For me, the most important moment on the road in the future is getting to know the shrines that I visit in these places where I visit. This way the soul of the people, its culture and traditions, is more clearly felt.

Of course, I will not be original in the fact that there are such holy places and temples that do not deprive any adherents of this denomination, to such a stink, but also other people, including atheists.

Why don’t you freeze your heart in front of the delicate beauty of the Russian winch - the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl?

And what about the white stone church of St. George the Victorious near Stariya Ladoza? This masterpiece of ancient Russian architecture, regardless of the simplicity and strictness of its lines, deprives even stronger enemies! One can put on a par with them the Orthodox New Athos Church in honor of the Apostle Simon the Canaanite.

Simon the Zealot (zealot) was one of the twelve Apostles, who taught Christ, at the time of his joy in Cana of Galilee, the Syn of God performed the first miracle by turning water into wine.

That is why he is also called Kananite.

Why is this holy man on Abkhazian soil? On the right is that, behind the church retelling, he himself carried out his missionary enlightenment feat here, living in a small oven in the rock above the Psirtskaya River,

In this land itself, he suffered a martyr's death, having been cut down by Roman pagans. Residents of the village of Psirtkha, who deeply admired this prayer book and miracle worker, themselves praised him (about 55 rubles).

History of the temple

The Temple of Simon the Canaanite still stands over the place of his burial. Initially, in the 4th century, a small wooden church appeared here, and then, in the 10th century, as the Abkhazian kingdom flourished and Christianity was established, it was replaced by a beautiful white-walled temple.

This is a triapsid cross-dome composition, the central apse is pentagonal, and the side projections are round. This temple can rightfully be considered a masterpiece of church architecture of Abkhazia from the early Middle Ages, the architectural school of the Caucasus, which absorbed Greek (Byzantine) traditions.

Dreadful stories have more than once left their ruinous traces on the walls of this marvelous monument of architecture. This is what happened in the 17th century during the Turkish invasion in Abkhazia. Having mentioned this sum in 1840, our famous spiritual writer, mandrivnik A. N. Muravyov. And according to the knowledge of Archimandrite Leonid (Kavelin), this “treasured shrine of Abkhazia” until the end of the 19th century began to look like “a malovnik ruin.”

Shortly after the construction of the New Athos Monastery in 1875, the pearl of church architecture was transferred from Volodin to the young monastery, and the Chinese immediately began its restoration.

I axis, 10 May 1882 r. renovation of the temple with a new beautiful oak iconostasis was completed at the site of consecration. Church services began, prayer began. As of today, the monastic center has now been rebuilt in front of the temple, where the same prominent church figures - Bishop Gennady of Sukhumi and Archimandrite Ieron - the rector of the New Athos monastery have rested.

New hardships befell the temple under the rule of the Radians. The paintings on the walls were ruined, there was a collection of paintings and decorations, in the middle of the most recent hour there was a library of the “Waterfall” booth, and in the late 1990s there was another video room, so Yes, and there was some kind of residual robbery.

Today’s unique church once again belongs legally to the Abkhazian Orthodox Church.

Unfortunately, it was not possible to restore the interior frescoes. And here, miraculously, two inscriptions of the early Middle Ages were preserved, one of them was carried out over the painted frame with images of a cross in the middle of a mounted stake.

The 23rd of New Athos is especially marked as the day of the Apostle Simon the Canaanite. On what day to serve the liturgy, to celebrate the local Christian procession. And thousands of believers of Abkhazia itself, as well as visiting pilgrims, take their part in these localities.

Simon Kananite is the patron of friends.

At the marvelous white temple, instill happiness in family life, pray for the sustrich from the “names-in-arms” or “beloved beauty”, in order to create peace for the family, for the health of your loved ones.

We were lucky enough to visit this ancient Abkhazian shrine a few times. The Axis stands before the present day and understands that from the end of the 19th century until the revolution, thousands of pilgrims from different countries visited here: both Russian kings and mandrivans A. N. Muravyov and the Frenchman Frederic Duboux a de Monpere, and General A. L. Muravyov, that Church hierarchs are visible, and from the hours of their sleep this temple remembers the fervent prayers of those whose memory has already faded for centuries. And that’s why with all your soul you feel the joyful importance of history, fervent prayer, trust in this wondrous saint, who is still yearning for our happiness. And from whom you are afraid of a little light, a little of a pure soul,

And now you are leaving the temple refreshed, with a connection with the wondrous land of the soul - in Abkhazia.

Can you spend it in the middle?

Unfortunately, the temple is currently closed for restoration. For the ongoing 2011 church split in Abkhazia, it is the responsibility of the Abkhaz Orthodox Church itself, and not of the dissenters who took over the New Athos Monastery. We hope that everyone will marvel and look at you, but in the meantime you can go around this wonderful temple, and then, at the outer niche in his wall in the region of Vivtar, light a candle with prayers to the great St. Simon about his prayer for your family Inu.

How to get to the temple

If you live in Abkhazia or on the Russian Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, then getting to New Athos is very easy. Or in Adler you can buy an excursion tour, which includes visiting the New Athos oven, monastery, grotto of Simon the Canaanite and his temple. If you want to see these reminders in one day and are going to Abkhazia first, then this is the simplest and best option. When crossing the border, you will also need your Russian passport.

If you love exploring this world as much as I do, then you can independently explore this wonderful resort town. The view from Adler to New Athos is a little more than 90 km. In your car from Adler you reach the border point of the Psou River, and then, after passing through, just go along the Sukhumi Highway,

looking around at the beautiful natural views along the way.

If you don’t have a car, you can get from Adler to the cordon by buses 125 and 125C, as well as minibuses 100 and 125 to the Kozachy Market. Go through the cordon (remember the food about the checkpoint, guess the order about “the language you will bring”, contact any of the locals, no matter what kind of person you are aware of).

On the Abkhaz side, a lot of minibuses, private taxis and regular buses. I would take the rest - nadіyynishee on Abkhaz roads. So, in my opinion, the driving style of the local population very choleric, and you can’t keep up with the great Ikarus. Well, the minibus (150 rubles) will also be fine. Private owners can charge a very high price (more than 1000), but I told a lot about the temperament of local waters. If you like expensive extreme sports, then you can take a break. On the windshield of buses and minibuses it is written directly from now on, so just look for the sign “New Athos”. The place is already small, and, located in New Athos on the corner of the “Square of Battle of Glory”, you will no longer be able to find out how to get to the temple, as well as other New Athos monuments,

what an urgent need to sip the pertinent eye of a regular mandrel!

Holy Apostle Si-mon Zi-lot came from Ka-ni Ga-li-ley-skaya, being the son of St. Ob-ruk-nik Josip, behind the flesh of his brother Lord and one of the 12 apostles. The first miracle, like having created a Spa-si-tel - the creation of water in wine - happened in the house of Si-mo -on: at the hour of rebirth for the -Stay under-sta-lo vi-na. Then the Lord, through the intercession of the Most Holy God, transformed the water from the wine. Having received a miracle, Simon, with all his heart and soul, believed in the Lord Jesus as both the Messiah and having lost everything, following Him. Si-mon received on-i-no-va-nya “si-lo-ta”, so that roar-ni-the-la. On the day of Five-ten-ni-tsi, having received at the same time with other apo-hundreds the gift of the Holy Spirit. Holy Apostle Simon celebrated the celebration of Christ in Judea, Egypt, Lithuania, Cyprus and Britain. In Abkhazia, having met a great end, there were roses on the cross. Po-gr-ben at the city of Ni-kop-sii near Su-hu-mi. Years ago (near the 19th century) in the village of the ruins of the holy apostle, near the Iverskaya Mountains, there were buildings No-vo-a-fon-skiy mo-na-stir Si-mo -na Ka-na-ni-ta. Until now the cave has been preserved, in which there is a holy apostle under the hall.

Div. also: "" at s-lo-zhe-ni svt. Di-mit-riya of Ro-stovsky.

Prayers

Troparion to Apostle Simon the Zealot

Apostles Saint Simon,/ pray to the merciful God,/ let us not grant excess sin// to our souls.

Translation: Saint Simon, the goodness of the merciful God, grant forgiveness of sins to our souls.

Kontakion to Apostle Simon the Zealot

We see in the wisdom of wisdom the honor in the souls of the pious / in praise, please, like the God-speaking Simon: / for the glory of Nina to sit on the throne and with the Incorporeal to rejoice, / pray.

Translation: The teaching of wisdom is firmly in the soul of the one who, praising with praises, all glorifies the theological Simon: for the fault of Nina is to be and with the incorporeal Powers to have fun, fussing innocently about all of us.

Kanoni and Akafisti

Akathist to the Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot, Canaanite

Kontakion 1

The election of the apostles of Christ and the righteous, the sermons of yours for the salvation of many human souls and before Christ brought people to the idolaters, Blessed Simon, in songs we praise you with love and prayers diligently, as mine and with your prayers, free us from all troubles, Let us cry: Rejoice, Simone, the apostle of Christ and the man of prayer for our souls.

Ikos 1

The Creator and the Lord, Christ God, will bury humanity in our flesh and with human life, to Cana and Galilee to come to your house, Simon of praise, together with His Most Pure Mother, the Virgin city, with His prayers appear in your home, miraculously pouring water and wine into your brotherhood and thereby showing the power of His Divinity. To you, blessed with the blessings and favors of the God-man, as the Seer of God and His disciple, shouts to your disgraced face: Rejoice, beautiful bridegroom, from the love of the earth to the love of the Lamb of the wonderful cry; Rejoice, for there is glorification in heaven and on earth. Rejoice, you have faithfully served the infused Word of God; Rejoice, for in the preached Gospel of righteousness great zeal was revealed. Rejoice, beloved Lord Jesus with all your heart; Rejoice, for you will lose your betrothal to the earth and follow His flow. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 2

Having received the miracles of Christ, the most glorious Simon, faithfully prayed to Ti in the body, having appeared to God, from His beloved God, and until the number of twelve, Yogo’s apostle was honored, as a zealot of Yogo’s glory, called the new Zealot, who is. Ask for this zeal for the glory of God and for us, disciples of the Saviors, we will be worthy to sing with you: Hallelujah.

Ikos 2

You will need the wisdom of heaven, Simona the God-Wise, and hereby listen to the Divine word of Christ God, having glorified in your heart, and, like the land of goodness, as a result of history, bring You the blessed Gospel grace, showering You with it for the saving world of the end, feel us the songs are as follows: Rejoice, yoke of Christ, kindness and ease, upon the frame of your friendship; Rejoice, your holy butt has not reached the attraction of Christ. Rejoice, zealous zealot for the glory of God; Rejoice, warm lover of the Lord Jesus. Rejoice, marvelous mentor to the New Year's searching savior; Rejoice, silent holder of the Gospel’s soul-loving devotion. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 3

The power of God in the autumn, the apostles of Christ Simon, if they followed Christ the Lord, walking with Him in Judea and Galilee, hearing the praise of His Divine and beholding the greatness of His miracles. Tim and Christ, as His faithful follower and disciple, grant you the power and power to heal ailments, heal illnesses and banish unclean spirits, let everyone glorify the power of God, which is revealed in you, and sing His praises Well, I’ll sing: Hallelujah.

Ikos 3

With one worship, the all-blessed Simon, who faithfully served and pleased Christ God, in the body I will appear to the saved people, His companion and self-witness, having been honored with Ti, and from the lips of His Divine, having received Your great honor from heaven, Rejoice, Hey, our most joyful preacher of the gospel of truth ; Rejoice, Lucifer, for giving us the blessing of the uneven dream. Rejoice, self-evident and servant of the infused God; Rejoice, Volodar's mandri and immortal celebrant of His meal. Rejoice, chosen and faithful disciple of Christ; Rejoice, dear friend of God, you will preserve your friendship until the end. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 4

The storm of the fierce Judean flowers before the Cross of Christ God, with the will of suffering for all people of your will, lest your faith and trust be stolen, Blessed Simon, as He is the Savior of the world, long ago prophesied by the prophets in the hope of a sunken humanity. Tim, as the Lord and God, faithfully sang His song of praise: Hallelujah.

Ikos 4

Feeling the Divine voice of Christ the dweller, who rose from the dead in three days and closed the doors that led to His teachings, and “Peace be with you!” I said, Simone, God-bearing, greatly rejoicing and bowing reverently to God, and then conveying to you the incredibly undeniable truth of His resurrection. About this we laudably call you: Rejoice, the peace of Christ has been received from the spotless vessel of your soul; Rejoice, in peace the end of peace has been blessed. Rejoice, for the old warriors are idolatrous companions; Rejoice, the truth of the resurrection of Christ is obvious and vividly witnessed. Rejoice, for through the doors the spying Christ passed through in a marvelous manner; Rejoice, hearing the most divine and joyful voice of God. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 5

The God-bearing ascension of Christ into heaven was filled with the Holy Spirit, who was sent in the fiery tongues, being a communicant of Simon, the most praiseworthy, the divine spirit-bearer, who was created by the power of the fire, who flowed to preach the Gospel in Judah, Persia, I believe and believe in people , in the midst of great darkness, the light of Christ God, the martyrdom and faith in His right and all promptingly call Yoma: Hallelujah.

Ikos 5

Blessed to you, apostles of Christ, the Most Pure Mother of God, from distant lands in the gloom, having fallen asleep until her most venerable dormition, brought you holy joy and made her worthy of her discourse and blessing before death; You are reminded of how much joy you are, beholding the Holy One and God, the holy Angels who came before Her, and the holy soul in His hands, which He took. This is your joy and we, reverently remembering, from the love of diligence, you speak with these joyful words: Rejoice, O Lord, disciple of the Savior, for the veneration of the Mother of the Lord in the darkness of the miraculous offerings; Rejoice, Christ, you receive your soul into the hands of your Mother, observant one. Rejoice, veneration of the Most Pure Mother of God who has served well; Rejoice, for in grief the Mother of God was offered with the body of wise men. Rejoice, you who saw the grave linen and the empty throne of Her in Gethsemane; Rejoice, for in the bath of light with the holy Angels the Lady of the world has come and you will be worthy of seeing. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 6

The preacher of theologies appeared to you, Apostles of Christ Simon, in the wild lands and to the people of the world, preaching the gospel of Christ, with your goodness and kindness, overcoming these fiercenesses and from the virgins They are included in the lamb of Christ, which is Anulisha.

Ikos 6

Having shone upon You, the disciple of the Savior, as a lamp of promenity, in the lands of the infidels and, as a Godly light, You came and went, telling people the saving faith in Christ Jesus, which inspires us to praise you, the preacher of God, nickname of the divine, praise of tsimi. and the setting of the illuminating light of Christ; Rejoice, you will give a voice to Africa and Spain to the teachings of the Gospel. Rejoice, Britons, for the honor of reproaches to the lordship of Jesus; Rejoice, bring Virmenia and Faith to the knowledge of God's Syn. Rejoice, thou who convert the Persians and the Mids of Transactions into Christ God; Rejoice, for you tirelessly practice the goodness of Christ. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 7

Blessed zeal of you, apostles of Christ, that the martyrs suffered for the name of Christ and your blood sealed the divine truth of your Gospel sermons, that the Lord is in power, bring you to Iberiy from the infidels on the cross of crucifixions. I wish for such a suffering, Christ-like death for you, as we endure your illness and your labors and sing to God: Hallelujah.

Ikos 7

New Noah, the head of the ark of the soul-saving faith of Christ in Iberia, we recognize you, Simon the God-loving, and as the founder and the outer stone of the Church of Iberia you are walking, the place of your worship is being created with love, and sanctified by your blood, exudes truth and adds call you: Rejoice, inaccessible guardian of Iveriya; Rejoice, Patron Saint, God of Denmark. Rejoice, your temple near the desert was miraculously saved from the end of the ruins; Rejoice, your grave was given to us in silence. Rejoice, the place of your exploits and suffering has created a new monastic abode in your name; Rejoice, for before Saint Athos, the ascetics of fasting and prayer are cunning in it. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 8

Having created the earth, the apostles of the Savior, having moved from the earth to the heavenly abode, in the land of miracles you sit and enlightened the souls of the faithful, who, according to God, pray to you and pray for your holy memory, We walk reverently and sing in praise: Hallelujah .

Ikos 8

The whole Church of Version commends itself to you, Apostle Simon, as its founder and patron, having given the foundation of the inviolable faith of Christ and been irrigated to fruitfulness by your spiritual blood, because of the wonderful vegetation of the saints in it. them, keep them holy. Just as we on earth are blessed with your deeds and with your face we call: Rejoice, thou good and merciful comforter of the sorrowful; Rejoice, speedy helper of the poor. Rejoice, for great is the hardship before Christ God, for His great friend; Rejoice, for you have received New power over unclean spirits. Rejoice, for to your holy monastery is glory and praise; Rejoice, for in her intercession is eternal salvation. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 9

You, the apostles of the Savior, judge the whole world, sitting on a high and magnified throne, until Christ the Lord comes in glory to execute His righteous judgment; Then, holy, God’s good mercy will have mercy on us and not condemn us to eternal death, but will enable us to sing with the saints: Hallelujah.

Ikos 9

Humanity is not drawn to the full glorification of your exploits and miracles, most praiseworthy Simone, accept especially, disciple of the Savior, our compassionate and merciful little songs and simple songs, which are brought to your praise with faith and love, and almost blatant: and before sunset praiseworthy and glorious; Rejoice, you have sanctified the Iverskaya land with your death. Rejoice, for the vine is fruitful, with which Nina, the equal of the Apostles, is spiritually eternal; Rejoice, bring fruit to the host of saints above Christ. Rejoice, thou who glorify the ascetics of piety; Rejoice, for Father is with the children, with the saints of Iveron in the monastery of heavenly Christmastide. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 10

I pray to the outpost, to the holy Orthodox faith, I rest before you, Apostles of Christ Simon. We therefore pray to you: in spite of all heresies and schisms, reach out to us, your children, in your prayerful presence before God, and help us, from Orthodoxy, to continue without fail until the end of our days and faithfully sing God’s words: Hallelujah.

Ikos 10

I teach the election of the King of Heavenly Christ, Blessed Simon, pray to Him for us sinners, and your God-loving zeal for preserving His law is given to us unworthy, so that we are prepared for feats of Christian goodness and in accordance with our Orthodox word and appear as your children not just in name, but in the truth itself. About this prayer we cry: Rejoice, brightly bright, all who lead to the sun the truth of Christ; Rejoice, for you are inextinguishable, and in your prayers you pray to the Throne of the Lord of glory. Rejoice, staunch saints of Christ's Church; Rejoice, golden vial, shower upon us, who love you. Rejoice that through Christ you have received the power to bind and untie; Rejoice, for you will receive the gift of New grace and the Holy Spirit. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 11

Singing the Most Holy Trinity, you bring to all the saints, Simone, the most praised, and from the heavenly heights, Father falls at the place of your exploits and suffering on earth, with your prayers helping everyone who believes but they repent of your holy memory and sing about you the song of God: Hallelujah.

Ikos 11

The light of the Trisonic Light is faithful, Apostle of Christ Simon, and invisibly shines on all of us on the path of Christian goodness, let us not fall into the midst of the enemy, the devil, otherwise we will be seen the catch of the wicked and so uncondemnably can the flock of Christ; Rejoice, for do not allow the soul-destroying Vovka to steal your spiritual flock. Rejoice, I hear your preaching to the world as the end of salvation; Rejoice, and bless our salvation with your prayers. Rejoice, wise architect of the Church of Christ; Rejoice, set the outer stone. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 12

Ask us for grace and mercy from the Lord, God-bearing Simons, apostles of the Savior, so that we may obtain great mercy before us, first of all we ask Him for repentance of our sins and the correction of our lives, let us not have the honesty of Christians, sweeter for us to our heavenly Creator song: Hallelujah.

Ikos 12

Sleeping sicknesses and your labors, apostles of the Savior, which you performed in the goodness of Christ, we honor your holy and honored memory, which refreshes us spiritually and nourishes our souls: having truly appeared before God, your sweat and drops of blood nor our holy representative. The same goes for you: Rejoice, Most Holy Life-Giving Trinity, faithful preacher; Rejoice, Christmas Day of angelic faces. Rejoice, beauty and foundation of the apostles; Rejoice, gift to the human race. Rejoice, healers of free ailments of soul and body; Rejoice, for our hope is destroyed by God and the Most Holy Theotokos. Rejoice, Simone, apostles of Christ and prayer for our souls.

Kontakion 13

O holy, glorious and all-praised apostle of Christ Simon, zealot of the law of God and rich representative of ours! Accept this small prayer hymn, which is brought to your praise, and the good Savior of Christ will free us from eternal torment and make us worthy of the joy of the saints, and with them we sing Yoma forever: Hallelujah.

(This kontakion is read tricha, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)

Prayer to the holy glorious and all-praised apostle of Christ Simon the Zealot, who is also called Kananite

The holy, glorious and all-praised apostle of Christ Simone, having been honored to receive into your home at Cana Galilee our Lord Jesus Christ and His Most Pure Matira, our Lady Theotokos, and an eyewitness of the glorious miracle of Christ, revealed to your brother, drive! We pray to you with faith and love: for the goodness of Christ the Lord, change our souls from those who love sin to those who love God; Protect us with your prayers from the fear of the devil and the fall of sinners, and ask us for help in the hour of our despair and hopelessness; May we not stumble over the stone, but let us walk cunningly in the marching march of the commandments of Christ until we reach these blessed abodes of heaven, where children settle and have fun. Hey, apostles of the Savior! Do not destroy us, but for those who have hope, but be our helper and protector in all our lives and help us to live a godly and godly life, so that we can end this time with goodness and a peaceful Christian end and a good future. to be honored at the Last Judgment of Christ; Let us overcome the unbelievers of the world and the power of the cruel ruler of the world, let the Kingdom of Heaven fade and glorify the beautiful name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

Canon to the Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot, Cananite

Song 1

Irmas: We are angry, people, of our wondrous God, who, having delivered Israel from work, can sing a song and shout: we sing to You, the One Master.

Prispiv:  Holy Apostle Simone pray to God for us.

Before the Lord above, I stand before you, the wondrous apostle, who glorified and taught Himself with light, which, having shown, enlightened my soul, I sleep in your divine memory.

Be it the wealth of good things that Christ has bestowed on you, the top of the divine gifts, the apostles, show, to the righteous courts, theophany, the righteous one.

Receive the all-spiritual dawn, apostles, which has descended upon you from heaven, you are fire-inspired, burning with all the beauty of the rich God.

Theotokos: You, my dead and corruptible, immortal and imperishable, Savior, having shown that you are unskillfully indwelling the womb of the Holy Virgin, having appeared in human nature.

Song 3

Irmas: There is none holy, like the Lord, and none righteous, like our God, to whom all creation sings: there is none righteous greater than Thee, O Lord.

Having known the divine mystery of the incarnation, truly, the apostles Simon, acceptable to God, receive the dawn before the Savior Himself.

The Word Insignificant and Ever-Essential Your servant, Simone the wondrous, was richly enlightened by Divine graces.

Theotokos: All-Golden Priest I will write to you as a prophet, Mother of God, to carry the eternal Light, so that the light will shine through the exchanges of the Divinity, Christ our God.

Sedalen of the Saint, tone 3

The Divine Spirit has destroyed the bright-eyed darkness of the rich and the faithful hearts, enlightened you, learned the saving instructions, and told you Elinsky tales, Simone the glorious, Christ.

Song 4

Irmas: From the mountains, the words, the prophet, the one Mother of God, are eager to flow into the divine form, worshiping and glorifying Your power in fear.

All the treasure of the Gospels, everlasting grace, light of light and salt of the world, Simon the Most Blessed, be.

You have emerged with the speech of a cold phenomenon, but you have become worthy of the non-speech Light, the form of a Divine, having taken on the speech of humanity, it is admirable.

Simone, teachers of imperishable life, put to death our living sin by the life-giving power of the Life-Giver, who received this.

Theotokos: Equal to Thy Father in essence, equal in nature to our Most Pure Diva, Vladiko, he accepted flesh.

Song 5

Irmas: In the night of ignorance of God-knowing enlightened endings, enlighten me with the dawn of Your love for mankind, O Lord.

By the fire, O God, you are visible, having received the Holy Spirit at all times, sitting in the upper room.

Like a high treasure, in the most living villages, high and great happiness brought us.

Theotokos: The First Law, O Virgin, has ceased by Your birth, and grace has flourished, and righteousness has sown.

Song 6

Irmas: Give my robe to the bright one, dress in the light like a robe, richly merciful Christ our God.

Jealousy is the same name of adjectives, O most venerable Simon, you were jealous of the Lord God Almighty with jealousy.

The Savior showed you the Divine miracles of the self-producer, giving you control over His goodness.

Theotokos: Stop the mouths of the wicked from blocking the Mother of God, You are not wise, You are all undefeated, and when you have been exposed, do not let yourself fight in the cold.

Kontakion, tone 2

It is evident from the wisdom of the pious souls that the souls of the pious are honored with praise, like the god-speaking mustache of Simon: so that the throne of glory will follow and rejoice with the incorporeal, praying unceasingly.

Ikos:

The Apostle is remembered all over, like a holy day, praised and piously pleased: That is why the all-light, the sun of the sun, shines, lightly washes the skin with vigor and recognizes the wanderers. We ourselves diligently strive, experiencing this: for Christ watches for that, praying unceasingly for all of us.

Song 7

Irmas: The Jewish youths in the kitchen asked for half the fire, and in the dew they turned the fire, shouting: Blessed are you, Lord God, forever.

Wonderful jealousy, Simone, looming, the same name as jealousy, blessed ones, you are in rage and disposition, you are worthy of your calling, you have received, blessed are you, O Lord, beggars,

Buy the Words, glorifying and speaking to Him, You have taken part in the Kingdom there, crying: Blessed are you, Lord God, forever.

Theotokos: Through the flattery of the tree of good fortune, the forefathers drove out the snakes, And yet, Mother of God, you cried. Blessed, Most Pure, is the fruit of Your womb.

Song 8

Irmas: The three youths did not submit to the musical organ and the impersonal people who worship the image in Deira, the Lord was examined and praised in all ages.

Like chervona, Simone, your feet are received like the glory of Christ, and begin to cry: Sing to the Lord and magnify them forever.

With the kindness of light-colored embellishments and miracles, I am glad to know you, Simone, this blessed people: Sing to the Lord, O deeds, and magnify yourselves in all your eyelids.

Theotokos: The mind cannot say or pronounce the word of Your Birth, Mother of God: For when you conceived, you gave birth, a Virgin, Who is magnified in all ages.

Song 9

Irmas: We are pure and glorious, the human being, the Mother of God, the fire of the Divine, which she received in the womb without burning, is magnified with letters.

You were the end of the phenomena, the light of this world, and the fire of spiritual reception, the light-like one that came forth, and by this you are magnified.

The whole God of situations, You have been revealed to Him, Whom Nina prays, Epiphany, for us, to praise you with faith and love.

Theotokos: The order of the success of the Intercessor, which is human and light, sanctifies the divine purity, is magnified in the songs.

Svitilen

The flow of your red legs, Simon the Apostles, having turned, ascended to the heavenly passage, joyfully, and became the Trinity, in the Father you see the Son and the Divine Spirit. Today, for the sake of faith, I honor your honor and divine memory to the righteous.

Prayer to the Apostle Simon the Zealot

Holy glorious and all-praised apostle of Christ Simone, deigned to receive into your home at Cana Galilee our Lord Jesus Christ and His Most Pure Matira, our Lady Theotokos, revealed to your brother by turning water into wine! We pray to you with faith and love: for the goodness of Christ the Lord, change our souls from those who love sin to those who love God; Protect us with your prayers from the fear of the devil and the fall of sins, and ask us for help in our hours of confusion and hopelessness; Let us not stumble over the stone of peace, but let us unfazedly walk along the saving path of the commandments of Christ, even before these blessed bastards of paradise, children settle down and have fun. Hey, Apostle Spasiv! Do not disgrace us, be strong on those who hope, but let us be our helper and patron in all our lives, and help us to live a pious and godly life. The Last Judgment of Christ; May the kingdom of Heaven cease and the great names of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit be glorified, forever and ever. Amen.

After a happy escape from the situation, I spent a few days at New Athos. Two friends with famous people expressed great hostility to me, and I would like to tell the readers of the site about these people. ».

I climb the stone path up the mountain, to the oven of St. Simon the Canaanite, the apostle and baptist of Abkhazia. Following the instructions, the apostles Simon the Canaanite preached the gospel in the land of Iveron. Around the 55th century, the Apostle Andrey preached far away from the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, and the Apostle Simon settled at the highly accessible oven, in the gorge of the Psirtskhi River. At this place, he descended like a walker through a small natural entrance.

In honor of the apostle, the New Athos monastery was named, founded in 1875 by the Russian Chens of the monastery of St. Panteleimon and the Holy Mountain. 1884 Roku Chentsi consecrated the Apostle's Pechera to the Blessing of Waters.

Artist Zurab Achba works on the birch of the Girskaya River. He is an Abkhaz, a native Meskan from this place. Zurab writes on cardboard about many of the regions of the region, Christian monuments of Abkhazia. His paintings, barvisti, good, can be seen at the exhibitions of the Collection of Artists of Abkhazia, they are widely distributed in private collections in Russia, Turkey, USA, England. I look at the paintings and from the buried places I say to the artist:

– I really like your paintings, Zurabo...

Vin grins at the witness:

– You know, for me, a skin picture is a prayer. Hymn to the Creator, Who created this beauty. Having created the axis of the river Pscirtskhu. I really love to write here, on the birch river, next to the holy place - the stove of the Apostle Simon the Canaanite. Vin helps everyone who comes here. Sit down. Marvel at how beautiful it is! Write about me? It’s possible... Just without pathos: I’m not a big person... An artist? Kozhen, who is afraid of his right for love, perhaps, mitets.

Zurab chose a profession from his childhood. Yogo dad was a wine grower. As if some guests had arrived before my father. The stench could be seen in the living room and the light on the walls. The respect of everyone was attracted by the photograph of the grandfather and grandmother - stately, with a royal figure, in folk costumes: the grandfather in the Circassian, with a sorbet dagger, the grandmother in oxamite cloth with a high standing chest, long sleeves, gathered b For the wrist, with a hair belt.

A mitets appeared among the guests. Vin Mittevo painted the photograph so masterfully that he was able to convey the beauty and texture of the costumes and put the images on the sword dagger. Little Zurab marveled at the master’s efforts to not fight his mysticism. The boy also became an artist, and his courage has only become less important with fate. Dad tried to convince his son: Who is this? What is your profession? There's such a thing as a decent girl who won't marry you! Become a wine grower like me!

Zurab sitkhai:

“I am sure that now my father will marvel at me from the sky and I will be happy as long as my pictures comfort and comfort people...”

I hear a ringing sound. I look around and see: domes of gold, and above them - only the sky

How fateful was it that Zurab had a vivid dream: he was in a wonderful place, from the heights he admired the sea, the mountains and felt the sound. He looks around and stares: in front of him are domes of gold, and beyond them is only the sky.

Having fallen under the enemies at the beauty of the spoiled one. I got ready to go and do my work, but the boards cleared, and it was already very light. Todi vin, having wandered around the surroundings. At the sounds of the garni, I saw that I had climbed up the mountain to the New Athos Monastery, then even higher. Having walked through the overgrown green places and having already decided to go down, aka, the addition of some kind of force, I walked a short distance and went down to the Maidan - the Girskaya terrace. Noticing the skeleton where the tree grew, sitting under it and feeling a ringing sound. Having pulled out the green tea leaves with his hands and taken in the miraculous panorama from his dream: the mountains, the sea, the golden baths of the monastery, and above all - just the sky. I realized that my dream is prophetic.

For three years now, Zurab will have his dream here: a small building, where there will be an art school for children and a workshop for artists. He also transferred a couple of guest rooms to the cabin. I hope that known and unknown fellow artists will come to this beautiful place. You, like Zurab, go out to the ganok and admire the beauty of nature.

Zurab will be his dream: budinok, who will have an art school for children and a workshop for artists

In whose home there are already walls and walls. And all the money that Zurab earns by selling his paintings is invested in everyday life.

Zurab contemplates the khvilina, then says:

- I may have one more dream. Once we restore the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon in the New Athos Monastery. And the right masters will come here - and for this need the masters are of a very high rank. Then I will become a drag for them. Did you not understand about the drag? Well, “bring it, give it to me” - I want to practice it for them. I will, like “bring it, give it”, take part in the restoration of the monstrous frescoes of the monastery. And, perhaps, if the Lord allows, under the supervision of the relevant masters, I will then be needed for recognition - as an artist.

We say goodbye to Zurab. I really want to believe that the holy Apostle Simon the Canaanite will help his good dreams to come to fruition.

Cross the path at the Kamyanya, reach the steep slope. I get up without haste, I admire the surroundings. In the hearth of people, five people are constantly listening to the akathist, which is read by the man who stands before everyone else. I come to prayer and respect that the reader does not despise the book - he reads a long akathist in memory. After prayer we know.

Valery Leonovich has been coming to this holy place for eleven days now: in and out of the way, at the boards and out of trouble. There is a doorkeeper, a watchman, a tour guide, and a preacher. One does not strive on one’s own initiative – with the blessing of the priest.

- Valery Leonovich, how did you get drunk here?

- I am seriously ill: rheumatoid arthritis. All the Suglobi were ill. Over the course of many illnesses, lying at the doctor’s office more than once, treatment did not help me. I forcibly changed my shoes at the police. At this holy place they brought me into my hands, practically brought me.

Saint Simon the Canaanite healed me!

And now I can go up and down three times a day with these steep climbs - Saint Simon the Canaanite healed me! The axis - how did it fail? Forcibly, right? And I give in - and it feels miraculous. I'm almost sixty!

- Tell a little about yourself for the readers of the site...

- What should we tell you? My mother was Russian - Kuban Cossack, my father was Greek, Vermenian... my ancestors lived in Abkhazia since 1870...

I’ve healed – and I’ll still continue to come here every day. I can’t live without it anymore. I don't want to come here. If I pray, things get easier. I pray, I cry... Now this is an unknown part of my life. Without prayer, I would be ruined by the world... Saint Simon the Canaanite became close and dear to me.

And Valery Leonovich continues:

– Previously, there was no stone path - the crustaceans began to crawl into the oven... Today I read an akathist to the saint. Of course, as a reminder, there are so many fates and so many times a day... Also as a reminder, I know “Glory to God for everything,” an akathist, to the image “The Martyr of Sinners”... I also read often... Like... I am a sinner, so I repent, like Shouldn’t we pray to the Helpers of Sinners? !

I read it to other saints, but I can no longer remember. I felt sad here. I used to have such a good Akathist with great writers. It's really bad. A large group of people arrived. We prayed. They deprived me of my notes. I pray for everyone who asks. I remember it every day. For your health, for your peace... Let's go - I'm amazed: my beloved Akathist is gone. It's already so old, I just glued it together with tape. I axis – znik. There was such sorrow... Well, that's it... "Thank God for everything" falling asleep...

- Valery Leonovich, were you aware of other people?

- Great! One friend had no children for six years. We prayed for them to Saint Simon. The stinks then come to show me the baby. Cry. The holy apostle is rich in infertility. The man recently became ill with white blood. If you want to take aim, you turn around. Whatever. Like the Gospel. Ten were aiming, one was turning away. Nine de?

Valery thoughtfully adds:

The prayer of a saint can be richly... And the Lord senses our prayer of sinners in the same way. Golovne – shcheb bula von tryanna

– The saint’s prayer can be richly... And the Lord can also sense our sinners’ prayer. The head is so diligent... You need to remember to pray diligently... Understand, understand what you are reading. Don't take it mechanically... There are a lot of miracles here - a holy place. Buvaє - the eyes are burning during the day. And you planted the saint’s foot, with your hands on the stone?

- Great...

– The axis is so amazing! If they didn’t believe the saint’s sermons, they stamped their foot and stamped the footprint of his foot on the granite boulder. The pagans looked at the traces on the stone - and realized that the people of this God are not in this world. He is also known to be the father’s brother of the Lord himself! Apostle... For two years, two Abkhazian families came to God through prayers. Ancestors of ancient Abkhazians. I Saint Simon the Canaanite baptized them. Then he accepted the death of a martyr, like all the apostles. He is ready before her. On the stone wall of the grotto you can still see red spots - “drops of the apostolic blood.” Dzherelo Saint scored. Htos vip water from this dzherel - turn here. You will pull. Abkhazia – Apsni – the land of the soul. Problem, I can’t say any more - I need to pray.

Through the prayers of the holy Apostle Simon the Canaanite, Lord Jesus Christ, our God, have mercy on us!

One of Jesus Christ's name was Simon the Canaanite. He was the son of his first lover Josip, the companion of Mary the Mother of God, and was the brother of Jesus. The name Kananit is translated from Aramaic as “zealot”. among his people he calls the Apostle Simon not a Canaanite, but a Greek - a Zealot, which means the same thing.

First miracle of Jesus Christ

It tells about those who, during the ceremony of befriending his brother Simon, Jesus Christ performed his first miracle, and himself poured water into the wine. Having learned the new names, having believed in his brother Jesus Christ and becoming his zealous follower and teacher (apostle). In the Christian faith, Simon the Zealot is considered the patron saint of young people and his girlfriend. Over the course of 2000 years of the Christian wedding rite, the priest exclaims from the Gospel, which tells about the miracle created by God.

Expensive around the world

According to the biblical writings, after the Savior ascended to heaven, the Apostle Simon the Canaanite, like all the disciples of Christ, rejected the divine gift that appeared on him in a fiery language. From now on, we began to preach the honor of our brother Jesus Christ in various countries: in Judea, Edessa, Virmenia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Britain, Spain and others. This can be learned from ancient reports of these peoples.

The message about the resurrection of Christ reaches the Black Sea coast

20 years after the resurrection of Christ, three of his apostles - Andrew the First-Called, Matthew and Simon the Zealot - reached the Iveron lands, and further into the mountains of Nizhny Ossetia and Abkhazia. At the place of Sevasti (Sukhumi) their routes diverged. Apostle Simon the Zealot settled in a cave built near a deep gorge of the Girskaya River, where he went down for help from a motorbike, and Andriy went far away, leading to the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. Some of them preached the honor of Christ, preaching about his life, about miracles performed, about martyrdom and resurrection, and trying to convert local residents to Christianity.

Novy Athos

The city, when Simon the Zelot was alive at that time, was on the outskirts of the modern resort of New Athos. Here the apostle, with the power granted to him by heaven, worked miracles and signs, and was able to find followers and convert them to Christianity. In Abkhazia in those distant hours there was a pagan rite, whereby not only animals, but also innocent animals were brought to the sacrifice. Local residents also experience increased cannibalism. Through the efforts of the Apostle Simon, the local residents realized how inhuman, cruel and wild they were from a long time ago, and they inevitably became aware of them. Simon the Canaanite also took up feasting and feasting on the sick with the power of his prayers and simple dots. This, like nothing else, instilled faith in the local population in this new faith. As a result, more pagans asked Zealot to baptize them and accepted the Christian faith.

Gone is that martyr's death

The Georgian king Aderkiy - the oldest adherent of the pagan faith - started a persecution against the apostle and his followers. As a result, Simon the Zealot was captured and, after a long ordeal, brutally beaten. In some accounts one can guess that he was roasted on a cross, in others he was sawed with live bait. His lifeless body was covered with the teachings of this oven, in which he tested the remaining fates of his life. After this, many people in need, the sick and sick came to their graves to pray for help and salvation, and the number of Christ’s believers grew every day.

Temple dedicated to the Apostle Simon Kananitsky

After 800 years, Christian pilgrims came from the Greek city of Athos to the grave of the Apostle. The stench came from the grave of Zealot, the white temple from the city stinks, and the nearest settlement from that hour began to be called New Athos. In the 11th-12th centuries, Abkhazia became a Christian power. From this hour, monasteries, temples and churches began to sprout throughout the territory of Abkhazia. Later, it was subject to attack from the side of the Arabs: most of the Christian churches, including Simono-Kananitsky, were destroyed, and the people, under the influence of Arab slaughterers, adopted Islam.

In the 19th century, after the entry of Abkhazia into the Russian Empire, Christianity was spreading again in these places and people began to recognize this name more and more often - Simon Zelot. The temple, when dedicated to him, was renovated, and the life of the New Athos Simon-Cananite monastery began, which became a great spiritual and spiritual Orthodox center on the entire Caucasian coast of the Black Sea. The cathedral of the same name, which is located in the center of the monastery complex, is a miraculous example of Orthodox architecture of the late 19th century. Its interior walls are painted with beautiful icons of the masters, and the musical chimes were presented to the cathedral by the Russian Emperor Alexander the Third.

Visnovok

Today this place, built near the place of New Athos in Abkhazia, is one of the main important monuments to the Caucasus. This spiritual and historical complex includes the cave (grotto of the Apostle Simon), where Simon the Zealot, one of the first disciples of Jesus Christ, was alive before his martyrdom. Thousands of pilgrims from all ends of the world come for blessings and hope for healing at his grave.

Holy Apostle SIMON THE CANANITE

Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot (Cananit) - one of the 12 Apostles - one of the four blues of Joseph the Betrothed from the first whore, then. We are named brother of Jesus Christ. Kananit translated from Aramaic means zealot. Apostle Luke gives the Greek version of his call: Zelot which means the same thing as Kananit.

One of the interpretations of the name of the apostle is associated with Cana Galilee, in which, in love with the Apostle Simon, our Lord Jesus Christ performed His first miracle by turning water into wine. This is stated in the Holy Gospel according to Ivan the Theologian. This very lesson should be read at the hour of the present sacrament of consummation, which, perhaps, caused the misfortune of the Apostle Simon the Canaanite as the patron of Christian friends.

Having experienced a miracle performed by the Lord at a party in Cana, Simon burned with zeal for the Lord and so trusted in Christ that he followed the Savior, regardless of those who had only become friends. Thus, having become familiar with everything worldly, Simon Pishov followed Christ, as it is said, “having taken his soul of the named immortal.”

After the Ascension of Christ, on the day of Pentecost, we rejected the gift of the Holy Spirit, which led to the teachings of the Savior in the sight of our fiery souls. Simon preached the faith of Christ from the beginning in Judea, then in Edessa (Syria), Virmenia, Egypt, Cyrene (Libya), Mauritania, Spain and in Britain, about To give local accounts of the activities of Christian peoples.

It appears that Simon the Zealot together with the apostles Andrew the First-Called and Matthew evangelized the land of Iversk. Then Simon and Andriy went to the mountains of Svaneti (Ossetia), then to Abkhazia and arrived at the place of Sevast, near Sukhumi. Then the Apostle Andrew preached the gospel of the Black Sea coast to the Caucasus, and Simon settled at a small, highly accessible oven built in the gorge of the Psirtsha River (on the outskirts of the current New Athos). At this place, he descended like a walker through a small natural entrance. The date was approximately 55 AD. That is, more than twenty years after the Resurrection of Christ.

How long he was an apostle in Abkhazia, the chronicles do not tell. He created here an impersonal sign and miracles, and his preaching of rich people turned to Christ. According to the testimony that the constant preaching of Simon the Canaanite, in Abkhazia the cruel pagan cry of sacrificing to the gods is unacceptable and mankind is unacceptable. In ancient Abkhazian parables, there are often riddles about Saint Simon, who rejoiced with the palm of his hand over various illnesses, sprinkled water on the sick place, read an unknown prayer, and everything passed. Simon Kananite was the first to blaspheme the baptisms of the local inhabitants - the ancestors of the present-day Abkhazians.

Through this, the apostle repeatedly recognized attacks from the side of the pagans. And in the hour of cruel persecution of Christians, as the Georgian pagan king Aderkiy (Arkady) unleashed, Simon suffered a martyr’s death. For one version, they are cut with a sword, for another, they are sawed with a saw. It also appears that there will be no roses on the cross.

The scholars buried the body of the saint near his oven. Before his grave, believers began to come, asking for help with their needs and healing from illness.

In the 9th century, a temple was built on the relics of Simon the Canaanite, made of white hewn wool. And just two centuries later, the Christian faith was firmly established throughout Abkhazia. In the 11th-12th centuries, Abkhazia was a prosperous Christian power. The entire Abkhazian coast was covered with flowering places and monasteries, and the adjacent mountains were fortified with castles and churches. Later, beyond the bounds of God, it was conquered by the Turks, the Abkhazians changed Christianity and converted to Islam. Many churches have been ruined, including Simono-Kananitsky.

In the 19th century, the ancient temple was renovated by the inhabitants of the New Athos Simon-Cananite monastery, which was founded in 1875 by the Chinese from Old Athos (Greece) from the monastery of St. Panteleimon. At this time, the imperial majesty of Alexander III ordered the acquisition of 327 acres of land in Abkhazia and the transfer to the monastery of the ruins of the temple of the Apostle Simon the Canaanite, which was lost during the hours of the Genoese, as well as given to the brothers the right to fish.

The monastery became the center of Orthodox enlightenment of the Caucasus and the history of Russia, like the central Panteleimon Cathedral - the largest cult site of Abkhazia. Nomu could accommodate over three thousand people at once. The wall paintings of the cathedral were one of the remaining monuments of the Russian church icon painting school. The musical chimes of the most ancient chimes were a gift from Alexander III. The clock of chimes, the king brought a steam locomotive and a power station to the monastery.

At the monastery, a number of factories were operating - a candle factory, a tseglyany factory, an oil factory, a kin factory, a malovny factory, a palette factory, a sewing factory, a Godinnikov factory, a shevka factory, and a liqueur factory. The great expanses on the schila of the mountains near the monastery were planted with tangerine, lemon, olive, pea, plum orchards, vineyards, corn, and potato fields. The same was true for two apiaries and a botanical garden with exotic plants. Despite the enormous power of the monastery, one can immediately see that the gardens around the monastery still bloom and the vineyards planted by the brethren bear a rich harvest. Even before the arrival of the Russian Chens, these mountainous crops did not develop and grow.

Before the ancient stove of Simon the Canaanite, the Chents cut through a manual entrance, they arrived at the stones, mosaiced the faces of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God of that same Simon the Canaanite on the walls of the oven. This look has been preserved to this day. And today, on the path to it, you can see the jerelo with holy water, and a small granite boulder from the imprint of the apostle’s foot, and the Girsky rapids, under which Simon the Canaan suffered a martyr’s death. On the stone that lies outside the grotto, you can still see the red spots - “drops of the apostolic blood.”

At this hour, the relics of the apostle are hidden in the secrecy of the Simon-Cananite Church.

Part of the relics of the apostle is in the Basilica of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called near Cologne (Nimechtina).

There are two more versions of the martyrdom of the Apostle Simon. For one thing, there were roses from the secular pagans under the hour of the apostolic sermon in Britain, after another, widely spread in the Near and Middle Meeting, and the sufferings of the Apostle Judas Thaddeus in Babylon. The Prote Orthodox Church shares neither one nor the other.

Troparion, tone 3
Apostles Saint Simon, pray to the merciful God to grant us too many sins to our souls.

Kontakion, tone 2
We see the wisdom in the souls of the pious, who gave praise, gratifying, like the God-speaking Simon: May the throne of glory rest upon the throne and rejoice with the incorporeal, praying eternally for all of us.

Prayer to the Apostle Simon the Zealot
Holy glorious and all-praised apostle of Christ Simone, deigned to receive into your home at Cana Galilee our Lord Jesus Christ and His Most Pure Matira, our Lady Theotokos, revealed to your brother by turning water into wine! We pray to you with faith and love: for the goodness of Christ the Lord, change our souls from those who love sin to those who love God; Protect us with your prayers from the fear of the devil and the fall of sins, and ask us for help in our hours of confusion and hopelessness; Let us not stumble over the stone of peace, but let us unfazedly walk along the saving path of the commandments of Christ, even before these blessed bastards of paradise, children settle down and have fun. Hey, Apostle Spasiv! Do not disgrace us, be strong on those who hope, but let us be our helper and patron in all our lives, and help us to live a pious and godly life. The Last Judgment of Christ; May the kingdom of Heaven cease and the great names of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit be glorified, forever and ever. Amen.