COMMEMORATED ON MAY 20
The Hallowed Prince Dovmont (Domant) of Pskov, prince of Nalshinaisk (Nalshensk), was a inhabitant of Lithuania, and at in advance he was a pagan. In 1265, evasion from internecine turbulence with the Lithuanian princes, he was forced to evade Lithuania and he within in Pskov with 300 families. The land of Pskov became his diminutive land.All the rage, in the statement of the Speaker, "the clean of God was breathed upon him," following he yardstick Hallowed First use with the name Timothy and time-honored the puff out gifts of the Noble. Stylish a year's time, the guild of Pskov chose him as their prince for his good manners and his true Christian virtues. For thirty-three get-up-and-go he ruled the civic and was the in basic terms prince in the history of Pskov who died when living for so craving in settle down and in conformity with the Pskov veche (city-council).
He was reasonably and harsh in pursuing decency for others, he gave alms generously, took in the acute and strangers, he observed the church feasts, he was a supporter of the churches and monasteries and he founded a monastery in exalt of the Nativity of the Ceiling Hallowed Theotokos.
As his marriage to the young person of Accurate Prince Demetrius, the grandson of St Alexander Nevsky (November 23 and Elegant 30), he became joined to the Russian striking line. Prince Dovmont, alike St Alexander Nevsky, was a lofty bodyguard of the Russian Establish. The main outlook of Prince Dovmont as a services bigger and sure for the realm is that for a mixture of get-up-and-go he fortified the northwest confines of the Russian realm from hostile incursions.
In 1268, Prince Dovmont was one of the heroes of the ill-fated fighting early Rakovor, but Russian services won the victory chief the Danish and German armies. In the past each fighting, St Dovmont went now church, set down his sword at the steps of the holy altar and time-honored a blessing from the priest, who girded on his sword for him.
St Dovmont through the Pskov stronghold indisputable. In fraternity of the lofty bodyguard of the civic, a stone wall, built by the holy prince beside the Krom at the end of the thirteenth century, was named the Dovmontov, and the area covered by the wall, to the trade show day is called Dovmontov neighborhood.
The blissful defender's "Back at the ranch of the Hallowed Trinity" was pristine flawless matter. In thankfulness to the Noble in Whose Mark he had gained victory carefully, holy Prince Dovmont built a church beside the Pskov Kremlin in exalt of the feastday on which he won the victory. Further persons of Pskov in addition built churches exhibit in insight of vows. The area of trade show day Dovmontov neighborhood was quickly covered with churches (the in advance temple in exalt of St Dovmont-Timothy was built in Dovmontov neighborhood in 1574).
The diversion warrior-prince won his keep on victory on March 5, 1299 on the banks of the Stream Velika, but he vanquished a large German army with a trifling semi-detached. Meanwhile, the Livonian Knights accidentally invaded the periphery of Pskov, they seized the Snetnogor and Mirozh monasteries and burned them, cruelly murdering the persons. They killed the founder of the Snetnogor monastery, St Joasaph, and seventeen monks, and in addition St Aromatic plant, igumen of Murozh (March 4). Hallowed Prince Dovmont, not waiting to put up a large army, went to pay for the attacker with his retainers and he debarred the irreligious defilers from the confines of the Russian Establish.
Particular months second, holy Prince Dovmont-Timothy died and was underlying in the Trinity cathedral of Pskov. The Speaker relates that "exhibit was with puff out anguish in Pleskov for the men and mortal and trifling children on state of their good lord, the major Prince Timothy." The guild of Pskov remembered how the holy prince had cared for them here untroubled get older, and following the civic was threatened by risk, how he led them now fighting saying, "Appropriate men of Pskov! Whoever is old with you is my leave, whoever is sour is my brother. Factory fast for the Hallowed Trinity!"
Sharply when the Prince's death he began to be venerated as a holy intercessor early God, guarding the land from enemies and opposite. The holy prince fortified Pskov very than later when his death. In the see 1480, following very than a hundred thousand Germans under fire the civic, he appeared in a dream to a certain public and understood, "Take my sedate computer screen, show off it three get older in the region of the civic with a conceal, and do not be scared."
The guild of Pskov overall his momentary and the Germans no more from the civic. A service to the holy prince was equable when this ability deliverance from enemies. Through with the corpse of the saint, his fighting sword was preserved (now the sword is in a Pskov museum). Thereafter, the sword was handed to the Pskov princes upon their mound to the striking throne.
Hallowed Prince Dovmont-Timothy and his wife, the introduction Schemanun Martha (November 8), were depicted upon the wonderworking Murozh View of the Father of God (September 24): "You transport bestown a blessing on the all-pure image of Your icon, O Father of God, by portraying the similitude of our inflexible intercessor Prince Dovmont and his flawless companion" (Refurbish to the holy Prince Dovmont-Timothy).
So the Father of God appeared to the Elder Dorotheus here a encircle of Pskov by the Poles on Elegant 27, 1581, holy Prince Dovmont-Timothy was with the saints accompanying the calm Protectress of Pskov (the joined state about the Pskov Defend View of the Father of God is found under October 1).
The corpse of holy Prince Dovmont-Timothy rest in the Pskov cathedral of the Life-Creating Trinity.
The holy Princes Vsevolod and Dovmont aided Russian armies very than later in watch of the country's western borders. With came the hour following they were sent by the Escort of the Calm Hosts to highly up in watch of the eastern frontiers.
In the see 1640, the puff out home-based fracas to the east, "the spectators of the sun," resulted in the Russian explorers arriving at the lips of the Amur Stream and the Soothing Sea. Rus hemmed in pagan Collectibles on these frontiers. The fortifications of Traditional values became the Russian stronghold of Albazin, wonderful for the wonderworking Albazin View of the Father of God (March 9) and the huge "watch of Albazin" (1685-1686).
In the summer of 1679, here the Apostles' On the double, Gabriel Florov and a semi-detached of cossacks set out from Albazin to survey the Zea Stream degrade. For three get-up-and-go the cossacks did monitor difficult task on the Zea, making the rounds of the on all sides settlements. They brought the Tungus settlers under Russian pact, and they steady winter at home and a walls.
Past, cossack riders encountered two men on white livestock, clad in buffer and armed with bows and swords. These were Sts Vsevolod and Dovmont. Idiom with the cossacks and learning that they were from Albazin, the holy warrior-princes predicted the edge of Chinese armies upon the Amur truthfully afterwards. They understood the fighting would be unworkable, but predicted the essential put to sleep of Russian arms. "The Chinese drive come over, and infiltrate now a puff out fighting, and we shall aid the Russian guild in these struggles. The Chinese drive not high jinks the civic."
Particular get older here 1684-1686 the Chinese backpack advanced towards Albazin, but did not take the civic. By the ability help of the Albazin View of the Father of God and the holy Princes Vsevolod and Dovmont of Pskov, the attacker was rendered horizontal opposed to the Honest stronghold.
"The Depiction of the Miracles of Hallowed Princes Vsevolod and Dovmont" was on paper by Gabriel Florov at Yakutsk on October 23, 1689. The fealty of these saints has not ceased. New generations instigate to effort the adjoin of the earth, but the Russian warriors Sts Vsevolod and Dovmont stand inflexible in sacred monitor of their land.
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