Pavlitsevo village, February 23, 2016
Metropolitan Daniel of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory together with Bishop Basil of Kotlas and Velsk consecrated the Church of Venerable Hilarion of Pskov Lake in the Pavlitsevo village (the Ustya district of the Arkhangelsk region in the Russian Federation), reports the Arkhangelsk Diocese’s press service.
St. Hilarion of Gdov and Pskov Lake was an ascetic and hermit with a gift of prayer. In 1460 on the bank of the river Zhelcha he founded the Lake (“Ozersky”) Monastery of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God near the town of Gdov (now in the Pskov region). The monastery was situated at the border with the Livonian Knights’ Order so monks were subject to frequent attacks. The holy abbot maintained a high level of piety in the monastery.
The saint was a stylite (a pillar ascetic, like a number of saints of the old times) – he lived in a hollow of a tree trunk. This pine is kept in the chapel not far from the surviving Church of the Protection to this day. According to tradition, St. Hilarion already in his lifetime foresaw for what purpose one or another visitor would come to him and with which passions they were plagued. The life of this man of God was all unceasing labors, vigil, prayer, Divine contemplation, abstinence, meekness, humility and wholehearted faithful love for God.
The Venerable Hilarion reposed on March 28, 1476, and was buried at the north door of the iconostasis of the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God in the monastery he had established.
Afterwards a Church of the Nativity of Christ was built at the monastery and its left altar was dedicated in honor of the founder of the Gdov Monastery. By orders of the Empress Catherine II the monastery was closed and the Church of the Protection became a parish church.
The village where stands the Church of the Protection in which the saint’s holy relics are preserved became a destination for Orthodox pilgrims.
Under the Sky,
One should be equal as long as Human Being.
Underprivileged social class,
Before the birth, even after the death,
this underprivileged group should follow the pre-framed given route.
Upon realizing that crossing the given route is limited,
its trial object would be named as ‘Betrayer’ or targeted as ‘Gov. Sanction’.
Extending of this status,
urged and resulted let David create hand written images between # 1 and # 58.
Still, there, no one, no response, no way to get out, its condition is extended.
Its uselessness, barren condition has been extended as usual.
David D Y Choi , Aug., 2018 ( e-mail ; duly@gmx.com, or cdyera@yandex.com )
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