01:09:51
to it with your lips before saying it even01:09:54
to yourself, but still you say the prayer with your tongue01:09:56
And the most important rule he01:10:00
said So this is the principle of St.01:10:03
John the Climacus, to enclose the mind in words of01:10:06
prayer so that it does not walk here and there,01:10:09
not to imagine anything, because if you01:10:11
begin to imagine something, this is already your01:10:13
personal fantasy and this is the path to delusion. And01:10:17
in prayer you need to completely enclose01:10:20
yourself prayer and on the meaning that is invested01:10:23
in the prayer, the mind concludes the words of the prayer,01:10:26
then little by little, and then from oral01:10:30
oral prayer it passes into01:10:33
mental prayer, this is when we already acquire a certain01:10:36
skill of praying in the name of Christ, and the heart01:10:40
should sympathize and sympathize with how01:10:43
these repentant feelings feel the01:10:47
feeling of our sinfulness, that we are01:10:50
sick. Well, in the spiritual sense, we01:10:52
really are guards if we look at ourselves from01:10:55
the outside, this is how we01:10:57
spend our day during the day. How01:11:00
much unclean, nasty,01:11:01
sinful evil we have appears in the soul, this is01:11:04
all a disease even when we are Well, spiritual01:11:07
illnesses mean the soul is struck by01:11:09
sin even when we don’t want to01:11:10
submit to some thoughts, we don’t want to be01:11:13
proud, we don’t want to envy, it still01:11:15
breaks through and somehow01:11:18
appears inside like some kind of stormy01:11:21
stream of flame or something else and a01:11:24
manifestation of our spiritual illnesses, we01:11:28
turn to Christ as to the doctor as01:11:30
a healer, Lord Jesus Christ, son01:11:32
of God, have mercy on me, a sinner, and now the heart01:11:35
is filled with such feelings of repentance, and01:11:40
then this action of01:11:42
God’s grace speaks when the prayer, well, more precisely, the Lord of01:11:45
His grace begins to heal01:11:47
a person and then the prayer becomes as01:11:50
if it were his own, it is already so assimilated by the01:11:52
person that the mind and his heart01:11:55
unites so that the mind does not wander with thoughts01:11:58
somewhere and the heart also01:12:00
feels the feeling of the heart, they are attached to01:12:03
prayer and a restoration of01:12:06
human nature occurs in which prayers01:12:10
come from the depths of the human being,01:12:13
and then the Lord can even give01:12:15
grace-filled prayer as such a01:12:18
self-propelled prayer. But about We can no longer01:12:21
dream of this, of course, our business is simply not to01:12:23
forget in general the entreaty in the name of the Lord01:12:26
Jesus Christ01:12:27
to carry or drive, what he drew01:12:30
attention to is that our mind is never without01:12:33
thoughts, and usually what kind of things they are, like01:12:35
some kind of weeds, so spiritual life01:12:38
is like weeding these weeds so01:12:40
that there are no bad thoughts And01:12:42
since the mind cannot remain without01:12:45
some kind of occupation, it just needs to01:12:47
instill the Jesus Prayer Well, or01:12:50
some other short prayers, the prayers of the publican,01:12:52
God be merciful, let us not be sinners, or01:12:54
equivalent to it, God, cleanse me, a sinner,01:12:57
or some other short prayers, they are,01:13:00
in principle, all known to the Mother of God, the01:13:02
Most Holy Theotokos, save us, or01:13:05
my Lady, the Most Holy Theotokos,01:13:07
Queen of Heaven, save me, a sinner, or to the01:13:09
guardian angel flowers,01:13:12
my guardian angel, pray to God for me And this is01:13:16
the path on which the human mind becomes01:13:19
accustomed spiritual And evil is eradicated in him01:13:21
and St. Ignatius This is exactly01:13:26
what his spiritual value is - that he01:13:29
was able to01:13:31
perceive the light-fathers' experience of prayer and01:13:34
inner work and,01:13:37
having adapted it for the modern Christian,01:13:40
already offers us and he did not approve, for01:13:42
example, of01:13:43
some psychophysical exercises01:13:46
like in Philokalia some very01:13:50
lofty such holy fathers they01:13:52
offered a certain technique to01:13:56
look for the place of the heart and how01:13:58
to concentrate correctly so that prayer01:14:01
itself descends into the heart. St. Ignatius01:14:04
believes that there is no need to go into this,01:14:06
otherwise you can simply go astray without01:14:09
understanding what is being said. Therefore, prayer01:14:12
it should be based on a very simple01:14:15
and clear method, that is, concluding the mind with the words of01:14:18
prayer and the heart. Let it try to01:14:20
sympathize with01:14:22
the prayer and beware of two mistakes. First01:14:25
of all, this is bright today during01:14:28
prayer when some people begin01:14:30
to imagine and gentlemen here are the Mother of God01:14:33
guardian angels of paradise and draw I have01:14:36
some pictures during prayer, but01:14:38
in fact it’s just these01:14:40
pictures, this wall that obscures the01:14:43
spiritual world from us, and therefore we must01:14:46
strive to cleanse prayer from external01:14:48
images, otherwise it will just turn out to be01:14:52
the path of the Catholic ascetic01:14:55
Ignatius of Loyola, who, according to01:14:58
Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov was01:15:00
in a state of delusion that he barely wanted to, he could01:15:04
imagine whole pictures of Paradise,01:15:06
what was happening there. And this is just the01:15:09
action of our human01:15:11
imagination and the second thing we should01:15:13
beware of is the action of our01:15:16
sinful self, as Saint01:15:18
Ignatius says, actions of opinion when a person01:15:20
thinks about himself that he has already reached01:15:23
certain spiritual heights, so I’ve01:15:26
accomplished this, I’ve accomplished this,01:15:28
I’ve also worked hard here, and now I’m getting higher and higher01:15:31
and other people are beginning to be diminished in01:15:33
our gaze. Therefore, if you notice01:15:36
this in yourself, you immediately understand that you are01:15:39
already flying into the abyss because this is01:15:42
the action of opinion, pride, this means01:15:44
that you are carried away by following the devil01:15:46
who imagines himself equal to the deity, and01:15:51
brothers and sisters, if we want to01:15:52
establish ourselves in the foundations of spiritual life, we,01:15:56
of course, must read the work of St.01:15:58
Ignatius, and he just wrote during this01:16:00
mournful period Well wrote at different times01:16:03
But just when he was in the Trinity-Sergius01:16:05
desert, when this sea of other people’s01:16:08
passions was raging around him and when he had to01:16:10
humble himself a lot, then01:16:12
divine inspiration visited him, he01:16:14
wrote his works and he was01:16:17
forbidden to publish them. Someone was fixing them all the time01:16:19
obstacles or so distorted the editing01:16:22
that the meaning was simply lost. And St.01:16:25
Ignatius himself, he was never a01:16:27
weak writer, and that means he wrote then01:16:31
tried to check it all, and published everything,01:16:35
published it all, in fact,01:16:37
closer to his death, and by some miracle,01:16:40
brothers and sisters, St. Ignatius was01:16:42
called and to the episcopate, which he himself,01:16:45
of course, did not seek, but there were those bishops01:16:47
who already revered him very much and all01:16:50
but revered him in general, St.01:16:52
Philaret of Moscow, he01:16:54
already knew in advance that01:16:56
St. Ignatius would still be elevated to bishops,01:16:58
although he did not he studied at some theological academy and did01:17:01
not receive an academic degree from the01:17:04
academy, but01:17:06
his high spiritual merits and01:17:09
ability to organize monastic life01:17:11
led to the fact that01:17:14
his bishops actually elected him in01:17:16
1857 when he was already 50 years old and01:17:20
sent him somewhere - the city of01:17:23
Stavropol this is the Black Sea Caucasian01:17:26
Black Sea diocese, so he is sometimes01:17:30
referred to as St. Ignatius of01:17:32
the Caucasus. Yes, sometimes they write Ignatius of01:17:34
Stavropol and he really01:17:36
went there. And what happened there that,01:17:38
again, there was practically no01:17:40
money for maintenance; he had no money to move to the01:17:43
diocese, which means the monks Who are01:17:47
not scattering where? common meals there are not of the01:17:49
general charter and Saint Ignatius01:17:52
had to restore all this from scratch again,01:17:54
organize and01:17:56
restore the building of the Stavropol theological seminaries01:17:59
there, interestingly,01:18:02
his recommendation was preserved in the journal of the01:18:04
Stavropol Theological Seminary where he01:18:06
writes that it is necessary to eliminate punishment01:18:09
with rods punishment by pulling hair so that01:18:13
students are not punished in this way01:18:15
because he says that if corporal01:18:18
punishment is used, then01:18:21
human dignity suffers01:18:23
moral damage, and in the lyceum, the01:18:25
educators of the one who punishes01:18:27
human dignity suffers damage01:18:30
much more than in the person of the person01:18:32
being punished,01:18:33
that is, Saint Ignatius himself believed,01:18:36
although he went through this in childhood such01:18:37
severe punishments, he believed that it was better not01:18:40
to use these extreme measures. And a01:18:44
parent for his children and educators01:18:46
for those being educated, he must be a01:18:49
moral authority. Now, if01:18:51
you have moral authority, then01:18:52
children and pupils and01:18:55
students and other people will listen to you, they are not here it is necessary to01:19:00
take no emergency physical measures punishing A And not to lose your01:19:04
temper, he also often gave this advice:01:19:06
don’t lose your temper and in a state of anger01:19:10
do not make any decisions because01:19:12
part of anger is the hour of a person’s madness and the01:19:17
decision that you made in a state of01:19:19
anger this will be crazy decisions01:19:22
Therefore, if you are now gripped by01:19:24
Anger, irritation is all inside01:19:27
you, just don’t make any decisions01:19:31
at these moments, maybe Put it off for01:19:34
another day and when you are in your right01:19:36
sober mind, then you will make this decision. And01:19:38
as soon as you notice that you are in a state of01:19:40
anger, you He lost his temper,01:19:42
let him not make one decision, so01:19:45
Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov gives us01:19:47
such advice and he01:19:50
raised and strengthened the Stavropol diocese and, in general,01:19:53
monasticism there also naturally01:19:55
rose and he spent only a few years01:19:58
there, it is clear that the merits of Saint01:20:01
Ignatius were not in the fact that he took the status of a01:20:03
bishop, and in the fact that he shared01:20:06
this patristic treasure. The legacy01:20:09
that he himself received and in his01:20:12
books he writes what he personally fulfilled. But01:20:15
he sometimes participated. Of course, we are already01:20:17
finishing, of course, in such public01:20:20
discussions when01:20:22
liberation approached peasants from serfdom in01:20:25
1861,01:20:27
and it means that a lot was written about this,01:20:31
St. Ignatius said yes, of course,01:20:33
everything is good, but one must understand that true01:20:36
Freedom is found only in Christ01:20:39
when a person is freed from sins and01:20:42
passions. But in the01:20:44
socio-political Well, in general,01:20:46
within the state complete01:20:48
freedom in life is impossible, and maybe it’s even01:20:51
harmful, and indeed, somewhere there, in some01:20:54
places, then there were pogroms, and somewhere they01:20:57
stopped working, they thought that well,01:20:59
Freedom, you can do nothing, and in01:21:03
the end, it means that the fields were even empty in some places,01:21:05
and that’s why St. Ignatius He said that01:21:08
yes, social freedoms are good, but01:21:11
a Christian must strive first of01:21:13
all for inner heart freedom,01:21:15
which is achieved through spiritual01:21:18
achievement and the fight against sin. But Christ01:21:21
gives us true freedom, and of course,01:21:25
several years have passed and there, because of the fact01:21:28
that Well, things didn’t work out a little01:21:31
Prince Baretinsky wanted to establish an01:21:33
Orthodox mission in the Caucasus so that01:21:36
it would be subordinate to the prince and not to the01:21:38
bishop, because of this there are also some01:21:40
misunderstandings because Saint01:21:43
Ignatius believed that the mission should01:21:44
still be subordinate to the bishop since01:21:47
this is still the spread of the01:21:49
Orthodox faith and he had to write a01:21:52
request for retirement and for retirement he ends01:21:55
up in exactly the monastery that01:21:57
Nikola Babaevsky01:22:00
monastery of the Yaroslavl province wanted to go to, he once01:22:03
spent a long01:22:06
vacation there when his health was upset while still01:22:08
an archimandrite. He received01:22:10
11 months of leave and lived there and this01:22:13
monastery, which in terms of nature and01:22:18
climate is very favorable both in terms of01:22:20
solitude and for prayer, such01:22:23
internal contemplative prayer is also01:22:26
very conducive.01:22:27
Saint Ignatius was so happy01:22:29
when he was sent there, he01:22:32
wrote that it was like my guardian angel01:22:35
dictated to the synod a decree on my01:22:38
appointment there, and there he spends the01:22:39
last six years of his life, no01:22:43
one pesters him, torments him, does not01:22:45
torment him. Well, apparently he had to go through01:22:47
his Golgotha before death, some01:22:49
such peace when he had already prepared an01:22:52
essay and published it in its entirety. Yes, and01:22:57
Well, people, of course, came to him for01:23:00
advice for guidance, in principle, he01:23:03
shared his advice And remained in such a01:23:05
prayer and his cell in the future01:23:08
Father Vasily became a hieromonk, he told01:23:10
how St. Ignatius was distinguished by his kindness,01:23:13
this TV set Vasily He01:23:16
conducted classes with boys, taught01:23:18
charismatics grammar there were some other01:23:20
classes then I couldn’t restrain myself somehow. So01:23:23
I lost my temper and hit one of the boys with my hand.01:23:25
Well, then01:23:27
Putin’s conscience went to Vladyka, to St.01:23:29
Ignatius, he says that’s what I01:23:32
did, otherwise you could answer And you hit01:23:35
me but No, Vladyka, I can’t01:23:38
do that. But if you can’t01:23:39
hit me, then don’t even touch the boy, and in01:23:42
him, too, is the image of God and St. Ignatius,01:23:44
at that time he showed such amazing01:23:47
kindness, love for people, responsiveness and01:23:50
gentleness of character also distinguished him during01:23:52
this period already Just before his death,01:23:54
Saint Ignatius himself made a01:23:56
prostration to his celestial celebrant and said, Forgive01:23:59
me a little,01:24:00
such humility was already angelic and01:24:03
angelic love among Saints Ignatius in01:24:06
1867 on Easter he served for the last01:24:11
time. His health was very, very01:24:13
shaken. Then he was already01:24:16
in prayer in his cell and on April 30,01:24:20
according to the Jugelian calendar of01:24:22
1867, it was the week he is the01:24:25
Myrrh-Bearer,01:24:26
by the way, on the week of the Myrrh-Bearer of Women,01:24:29
Joseph of Rimathea and Nicodemus the01:24:32
Righteous are still remembered, who accepted the body of Christ01:24:35
by taking them down from the cross. Yes, and they were not afraid to ask the01:24:39
Pilates for the body of Christ, that is01:24:42
people who were at the cross of Christ01:24:45
and were in the most sorrowful moments,01:24:48
you can say when the death of the Lord is01:24:50
removed from Christ and here is Saint01:24:52
Ignatius, he is on this very day when these01:24:54
saints are remembered, he passes into01:24:57
eternity,01:24:58
having passed his life’s path as01:25:01
a certain Dolgov and01:25:03
the keelnik found him look in the01:25:06
word in his hands That is, he prayed and01:25:09
during prayer passed on to eternal life01:25:12
and it turned out that he did not leave01:25:15
any fortune at all, he only01:25:19
had 14 kopecks left at the time of his death. And it’s01:25:21
clear that kopecks were then01:25:24
More than now But the thing is that the01:25:27
day before, he gave 75 rubles to a01:25:30
peasant who had lost a horse, to01:25:32
help the peasant, he gave this money and01:25:35
himself, not being attached to anything earthly.01:25:39
And just like that, he passed into eternity. Then there was the01:25:41
case when he appeared to his01:25:44
students in the01:25:46
introductions. Yes, they contemplated him as what he in the01:25:50
heavenly Glory we will not01:25:53
retell this in detail, we will simply say that01:25:55
St. Ignatius is undoubtedly before01:25:58
the Lord before the Divine Glory and01:26:01
of course the holy fathers, they are all very different,01:26:04
those who are healers before and to01:26:08
whose relics they go as a healer are those01:26:11
who enlightened the whole I come01:26:13
Where are you, Equal-to-the-Apostles? And there is01:26:16
St. Ignatius, who01:26:18
preserved a precious pearl. For us,01:26:20
this is the light-01:26:23
fathers’ Legacy. Oh, the flowers of the fathers who01:26:25
prayed inner prayers and revealed the01:26:29
very essence of Christian life,01:26:31
so of course read St. Ignatius01:26:34
Brianchaninov, turn to his legacy, of01:26:36
course, We are obliged because through01:26:39
This is where we join the amazing01:26:42
treasury of the Orthodox Church, a church01:26:45
living by the Holy Spirit, here are the brothers and sisters,01:26:48
this is St. Ignatius, such is the value of01:26:51
his works. Of course, we01:26:54
have completely touched on his Heritage, but01:26:56
let’s hope that everyone01:26:59
will still take at least something from St.01:27:01
Ignatius from time to time will01:27:03
turn to his writings and draw01:27:05
spiritual benefit from there Saint01:27:08
Ignatius pray to God for us Amen contribute01:27:13
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