Prayer to St. Mitrophan, first Bishop of Voronezh\n O most praiseworthy hierarch of Christ and Wonderworker, Mitrophan!\nReceive this humble prayer of us sinners, who take refuge in thee, and in thy loving \nintercession pray our Lord and God Jesus Christ, that, regarding us in His mercy, He \nmay grant us pardon of our sins voluntary and involuntary, and in His loving kindness \ndeliver us from the troubles, sorrows, and ills of soul and body that beset us; that He \nmay grant us to complete this temporal life in repentance, and that He may vouchsafe \nunto us, sinful and unworthy though we be, His heavenly Kingdom: so that, with all \nthe Saints, we may glorify His endless mercy, with His Unoriginate Father, and His \nHoly, and Lifecreating Spirit, unto ages of ages. Amen.\n \n Nov. 23\nwww.prophetelias.com\n\n\nThe Uncovering of the Relics of Sainted Mitrophan, Bishop of Voronezh (1832): \nThe memory of the deep piety and pastoral virtues of Saint Mitrophan (as \nschemamonk named Makarii) was revered as sacred at Voronezh, back from the time \nof his death (+ 23 November 1703). His successors, the Voronezh hierarchs, considered \nit their sacred duty to annually make remembrance of the firsthierarch of their flock, \ntogether with his parents, the priest Vasilii and Maria. The people of Voronezh and its \nsurroundings came to the Annunciation cathedral, where at the place of his burial \npanikhida memorial services were made. Contributing to the intense remembrance of \nSaint Mitrophan was also his deathbed lastwill bidding to make prayers for him. \nFor this the saint even during his lifetime had built at the cathedral a chapel in \nhonour of the holy Archangel Michael (the heavenly patronsaint of the saint's \nbaptismal name), and in it a special priest made early votive liturgies. Although new \ngenerations afterwards did not know the saint, they likewise reverently venerated his \nmemory. The veracity of the sainthood of the first hierarch of the Voronezh diocese was \nlikewise confirmed by his incorrupt relics, witnessed during the repeated transfers of \nthem from one temple to another. And thus in the year 1718, the Voronezh \nmetropolitan Pakhomii, in setting about the construction of a new cathedral, gave \norders to demolish the old Annunciation cathedral, during which time the body of \nSaint Mitrophan was temporarily transferred into the church of the Unburnt Bush [as \nseen by Moses]. In 1735 the body of Saint Mitrophan was transferred into the new \ncathedral, during which time the nondecay of his relics was again witnessed. At the \nplace of the burial of the saint, panikhidas were customarily made for him.\nWith the year 1820 it was noticed, that the number of those venerating Saint \nMitrophan and thronging to Voronezh, had extraordinarily increased. Graced signs \nalso increased. The Voronezh archbishop Antonii II made repeated reports to the Holy \nSynod about miracles, and he petitioned for a resolution on the glorification to \nsainthood of the saint. The Holy Synod them prescribed watching for bestowals of \ngrace, received at the grave of Saint Mitrophan. In the year 1831, after witnessing to \nthe incorrupt body of the saint, archbishop Antonii together with commission members \nof the Holy Synod the Yaroslavl' archbishop Evgenii and archimandrite Germogen of \nthe Moscow SaviourAndroniev monastery, became convinced in the miraculous \nintercession of Saint Mitrophan before the Throne of God. The Holy Synod then issued \nits resolution adding Sainted Mitrophan into the ranks of the Saints. Since then the \nRussian Church celebrates the memory of the saint twice during the year: 23 \nNovember on the day of repose, and on 7 August on the day of glorification.\nArchbishop Antonii II (18271846) established in the Voronezh also the following \n\n\nfeastdays in honour of Sainted Mitrophan: 4 June, in memory of Sainted Mitrophanes, \nPatriarch of Tsar'gradConstantinople, as a day of "tezoimenie" or nameincommon for \nSaint Mitrophan of Voronezh; 2 April the saint's day of ordination to bishop (in \n1682); 11 December the day of confirmation of the relics of Saint Mitrophan (in \n1831).\nSaint Mitrophan left behind a spiritual lasttestament. Its original is preserved in the \nState Historical Museum. Upon the testament is the unique handwritten \nauthoritative undersigning by the saint: "This spiritual dictate is attested to by me... \nBishop Mitrophan of Voronezh".\nOn the lower cover (inside) is a gloss inscription from the XVIII Century: "This is the \nbook of testament or lastwill of the Voronezh schemamonk Makarii, written in the \nGodsaved city of Voronezh, in the house of His Grave the bishop and schemamonk \nMakarii, who reposed in the month of November on the 23rd day in the year 1703, and \nwas buried on the 4th day of December". \nOn the day preceding the Uncovering of the Relics of Saint Mitrophan, the Voronezh \narchbishop Antonii set about going to church, so as to lay out the new archbishop \nvestments prepared for the relics. Suddenly he felt in himself such a weakness, that he \nwas barely able to go about his cell. Troubled by this, he sat and pondered and then he \nheard a quiet voice: "Transgress not my legacy".\nThis he did not understand right away, and instead thinking about his own plans, he \ngathered up his strength and opened the closet wherein were the vestments, and there \nhe caught sight of the schemagarb, brought shortly before this by some unknown \nmonk, who had entrusted it to him and said, that it soon would be needed.\nSeeing this schemagarb, the Vladyka then realised, that the words, "Transgress not \nmy legacy", was actually the will of Saint Mitrophan, that they not place upon his \nrelics the archbishop vestiture, but rather leave them in schemagarb, indicating by \nthis and by his extreme humility the deep spiritual connection with his schemamonk \npatronal saint, the Monk Makarii of Unzhensk. \nSource: http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/saints/august/7th.cfm
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