Patericon or paterikon lang el , a short form for father s book , usually Lives of the Fathers in English , is a genre of Byzantine literature of religious character, which were collections of saying s of saint s, martyrs and hierarchs, and tales about them. Among the earliest collections of this kind are the Apophthegmata of Saint Elders , also known as the Alphabetical Patericon , Apophthegmata Patrum , Sayings of the Fathers of the Desert Sayings of the Desert Fathers http www.newadvent.org cathen 01623c.htm , the Egyptian Paterikon Historia Monachorum in Aegypto , History of Monks in Egypt and Lausiac History Historia Lausiaca , http www.newadvent.org cathen 11425a.htm by Palladius of Galatia Palladius of the 4th century. Various paterica also known in translations into a number of languages Latin, Slavonic, Coptic, Armenian, etc. In Russian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodoxy this kind of literature is known from the early Slavic literature, first translations, then original texts created in various monasteries. Some paterica Valaam Patericon , a paterikon of the Valaam Monastery http www.ticketsofrussia.ru ru valaam pater Romanian Patericon http www.easternchristiansupply.biz products.cgi c120 c14 c100 42181 ISBN 978 0 938635 97 0 Serbian Patericon http www.amazon.ca dp 0938635751 ISBN 978 0 938635 75 8 Scete Patericon , an early Slavonic translation of Apophthegmata Patrum Kievan Cave Patericon , a paterikon of the Kiev Cave Monastery 13th century , uk Volokolamsk Patericon 16th century See also Synaxarion Patristics Kiev Patericon reference to St. Mark of the Caves References cite book last Harmless first William authorlink coauthors title Desert Christians An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism year 2004 publisher Oxford University Press location isbn 978 0 19 516223 3 Category Eastern Orthodoxy Category Literary genres Category Christian hagiography de ... more details
Refimprove date December 2010 October 1 Eastern Orthodox liturgics Oct. 1 Eastern Orthodox Church calendar October 3 Eastern Orthodox liturgics Oct. 3 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on October 15 by Old Style and New Style dates Old Calendarists Saints Hieromartyr Cyprian of Nicomedia Cyprian , virgin martyr Justina of Nicomedia Justina , and Theoctistus of Nicomedia Theoctistus of Nicomedia 268 304 Blessed Andrew of Constantinople Andrew , Fool for Christ , at Constantinople 936 Repose of Blessed Great Princess Anna of Kashin 1338 Blessed Cyprian of Suzdal , Fool for Christ and Wonderworker 1622 Saint Cassian of Uglich , monk 1504 Martyrs David of Georgia David and Constantine of Georgia Constantine , princes of Argveti , Georgia country Georgia 730 Martyr George of Philadelphia in Asia Minor , from Mount Athos 1749 Saint Damaris Damaris of Athens 1st century Saint Theophilus the Confessor Great martyr Theodore Gabras Theodore Gavra of Atran in Chaldea 1180 Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet 1817 Other commemorations Repose of Hiero schemamonk Theodosius of Karoulia at Mount Athos 1937 New Martyr Monk Soldier Roman 1971 1994 Martyred in Bosnia on October 2, 1994 ref Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes. http www.serfes.org lives NewMartyredSoldiers.htm New Martyred Soldiers For Christ Our Lord . January 30, 2004. Excerpts from Valaam Patericon Book of Days Valaam Society of America, New Valaam Monastery, Alaska 1999. p. 103. ref References reflist Sources http www.pomog.org index.html?http www.pomog.org saintlist.shtml Protection of the Mother of God Church, List of Saints http days.pravoslavie.ru en Days 20101002.html Pravoslavie Orthodox Calendar Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes. http www.serfes.org lives NewMartyredSoldiers.htm New Martyred Soldiers For Christ Our Lord . January 30, 2004. DEFAULTSORT October 2 Eastern Orthodox Liturgics Category Eastern Orthodox liturgical days ... more details
one source date February 2012 no footnotes date February 2012 The Great Menaion Reader lang ru , or Velikiye Chet yi Minei is a collection of biblical books with interpretations of exordium s, patericon s, translated or original hagiographies of Russia n saints , works of church fathers, and Russian ecclesiastical writers. Also, the Great Menaion Reader includes the so called kormchiye knigi books of guidelines, a.k.a. books of the helmsman , monastic charters, acts, and missives. All of this material is sorted by months. Each of the twelve volumes corresponds to a certain month hence, the name chet yi minei or monthly readings , from the Greek language Greek word menaion and broke into days. The Great Menaion Reader was compiled in the 1530s 1540s under the supervision of Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow . The Great Menaion Reader contains over 27,000 large size pages copied by hand and artistically decorated. Metropolitan Macarius decided to compile the Great Menaion Reader for the purpose of centralizing the cult of the Russian saints and consolidation of ecclesiastic ideology, so no Russian secular literature was included. The first manuscript, known as the Sophia version, was given to the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod in 1541. While Metropolitan of Moscow from 1542 1563, Macarius commissioned additional lives of saints who had been recognized as national patrons at the Church Councils of 1547 and 1549, for a second expanded manuscript of the anthology, which he gave to the Moscow Kremlin Cathedral of the Dormition in 1552. A third manuscript was prepared between 1550 and 1554 for presentation to Tsar Ivan the Terrible . GSEncyclopedia Category Russian Orthodox Church Category Christian illuminated manuscripts ru uk ... more details
imon Old Norse Sigmundr was a Varangian Viking whose story is related in the Kiev an Patericon and his story concerns the creation of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra Kievan cave monastery , where he is reported to have been its most important donor. Story imon was the son of Afrikan ON Alfrekr , a king in the land of the Varangians. Afrikan was the brother of Jakun ON H kon who took part in the Battle of Listven . When Afrikan died Jakun expelled imon and his brother Friand ON Friandi . ref name pritsak417 ref name And Androshchuk 2004 44 ref imon would live in Kievan Rus for the rest of his life, and he first served Yaroslav I the Wise and later Vsevolod I of Kiev his son . In 1068, he joined Yaroslav s three sons in the Battle of the Alta River against the Polovtsians . ref name And ref name pritsak419 It is reported that before the battle, saint Anthony of Kiev , predicted a dire outcome for the battle, but he also predicted that imon would be saved through a miracle. ref name And imon survived the battle, but he was severely wounded. Anthony took care of imon and healed his wounds. ref name pritsak419 In recognition, when Anthony founded the cave monastery, imon donated a belt and a wreath of gold that his father Afrikan had used to adorn a crucifix. ref name And The gifts were worth 50 gold grivna s. The Varangian was probably one of the first to be buried in the monastery and he was the first one to receive a written remission from the monastery that both he and his descendants were pardoned for all their sins. ref name pritsak419 His son Georgi also showed affection for the cave monastery and sent gold and silver from Suzdal to the decoration of the grave of Saint Theodosius of Kiev . When Gregori died, he left a letter to his family asking them to help the monastery financially. imon s great grand children were buried in the Dmitri church in Suzdal, which was built ... 418 ref The first scholar who undertook to identify the people mentioned in the Patericon was Fyodor ... more details
PATERIK28558.txt VALAAM PATERICON . ref Repose of Hieromonk Eulogius of Valaam Monastery Valaam 1969 ... VALAAM PATERICON . http www.orthodoxengland.org.uk stdmay.htm May 7 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox ... more details
ref name PRAVOSLAVIE ref http korolev.msk.ru books dc PATERIK28558.txt VALAAM PATERICON . ref Other ... PATERICON . http www.orthodoxengland.org.uk stdmay.htm May 8 . Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate ... more details
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