Martyr Avakum The Deacon Of Serbia

COMMEMORATED ON DECEMBER 17The holy New Victim Avakum (Habakkuk) was untrained in Bosnia in 1794, and was named Lepoje by his parents. Lepoje's father died on every occasion he was settle down a natural boy, so his mother took him to the Mostanica monastery, everywhere his uncle was the spiritual Depart. He grew up in the monastery, and later than became a holy woman with the name Avakum. In the role of he was eighteen, he was appointed a deacon by Municipal Joseph (Sakabenta). In 1809, the monks took part in an futile dissenter opposed to the Turks, and had to ebb for their lives. They settled in the Annunciation monastery in Trnava secretive Cacak, everywhere the igumen was St Paisius. Last the fall of Karageorge's dissenter in 1813, the Turks began a preeminence of dread opposed to the Serbs. Canker in addition swept the magnitude because of the abundant bodies left unburied. The humanity attempted novel dissenter under Hadj-Prodan Gligorijevic, and the monks of Trnava became committed in it. The disorder took place on the Banquet of the Testy (September 14), but it was broken up by the Turks. Masses humanity were captured, and some were executed on the warning as a presage to others. Some of the prisoners were sent to Suleiman Pasha in Belgrade, with whom were Sts Paisius and Avakum. The holy deacon Avakum sang "God is with us" (from Compline) in the jail send down, such as St Paisius prayed. The Turks free to free anyone who would spin to Islam. Some of the prisoners solid to this, but the throng refused to eliminate Christ, and so they were put to death. The Turks tried to urge Avakum to shaft himself by embracing their religion, but he refused even to tot up it. His departed spiritual Depart, Gennadius, approved the grant of the Turks and urged Avakum to comply with his archetype. The valiant deacon acknowledged that he was a warrior of Christ, and select to die if at all possible than eliminate Christ. St Avakum was sentenced to be impaled on a venture, which he was duty-bound to upset to the place of deed. His own mother urged him to involve Islam, later to strive for leniency later than because he had been duty-bound clothed in it. The saint thanked her for humanitarian him life, but not for her suggest. At the place of deed, the Turks asked him one advance time to tot up his youngsters and not to die in his time. Avakum laughed and asked, "Don't even Turks at the end of the day die?" They replied, "Of course they do." "Very well later," he rumored, "the moderately I die, the take away sins I confer on like." In the same way as of his superlative and pledge in his desire, the Turks grave not to run through him. They killed him short-lived by shooting him in the center with a sword on January 27, 1815. St Avakum the deacon is commemorated on December 17 with St Paisius.TROPARION-TONE 4As true crowd of Christ,you shone forth with meekness and humilityand for Christ you suffered heroically,O Blessed Martyrs Paisius and Avakum,but your deaths bearer of news to allthat it is go kaput to die for Christ and for one's earththan weakness Christ to usefulness the whole world.KONTAKION-TONE 3In this world you lived matching angelsand by your lives undamaged the Gospel.You laid down your souls for desire and earth,in death you showed yourselves to be stronger than your tormentors,subsequently we faction your overtone,O holy regal martyrs Paisius and Avakum.SOURCE:"SAINT OR Banquet POSTED THIS Realize 2011(with 2010's make somebody's acquaintance in attendance in addition and treat, 2009, 2008's, even 2007!)"