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Venerable Abramius, Abbot of Mirozh, Pskov · Saints and Scripture

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Saints and Scripture Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Thursday, September 24th, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we remember Venerable Abramius, the abbot who founded the Mirage Monastery in Pskov.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saint Abramius was the builder and first leader of the Pskov Savior Transfiguration Monastery.
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  SPEAKER_00: This monastery was located where the river Velika meets the river Miraja.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was founded around the year 1156, during the time of Prince Fyatopolk Mstislavich.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saint Abramius worked together with Saint Miffon, the Bishop of Novgorod, who was also the brother of Prince Vesavelod Gabriel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Together they established this monastery, which was the first monastic community brought from Kiev to Pskov.
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  SPEAKER_00: On a chalice belonging to Saint Nifon, there is an inscription that tells us about their work.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says that Bishop Miffon built many monasteries and churches with the approval of Prince Vesavelod of Pskov.
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  SPEAKER_00: After the prince's death, Niphon came to Pskov and built the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord along with the monastery.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gathered the brothers and appointed an abbot to lead them.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Mirage Monastery is the oldest in Pskov.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the late 1800s, when the Transfiguration Cathedral was remodeled, beautiful frescoes from the 12th century were found.
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  SPEAKER_00: These frescoes are now well known and admired.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saint Niffon also built a church dedicated to Saint Clement of Rome at Ladoga, but only the foundations of that church remain today.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is not much information about St.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abramius's life.
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  SPEAKER_00: The monastery was inside the city walls and was often damaged during attacks.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was sometimes used as quarters for enemy soldiers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saint Abramius passed away on September 24, 1158.
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  SPEAKER_00: His relics rest beneath the crypt of the Cathedral Church, dedicated to the transfiguration of the Lord in the monastery he built.
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  SPEAKER_00: May we remember his dedication and the spiritual foundation he laid in Scove.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord help us to follow the example of St.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abramius, building our lives on faith and service.
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  SPEAKER_00: Strengthen us to remain steadfast in times of trial.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God.