St. Gabriel Sedmiezerny (Zyryanov), Schema-Archimandrite

Gabriel (Zyryanov), Sedmiezersky
(1844 - 1915), Schema-Archimandrite, Venerable Memory of September 24 (Kazan, ROCOR [1]) and in the Cathedrals of Kazan and Pskov Saints

In the world, Gabriel Mikhailovich Zyryanov, was born on March 14, 1844 in the village of Frolovo (parish of the village of Bobrovsky) in the Irbit district of the Perm province, in a family of wealthy state peasants, baptized in the name of the Archangel Gabriel. Evgenia and Anna, his sisters, subsequently took monastic vows with the names Evstolia and Agnia. As a child, Gabriel was often sick; for the sake of their son’s recovery, the Zyryanovs vowed not to consume meat or alcohol. At the age of 18, Gabriel made a pilgrimage to the Verkhoturye St. Nicholas Monastery to the relics of St. Simeon of Verkhoturye, who appeared to the young man several times in visions and predicted monasticism for him.

On August 13, 1864 (according to other sources, on August 16, 1865) he entered the Optina Monastery as a novice; on July 31, 1872, after being dismissed from the class of state peasants, he was officially enrolled in the monastery and tonsured as a ryassophore. He carried out obediences in the bell tower, in the bread room, in the prosphora, was the manager in the hegumen's kitchen, and was spiritually nourished by St. Ambrose (Grenkov) and St. Hilarion (Ponomarev). In 1874 he became seriously ill, lived in a hut at the monastery fishing grounds near the Mitino plant, and recovered through the prayers of the Optina elders.

Gabriel's desire to take monastic vows was not approved by the abbot of the desert, St. Isaac (Antimonov). In the fall of 1874, Gabriel visited Kyiv and Moscow. At the invitation of Archimandrite Gregory (Voinov) on December 28, 1874 entered the Vysokopetrovsky Monastery, on February 1, 1875 he was enrolled in the brethren, on August 13 of the same year he was tonsured into the mantle with a name in honor of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, February 20, 1877 ordained hierodeacon. Archimandrite's approval Simeon (Kholmogorov), that the monk served as a housekeeper, is not confirmed by official documents.

Due to denunciations and intrigues of some monks, on August 14, 1880, Hierodeacon Tikhon moved to the Moscow Epiphany Monastery. He had a good voice (tenor) and often served as bishop. Dmitrovsky Ambrose (Klyucharyov), became known in secular circles of lovers of church singing, which aroused the envy of other hierodeacons of the Epiphany monastery.

He maintained correspondence with the Optina elders, on the advice of St. Ambrose left Moscow, received leave in June 1882 and went to the Raifa Mother of God Monastery, where in December of the same year he was accepted into the ranks of the brethren, and on April 24, 1883 he was ordained hieromonk.

Archimandrite's statements Simeon (Kholmogorov), that in the Raifa monastery the monk was the official fraternal confessor, is not confirmed by documents. Conflicted with the archimandrite. Veniamin (Averkiev).

On October 7, 1883, he was appointed housekeeper of the Kazan Bishop's House.

In November of the same 1883 he was transferred to the Sedmiezernaya Hermitage,

On March 4, 1889, he was appointed confessor and dean of the monastery.

He took part in religious processions with the main shrine of the monastery - the miraculous Sedmiezernaya Icon of the Mother of God.

In the fall of 1892, he overstrained himself while pulling a monastery cart out of a ravine, and on the same day received a severe burn to the esophagus and stomach with vinegar essence. In anticipation of his death, on October 5, 1892, he was tonsured into the great schema with a name in honor of the Archangel Gabriel. Five years about. Gabriel did not get out of bed; he often received Holy Communion. “The more I suffered, the easier I felt”

, he wrote later. During the years of illness, he acquired the gifts of senility and insight.

With donations from secular visitors who came to him for advice (about 10 thousand rubles), in 1899-1900. in the Sedmiezernaya Hermitage a church was built in the name of St. Euphemia the Great and Tikhon of Zadonsk, intended for reading the incessant Psalter for the dead and serving early liturgies. October 16, 1900 Archbishop. Arseny (Bryantsev) of Kazan consecrated this temple, and on August 8, 1901 he appointed St. Gabriel as acting governor, and then as governor of the Sedmiezernaya Hermitage.

June 9, 1902 Fr. Gabriel was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.

Schema-Archimandrite Gabriel established the economy of the monastery, expanded the cattle and dairy yards, a brick factory, organized a blacksmith, carpentry, shoemaker's workshop, oil mill, and apiary.
Monastic honey was in demand at the Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod fairs. According to the governor’s design, a grain dryer was built, which worked so efficiently that the landowners who visited the deserts then set up similar household yards in their estates. The arable land of the monastery, previously rented out, was cultivated by the inhabitants, and it brought in more income. Part of the income went to the treasury of the bishop's house. Both the highest spiritual authority of the archimandrite and his active economic activities aroused dissatisfaction among careless monks and in secular circles; complaints were sent to the Synod against him. In 1908, the Synod received a denunciation in which the governor was accused of the collapse of the monastery and of belonging to the Social Democratic Party. Kazan Archbishop Nikanor (Kamensky) made an audit of the monastery, on May 15, 1908, the schema-archim. Gabriel and treasurer Fr. Tikhon were removed from their positions. According to Archimandrite Simeon, “father almost died of shock”

, he was later acquitted. Officially evicted from the monastery, Fr. Gabriel lived for some time in a house built in the desert with donations from admirers, then in Kazan.

At the end of July 1908, he arrived at the Spaso-Eleazarovsky Monastery, the abbot of which was his spiritual son, Archimandrite. Juvenaly (Maslovsky). A house with a church in the name of the Archangel Gabriel was built for the elder, consecrated on August 7, 1910.

An intense prayer life (read 12 thousand Jesus prayers every day, midnight prayers, kathismas, hours, vespers, cell rule) Fr. Gabriel combined this with elder ministry and active correspondence with the clergy and laity. The spiritual guidance of the monk was enjoyed by the schmch. Ignatius (Lebedev), schema-heigum. Tamar (Marjanova), students and teachers of the Kazan Theological Academy, future bishops, hieromartyrs Anatoly (Grisyuk), Ambrose (Polyansky), Amfilokhiy (Skvortsov), Victor (Ostrovidov), German (Ryashentsev), Eusebius (Rozhdestvensky), Joasaph (Udalov), Methodius (Krasnoperov), Peter (Zverev), archbishops Varlaam (Ryashentsev), Gury (Stepanov), Innokenty (Letyaev), Innokenty (Yastrebov), Pimen (Pegov), Stefan (Znamirovsky), bishops Varsonofy (Luzin), Gabriel (Abalymov) ), Leonty (Wimpfen), Nikolai (Ipatov), ​​Feodor (Pozdeevsky). Vel. book Elisaveta Feodorovna visited the elder several times and attended his funeral. Schearchim. Gabriel visited the princess at the Marfo-Mariinsky Monastery in Moscow. He cared for the nuns of the Pskov Starovoznesensky and St. John the Baptist monasteries.

Since 1912, the old man’s health had been deteriorating. Anticipating his imminent death, he prepared a tomb in the Eleazar Hermitage. The offensive of German troops in the summer of 1915 and the threat of ending up in occupied territory forced the monk to leave for Kazan in August 1915. A seriously ill old man settled in the apartment of the KazDA inspector Archimandrite. Guria (Stepanova).

He died on September 24, 1915 in Kazan.
Before the death of the elder, he gave communion to the priest. Jonah (Pokrovsky). He was buried in the church of St. Euthymius the Great and St. Tikhon of Zadonsk of the Sedmiezersk Hermitage. In 1928-1929 the monastery was closed and subsequently destroyed, the burial of Elder Gabriel was desecrated. The relics of the saint, together with the Sedmiezernaya icon, were preserved by Hieroschim. Seraphim (Kashurin). Initially the life of St. Gabriel was compiled by his student, Archimandrite. Simeon (Kholmogorov).

In 1981, with the blessing of the Kazan bishop. Panteleimon (Mitryukovsky) image of St. Gabriel was placed on the icon of the Cathedral of Kazan Saints, which is located in the St. Nicholas Cathedral. In 1996, the Synodal Commission for Canonization reviewed the materials for the glorification of the elder; on December 25, 1996, the canonization of St. Gabriel was approved by Patriarch Alexy II. In the same year, a troparion and kontakion were compiled, and in 1998 an akathist to the saint.

Since 1997, the relics of the saint have been in the church of St. John of Kronstadt Kazan Theological Seminary, from July 30, 2000 - in the restored Sedmiezernaya Hermitage. Particles of the relics and icons of St. Gabriel are found in the Church of St. John of Kronstadt and the Spaso-Eleazar Monastery.

On July 9, 2022, during a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the question of the church-wide glorification of St. Gabriel of Sedmiezerny is included in the agenda of the next Bishops' Council of the Russian Church [2].

Prayers

Troparion, tone 4

From your youth, God-wise, having been enlightened by the love of Christ,/ you left the vain and troubled world./ You entrusted your life to the intercession of the Most Pure Mother of God,/ you shed streams of tears before the honest E I have sanctified the seven Ezers with the image,/ and with their streams./ And for the sake of patience, adorn you With heavenly gifts, Christ our God, // Glorious in showing the earth Kazan in miracles and disciples.

Troparion, same voice

The ascetic, as one from the ancients,/ you acquired perfection in many sorrows,/ you were abundantly adorned with grace-filled gifts,/ you raised new martyrs to God./ Intercede for us not by your prayers,// Reverend Father Gabriel, older than ours.

Kontakion, tone 5

You endured the tribulations and slander of the enemy with good-naturedness, / taught you to overcome evil with meekness, love and humility, / with warm prayer and tears you stood before the Lord, / contemplating the secret and the future, like the present, / like Father Gabriel, / do not leave your children // diligent and quick intercession to God.

In Kontakion, voice 2

You appeared in your old age in a good vegetation, blessed one, / you fulfilled your life with patience, fasting and prayers. / You acquired the gifts of insight and healing, / and you will pave the way for your disciples go to the Heavenly villages./ And now there pray to Christ God for all those who call upon you :/ Rejoice, like Father Gabriel,/ vessel of the Holy Spirit, // all the Kazan lands are an adornment.

Venerable Gabriel (Zyryanov), Sedmiezerny, Spaso-Eleazarovsky

Kontakion 1

Chosen servant of Christ and His Most Pure Mother, a non-slothful servant! A warm prayer book for us to God and His love, a wonderful and perfect image! Accept from us unworthy the praise due to you and, as you have boldness towards the Lord, deliver us from all troubles and sorrows, so that we call to you: Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Ikos 1

To the Archangel of the same name and to his life-like counterpart, the Creator of all creation saw the prophetic words: “Behold, Thou art Mine!” From your youth, having heard this voice from Heaven, you loved with all your heart the God who loved you, Reverend Father Gabriel. For this reason we call you: Rejoice, chosen by God from youth; Rejoice, you who have been called to Heavenly citizenship; Rejoice, you who count the beauty of this world for nothing; Rejoice, thou who has loved the life of angels from childhood; Rejoice, thou who has faithfully accepted the yoke of Christ; Rejoice, thou who was justified by grace by his life; Rejoice, childish image of tearful prayer; Rejoice, God-loving branch of pious parents; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 2

Seeing the beauty of the Divine vision that overshadowed you with the grace of the Holy Spirit, you surprised your parents, not calling them children, but God’s children. You also diligently followed Him who called you Yours, constantly calling out to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

With a divinely enlightened mind you comprehended the vanity and impermanence of this world, Reverend Gabriel, from your youth you desired eternal blessings and created for yourself the abode of the Holy Spirit. We create for you a chic song: Rejoice, having taught yourself abstinence from your youth; Rejoice, having with fasting and prayer repulsed the arrows of the evil one to the end; Rejoice, thou vouchsafed the Divine calling; Rejoice, thou who havest been rewarded with justification from the Lord; Rejoice, loving Christ God with all your heart; Rejoice, for you have walked right according to His commandments; Rejoice, clothed with the battle of righteousness; Rejoice, enlightened by the light of God; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 3

By the power from above you were delivered from your wound, Reverend Gabriel, in your weakness you prayed to the righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, and through his prayers you were healed and sang to God, Wonderful in His saints: Alleluia.

Ikos 3

I am going to you to the Verkhoturye monastery from afar to the multi-healing power of the saint of God in fulfillment of the vow given to him, you saw the saint in the form of a wondrous wanderer. Having done alms for him, you heard from him: “You will be a monk, you will be a schema-monk, you will be here.” We, marveling at God’s favor for you, call to you: Rejoice, having surrendered yourself entirely to the guidance of God; Rejoice, you who chose the narrow and sorrowful path of monastic life by His will; Rejoice, zealous competitor of the ancient ascetics; Rejoice, guardian of Christian virtues; Rejoice, healed by the prayers of the righteous Simeon; Rejoice, having been anticipated by his intercession in monasticism; Rejoice, having left your fatherland for the love of the Lord; Rejoice, having taught yourself to live a temperate life from your youth; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 4

Confused by a storm of doubts and afraid of your parents’ wrath, as if the grain crops had been wounded by hail, admonishing your father to leave, you dared to ask God Himself for the abundance of the fields. Hearing a thunderous voice from Heaven and the great gifts of God in vain, sang to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Hearing the great life of the God-wise fathers and elders of the Optina Hermitage and wanting to imitate their piety, you asked for your parent’s blessing, Reverend Father. They, marveling at your humility, blessed you on the narrow path of monastic life. We, praising your good will, sing to you: Rejoice, you who have shown great love for God; Rejoice, having abounded in His power; Rejoice, inflamed with divine love; Rejoice, captivated by the way of life of the desert fathers; Rejoice, blessed by St. Ambrose; Rejoice, protected from despondency and sorrow by Elder Melchizedek; Rejoice, zealous companion of desert lovers in the search for God; Rejoice, for your enemies and for all your warmest prayer books; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 5

The godly great luminary, shining in the desert of Optina, shone upon you, the good branch, but you, imitating your spiritual teacher with gentleness and meekness, shone like a new star and together with them you cried out to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

You saw with sorrow that the abbot was depriving you of monastic tonsure, otherwise it would not be possible to shake the strength of your will. You, having asked for the elder’s blessing, came to the city of Moscow. We, seeing that you have laid this heavy cross on yourself, sing to you: Rejoice, you who received the radio invasion not for the sake of vestments, but for repentance; Rejoice, thou who despiseth the sweets of the flesh to the wise God; Rejoice, diligent builder of brotherly love; Rejoice, having experienced fasting in the Moscow monasteries; Rejoice, you who did not hide your talents in the earth; Rejoice, you who have crushed the networks of vanity and pride; Rejoice, pillar of consolation for the discouraged; Rejoice, monastic image of patience; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 6

The capital city of Moscow preaches your labors and exploits, O wise man Gabriel, where you labored in two monasteries, so that the new monasticism will become an ancient fatherly image, teaching the brethren to worthily chant to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

You have shone forth from the Ural country like a radiant light, O Reverend Father, illuminating many abodes with the divinely enlightened light. Among them is the Raifa hermitage, where you were awarded the priesthood. With this in mind, we sing to thee: Rejoice, guardian of the commandments of the elderly; Rejoice, partaker of secret revelations; Rejoice, father who perceived the ancient traces; Rejoice, having received victories from God against the evil-believers and the enemy-makers; Rejoice, for by you envy is trampled upon; Rejoice, for through your prayers to the Mother of God demons are cast out; Rejoice, marvelous imitator of Christ in love; Rejoice, as one who has only one wealth; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 7

Although you were a faithful imitator of the Lamb of God, having adopted His meekness and humility, you meekly endured all sorts of insults and sorrows from envious people when you were removed from the monastery to the city of Kazan; but knowing that eternal salvation is given through temporary sorrows, you cried out to the Savior of all: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

With a new command from the bishops, you directed your feet, blessed father, to the wilderness of the seven lakes, where the miraculous image of the Most Holy Theotokos stood. But you, glorifying Yu, and this monastery, glorified you more than before, when you were appointed archimandrite there. We glorify you here: Rejoice, fragrant tree of desert vegetation; Rejoice, beloved and faithful child of the Mother of God; Rejoice, Her unshakable and compassionate admirer; Rejoice, enriched with the union of virtues; Rejoice, beautifier of the Sedmiezersk desert; Rejoice, zealot of monastic exploits; Rejoice, having chosen the love of God as the path to Heaven; Rejoice, you who have overcome all suffering through humility; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 8

A terrible illness has struck you, Father Reverend, and it kept your long-suffering body on your sick bed for five years, just as sometimes your soul is separated from it. You, the glorification of St. Anticipating Seraphim, you cried out for his help in his weakness. After healing, his image appeared in the same place of the Mother of God as a martyr to the wonderworker of Sarov, writing, singing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

You devoted everything to yourself to the erection of a new temple, St. Father, upon receiving the Great Schema, thinking that in this temple the Psalter will continually be chanted for all the departed. In it, as you liturgy, you saw a luminous vision of all the saints praying at the Throne of the Lord, sacrificing Himself for us, singing to You: Rejoice, contemplator of the radiant Divine vision; Rejoice, having seen all the saints before the Lord at prayer; Rejoice, overshadowed by the favor of the Mother of God; Rejoice, lover of God, gifted with gifts from above; Rejoice, you who extended equal love to your neighbors, living and deceased; Rejoice, you who created a temple for the constant reading of the Psalms; Rejoice, for having nothing to build, move towards it, trusting in God; Rejoice, for with the blessing of the archpastor the church building was miraculously created; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 9

The whole multitude of mankind was surprised on earth in the flesh at your patience and kindness, reverend father, when you are blameless and righteous, you are visible and jealous of piety; the law-breaking brethren rebelled against you, wanting to kill you. You, praying to the Lord, cried out to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

No one can tell about your great patience and warm love for Christ, catering to demonic promises, expelling you from the monastery for the sake of slander, Rev. Father Gabriel. You settled in the Savior monastery within the boundaries of Pskov, where you worked hard. We, understanding the will of God in this, sing to you: Rejoice, rule of piety and faith; Rejoice, having endured reproach and exile for this; Rejoice, reproached by the brethren, imputing dishonor to yourself as honor; Rejoice, man who conquered the machinations of the wicked through humility; Rejoice, watered with streams of saving tears; Rejoice, perfect image of true kindness and brotherly love; Rejoice, you who have drunk the cup of reproach like a cleansing medicine; Rejoice, you who prayed with love to the Lord for those who hate you; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 10

I want to save your children, who are coming to you in great numbers, and I foresee for you the time of hard times and the persecution of the Church of Christ, which you depicted in your life, love for the Lord, as the root of all good things, you commanded them to have and thus endure everything, crying out to God to the end: Ashshluia.

Ikos 10

The walls of the Stasov monastery were not able to shelter you, Father Gabriel, for many people have seen you as equal to the angels in their life and coming to you; Having heard the words of eternal life, you glorified your spiritual exploits in many Russian cities and villages. In the same way, we honor you with these praiseworthy words: Rejoice, spiritual mentor of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth; Rejoice, a quiet and faithful refuge for archpastors and shepherds; Rejoice, God-wise and quick helper to those who honor monks; Rejoice, your child and our guide to the inaccessible mountains; Rejoice, having led a congregation of disciples to Christ; Rejoice, with them, as a father from his children, you who ascended to Him received the reward of Heaven; Rejoice, you who sanctified our land and waters with your tears; Rejoice, having depicted by your life the future sorrows of the Russian Church; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 11

All singing is not sufficient for your praise, reverend father, who will be able to glorify your arduous life or praise your deeds? Only seeing you again, even at the hour of death, the people of the city of Kazan weepingly cried out to the One who called you: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

We confess that you are a lamp of good deeds, Reverend, as with warm prayers to Christ God and His Most Pure Mother, for our city and your monastery, now you intercede before Them and with the light of Divine love you warm the souls and hearts of those who come to you and sing to you: Rejoice, lamp Divine light; Rejoice, zealous prayer book to God and His Mother, the All-Sung; Rejoice, lover of God, still contemplating the Heavenly Light on earth; Rejoice, for your sake you chose the hard and narrow path; Rejoice, heavenly patron of those who honor your holy memory; Rejoice, you who are our guide to the heavenly monastery; Rejoice, messenger of God’s love, calling everyone to reconciliation with the Lord; Rejoice, strengthen us by the feat of faith in love for Him; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 12

The grace of God was a bright dwelling in your life, Reverend Father Gabriel, and after death did not leave us with your intercession before the Lord, teaching students now how to walk the narrow path of salvation, glorifying, thanking and crying out to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing your labors and deeds, we please you, wondrous elder, as though you had passed away from us, you are alive and standing before God in your spirit, interceding for us. We, the upcoming race of your multi-healing relics, glorify you: Rejoice, spiritual strengthening of the Russian land; Rejoice, praise and affirmation have been given to the city of Kazan; Rejoice, companion of angels and all saints; Rejoice, heir of the Kingdom of Christ; Rejoice, vigilant prayer book for us; Rejoice, thou who art not ashamed of our representative; Rejoice, for you see the God-originating Trinity in Heaven; Rejoice, for having left your relics on earth, you have helped everyone; Rejoice, Reverend Father Gabriel, the inexhaustible source of God’s love.

Kontakion 13

Oh, most wonderful elder, Reverend Our Father Gabriel! Accept this small praise from your unworthy and foolish children. Always pray for us to the Most Pure Mother of God, as before Her venerable image you shed streams of tears asking for peace for our Fatherland, health and salvation for all who live in it. And now offer prayers to Her Son, Christ our God, and for us, who honor Your memory and sing with you to Him: Alleluia.

Prayer to St. Gabriel (Zyryanov), Elder of the Sedmiezernaya Hermitage

O reverence and God-bearing Father, all-honorable Elder Gabriel, glory to the fathers and praise to the righteous! During the days of your earthly life in the monasteries of the Savior and the Mother of God, you taught many on the right path, giving a helping hand to the fallen, a merciful and compassionate former father to all and raising new martyrs of the Holy Church! You are now, the all-blessed elder, residing in the heavenly monastery, even more so, multiplying your love for us, your sinful and unworthy children, tempted by malice, despondency and untruth. For this reason, we fall before your wholesome power and humbly pray to you: do not be silent for us to the Lord and do not despise us, who honor you with faith and love and remember your holy memory, be a quick helper for us in all sorrows, troubles and misfortunes, protect us from all visible and invisible enemies, drive away the cloud of passions from us and enlighten our eyes of the heart, intercede for us mental and physical health, do not forget us even at the hour of our death, when we humbly demand your intercession. Ask the Lord our God to end our lives in peace and repentance, to be delivered from ordeals and eternal torment, and to be honored with the Kingdom of Heaven with you and your spiritual children, who in their suffering received incorruptible crowns, and with all the saints who have pleased the Lord from the ages and to our God Jesus Christ, to Him is due all honor and worship, with His Originless Father and with His Most Holy and Good and Life-Giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Essays

• Drunkards will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Kaz., 1898;
• Teachings and words. Kaz., 1900;
• Construction and consecration of the temple in Sedmiozernaya is empty. for the remembrance of the departed and the continuous reading of the Psalter. Kaz., 1901;
• [Yablokov A.P.] Sedmiozernaya is empty, the care of the highly eminent. Arseny, archbishop. Kazansky about its splendor and his consecration of the newly built temple in it. Kaz., 1901;
• About the inner Jesus prayer, performed in the heart. Kaz., 1903;
• Will. Teachings and words // Barnabas (Belyaev), bishop. A thorny path to heaven. M., 1996. P. 339-374;
• [Letters] // Ignatia (Petrovskaya), mon. Eldership in Rus'. M., 1999. pp. 188-213.

Literature

• Archives: NART. F. 4. Op. 114. D. 5; Op. 122. D. 11; F. 4. Op. 138. D. 19; Op. 1. D. 122294; OR NB KazGU. Unit hr. 6213; RSL OR. F. 213. K. 1. Unit. hr. 1. L. 1153, 1192.
• Simeon (Kholmogorov), archimandrite. Schearchim. Gabriel, the elder of Spaso-Eleazar, is empty. Pskov, 1915. St. Petersburg, 1996;
• Same, change. title: One from the Ancients: The Tale of the Life and Deeds of the Elder Schearchim. Gabriel (Zyryanova). M., 1996;
• The same, with additional, ed. priest A. Lobashinsky. M., 2003;
• Nikandr (Anpilogov), archimandrite. Elder schiarchim. Gabriel (Zyryanov) and Sedmiezernaya Kazan Mother of God is empty. M., 1991;
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GABRIEL

Schearchim. Gabriel (Zyryanov). Photo. 10s XX century

Schearchim. Gabriel (Zyryanov). Photo. 10s XX century (Gavriil Mikhailovich Zyryanov; 03/14/1844, village of Frolovo (parish of the village of Bobrovsky), Irbitsky district, Perm province - 09/24/1915, Kazan), Venerable. (memorial September 24), Sedmiezersky. Initially, the Life of G. was compiled by his student, Archimandrite. Simeon (Kholmogorov).

Genus. in a wealthy state family. peasants, baptized in the name of Arch. Gabriel. Evgeniya and Anna, his sisters, later. took monastic vows with the names Eustolius and Agnia. As a child, G. was often sick; for the sake of their son’s recovery, the Zyryanovs vowed not to consume meat or alcohol. At the age of 18, Zyryanov made a pilgrimage to Verkhoturye in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker monastery to the relics of St. Simeon of Verkhotursky, several once appeared to the young man in visions and predicted monasticism for him. Aug 13 1864 (according to other sources, August 16, 1865) entered Optina Pustyn as a novice, July 31, 1872, after dismissal from the state class. peasants, was officially enrolled in the monastery and tonsured as a ryassophore. He carried out obediences in the bell tower, in the bread room, in the prosphora, was the manager in the hegumen's kitchen, and was spiritually nourished by St. Ambrose (Grenkov) and St. Hilarion (Ponomarev). In 1874 he became seriously ill, lived in a hut at the monastery fishing grounds near the Mitino plant, and recovered through the prayers of the Optina elders.

G.'s desire to take monastic vows was not approved by the abbot of the desert, St. Isaac I (Antimonov). In the fall of 1874, G. visited Kyiv and Moscow. At the invitation of Archimandrite Grigory (Voinova) December 28 1874 entered the Vysokopetrovsky Monastery, February 1. 1875 enrolled in the brethren, August 13. the same year he was tonsured into a mantle with a name in honor of St. Tikhon of Zadonsky, February 20. 1877 ordained deacon. Archimandrite's approval Simeon (Kholmogorov), that the monk served as a housekeeper, is not confirmed by the official. documents. Due to denunciations and intrigues of certain inhabitants, August 14. 1880 hierodeac. Tikhon moved to the Moscow monastery in honor of the Epiphany. He had a good voice (tenor) and often served as bishop. Dmitrovsky Ambrose (Klyucharyov), became known in secular circles of lovers of church singing, which aroused the envy of other hierodeacons of the Epiphany monastery.

Church in the name of St. Euthymius the Great and St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Sedmiezernaya is empty. Photo. 2000

Church in the name of St. Euthymius the Great and St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Sedmiezernaya is empty. Photo. 2000

Hierodeiac. Tikhon maintained correspondence with the Optina elders, on the advice of St. Ambrose left Moscow, in June 1882 he received leave and went to the Raifa Monastery, where in December. of the same year he was accepted into the ranks of the brethren, April 24. 1883 ordained priest. Archimandrite's statements Simeon, that there was an official in the Raifa monastery G. brotherly confessor, not confirmed by documents. Conflicted with the archimandrite. Veniamin (Averkiev), 7 Oct. In 1883 he was appointed housekeeper of the Kazan Bishop's House, a month later he was transferred to Sedmiezernaya Pust., March 3, 1889 by decree of the Archbishop. Kazansky Pavel (Lebedev) was awarded a legguard, and on March 4 he was appointed confessor and dean of the monastery. He took part in religious processions with the main shrine of the monastery - the Sedmiezernaya Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, from which many miracles occurred. In the fall of 1892, he overstrained himself while pulling a monastery cart out of a ravine, and on the same day received a severe burn to the esophagus and stomach with vinegar essence. Awaiting death 5 Oct. 1892 with the blessing of the archbishop. Vladimir (Petrov) of Kazan was tonsured into the great schema with a name in honor of the arch. Gabriel.

For 5 years G. did not get out of bed; he often received Holy Communion. “The more I suffered, the easier I felt,” he wrote later. During the years of illness, he acquired the gifts of senility and insight. With donations from secular visitors who came to him for advice (approx. 10 thousand rubles), in 1899-1900. Sedmiezernaya is empty. the center was built. in the name of St. Euphemia the Great and Tikhon of Zadonsk, intended for reading the incessant Psalter for the dead and serving early liturgies. Archbishop who favored G. Kazansky Arseny (Bryantsev) 16 Oct. 1900 consecrated this temple, and on August 8. 1901 appointed Rev. o., and then the governor of Sedmiezernaya Pust., from June 9, 1902 - in the rank of archimandrite.

G. established the economy in the monastery, expanded the cattle and dairy yards, the brick factory, organized a blacksmith, carpentry, shoemaker's workshop, oil mill, and apiary. Monastic honey was in demand at the Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod fairs. According to G.'s design, a grain dryer was built, which worked so efficiently that the landowners who visited the deserts then set up similar farm yards in their estates. Mon-rya's arable land, previously rented out, was cultivated by the inhabitants, and it brought in more income. Part of the income went to the treasury of the bishop's house. Both the highest spiritual authority of the archimandrite and his active economic activities aroused discontent among careless monks and in secular circles. Among the repeated complaints to the Synod against G. in 1908, there was a denunciation in which he was accused of the collapse of the monastery and of belonging to the Social Democratic Party. Kazan Archbishop Nikanor (Kamensky) carried out an audit in the monastery, May 15, 1908 G. and the treasurer Hierarch. Tikhon were removed from their positions. According to Archimandrite Simeon, “the priest almost died from shock” (he was later acquitted). Officially evicted from the monastery, G. lived for some time in a house built in the desert with donations from admirers, then in Kazan.

Prmts. led Kng. Elizabeth and etc. Gabriel Sedmiezerny. Icon. Con. XX century (Sedmiezernaya is empty.)

Prmts. led Kng. Elizabeth and etc. Gabriel Sedmiezerny. Icon. Con. XX century (Sedmiezernaya is empty.)

In con. July 1908 G. arrived at the Pskov Eleazar Monastery, the rector of which was his spiritual son, Archimandrite. Juvenaly (Maslovsky). A house with a c. was built for G. in the name of the arch. Gabriel, consecrated on August 7. 1910. G. combined an intense prayer life (he read 12 thousand Jesus prayers every day, midnight prayers, kathismas, hours, vespers, cell rule) with elder service and active correspondence with the clergy and laity. The spiritual guidance of the monk was enjoyed by the schmch. Ignatius (Lebedev), schema-heigum. Tamar (Marjanova), students and teachers of KazDA, bud. Hieromartyr Bishops Anatoly (Grisyuk), Ambrose (Polyansky), Amfilohiy (Skvortsov), Victor (Ostrovidov), German (Ryashentsev), Eusebius (Rozhdestvensky), Joasaph (Udalov), Methodius (Krasnoperov), Peter (Zverev), Archbishops Varlaam ( Ryashentsev), Gury (Stepanov), Innokenty (Letyaev), Innokenty (Yastrebov), Pimen (Pegov), Stefan (Znamirovsky), bishops Barsanuphius (Luzin), Gabriel (Abalymov), Leonty (Wimpfen), Nikolai (Ipatov), ​​Theodore (Pozdeevsky). Vel. book Elisaveta Feodorovna several I visited G. once and attended his funeral. G. visited the princess at the Marfo-Mariinsky Monastery in Moscow. He cared for the nuns of the Pskov Old Ascension of the Lord and the Pskov St. John the Baptist Monastery.

Since 1912, G.'s health condition worsened. Anticipating his imminent death, he prepared an empty tomb in Eleazarova. The offensive is silent. troops in the summer of 1915 and the threat of being in occupied territory forced G. in August. 1915 leave for Kazan. A seriously ill old man settled in the apartment of the KazDA inspector Archimandrite. Guria (Stepanova). Before his death, G. received communion from Hierom. Jonah (Pokrovsky). Buried in the center. St. Euthymius the Great and St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Sedmiezernaya is empty. In 1928-1929 the monastery was closed and afterwards. ruined, G.'s burial was desecrated. Hieroschim preserved the relics of the saint along with the Sedmiezernaya Smolensk Icon. Seraphim (Kashurin).

In 1981, with the blessing of the Kazan bishop. Panteleimon (Mitryukovsky) image of G. was placed on the icon “Cathedral of Kazan Saints”, which is located in the St. Nicholas Cathedral. In 1996, the Synodal Commission for Canonization reviewed materials for the glorification of the elder, December 25. 1996 G.'s canonization was approved by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II. In the same year, a troparion and kontakion were compiled, and in 1998 an akathist to the saint. Since 1997, G.'s relics have been in the church of St. John of Kronstadt, Kazan DS, since July 30, 2000 - empty in the restored Sedmiezernaya. Particles of relics and icons of G. are available in the c. John of Kronstadt and Eleazar Monastery.

Arch.: NART. F. 4. Op. 114. D. 5; Op. 122. D. 11; F. 4. Op. 138. D. 19; Op. 1. D. 122294; OR NB KazGU. Unit hr. 6213; RSL OR. F. 213. K. 1. Unit. hr. 1. L. 1153, 1192.

Op.: Drunkards will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Kaz., 1898; Teachings and words. Kaz., 1900, 19022; Construction and consecration of the temple in Sedmiozernaya is empty. for the remembrance of the departed and the continuous reading of the Psalter. Kaz., 1901; [Yablokov A.P.] Sedmiozernaya is empty, the care of the highly eminent. Arseny, archbishop. Kazansky about its splendor and his consecration of the newly built temple in it. Kaz., 1901; About the inner Jesus prayer, performed in the heart. Kaz., 1903; Will. Teachings and words // Barnabas (Belyaev), bishop. A thorny path to heaven. M., 1996. P. 339-374; [Letters] // Ignatia (Petrovskaya), mon. Eldership in Rus'. M., 1999. pp. 188-213.

Lit.: Simeon (Kholmogorov), archimandrite. Schearchim. Gabriel, the elder of Spaso-Eleazar, is empty. Pskov, 1915. St. Petersburg, 1996; Same, change. title: One from the Ancients: The Tale of the Life and Deeds of the Elder Schearchim. Gabriel (Zyryanova). M., 1996; The same, with additional, ed. priest A. Lobashinsky. M., 2003; Nikandr (Anpilogov), archimandrite. Elder schiarchim. Gabriel (Zyryanov) and Sedmiezernaya Kazan Mother of God is empty. M., 1991; Varnava (Belyaev), bishop. A thorny path to heaven. M., 1996; Veniamin (Veselov), hierodeacon. Materials for the patericon of Kazan saints and ascetics of piety. Serg. P., 1996; Life of St. Gabriel, the elder of Sedmiozernaya is empty. / Comp. A. V. Zhuravsky. M., 1997.

E. V. Lipakov