M. Athos - Visit to the Monastery of St. Panteleimon
Mount Athos, October 21, 2010 - The Chairman of the Department for External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk began his visit to Mount Athos, going to the Russian monastery of Saint Panteleimon. The Metropolitan is accompanied by the Archbishop of Sergiev Posad Theognoste, chairman of the Synodal Commission for the monasteries, the archbishops Anthony of Boryspil, rector of the Theological Academy of Kiev, and Theophylact Bryansk and Sevsk by staff of the Decree, the clergy and the laity of the Patriarchate of Moscow.
on the dock of the monastery, Metropolitan Hilarion greeted the brothers of the monastery. The abbot has warmly welcomed the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church and expressed his joy for the communion of prayer with the dear guests. After a fraternal meal, guests have bowed in the shrines of the monastery. Then the Decree of the President met with the abbot of Saint Panteleimon, Archimandrite Jeremiah and the confessor of the monastery, Monaco and priest Makarios.
addition, the group of pilgrims, led by Metropolitan Hilarion visited the old mill where he lived his spiritual ascent San Silvano († 1937): "Today there are few Staretz who know how much God loves us, and know the fight against the enemies of the soul, and know that the enemies are won only radically with the humility of Christ. The Lord loves the man who pours out upon him the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but, until the soul learns to cherish the grace, will be tested for a long time. "
At the end of the day Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate and the group accompanying him have prayed with the brothers of the monastery in the cathedral of the monastery.
(Source: DECR Communication Service; www.mospat.ru)
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coenobitic The Russian monastery dedicated to St. Panteleimon (July 27) was founded in the tenth century and rebuilt in the eighteenth nineteenth-century. The library has 1027 manuscripts of Greek and Slavic peoples, including 99 on parchment. Depend on the skit from the monastery of New Thebaid and Xylùrgu Bogoroditsa or the Mother of God, dedicated to the Dormition of Mary. The magnificent monastery, not surrounded by walls, lies on the western side of the peninsula near the sea. The buildings are of the last century, grand and functional. The history of the monastery is very busy. In the eleventh century, the Russian monks held a small monastery that is now Skiti Xylàrgu (1030 approx). In 1169 the community of Athos gave the Russians (and other Slavs), became numerous, the monastery (which already exists in the tenth century) of St. Panteleimon. Because the invasion of the Tatars in Russia, the influx of Russian monks and the monks ceased in 1237 Serbs took over until the Turkish invasion, which destroyed the kingdom of Serbia (1417). From 1480 to 1735 Russia began to protect the monastery, sending many monks. Then the Russian-Turkish War (1734-1739) created great difficulties. From 1735 to 1821, the monastery became idiorrhythmic and purely greek, underpinned by the principles Phanariots Wallachia and Moldavia. One of them Scarlatos Kallimachis built the new catholikon in the years 1812-1821. Meanwhile in 1803 the monastery passed to reform cenobitic. Prevailed since 1821 the Russian protection in 1888 was built the beautiful church dedicated to the protection of the Muscovite style of the Virgin, in 1892 the huge dining hall, in 1899 the great church of Sant'Andrea Skit. In 1903 half of some 7000 monks of Athos, which formed the population was made up of Russians. With the revolution of 1917 stopped the influx from Russia and means of monks and the monastery started to depopulate. In 1968 a raging fire destroyed six hoods, part of the guest and the whole east wing of the central square
on the dock of the monastery, Metropolitan Hilarion greeted the brothers of the monastery. The abbot has warmly welcomed the delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church and expressed his joy for the communion of prayer with the dear guests. After a fraternal meal, guests have bowed in the shrines of the monastery. Then the Decree of the President met with the abbot of Saint Panteleimon, Archimandrite Jeremiah and the confessor of the monastery, Monaco and priest Makarios.
addition, the group of pilgrims, led by Metropolitan Hilarion visited the old mill where he lived his spiritual ascent San Silvano († 1937): "Today there are few Staretz who know how much God loves us, and know the fight against the enemies of the soul, and know that the enemies are won only radically with the humility of Christ. The Lord loves the man who pours out upon him the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but, until the soul learns to cherish the grace, will be tested for a long time. "
At the end of the day Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate and the group accompanying him have prayed with the brothers of the monastery in the cathedral of the monastery.
(Source: DECR Communication Service; www.mospat.ru)
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coenobitic The Russian monastery dedicated to St. Panteleimon (July 27) was founded in the tenth century and rebuilt in the eighteenth nineteenth-century. The library has 1027 manuscripts of Greek and Slavic peoples, including 99 on parchment. Depend on the skit from the monastery of New Thebaid and Xylùrgu Bogoroditsa or the Mother of God, dedicated to the Dormition of Mary. The magnificent monastery, not surrounded by walls, lies on the western side of the peninsula near the sea. The buildings are of the last century, grand and functional. The history of the monastery is very busy. In the eleventh century, the Russian monks held a small monastery that is now Skiti Xylàrgu (1030 approx). In 1169 the community of Athos gave the Russians (and other Slavs), became numerous, the monastery (which already exists in the tenth century) of St. Panteleimon. Because the invasion of the Tatars in Russia, the influx of Russian monks and the monks ceased in 1237 Serbs took over until the Turkish invasion, which destroyed the kingdom of Serbia (1417). From 1480 to 1735 Russia began to protect the monastery, sending many monks. Then the Russian-Turkish War (1734-1739) created great difficulties. From 1735 to 1821, the monastery became idiorrhythmic and purely greek, underpinned by the principles Phanariots Wallachia and Moldavia. One of them Scarlatos Kallimachis built the new catholikon in the years 1812-1821. Meanwhile in 1803 the monastery passed to reform cenobitic. Prevailed since 1821 the Russian protection in 1888 was built the beautiful church dedicated to the protection of the Muscovite style of the Virgin, in 1892 the huge dining hall, in 1899 the great church of Sant'Andrea Skit. In 1903 half of some 7000 monks of Athos, which formed the population was made up of Russians. With the revolution of 1917 stopped the influx from Russia and means of monks and the monastery started to depopulate. In 1968 a raging fire destroyed six hoods, part of the guest and the whole east wing of the central square
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