Hegumen Sergeni Gayukit biography

Administrator, clergymen, numerous pilgrims and spiritual children of Archimandrite Abel Macedonov on the day of the Years from the date of his repose came to the John-Bogoslovsky monastery, where Father Abel was the first governor after the opening of the monastery of the year. The Divine Liturgy was headed by the Metropolitan of the Ivanovo-Voznesensky and Vichug Joseph, who is the native of Archimandrite Abel, in the service of Bishop of the Uvarovsky and Kirsanovsky Ignatius, the former and.

Archimandrite Abel went to the Lord on December 6. On this day, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of two great Russian saints: the noble Prince Alexander Nevsky and St. Mitrofan Voronezh. He also managed to contribute to the creation of the Orthodox diocese in the Golden Horde. And this is only part of his merits. The spiritual life of the Voronezh saint in many respects influenced the ruler of the Russian state, Peter I.

During the years of Peter's transformations, St. Mitrofan became the way of understanding and sincere adoption of good undertakings and at the same time - the uncompromising confrontation of the destruction of spiritual values. He was an assistant and spiritual mentor of the king, while taking care of strengthening the power, always remained a firm defender of faith and piety, a guardian shepherd and a genuine ascetic.

And the permanent archimandrite Abel, like Alexander Nevsky and Mitrofan Voronezh, created temples, revived the monastery from the ruins, took care of the formation of the monastic life of the monastery. With all this, he paid much attention to social activities, blessed many educational projects, participating in the creation of the Orthodox media, spiritual educational institutions.

After the Liturgy, everyone prayerfully remembered the father of Abel during the memorial service and the memorial lithium. Lithium was committed at the place of burial of the priest, in the small temple of the Monk Seraphim of Sarov under the altar part of the John the Godgrass Cathedral. It is symbolic that the temple is also consecrated in honor of the holy martyr of the Jewelry of Ryazan and all the new martyrs and confessors of Russian.

It contains a fraternal Kostnitsa, arranged on the model of the Athos, the honest remains of the last rectors of the John-Bogoslovsky monastery closed in the year, the archimandrites of Vitaly Vinogradov, Tikhon Preobrazhensky and Zosima Musatov, rest. Of those who prayed on this day in the John-Bogoslovsky monastery, many people personally knew the father of Abel and now testify that they continue to feel the support of the priest, as in his earthly life, when he directed and strengthened all the rescue paths that were addressing him.