Peter and Fevronia Day in 2022
The Day of Remembrance of Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom is celebrated by the Orthodox Church twice a year - on the Sunday preceding September 19, in honor of the transfer of the relics, and on July 8, on the day of their righteous death.
Showing us an example of an ideal married life, Christian love and devotion, Saints Peter and Fevronia are considered the patrons of the Orthodox family and marriage. Their memorial day coincides with a national holiday - the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.
The Lord brought this couple together in an amazing way. The brother of the Murom prince Peter, having fallen ill with a serious illness, went in search of a doctor to the Ryazan lands. There he met Fevronia. The girl agreed to heal the prince on the condition that he become her husband. After his recovery, Peter kept his promise and took Fevronia as his wife.
During their earthly life, the holy couple showed incredible devotion to each other. They are used to dividing all joys and hardships in half. Even when the Murom boyars rebelled against the princess from the peasant class and demanded that the prince give up the throne, Peter did not leave Fevronia and left the city with her. Soon after their departure, strife and unrest began; the people themselves asked the prince to return and take the place of the legitimate ruler.
Before their death, according to pious custom, the couple took monastic vows with the names David and Euphrosyne. Saints Peter and Fevronia died on the same day. They bequeathed to put them in one coffin, which they had prepared for themselves long ago. To this day, the relics of the Murom miracle workers rest in a common shrine.
Family life
The couple left for Murom and began to live a happy family life, adhering to God's commandments. After Paul's death, power in the city passed to his brother Peter. However, the boyars disliked the young princess and demanded that she take whatever her heart desires and leave them forever.
Fevronia agreed, but instead of wealth, she asked to give her her beloved husband. Being a pious husband, Peter decided not to break God’s commandments and went after Fevronia. But before they had time to go far from Murom, the nobles caught up with them and asked them to return with tears: the struggle for power between the boyars led to bloodshed.
The couple returned and ruled Murom happily ever after. Having grown old, they took a vow of monasticism, receiving new names when they were tonsured - David and Euphrosyne. They really wanted to be buried together after death, but their request was not fulfilled. Twice deceased spouses were left in different churches, but each time in the morning they miraculously found themselves in one common coffin. Then it was decided to fulfill the last wishes of the spouses and bury them together.
The Tale of Peter and Fevronia
“The Tale of Peter and Fevronia” is a monument of ancient Russian literature, which tells the story of the life of the holy noble princes Peter and Fevronia of Murom. The author of the story is the famous writer of the mid-16th century, priest Ermolai (in monasticism Erasmus).
After Peter and Fevronia were canonized at the Moscow Church Council in 1547, Ermolai was commissioned to write the lives of the new Murom miracle workers. As a source, the author relied on oral folk traditions, which strengthened the tale element in the “Tale” and made it completely different from the works of hagiographic literature of that time. Given this point, the story is not considered a historically accurate account of the lives of the saints. However, it certainly conveys the essence of the relationship between the holy spouses.
The plot of the story became one of the most popular in Rus'. The text of the work was distributed in a huge number of lists. More than 300 of them have survived to this day.
Iconography and meaning
The images of Saints Peter and Fevronia that have survived to this day were created no earlier than the fourteenth century. Most of the images come from Murom churches.
Since the couple took monastic vows before their death, they were depicted in monastic robes.
Chronicles indicate that the style of depicting saints changed several times during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Peter, as a rule, was depicted with a beard and in a monastic headdress - a doll, and with a scroll in his hands. Fevronia was depicted with her hands folded in the shape of a cross. On other icons the saints were depicted appearing before the Almighty Savior with an unrolled scroll.
Contents of “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia”
Prince Pavel ruled in the city of Murom, and he had a brother Peter. The devil began to appear to Paul's wife in the form of a serpent to tempt her into fornication. Strangers saw the snake in the image of Pavel, and only the princess knew who he really was. Unable to bear it, she told her husband everything. Prince Pavel asked his wife to extract from the serpent why he would die. The answer was: “My death is from Peter’s shoulder, from Agrikov’s sword.”
Wanting to help his brother, Peter began to look for Agrikov’s sword. One day, during prayer in the Church of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, a youth appeared to him and pointed to a gap in the altar wall. The treasured weapon lay in it.
That same evening, Peter, after talking with his brother, went to the princess’s chambers. Imagine his surprise when he found Prince Pavel with her. Quickly realizing that this was the crafty serpent, Peter began to fight him. The snake died, but the blood from his wound splashed the prince from head to toe, his whole body was covered with painful ulcers and scabs.
No one could heal Peter. In search of a doctor, he ordered to be taken to the Ryazan land, where he met the daughter of a tree climber (who extracts wild honey) - Fevronia. She was a very wise girl, possessed the gift of insight and healing. Fevronia agreed to heal Peter only if he became her husband. Peter promised to marry her, but in his heart he was embarrassed that this girl was a commoner, and decided not to keep his promise. Soon the illness resumed and the prince came to Fevronia again. She healed Peter, and he took her as his wife.
After the death of his brother Paul, Peter began to rule in Murom. But the arrogant boyars did not want to accept his wife, who was not of princely origin, and demanded that the couple leave the city. Peter and Fevronia accepted their exile with humility and sailed on two boats along the Oka.
Soon after this, a bloody struggle for the princely throne began in Murom. This sowed discord and confusion in the city. Then the boyars, no longer embarrassed by Fevronia’s peasant origins, were forced to ask the prince and his wife to return and continue their reign.
Having reached old age, according to pious custom, Peter and Fevronia took monasticism with the names David and Euphrosyne. Being separated by monastery walls, they asked God for a one-time death. The couple bequeathed to put them in one coffin, which they had long ago prepared for themselves.
The Lord sent them what they asked him for in their prayers - the noble princes died on the same day, at the same hour.
Considering it indecent to bury a monk and a nun in the same coffin, the couple were buried separately from each other. However, the next day their bodies miraculously turned out to be nearby. Then it became clear that there was a special blessing from God for this, and no one dared to separate them again.
The Lives and Loves of the Saints
The lives of saints have long been passed down from mouth to mouth, gradually acquiring the features of a fairy tale. A couple lived in the twelfth century AD, during the reign of Prince Paul on the Murom land. As the legend says, at one point his wife began to be visited by a tempting snake. She could not resist the snake herself, but she told everything to Paul. After which, following Paul’s advice, she found out from the serpent what could bring him death. The serpent’s answer was that he was capable of dying from Peter’s shoulder, from Agrikov’s sword.
Paul was Peter's younger brother. Having received a sword during prayer in church, he struck off the head of the snake. The blood of the serpent fell on Peter's body and caused him an illness that local healers could not cure. Already after Peter ascended to the princely throne, during his sleep he had a vision that the peasant woman Fevronia from the village of Laskovoy, in the land of Ryazan, was able to cure him. The prince sent his people after her.
When the prince first saw Fevronia, he promised to marry her after she healed him. And so it happened - Fevronia helped Peter cope with his illness, and then they got married. However, the boyars did not want their princess to be a woman who came from a peasant background. The prince did not want to let his beloved go, which is why they were expelled. The couple sailed along the Oka River from their city, but at that moment the city was overtaken by God's wrath, and people began to demand that the princes return. The couple died on the same day, having already taken monastic vows by that time. The saints were buried in a single coffin.
Monument to Peter and Fevronia
Saints Peter and Fevronia are the patron saints of the Orthodox family and marriage. With the establishment of the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity in 2008, which coincides with the day of remembrance of the holy spouses, the number of monuments to them has increased significantly. The sculptural compositions are installed as part of the “In the Family Circle” program.
Peter and Fevronia. The village of Zhaisk. Photo by Igor and Larisa Shiryaevs, “Interesting World” project.
The program was created in 2004 with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II. Its activities are aimed at strengthening the institution of family in our country.
Today, monuments to Saints Peter and Fevronia have been installed in more than 20 cities of Russia, including Sergiev Posad, Yaroslavl, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk and others.
One of the first monuments to Saints Peter and Fevronia was erected in their homeland - in Murom near the local registry office building. The composition is called “Union of Love - Wise Marriage.” According to local tradition, young people come to this place on their wedding day to ask for blessings from the saints, whose married life, full of love, devotion and trust, is an example to follow.
Monastery of Peter and Fevronia
The Holy Trinity Convent in Murom is the place where today the relics of the holy noble princes Peter and Fevronia rest. Every day, thousands of pilgrims come here to venerate the holy spouses - the patrons of the Orthodox family and marriage, and to pray to them for help in solving problems in their personal lives.
On Sundays, at the open shrine with the relics of Peter and Fevronia, a prayer service is held with the reading of an akathist. The relics of the saints were transported here in 1992. During Soviet times, they were kept in the Annunciation Monastery, and until 1921 - in the Nativity Cathedral in the city of Murom.
The Holy Trinity Monastery was built in the middle of the 17th century with the money of a wealthy merchant. On the site of the wooden Church of the Holy Trinity built in the 14th century, the Trinity Cathedral was erected. Next to it, the Kazan Gate Church and the bell tower were built on the same foundation. The monastery ensemble was finally formed in the 19th century, when cell buildings, a stone fence and a parochial school building were completed.
With the advent of the consensual government, the monastery was closed, but was not destroyed - it was considered an architectural monument and was protected by the state. Liturgical and monastic life here resumed in 1991.
Location of relics and icons with particles of relics
As you know, according to the covenant of the spouses, they were to be buried in a single coffin. However, the townspeople opposed this. As legend has it, the bodies of the spouses were miraculously discovered in the same coffin after separation, and then they were still buried together.
Peter and Fevronia were canonized in the mid-sixteenth century. In the seventeenth century, the relics of the saints became one of the main shrines of the Holy Trinity Convent. During the advent of Soviet power, the monastery was closed and the relics were transferred to the museum. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the monastery was rebuilt, and the shrine was returned to its rightful place.
Church of the Ascension in Moscow
One of the most famous icons with particles of the relics of the holy couple is located in the Temple of the Ascension, which is located on Bolshaya Nikitinskaya Square in Moscow. Every year, thousands of parishioners come to the church to bow to the holy couple, saying prayers for family happiness and well-being.
Temple of St. Sergius and Herman of Valaam in Moscow
No less famous and miraculous is the icon located in the Temple of St. Sergius and Herman of Valaam.
Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow
In the Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow for more than twenty years there has been an image of saints with particles of relics. Parishioners venerate this miraculous icon in a special way, as they feel its effect on themselves and in their lives. Traditionally, parishioners pray for strengthening the family, for the birth of healthy and strong offspring, for raising children, and for preserving marriage until the end of life. On the day of remembrance of the saints, a huge number of people gather here every year; the celebration is comparable to the celebration of Great Easter.
The distant Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village. Fedoseevka
Every year, on the eighth of July, Saints' Day is celebrated in the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in the village of Fedoseevka, Belgorod region.
Holy Trinity Convent
The most important shrine - the relics of the spouses - is located in the Holy Trinity Convent, in its rightful place, where they were placed back in the seventeenth century. The relics are the main shrine of the monastery, thanks to which it is famous among the entire Orthodox community. Every year, on the day of veneration of the saints, thousands of believers come here to venerate the relics and ask them for well-being and protection of the marriage union.
Temple of Peter and Fevronia in Murom
The holy noble princes Peter and Fevronia are deeply revered not only in their homeland - in the city of Murom, but also far beyond its borders. They are the patrons of the Orthodox family and marriage. Almost every temple has an icon depicting the holy spouses, and in some cities the temples themselves are consecrated in their honor.
And yet, the main temple with which, first of all, the names of Saints Peter and Fevronia are associated is the Trinity Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Murom. Their relics rest here. Every day thousands of pilgrims come to the monastery to venerate the holy saints of God and pray to them for family well-being.
In the Trinity Cathedral on Sundays, at the open shrine with the relics of Saints Peter and Fevronia, a prayer service is held with the reading of the akathist.
The relics of the saints were transported to the Trinity Cathedral in 1992. In Soviet times, they were kept in the Annunciation Monastery, and until 1921 - in the Nativity Cathedral in the city of Murom.
Prayer to Peter and Fevronia
Oh, great saints of God and wonderful miracle workers, blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, representatives of the city of Murom, guardians of honest marriage and zeal for the Lord for all of us!
During the days of your earthly life, you showed nature the image of piety, Christian love and fidelity to each other even to the grave, and thereby glorified the lawful and blessed marriage of nature.
For this reason, we come running to you and pray with strong zeal: bring your holy prayers to the Lord God for us sinners, and ask us for everything that is good for our souls and bodies: rightful faith, good hope, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, success in good deeds , especially to the marriage union united by your prayers, grant chastity, love for each other in a union of peace, like-mindedness of souls and bodies, a bed that is not slanderous, a shameless stay, a long-lived seed, grace for your children, houses filled with goodness and in eternal life an unfading crown of Heavenly glory.
Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers, offered to you with tenderness, but be our intercessors before the Lord and make us worthy through your intercession to receive eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, and let us glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God, forever and ever. Amen.
Saint Peter of Murom
Davyd Yuryevich
(d. June 25, 1228) - Prince of Murom (1205-1228), son of Prince Yuri Vladimirovich of Murom, grandson of Vladimir Svyatoslavich, the first Grand Duke of Ryazan. He ascended the princely throne after the death of his elder brother Vladimir. The Laurentian Chronicle reports this event in 1205, however, under the same year it reports the campaign of the South Russian princes against the Polovtsians, the capture of Rurik Rostislavich by Roman Galitsky and the beginning of the reign of Rostislav Rurikovich in Kiev - events that took place in 1203-1204. According to the life of St. Prince Peter (Davyd) took the princely throne after the death of his elder brother Prince Paul (possibly the baptismal name of Vladimir). From 1205 to 1228 Prince Peter stayed at the princely residence of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Prince Peter took monastic vows here and died. On the site of the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Murom there was a nunnery of the Exaltation of the Cross, where St. Peter received the miraculous Agrikov sword to defeat the wizard, and where the holy princess Fevronia subsequently took monastic vows. In 1998, a memorial cross was erected on the site of the cell of the holy Murom princess Fevronia in the unpreserved Holy Cross Monastery. “He had a brother named Prince Peter. One day he called him to him and told him the words of the serpent that he had spoken to his wife. Prince Peter, having heard from his brother that the serpent named his namesake as the culprit of his death, began to think, without hesitation and courageously, how to kill the serpent. But only one thing confused him: he knew nothing about Agric’s sword.
In the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, a youth appears to Prince Peter and shows Agrikov a sword lying in a crevice in the altar wall. Peter had the habit of walking around churches in solitude. There was a church of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross outside the city in a convent. And Peter came there alone to pray. And then a youth appeared to him, saying: “Prince, do you want me to show you Agrikov’s sword?” The prince, trying to fulfill his desire, said: “Yes, I will see!” Where is he?" The boy said: “Follow me.” And he showed him in the altar wall between the ceramides a hole in which the sword lay.
Prince Peter shows the sword to his brother and bows to his daughter-in-law. The noble Prince Peter, taking the sword, came and told his brother about it. And from that day on he began to look for an opportunity to kill the snake. Every day he went to his brother and his daughter-in-law to bow ... "
During his reign, he was focused on the politics of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir, acted on the side of the Grand Duke of Vladimir Vsevolod Yuryevich the Big Nest, and then his son Yuri, in all significant campaigns and battles of that time.
So, in 1207, Davyd Yuryevich came to the aid of Vsevolod Yuryevich during his campaign against the Ryazan land near Pronsk. Prince Pronsky Mikhail Vsevolodovich fled to Chernigov to his father-in-law Vsevolod Chermny. Residents, led by Izyaslav - Mikhail Vsevolodovich's cousin - defended the city for six weeks, expecting help from Ryazan, but experienced acute shortages of food and water. After an unsuccessful attempt to unblock the Ryazan strike, the city surrendered to the mercy of the winner. Izyaslav was released in peace, and instead of him, Vsevolod gave Pronsk to his brother Oleg Vladimirovich, who was among the besiegers. However, the next year, 1208, having learned about the self-will, Vsevolod took Pronsk from Oleg Vladimirovich and gave the city to Davyd Yuryevich of Murom. In the same year, Oleg and his brothers kicked Davyd out of Pronsk and gave him to Mikhail. In 1213, Prince Davyd took part in the campaign of Grand Duke Yuri Vsevolodovich against Rostov; in 1216, the Murom squad took part in the Battle of Lipitsa as part of the combined forces of Vladimir, Pereyaslavl, Suzdal and some other fiefs on the side of Grand Duke Yuri Vsevolodovich against the united army of Novgorod , Pskov, Smolensk, Toropets, Rostov. In 1220, Davyd sent his son Svyatoslav with an army to participate in a joint campaign with the Vladimir people against the Volga Bulgarians. The country residence of Prince David was located in the Boris and Gleb Monastery, founded by the holy Prince Gleb. According to legend, in 1228, Evdokia, the daughter of the Murom prince David Georgievich and his wife Euphrosyne, known as Princes Peter and Fevronia, took monastic vows in the Boris and Gleb Monastery. “Dimitrievskaya Sloboda, near the Oka River, is located 120 versts from the provincial city of Vladimir and 5 versts from the district Murom. In the old days, this settlement was inhabited by “Yamskaya hunters” and was called the Yamskaya Glyadyacha settlement. A local legend is associated with the name “Glydyachaya Sloboda”. Once upon a time, the Murom prince Peter and his wife Fevronia were expelled by the Murom people; The exiles set off down the river and, having reached the place where the settlement now stands, looked back at the abandoned city.” /Historical and statistical description of churches and parishes of the Vladimir diocese. 1896 / The time of construction of the church in Peremilovo and the foundation of the hermitage are completely unknown. Tradition says that the church here was erected in memory of the fact that Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom spent the night at this place after their forced removal from Murom. A.A. Epanchin notes two stops of Peter and Fevronia on the Peremilov Mountains. The first is near the Monastyrek pier. He clarifies that at the very place where the saints stopped there stood a stone Trinity Church, destroyed before the war. He notes that the stump of a thriving tree was located opposite the place where the bell tower was, on the very western edge of the churchyard, and in 1987 it was covered with cobblestones. The second stop of Peter and Fevronia was at the village of Zhaisky: “Here the Murom people caught up with them.” V. Ershov has an interesting addition about Peter and Fevronia’s stay on the Oka hills: “The village of Yuryevo, which stood on the high bank of the Oka, which Fevronia admired when she and Prince Peter left Murom, began to be called Chudyu.” The origin of this information is unknown. When Peter and Fevronia were returning from exile to Murom, before getting into the boat and sailing back, Fevronia approached the foot of the mountains and said: “From now until forever, be the “precious mountains” for giving us shelter and refuge." At the foot of the mountains flows a river, to which the holy princess gave the name Muromka. Local historian A.A. Epanchin, in his research, cites the following legend: Saint Fevronia, simply walking in the mountains, exclaimed: “What lovely mountains!” Since then they began to be called “Peremilov Mountains”. See Peremilov Mountains. On February 14, the Catholic world celebrates St. Valentine's Day - Valentine's Day. In Russia, in the Orthodox world, July 8
(new style) is considered the Day of Love - the day of remembrance of Saints Peter and Fevronya. In Moscow, the Central Archive houses a priceless book from the 16th century. “Great Menya Chetii”, or “Collection of Lives”. There are the following lines: “On the 25th day of the month of June. The story of the life of the holy wonderworkers of Murom, the blessed and reverend Prince Peter, named David in monasticism, and his wife, the worthy Fevronya, named Euphrosyne in monasticism. With preface and praise." This is the story of this extraordinary love. It was dark in the princely bedchamber. The windows in the wards are covered from the bright spring sun. In the red corner, lamps burned quietly near the icon case with icons of the Mother of God and Christ. Yes, an inconspicuous monk in black was barely audible reading psalms. “Anika... Anika,” Peter, the young prince of Murom, called from his bed in a weak voice. The door creaked, and the faithful servant, the hefty man Anika, bowed his head under the lintel, immediately entered and froze. “I’m tired, Anika,” the prince spoke quietly. - Tell me, why am I being punished like this? Are all these scabs and ulcers all over your body from snake venom? Incurable for so many years. In that battle, I not only saved my brother from the snake, but also our Murom. Or maybe he saved all of Orthodox Rus' from an evil reptile. Anika sat down on the bench: This is the story of this extraordinary love. It was dark in the princely bedchamber. The windows in the wards are covered from the bright spring sun. In the red corner, lamps burned quietly near the icon case with icons of the Mother of God and Christ. Yes, an inconspicuous monk in black was barely audible reading psalms.
“Anika... Anika,” Peter, the young prince of Murom, called from his bed in a weak voice. The door creaked, and the faithful servant, the hefty man Anika, bowed his head under the lintel, immediately entered and froze. “I’m tired, Anika,” the prince spoke quietly. - Tell me, why am I being punished like this? Are all these scabs and ulcers all over your body from snake venom? Incurable for so many years. In that battle, I not only saved my brother from the snake, but also our Murom. Or maybe he saved all of Orthodox Rus' from an evil reptile. Anika sat down on the bench: “Prince, it seems that I have found you more doctors.” There is a village called Laskavo in Ryazan land. The old people say maybe they will cure your illness there. Peter rose from the pillows. He looked with hope: “So why are you delaying?” Pack your carts! Let's go! On the second day of the journey, splashing the spring puddles with their hooves, the prince's horses finally stopped in a poor village, at the last, old hut. The gates were open. Anika quickly entered the room. And he froze in surprise. A gray hare, already in spring fur, was jumping around the room. And at the loom sat a girl with a brown braid down to her waist. “Tell me, girl,” Anika bowed, “where are your mother and father?” Without raising her head from her work, she humbly answered: “My parents went to the neighbors on loan to cry.” And the brother looks between his legs into the eyes of death. Anika looked at the jumping hare and hesitated. I felt sorry for myself for the beautiful but poor fool. And she suddenly looked up at him with a clear gaze and said: “What a fool you are.” Didn't knock. Found me in simplicity and untidy. And the parents of the neighbors are mourning the deceased. When death comes for them, the neighbors will cry. This is crying on loan. And my brother is a tree climber, he works in the forest. It takes honey from a tall tree. Looking through the legs into the eyes of death. And my name is Fevronya. And I am the servant of the Murom prince Peter. The snake sprayed him with poison. He was completely exhausted from severe ulcers. If you cure it, it promises many gifts. The girl stood up, lowering her eyes: “I don’t need gifts.” I only see one thing: he will be healthy if I become his wife. But no, I can’t heal. God won’t give you strength,” and stroked the hare that was jumping nearby on its hind legs. Here Anika was completely taken aback. I remembered the sign: a hare in a hut - for a wedding. He ran to his young prince. Taking him from the cart into his arms, sick and light, he still could not hide the strange details. Peter laughed irritably. Is it conceivable for a prince to marry the daughter of some tree-dweller? Even a healer. But in the hut, looking at the humble beauty Fevronya, he still remained bashfully silent. And she, looking only at Anika, said: “First of all, they took us to heat the bathhouse.” And steam your master there thoroughly. And then rub it with this. But leave one scab on your shoulder. - And, scooping sour kvass from a barrel, she handed the ladle to Anika. In the bathhouse, after a hot wash, Anika rubbed the prince with sour cream from head to toe. And - lo and behold! — while the steamed Peter was resting on the bench, the ulcers on his body dried up and fell off. And the skin became white and clean. Needless to say, with what joy the prince set off on his way back, what strength he felt in his whole body, how easily he ran up the steps to his mansion! He rushed to his elder brother Pavel with the good news. But suddenly, not even reaching the middle of the room, he fell to the floor from terrible pain. In front of everyone, purulent ulcers began to again cover his face, hands, and body. At night, by the light of lamps and candles, he told his brother the details of the meeting. “The sin is on you. She healed you, but you became proud and left by deception,” Pavel whispered to him in his hearts. - Remember the words of the apostle: “Everyone who exalts himself will be humiliated. And he who humbles himself will be exalted." I beg you, go to this Fevronya. Repent before her and God. Woo. Maybe he will forgive. And maybe you will be healed. You need repentance, not her and not God.” Peter listened in silence, bowing his fair-haired head. Approaching the icons, he crossed himself. And he ordered Anika to send matchmakers to Fevronya in Laskavo in order to get engaged to her in the Solotchinsky monastery in the summer on Peter’s Day. The humble girl was not offended, she only said: “Bow to the master, but let him not prepare the carriages, but the sleigh.” Anika again mentally laughed at the strange girl. However, on June 29, such a snowfall began in the morning, such flakes fell from the sky that the roads were covered with snow. And the sleigh prepared by Peter came in handy. Standing in the church before the altar next to the bride, the prince was no longer ashamed of his chosen one. In Murom, Prince Pavel joyfully met the young people at the prince's chambers to the sound of bells, holding an icon of the Mother of God. The servants lined up in rows, jubilant. “Advice and love to you,” they shouted at the feast. However, not everyone liked the young princess. Every now and then we began to hear slander from the portly boyars' wives, the bright local dandies - the first beauties of Murom. “Is this the princess? Just a quiet girl. There is no nonsense. And thin. And pale. And let alone pearls, he won’t wear a copper ring.” But Peter didn’t seem to hear. As they say, there is no need for treasure when the husband and wife get along well. And Fevronya herself gradually, gently built harmony in the new family. The grief came unexpectedly. Elder brother Pavel died. And Peter officially became the Prince of Murom. And Fevronya is a princess. The chronicle especially notes Peter's honest and just rule. Not according to birth and wealth, but “according to God’s deeds,” he celebrated and welcomed both the boyars and servants. He regularly conducted both foreign and commercial affairs. And often not without the wise advice of his beloved wife. Evil gossip spread. From the mansion to the chambers, from the houses to the huts. Like, the princess doesn’t like well-born people. The boyars don’t like them because they are blacks themselves. That is why the prince began to oppress the boyars. Either by humiliation or extortion. Once, at a drunken men's feast, at a princely meal, they began to cunningly blaspheme the princess. Especially the fat boyar Danila. “And why did you, Peter, young prince, humiliate your throne like that?” Or did you not find a high-born bride? We are glad to serve you, but our wives, the boyars, cannot bow to the village women. And the frail Timofey Tarasyev also emerged from behind the boyars’ brocade backs: “And that’s true, prince.” When your princess has a meal with our wives, there is no shame. He collects crumbs from the table into his palm. Really hungry. The boyars at the table laughed loudly and unanimously. The prince's face flushed. “Hey, she, I can swear,” Tarasyev crossed himself finely. - Ask whoever you want. - Come on, Anika, let's go get the princess. Tell me, the prince calls for a meal. The boyars watched with bated breath as Fevronya, at the order of the prince, sat down next to him and ate. As according to village custom, without hiding, she collected bread crumbs in her palm. And then Peter, annoyed, sharply grabbed her hand. He unclenched his fingers. She looked meekly into his eyes with understanding. In the palm of her hand, as everyone sitting saw, lay not crumbs at all, but fragrant lumps of church incense... Well, Peter laughed at the boyars, who, one after another, tumbled out of the chambers. And he never tested his wife again. However, the even more embittered boyars did not calm down. And at the boyar duma they threateningly decided: “If you, prince, want to be an autocrat, take another princess. But neither we nor our wives will submit to this. Let him take from the treasury as much as he wants and leave the city of Murom.” And the prince trembled. And I was confused. He bowed his head: “Go, unkind ones.” Ask the princess yourself. As she says, so it will be. Oh, how happy the boyars were! Soon the walkers were sent to the princely mansions. And they appeared before the princess. “The whole city, Madame Fevronya, demands that you give us the one we ask. Take as much wealth as you need and leave!” She stood calmly in front of them, impudent, well-fed, drunk. - So be it. But you also promise to give me whatever I ask. “Whatever you say, take it without arguing,” the boyars rejoiced. “And I will say,” the voice sounded firmer, “that I only need my husband, Peter.” The prince who was nearby listened to all this through the open door. “Well,” the arrogant guests looked at each other and were not at a loss. - Take it. We are at another party, we’ll choose this one better. Luckily there are some. And then the prince could not stand it. Got up. Has entered. With anger he looked at the red, sweaty faces of the boyars. Met with the loving eyes of his wife. He approached and gently hugged her shoulders. He quickly led me away from the evil court. Meanwhile, on the river bank, the boyars' servants were hastily preparing two plows for sailing, intending to finally escort the Ryazan know-it-all, the dark girl Fevronya, out of the Murom lands. And at the same time, forever expel Prince Peter, strict and long inconvenient for them. The night's fresh wind flaps the sails above Fevronya's head. Chilled, standing at the side, she listens to the creaking of rowlocks and pine masts on the plows, the quiet splashing of the Oka water, the rowers talking. Where are they going? Which lands will accept the exiles? What life (or death?) awaits them in the unknown distance? We landed on some shore for the night. While Anika and her servants were setting up tents and unloading ships, the prince sat down on a stone at a distance. And he thought bitterly. It was about something. It's time to throw yourself into the water. The wife walked up with a light gait. She gently wrapped her arms around her husband's neck. “Don’t grieve, prince. Despair is also a sin. God is merciful. We won’t be lost... Or don’t you believe it?” She picked him up from the cold stone. She led me to the fire, in which the fire was already crackling and dancing between two stakes driven into the ground for hanging a cauldron of water. “Will you believe in the mercy of God if in the morning these pegs become trees again?” The prince cheered up and laughed quietly: “Oh my goodness, are you making things up?” The next morning they woke up from surprised screams. The cook, Anika and servants crowded around the ashes from yesterday's fire. On its sides stretched two slender trees rustling with green foliage. “You see,” Fevronya gently touched her husband’s shoulder. “I told you, God is merciful.” And he gives it to everyone according to his faith.” Meanwhile, the boyars in Murom did not share power. They began to stalk, slander, insidiously, mercilessly kill each other. In addition, the city, which until recently was beautiful and carved, was attacked by fire without pity. Huge flashes of fire, as if in the hands of archangels, flew across the roofs of boyar houses and marketplaces. For everyone and everywhere the question seemed to sound: “Where did you put the legitimate prince Peter and the princess? If you don’t return them to the throne, everyone and everything will be consigned to fire and sword. And your houses, and your families, and your livestock...” And horror seized the city. There was a numbness. Less than three days had passed when, on the distant bank of the Oka, people appeared in front of the prince’s tent, shaking and humiliated, in singed clothes. Among them are Timofey Tarasyev and the potbellied boyar Danila. They fell prostrate into the grass with pitiful, sooty faces. They cried: “Forgive us, merciful one... Come back. Deliver me from sin." The prince raised Tarasyev from the ground. “Go in peace. Ask my princess. As she says, so it will be.” Fevronya came out of her tent. She listened without malice. “Go to your prince. If he wants to return, then I will be with him. The Lord gave us two abilities. Remember and forget. Forget evil. And remember the good.” When the plows of Peter and Fevronya, gliding along the surface of the Oka, returned to their native Murom, the whole city poured out to meet them on the green banks to the sound of bells. And the years stretched and floated by. In princely and everyday affairs. In fasting and prayer. Meek Fevronya continued to “work many miracles.” She was like love itself. She constantly treated and healed people. She took care of the sick and orphans. She built charity houses. She stood up for widows. Helped poor monasteries. Sometimes I loved to weave, as I once did in my youth. And Peter, in the clear light of her kind soul, had changed greatly over the years. Historians consider the time of his reign to be calm and prosperous. However, old age crept up on these happy spouses. Both in the temple and in their upper room near the icon case, they increasingly asked God for happiness - to give them the opportunity to die on the same day. They also wrote a will - not to separate their bodies even after death. For this purpose, by order of the prince, two coffins with a thin partition were hewn out in one stone. One day the prince called the old princess to him and, sitting her down next to him, quietly took her thin hand. “Tell me, my beloved, if I accept the monastic rank, will you also go to the monastery?” After a pause, the wife bowed low to her husband: “I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I was just waiting for your decision so I could get away from the world. To live closer to God. Among our worldly worries, rumors, and temptations, it is impossible to achieve holiness and perfection.” The prince continued her thought: “As John Chrysostom said, this is the same difference as between a quiet pier and a sea forever shaken by the wind.” Murom residents did not understand this decision. They wondered how it was possible to exchange princely glory, wealth, and honor for monasticism. After all, you can pray to God in the world too. But Peter and Fevronya were firm. And they accepted monasticism at the same time. He was named David in the Spassky Monastery. She is in the Assumption Monastery - Euphrosyne. It’s a pity that it is not known from the chronicles what spiritual deeds the couple accomplished in the monastery, in the solitude of their meager cells. However, it is not without reason that it is said: if in the world people fight demons like lambs, then monks fight them “like tigers.” They lived like this for several years, without seeing each other, only knowing and feeling the beating of their loving heart. But one warm July day, when Blessed Euphrosyne was in a narrow cell embroidering the face of the Mother of God on a veil for the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos, there was a knock on the door, and an alarmed young monk quickly entered. “Sister, I have been sent from your brother in Christ David. He ordered it to be conveyed that the time had come for his death. But he's waiting for you. To go to God together.” The old woman paused for a minute: “I can’t go with him right away. Let him wait. Once I finish it, I’ll go to him right away.” In his cell, dressed all in black, with a cross on his chest, the gray-haired, thinner prince listened with difficulty to the messenger. Gasping, he whispered: “Hurry to my beloved sister. Let him come to say goodbye. I’m already leaving this life.” The monk hastily ran in to Fevronya: “Sister. Don't hesitate. Prince Peter ends. He begs for forgiveness." “Beg him, brother, to be patient, to wait for me for a little minute. There’s only one stezitsa left to finish.” The monk ran all the way. And he found the prince barely alive. “Tell my Fevronya,” whispered the dying man, “that’s it, I’m leaving.” There’s no point in waiting.” The poor envoy ran to Fevronya crying: “Your prince Peter has died in peace. He has gone to eternal rest." The princess turned pale as snow. She stood up and, looking up at the Mother of God, crossed herself three times. Quietly, as if saying goodbye, she ran her hand over the unfinished sewing. She stuck a needle in and, wrapping a thread around it, began to quietly go to God...
And the angels carried the holy souls of Peter and Fevronya into the bottomless sky. There, where was the One who gave them great and pure love for each other. This happened, as they say in the Menaions, in the summer of 1228 from the birth of Christ. On the 25th day of June. After the funeral service, the Murom boyars neglected the wills of the deceased. Remembering that monks cannot be buried together, they decided to bury Prince Peter in the city near the cathedral church. And Fevronya’s coffin was placed in a country convent until the morning. However, the next morning the priests and parishioners stood in silent horror over the empty coffins in both churches. No one knew where the bodies of the newly deceased went. But the very frightened guard of the Church of the Mother of God, who soon came running, fell at the bishop’s feet and apologized for falling asleep at night and not seeing who it was who had secretly carried the prince and princess into the common coffin. They really, as they wanted during life, lay in one stone coffin, covered with Fevronya’s unfinished bedspread. The boyars unanimously decided that these were faithful servants at night and secretly carried out the will of their masters. Again, having separated the bodies, they took them to different churches, and closed the locks and bolts until the morning. The guards did not sleep a wink in the night. And again, no one noticed how the bodies of the holy elders again ended up in one coffin. So they buried them together. But ever since then they began to notice: whoever came to the holy relics with prayer received healing, harmony and love in the family. So it would be good for us to pray to the holy lovers who lived long, happily and died on the same day.
The lives of the righteous, which is supplemented by the available chronicle information, indicate that the death of the saints Prince David (Peter) and Princess Fevronia (Euphrosyne) followed on the same day and hour during Easter Week, which fell in April 1228. The
chronicles
supplement this fact with information, that a few days before this, their youngest son, Prince Svyatoslav Davidovich, died (who, presumably, was also buried in the princely tomb). The death of the holy Murom prince David with his wife and son fell during the ministry in Murom of Bishop Euphrosynus I (Svyatogorets) of Murom and Ryazan (1225-1239), who probably tonsured them into monasticism, giving the princess the same monastic name as his, and also, presumably, performed the church burial of the princely couple. Scribe book of Bartenev 1636/37. reports: “In the city, the cathedral church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with three tops with a porch, a stone porch, (...) in the chapel of the Supreme Apostles Peter and Paul lie the Murom miracle workers - the blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, covered with black cloth, and above the shrine - their an image with an act... The building is that cathedral church of the blessed memory of the Tsar and Grand Duke Ivan Vasilyevich of All Rus'...” As follows from this description, in the Peter and Paul chapel (built in the right apse) rested the relics of the Murom wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Reliquary of Murom Saints Peter and Fevronia in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin. 1890s
Photographs of a massive cypress shrine made for the relics in 1797 have been preserved.
The wooden Church of Peter and Fevronia
stood next to the temple. In con. XVIII century it was dismantled to make way for the construction of a three-tier bell tower. Her pride was the bell weighing 1049 tons, about which they said: “The big bell from hell will ring out the soul.” At the bell tower there was a warm Spassky Church and a chapel built in 1814 in honor of the Murom Icon of the Mother of God.
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Murom
Until 1921, the relics rested in the city Nativity Cathedral (dismantled in 1939-1940). The cathedral was looted, some of the oldest icons and utensils were transferred to the local history museum, the relics of the saints were transported to the local museum in 1921, from where they were returned to the Holy Trinity Monastery in 1992. Now the shrine with the relics of the saints is in the Holy Trinity Cathedral convent.
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Murom
Reliquary with the relics of Peter and Fevronia of Murom
Monument "Union of Love - Wise Marriage." Sculptor Nikolai Shcherbakov. City of Murom.
The monument to Peter and Fevronia was erected in Murom on July 7, 2012 on Peasant Square, between the Holy Trinity Convent and the Annunciation Monastery.
The bas-relief of Peter and Fevronia was installed at the western monastery wall of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery in Murom and was installed on July 8, 2008.
The All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity was first celebrated in 2008, which was declared the Year of the Family.
This holiday in Russia was established on the initiative of deputies of the State Duma. The initiative to celebrate Family Day is supported by all traditional religious organizations in Russia - after all, the idea of celebrating Family Day, love and fidelity has no denominational boundaries. Every religion has examples of family fidelity and love. The idea of the holiday arose several years ago among residents of the city of Murom (Vladimir region), where the relics of the holy spouses Peter and Fevronia, patrons of Christian marriage, are buried, whose memory is celebrated on July 8. Their lives embody the traits that traditional Russian religions have always associated with the ideal of marriage, namely: piety, mutual love and fidelity, performing acts of mercy and caring for the various needs of their fellow citizens. The new family holiday already has a medal, which will be awarded on July 8, and a very gentle symbol - a daisy. This warm holiday is welcome in any home, which is why it is so easy for him to walk - having come out of the church calendar, he is ready to knock on every door. For Family Day
Sergei Olkhovoy Is family a burden or wings? Are there chains around your neck or flight? In my opinion, the Family gives the opportunity to make a fairy tale come true. You can build only for your beloved, For your beloved you want to create. Give yourself to her freely, and that will make you happy! I sweep away all troubles with my hands and scatter the crows, I give her my victories, a guardian angel for her! Let the children be more important to her, It is clear that the future is in them, The father in the family is responsible for everything, And the joy is shared by two. She surrounds you with care, She will cover everyone with her wing. We call her mom, we write and sing poems to her. The family is the cell of the Universe, a small brick of it! You fulfill your calling for the glory of your Family!
Prayers to the Holy Blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, Murom Wonderworkers First Prayer
O great saints of God and wonderful miracle workers, blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, representatives and guardians of the city of Murom, and about all of us, zealous prayer books for the Lord! We come running to you and pray to you with strong hope: bring your holy prayers to the Lord God for us sinners and ask us from His goodness for all that is good for our souls and bodies: rightful faith, good hope, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, success in good deeds, peace of peace, fruitfulness of the earth, prosperity of the air, health to souls and bodies and eternal salvation. Intercede with the Heavenly King: may His faithful servants, in sorrow and sorrow cry out to Him day and night, hear the pained cry and may our belly be delivered from destruction. Ask the Church of Saints and the entire Russian Empire for peace, silence and prosperity, and for all of us a prosperous life and a good Christian death. Protect your fatherland, the city of Murom, and all Russian cities from all evil, and overshadow all the faithful people who come to you and worship you with the power of your auspicious prayers, and fulfill all their requests for good. Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers offered to you with tenderness, but be worthy of us as intercessors to the Lord in your dreams and make us worthy, through your holy help, to receive eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven; Let us glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God, forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
O saints of God, blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, we come running to you and pray to you with strong hope: offer up your holy prayers for us, sinners (namerek), to the Lord God and ask from His goodness all that is beneficial to our souls and bodies: faith right, good hope, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, success in good deeds. And petition the Heavenly King for a prosperous life and a good Christian death. Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers, but awaken in your dreams to intercede with the Lord, and with your help make us worthy to receive eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, so that we glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God forever and ever.
Icon “Saints Peter and Fevronya”
Princes of Murom. Holiness. Mandarin Duck.
Akathist to Peter and Fevronia
Kontakion 1
Chosen miracle workers and great saints of the Lord, intercessors of the city of Murom and dreams of prayer for our souls, holy blessings to Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia! The singing of praise brought to you, we pray earnestly: as you who have boldness in the Lord, through your intercession free us from all troubles, and make us heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, so that we call you joy but: Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Ikos 1
The angels of earth and the people of heaven have truly appeared, blessed Peter and Fevronia, from your youth you have had a clear conscience towards God, and have lived together in goodness in piety and purity, but for us Leaving as an example of imitation your life pleasing to God, which has been miraculous and illuminated by your miracles, we call you voices of praise: Rejoice, you who have loved Christ from your youth and who have served Him with all your heart; Rejoice, guardians of chastity and guardians of mental and physical purity. Rejoice, having prepared your soul and body on earth in the abode of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, being filled with the wisdom and intelligence of the Divine. Rejoice, as in the flesh, as without flesh, live together; Rejoice, for honor equal to the angels is worthy of acceptance. Rejoice, for you stand before the Trinity from earth to Heaven and there with the Angels; Rejoice, for with the disembodied faces you sing the thrice-holy hymn to Her. Rejoice, glorification of the Lord in Heaven and on earth; Rejoice, having found an eternal all-bright resting place. Rejoice, rich treasure of the city of Murom; Rejoice, source of inexhaustible miracles. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 2
Having visited Prince Peter in his returning sickness, the knowledge of the wrath of the god, for the non -fulfillment of his own, to appear in his wife’s wise foevia, getting down and combined with a nonsense of lawying. Both in marriage, live chastely and pleasingly to God, blessed ones, having one thought in two bodies, even pleasing to God; Therefore, today you sing to Him with the Angels a song: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
With a mind enlightened by God and gifted from above, saints Peter and Fevronia, love and mercy for the poor and orphans, the offended and helpless, faster intercessors, and many other virtues You will adorn your earthly reign. For this reason, we cry out to you: Rejoice, blessed and blessed ones, who have lived in love of God and preserved piety; Rejoice, full of mercy and compassion. Rejoice, quick helper to the helpless; Rejoice, comforters of the sad. Rejoice, feeders of orphans and widows; Rejoice, representatives of those in trouble. Rejoice, healers of mental and physical illnesses; Rejoice, joyful visitors of sorrowful hearts. Rejoice, you have shown your love for God and your love for your neighbors; Rejoice, your earthly reign is righteous and pleasing to God. Rejoice, praise to the Orthodox princes and establishment of the city of Murom; Rejoice, all Russian lands, intercession. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 3
We strengthen you with the power of God’s grace, blessed Prince Peter, you would rather leave the city of your fatherland and the reign of Murom, rather than divorce the wise Fevronia at the insistence of the proud bolyars yours. For this reason, for God’s sake, glorify you and create, so that the Bolyars, who were returned together with your wife, may once again be established on the throne of the reign of Murom, and show us an example of keeping the law of God By your labors, and imitating you in the holiness of keeping the wedding covenant, we sing to the hero Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Having care for your people, blessed Peter and Fevronia, vigilantly strive for their good, planting piety, eradicating wickedness and pacifying enmity. Moreover, the Lord, seeing such feats of yours, blessed the land of Murom with fruitfulness and granted deep peace to your reign, challenging your people to sing gratefully to you: Rejoice, God's Goddess, a participant in the lives of the great saints; Rejoice, ruler of good fortune, people of Murom who have led you to salvation. Rejoice, guardians of Christian piety; Rejoice, eradicators of disorder, strife and all wickedness. Rejoice, Christian spouses, teachers of pious life; Rejoice, conjugal chastity and continence are an excellent image. Rejoice, zealots of the righteous judgment; Rejoice, zealots of non-profit and selflessness. Rejoice, holy kings Constantine and Helen, acquisitors of virtues; Rejoice, Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and Blessed Princess Olga are worthy successors. Rejoice, most honorable and good combination, shining with rays of miracles; Rejoice, O bright lamp of your fatherland. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 4
The storm of sorrows and misfortunes raised by the malice of this world, do not weaken your strong love for God, Peter and Blessed Fevronia, but moreover teach you to skillfully reflect kindled desires ly temptations of the devil: you have wrapped yourself in the armor of the faith of Christ, in the depths of the world, above the multi-rebellious abyss of everyday life sea, and reach the quiet harbor of salvation, and bring us to it with your prayers, so that together with you we sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Having heard your pious life near and far, the blessed Peter and Fevronia, I glorified the lover of mankind, God, who has given you strength for all good deeds, and like the most bright rays, I asked in your fatherland, even to this day your names are honorable, and your exploits are glorified with these praises: Rejoice , the most luminous two, united by God; Rejoice in the light of your pious life, like God’s bright lights shining forth. Rejoice, having acquired the Kingdom of Heaven through alms and prayers; Rejoice, having achieved eternal bliss through humility and forgiveness. Rejoice, for your reward is abundant in Heaven; Rejoice, for your joy is eternal in the light of the saints. Rejoice, beloved servants of Christ; Rejoice, friends of all the saints. Rejoice, stars of charm, who correctly point out the path of a married life pleasing to God; Rejoice, dew-bearing clouds, driving away the heat of passions and wickedness. Rejoice, givers of God's mercies and bounty to us; Rejoice, integral adornment of your fatherland. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 5
God-enlightened luminaries of piety and wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia, who loved God with all their souls, kept all His commandments; Moreover, Christ, like the bright sun and moon, showed you, blessed ones, many miracles with the dawn illuminating the Murom region and the entire Russian country, glorifying the holy and multi-healing incorruption I am your relics, falling to them, according to our inheritance we bless you and sing with thanksgiving to the wondrous thing in our saints To God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
Having seen your righteous life and your generosity, the people of Muromstia glorify you, their merciful rulers, blessed Peter and Fevronia, but you have loved true humility and the praises of mankind. Then, by pride, remain invincible, and thus show us the image of the highest humility, learning from it, crying out with love This is for you: Rejoice, thou who have counted the glory of man for nothing; Rejoice, you who have earnestly loved the humility of Christ. Rejoice, faithful doers of the commandments of the Lord; Rejoice, followers of the teachings of the Gospel. Rejoice, servant of the Most High God, having done His will; Rejoice, having kept the faith of Christ to the end. Rejoice, teachers of piety to people named after Christ; Rejoice, you who want to live a life pleasing to God and the wisdom of your teacher. Rejoice, for through your prayers you save us from all troubles; Rejoice, you who fulfill all our good requests. Rejoice, the grace of a physician among those who suffer; Rejoice, patron of the mercy of the country of Murom. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 6
Preachers of the Orthodox faith and zealots of piety, not only in words, but in all their lives, quickly in the city of Murom, praise to Peter and Fevronia; Moreover, the Holy Church worthily honors your exploits and labors, in which you labored for the glory of the Most High God, constantly singing to Him: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Shine in the city of Murom with the light of your virtuous life, like the God-bright stars, blessed Peter and Fevronia, and your memory in it with praises to this day, as even after your death you do not cease illuminate us, performing many miracles, and thereby the bright dawn of immortality for us from the relics yours shining, may we bless you with our blessings: Rejoice, guardians of the rites and statutes of the holy Church; Rejoice, reverent worshipers of the servants of the altar of the Lord. Rejoice, zealots of the good customs and traditions of the patristic fathers; Rejoice, eradicators of evil customs and vanity of the pagans. Rejoice, judgments that have been impartial to your people are not partial; Rejoice, having united your judgments with mercy. Rejoice, meek and gentle followers of Christ; Rejoice, you who have overcome evil with good. Rejoice, incorruptible fragrant flowers; Rejoice, unflickering rays of immortality. Rejoice, you who shine with the greatness of miracles on earth; Rejoice, angels from Heaven glorifying God. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 7
Although the philanthropic Lord will appear in your life, Peter and Fevronia, as an example of edification not only for worldly people, but also for monastic faces, inspire you in your old age to leave the glory of the earthly reign, and take on the monastic image, in it strive for goodness by fasting, vigil and prayer, chanting continually to the Triune God the angelic song: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
You have received the new grace of God in monastic vows, in monastic vows, with new deeds you will decorate your equal life with the angels, and thus bring the fruit of spiritual perfection to Christ, and the reward of the teacher you are worthy to receive from Him. Remembering such zeal for your spiritual achievements, we glorify you with these worthy praises: Rejoice, for for the sake of the Lord you have abandoned the reign and glory of this world; Rejoice, for you have diligently accepted the monastic life of equal angels. Rejoice, ascetic of perfect patience; Rejoice, blessed money-grubbers free from poverty. Rejoice, before your death you killed all your passions through abstinence; Rejoice, having received the holy schema into the armor of salvation. Rejoice, you who changed the prince’s scarlet garment for a monastic hair shirt; Rejoice, by fasting, vigil and unceasing prayers, you have pleased God well. Rejoice, seekers of God-loving solitude; Rejoice, lovers of saving silence. Rejoice, watered with tears of prayer; Rejoice, in the host of your kind glorified in Heaven. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 8
It was a strange and wondrous miracle, when you, Blessed Peter, at the end of your life, petitions for the sake of your wife, Saint Fevronia, slowed down your exodus until she had passed away from the swaddling clothes. from the church, stitched with it and together with you to the end of death, and thus inseparability in life, inseparability in death he appeared, and on one day and hour he betrayed his holy soul in the hand of God, calling everlastingly the living and the dead to the possessing Lord God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
You all marveled and glorified the wondrous God in His saints, when your holy body was placed in different tombs, miraculously found, lying in a common tomb, just prepared yourself, reverend, in the cathedral church of the city of Murom, where to this day you rest inseparably, miracle-working saints, inexhaustibly exuding healing to all who come running to you with faith and call: Rejoice, your union of love is faithfully preserved to the grave and beyond the grave; Rejoice, not only in life, but also in death, in the Lord of unity. Rejoice, in your pious married life imitating your strong helpers; Rejoice, you who warm us with the warmth of your love. Rejoice, having passed from temporary death to eternal life; Rejoice, from the Lord incorruptibility and miracles of glorification. Rejoice, for your memory is with praise and your dormition is with the saints; Rejoice, for your names are honorable and blessed in your fatherland. Rejoice, Russian countries, fertile fertilizer; Rejoice, indestructible fence of the city of Murom. Rejoice, O representatives of heaven who love and honor you; Rejoice, you who ever ask us from the Lord for the gifts of His goodness. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 9
All the Angels and holy faces rejoiced with great joy, when your holy souls reached the eternal in the abodes of the heavenly villages, and the Creator Himself of the Angels and the Most Holy of Holies, the King of Sla You are Christ, who crowned you with immortality and gave you the grace to pray to Him with boldness in many ways for all those who seek your intercession, Do not deprive us, sinners, of this praise, Peter and Fevronia, who humbly sing a song of praise to God who glorified you: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
Human wisdom does not suffice for the worthy glorification of your wondrous life, holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronius; Who is it that confesses all your prayers and forgiveness, illnesses and labors? who will count all your tears and sighs to God? Both of us strive with love for you, we dare to sing to you these small and simple praises: Rejoice, you chosen vessels of the grace of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, everlasting blessings to us intercessors. Rejoice, God-fearing spouses confirmed in piety; Rejoice, violators of marital chastity and harmony are a terrible reproof. Rejoice, the wrath of God, righteously moving against us, quenched by your prayers; Rejoice, you who continually pray to the Lord for the peace of the whole world. Rejoice, fortresses against our enemies, visible and invisible, and our supporters; Rejoice, angelic people. Rejoice, joint heirs of the venerable and righteous; Rejoice, faithful saint of the Most Holy Trinity. Rejoice, blessed inhabitants of the mountain city of Heavenly Jerusalem; Rejoice, you who triumph with the saints in the tabernacles of paradise. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 10
Eternal salvation has been inherited by the blessed Peter and Fevronia, with your souls in the heavenly abodes inseparably remaining in God, and with your holy relics in the temple of God resting incorruptibly together, and You exude abundant healing, so that your miracles are gracefully illuminated, we cry out in praise to the Supreme Creator of miracles, God: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
The wall of intercession, your favorable prayers to God, have been found, holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia, we diligently send thanks to the Heavenly Father for all His good deeds, which you have abundantly shown to us all To you, our representatives, we bring the chant: Rejoice, all-bright heir of the Kingdom of Christ; Rejoice, interlocutor of angelic faces. Rejoice, you who contemplate God in more unapproachable glory; Rejoice, Trisian Deity of the Mystery. Rejoice, you who reign forever with the saints in Heaven; Rejoice, you who mercifully reach from the heights of the earth to those born on earth. Rejoice, smell the fragrance of heavenly vegetation; Rejoice, cypress trees of the miracle-working paradise of Jesus. Rejoice, givers of envy and free healing; Rejoice, performers of many praiseworthy miracles. Rejoice, you who shower many blessings upon us; Rejoice, the mercy of your compassion encompassing everyone. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 11
We bring prayer songs to you, saints of God Petra and Fevronia, and with love we fall before the rank of your holy and multi-healing relics, glorifying your godly life and many deeds. We earnestly pray to you, holy wonderworkers, help us to imitate your virtues, so that we may sing to our Creator in a godly manner: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
The cathedral temple of the city of Murom was filled with heavenly light, when with the favor of God the holy relics of your Peter and Fevronia were found safe and fragrant in it, and from the depths of the earth, as if hidden a precious thing, worn out in the past, where they rest to this day, abundant healing flowing to the sick and sick . For this reason we cry to you with song: Rejoice, incorruptible gold, found in the depths of the earth; Rejoice, beads that shine and gracefully enlighten people. Rejoice, praise to the holy Orthodox Church; Rejoice, denunciation of heresies and schisms. Rejoice, light up your minds, enlightened by the dawn of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, peace filled with the fragrance of Christ. Rejoice, having been clothed in the robe of grace-filled incorruptibility; Rejoice, girded with the power of many miracles. Rejoice, for your honest physician’s cancer has become a human disease; Rejoice, for from her everyone who comes with faith receives gifts of healing. Rejoice, the brightness of your miracles illuminating the darkness of our souls; Rejoice, you who show us the dawn of the common resurrection through the incorruption of your holy relics. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 12
Having known the grace from above given to you, holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronius, with reverence and love we worship your incorruptible and multi-healing relics and from them we accept healing in times of ill health and in sorrow. hope, in troubles, grace-filled help: therefore, we glorify you according to your heritage, heavenly representatives and our intercessors, singing praises and thanksgiving to the Lord God who does us good: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing your many and glorious miracles, great saints of God Petra and Fevronia, we bless you as healers, comforters and helpers from the Lord given to us, and we prayerfully celebrate the Holy Father I pray to you, from the love of my heart I sing to you in gratitude and praise: Rejoice, in the fragrance of the holy incorruptible resting; Rejoice, you who come to the race with faith and sanctify your relics with grace. Rejoice, you who call in prayerfully honest names your speedy hearers; Rejoice, because God has placed trust in you as a wonderful helper. Rejoice, you who have known the propitiators of the Heavenly King; Rejoice, our mighty protectors from invisible enemies. Rejoice, you have dreamed of us all as intercessors of salvation; Rejoice, persistent guardians of the city of Murom. Rejoice, wonderful kindness of the Russian princes; Rejoice, patrons of your fatherland given by God. Rejoice, healing grace of our bodies; Rejoice for our souls’ zeal for the Lord in prayer. Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.
Kontakion 13
About the holiness and glory of the wonderworkers, the blessing of Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia! Mercifully accept this laudatory song from us, unworthy, brought to you in tenderness, and by your intercession from the Lord ask us for confirmation in faith and good deeds, and deliverance from all sorrows and illnesses temporary and eternal, may we be honored to sing together with you and all the saints in the Kingdom of Heaven To the Most Holy Trinity, an everlasting song of praise: Alleluia.
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
First prayer
About the great saints of God and the wonderful wonderworkers of the blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, representatives and guardians of the city of Murom, and about all of us, zealous prayers to the Lord! We come running to you and pray to you with strong hope: bring your holy prayers to the Lord God for us sinners and ask us from His goodness for all that is beneficial to our souls and bodies: right faith, hope goodness, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, prosperity in good deeds, peace of peace, fruitfulness of the earth, prosperity of the air, health of souls and bodies and eternal salvation. Intercede with the King of Heaven: let His faithful servants, in sorrow and sorrow cry out to Him day and night, hear the painful cry and let our lives be delivered from destruction. Ask the Church of Saints and the entire Russian state for peace, silence and prosperity, and for all of us a prosperous life and a good Christian death. Protect your fatherland, the city of Murom, and all Russian cities from all evil, and overshadow all the faithful people who come to you and worship with the relics with the grace of your favorable prayers, and all about fulfill their intentions for good. Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers offered to you with tenderness, but be the representatives of the Lord in your dreams and grant us, with your holy help, eternal salvation and the Kingdom of Heaven to inherit; Let us glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God, forever and ever. Amen.
Second prayer
O saints of God, blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, we resort to you and to you with strong hope we pray: lift up for us sinners (names), your holy prayers to the Lord God and ask Receive from His goodness all that is good for our souls and bodies: faith truth, good hope, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, success in good deeds. And petition us from the Heavenly King for a prosperous life and a good Christian death. Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers, but dream of intercession with the Lord for us, and grant us, through your help, eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, and let us glorify the ineffable love of mankind Father and Son and Holy Spirit, in the Trinity we worship God forever and ever.
