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Finding of the Relics of Venerable Cyril, Abbot of Novoezersk · Saints and Scripture

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Saints and Scripture Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today is Saturday, november seventh, twenty twenty six.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we remember the finding of the relics of Venerable Cyril, abbot of Novoazursk, also known as Saint Cyril of White Lake.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saint Cyril reposed on february fourth, fifteen thirty two.
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  SPEAKER_00: More than a century later, in may sixteen forty eight, during the reign of Tsar Alexei Mihilovich, a popular rebellion broke out in Moscow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Among the turmoil, Boyar Boris Morazov, the royal tutor and kinsman, was forced to hide from an angry mob.
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  SPEAKER_00: He found refuge at the Saint Cyril of White Lake Monastery.
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  SPEAKER_00: When the monasteries Igumin and Phylakios learned that Morazov was staying there, he sent the monk Jonah to him with an icon and the life of Saint Cyril.
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  SPEAKER_00: Morazov accepted the icon and was deeply moved by the saint's story.
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  SPEAKER_00: Though his fears returned, he wished to venerate Saint Cyril's grave.
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  SPEAKER_00: Morazov prayed at the grave with tears and asked the Igumen and the Brotherhood to pray for him.
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  SPEAKER_00: He promised that if God, through Saint Cyril's prayers, restored him to his former rank, he would build a stone church in honor of the resurrection of Christ in Saint Cyril.
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  SPEAKER_00: After the unrest in Moscow calmed, Morazov was restored to his position by the Tsar.
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  SPEAKER_00: In 1649 he began to fulfill his promise.
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  SPEAKER_00: On September 4th, under his orders, the Archimandrite Athanasios and Elder Sabbatius Yushkov started digging at the monastery.
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  SPEAKER_00: They found Saint Cyril's coffin completely intact, among the roots of a tree.
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  SPEAKER_00: Without the blessing of the patriarch and metropolitan, Elder Sabatius did not open the coffin.
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  SPEAKER_00: The discovery was reported to church leaders and the Tsar.
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  SPEAKER_00: In October, Archbishop Marcellus of Vologda was sent to examine the relics and arrange a celebration.
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  SPEAKER_00: On November 7th, the coffin was opened in the presence of church leaders.
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  SPEAKER_00: The relics were inspected, placed in a new coffin, and moved into the wooden church of the resurrection of Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: The celebration included vespers on the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, a mulliban with the blessing of water, and many people were healed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Faithful took pieces of wood from the old coffin, believing in their healing power.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saint Cyril is commemorated on November 7th for the finding of his relics, on January 23rd with the Synaxis of All Saints of Kostroma, and on the third Sunday after Pentecost with the Synaxis of All Saints of Novgorod.
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  SPEAKER_00: May we be inspired by the faith and prayers of Saint Cyril and those who honored him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let us ask for his intercessions as we continue our journey in faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let us pray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lord Jesus Christ, through the prayers of Saint Cyril, grant us healing and peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help us to trust in your mercy and to follow your path.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.