Who are Peter and Fevronia of Murom: the story of their eternal love. Peter and Fevronia Day

On July 8, starting in 2008, the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity is widely celebrated in all Russian cities. Many consider him a worthy alternative Valentine's Day, coming from abroad. Indeed, in the domestic holiday there is more spiritual love and admiration for loyalty and devotion. And all because the holiday is closely associated with Saints Peter and Fevronia - a couple who are an example of ideal family relationships.

The story of the difficult life and great love of Peter and Fevronia

Prince Peter, who was the son of Prince Yuri of Murom, was struck by terrible leprosy. All attempts to cure the unfortunate man from his illness ended in failure; no one could restore Peter’s health. Having almost resigned himself to his fate, the man saw an unusual dream in which it was revealed to him that there was a girl in the world who could heal the affected body. IN prophetic dream The name of the savior was revealed to Peter - Fevronia.

Fevronia was a peasant woman from a Ryazan village, the daughter of an ordinary beekeeper. Since childhood, the girl studied herbs and had the gift of healing; even wild animals obeyed her and did not dare to show aggression. The young prince immediately liked the amazingly kind and beautiful young lady, and he promised that he would marry the beauty immediately after his recovery. Fevronia put the man on his feet, but he did not keep his promise and did not lead the village girl down the aisle. Most likely, this was the reason that leprosy fell on the prince’s head with greater force.

The messengers went for the healer for the second time, and Fevronia did not refuse treatment to the deceiver and again gave him health. After this, Peter married his savior and until the end of his days he did not regret what he had done. According to legend, the spouses lived in love, harmony and respect, never deceived each other and always spoke flatteringly about their other halves.

After the death of his elder brother, Peter was destined to take city power into his own hands. The boyars approved of the respected ruler, but the simple peasant woman did not give them peace - no one wanted to see a representative of the lower class in power. The boyars' wives constantly slandered Fevronia, persuading their husbands to throw away the clever and beautiful woman they disliked. One day, the prince was given an ultimatum - either drive his beloved wife out of the house, or leave the post of ruler. Peter did not think for a long time, but chose to renounce power and decided to leave Murom altogether.

In exile, the young, wise princess supported her saddened husband in every possible way. When there were difficulties with food and money in the house, she always found a wonderful way out. Peter still idolized his betrothed and never once reproached his beloved for the fact that for her sake he had to leave his high post and live in deprivation.

However, the deprivations of the princely couple did not last long; the Murom boyars soon realized that without a competent ruler it would be difficult to maintain order in the city. Having come to their senses, they sent messengers for the prince and asked him to return with his wife to his hometown and again take up the post of mayor. Peter consulted with Fevronia and the couple, without resisting, returned home.

The devoted spouses Peter and Fevronia lived in love and harmony until old age, and when they had gray hairs, they took monasticism under the names Euphrosyne and David. Being monks, tenderly loving friend A friend's wife prayed to God to die on the same day. Dreaming of being together in heaven, they prepared a coffin for themselves, with only a thin partition separating the two bodies.

Tradition says that the elderly monks actually departed to another world on one day - it happened on June 25, 1228 according to the strict calendar, which corresponds to July 8 according to the current calendar. Living, as befits monks, in different cells, they died in one hour.

The monks were afraid of the wrath of the Lord and did not put the dead in one coffin - there had never been such burials in Christianity. The bodies of the deceased were in different temples, but somehow miraculously they ended up nearby. After such a miracle happened for the second time, the monks decided to bury the loving spouses together near the Cathedral Church of the Nativity Holy Mother of God.

Only 300 years after their death, Prince Peter of Murom and his wife Fevronia were canonized. The Orthodox Church declared them patrons of the family, and the relics of the saints found peace in the Holy Trinity Convent in the city of Murom. July 8 in the Orthodox calendar is considered the Day of Peter and Fevronia.

Day of Family, Love and Fidelity and its traditions

In the nineties, residents of Murom, where the holy spouses have always been venerated, decided to combine City Day with an Orthodox holiday. Thus, a new Russian holiday was accidentally born, glorifying love and devotion.

In 2008, the celebration of the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity was officially approved, and soon approved by the Interreligious Council of Russia. The symbol of the holiday of pure and selfless love has become chamomile - a flower that is especially popular among all lovers. Later, Family Day got its own medal, with a daisy depicted on one side and the faces of Peter and Fevronia on the other. The medal is traditionally awarded to married couples in whom love and mutual understanding reign.

Now the Orthodox holiday is celebrated in forty countries around the world, but the main celebrations take place in the city of Murom, Vladimir region.

Peter Muromsky, in monasticism David (+ 1228), holy noble prince. Commemorated on June 25, in the Cathedrals of Vladimir and Ryazan Saints.

Fevronia of Murom, in monasticism Euphrosyne (+ 1228), holy noble princess. Commemorated on June 25, in the Cathedrals of Vladimir and Ryazan Saints.

The blessed Prince Peter was the second son of Murom Prince Yuri Vladimirovich. He ascended the Murom throne in 1203. A few years earlier, Saint Peter fell ill with leprosy, from which no one could cure him. In a dream vision, it was revealed to the prince that he could be healed by the beekeeper’s daughter, the pious maiden Fevronia, a peasant woman in the village of Laskovo, Ryazan province. Saint Peter sent his people to that village.

When the prince saw Saint Fevronia, he fell in love with her so much for her piety, wisdom and kindness that he vowed to marry her after healing. Saint Febronia healed the prince and married him. The holy spouses carried love for each other through all trials. The proud boyars did not want to have a princess of ordinary rank and demanded that the prince let her go. Saint Peter refused and the couple were expelled. They sailed on a boat along the Oka from hometown. Saint Febronia supported and consoled Saint Peter. But soon the city of Murom suffered the wrath of God, and the people demanded that the prince return with Saint Fevronia.

The holy spouses became famous for their piety and mercy.

They died on the same day and hour, June 25, 1228, having previously taken monastic vows with the names David and Euphrosyne. The bodies of the saints were laid in one coffin.

The glorification of the holy couple followed at the Moscow Council in 1547. Nowadays the relics of the holy spouses are in the Murom Holy Trinity Novodevichy Monastery.

You can get acquainted with the story of the life and love of Saints Peter and Fevronia by reading “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom”. This is a literary adaptation of a legend beloved by the Russian people, performed by order of Metropolitan Macarius by the writer and publicist Ermolai-Erasmus for the Moscow church cathedral 1547. At this cathedral the holy Murom spouses were canonized.

“The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom,” which tells about the life of Prince Peter and his wife Princess Fevronia, has become a hymn to marital love and fidelity. The Russian people loved to read the story of the Murom miracle worker saints - hundreds of copies of this work in the 16th-17th centuries speak about the popularity of the work of Ermolai-Erasmus. But this love story is also interesting to our contemporaries, especially now, when in Russia the Day of Peter and Fevronia of Murom (July 8) began to be celebrated in 2008 as the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.

Below is a modern Russian-language version of “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom” (the original story was written in Old Russian).

YERMOLAI-ERAZM

THE TALE OF PETER AND FEVRONIYA OF MUROM

THE NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF THE NEW MUROMSKY HOLY WONDERWORKERS, THE BLESSED, AND REVEREND, AND PRAISE-WORTHY PRINCE PETER, CALLED DAVID, AND HIS WIFE, THE BLOSSESS, AND REVEREND, AND PRAISE-WORTHY PRINCESS FEVRONIYA, CALLED EPHROSYNE IN MONSTITUDE, BLESS, FATHER

There is a city in Russian land called Murom. It was once ruled by a noble prince named Pavel. The devil, who has hated the human race from time immemorial, made it so that the winged serpent began to fly to the wife of that prince for fornication. And with his magic he appeared before her in the image of the prince himself. This obsession continued for a long time. The wife did not hide this and told the prince and her husband about everything that happened to her. The evil snake took possession of her by force.

The prince began to think about what to do with the snake, but was at a loss. And so he says to his wife: “I’m thinking about it, wife, but I can’t figure out how to defeat this villain? I don't know how to kill him? When he begins to talk to you, ask him, seducing him, about this: does this villain himself know why his death should happen? If you find out about this and tell us, then you will be freed not only in this life from its stinking breath and hissing and all this shamelessness, which is shameful to even talk about, but also in future life You will appease the unhypocritical judge, Christ.” The wife firmly imprinted her husband’s words in her heart and she decided: “I will definitely do this.”

And then one day, when this evil snake came to her, she, holding her husband’s words tightly in her heart, turned to this villain with flattering speeches, talking about this and that, and in the end, with respect, praising him, asking: “A lot of things.” you know, but do you know about your death - what it will be like and from what?” He, an evil deceiver, was deceived by the forgivable deception of his faithful wife, for, neglecting the fact that he was revealing the secret to her, he said: “I am destined to die from Peter’s shoulder and from Agrikov’s sword.” The wife, having heard these words, firmly remembered them in her heart and, when this villain left, she told the prince, her husband, what the snake had told her. The prince, having heard this, was perplexed - what does it mean: death from Peter’s shoulder and from Agrikov’s sword?

And the prince had brother named Peter. One day Paul called him to him and began to tell him about the words of the serpent, which he said to his wife. Prince Peter, having heard from his brother that the serpent had called the one by whose hand he was to die by his name, began to think without hesitation or doubt how to kill the serpent. Only one thing confused him - he didn’t know anything about Agric’s sword.

It was Peter's custom to walk alone in churches. And outside the city stood in a convent the Church of the Exaltation of the Honest and life-giving cross. He came there alone to pray. And then the youth appeared to him, saying: “Prince! Do you want me to show you Agrikov’s sword?” He, trying to fulfill his plan, replied: “Let me see where he is!” The boy said: “Follow me.” And he showed the prince a gap in the altar wall between the slabs, and in it lay a sword. Then the noble prince Peter took that sword, went to his brother and told him about everything. And from that day he began to look for a suitable opportunity to kill the snake.

Every day Peter went to his brother and his daughter-in-law to pay homage to them. One day he happened to come to his brother’s chambers, and immediately he went from him to his daughter-in-law in other chambers and saw that his brother was sitting with her. And, going back from her, he met one of his brother’s servants and said to him: “I went out from my brother to my daughter-in-law, and my brother remained in his chambers, and I, without stopping anywhere, quickly came to my daughter-in-law’s chambers.” and I don’t understand how my brother ended up in my daughter-in-law’s chambers before me?” The same man said to him: “Sir, after your departure your brother did not leave his chambers!” Then Peter realized that these were the wiles of the evil serpent. And he came to his brother and said to him: “When did you come here? After all, when I left these chambers from you and, without stopping anywhere, came to your wife’s chambers, I saw you sitting with her and was very surprised how you came before me. And so I came here again, without stopping anywhere, but you, I don’t understand how, got ahead of me and ended up here before me?” Paul answered: “Brother, I did not leave these chambers anywhere after you left, nor did I visit my wife.” Then Prince Peter said: “This, brother, is the machinations of the evil serpent - you appear to me, so that I do not decide to kill him, thinking that it is you who are my brother. Now, brother, don’t go anywhere from here, I’ll go there to fight the snake, I hope that with God’s help this evil snake will be killed.”

And, taking the sword called Agrikov, he came to his daughter-in-law’s chambers and saw a serpent in the form of his brother, but, firmly convinced that it was not his brother, but an insidious serpent, he struck him with the sword. The serpent, turning into its natural form, trembled and died, sprinkling the blessed Prince Peter with its blood. Peter, from that evil blood, became covered with scabs, and ulcers appeared on his body, and a serious illness seized him. And he tried to find healing from many doctors in his domain, but not one cured him.

Peter heard that there were many doctors in the Ryazan land, and ordered to be taken there - due to a serious illness, he himself could not sit on a horse. And when they brought him to the Ryazan land, he sent all his close associates to look for doctors.

One of the princely youths wandered into a village called Laskovo. He came to the gate of one house and saw no one. And he went into the house, but no one came out to meet him. Then he entered the upper room and saw an amazing sight: a girl was sitting alone at a loom, weaving canvas, and a hare was jumping in front of her.

And the girl said: “It’s bad when the house has no ears, and the room has no eyes!” The young man, not understanding these words, asked the girl: “Where is the owner of this house?” To this she replied: “My father and mother went to cry on loan, but my brother went through the legs of death to look into the eyes.”

The young man did not understand the girl’s words, he was amazed, seeing and hearing such miracles, and asked the girl: “I came in to you and saw that you were weaving, and a hare was jumping in front of you, and I heard some strange speeches from your lips and I can't understand what you're saying. First you said: it’s bad when the house has no ears and the room has no eyes. About her father and mother she said that they went on loan to cry, but about her brother she said - “he looks into the eyes of death through the legs.” And I didn’t understand a single word of yours!”

She told him: “And you can’t understand this! You came to this house, and entered my upper room, and found me in an unkempt state. If there was a dog in our house, it would sense that you were approaching the house and would bark at you: these are the ears of the house. And if there was a child in my upper room, then, seeing that you were going to the upper room, he would tell me about this: these are the eyes of the house. And what I told you about my father and mother and about my brother, that my father and mother went to cry - they went to a funeral and mourned the dead man there. And when death comes for them, others will mourn them: this is crying on loan. I told you this about my brother because my father and brother are tree climbers, they collect honey from the trees in the forest. And today my brother went to be a beekeeper, and when he climbs up a tree, he will look through his legs to the ground so as not to fall from his height. If anyone breaks down, he will lose his life. That’s why I said that he went through the legs of death to look into the eyes.”

The young man says to her: “I see, girl, that you are wise. Tell me your name." She replied: “My name is Fevronia.” And that young man said to her: “I am the servant of the Murom prince Peter. My prince is seriously ill, with ulcers. He was covered with scabs from the blood of the evil flying snake, which he killed with his own hand. In his principality, he sought healing from many doctors, but no one could cure him. Therefore, he ordered to bring himself here, since he had heard that there were many doctors here. But we don’t know their names or where they live, so we ask about them.” To this she replied: “If someone asked for your prince, he could cure him.” The young man said: “What are you saying - who can claim my prince for himself! If anyone cures him, the prince will richly reward him. But tell me the name of the doctor, who he is and where his house is.” She answered: “Bring your prince here. If he is sincere and humble in his words, he will be healthy!”

The young man quickly returned to his prince and told him in detail about everything he had seen and heard. The noble Prince Peter commanded: “Take me to where this girl is.” And they brought him to the house where the girl lived. And he sent one of his servants to ask: “Tell me, girl, who wants to cure me? Let him heal and receive a rich reward.” She answered bluntly: “I want to cure him, but I don’t demand any reward from him. Here is my word to him: if I do not become his wife, then it is not right for me to treat him.” And the man returned and told his prince what the girl had told him.

Prince Peter treated her words with disdain and thought: “Well, how is it possible for the prince to take the daughter of a poison dart frog as his wife!” And he sent to her, saying: “Tell her - let her heal as best she can. If she cures me, I will take her as my wife.” They came to her and conveyed these words. She, taking a small bowl, scooped up some leaven with it, blew on it and said: “Let them heat your prince’s bathhouse, and let him anoint his whole body with it, where there are scabs and ulcers. And let him leave one scab unanointed. And he will be healthy!”

And they brought this ointment to the prince, and he ordered the bathhouse to be heated. He wanted to test the girl’s answers - whether she was as wise as he had heard about her speeches from his youth. He sent a small bundle of flax to her with one of his servants, saying: “This girl wants to become my wife for the sake of her wisdom. If she is so wise, let her make me a shirt, and clothes, and a scarf from this flax while I am in the bathhouse.” The servant brought Fevronia a bunch of flax and, handing it to her, conveyed the prince’s order. She told the servant: “Climb onto our stove and, taking off the log, bring it here.” He, having listened to her, brought some logs. Then she, measuring with a span, said: “Bran off this from the log.” He cut it off. She tells him: “Take this stump of wood, go and give it to your prince from me and tell him: while I comb this bunch of flax, let your prince make a weaving mill from this stump and all the other equipment that will be used for weaving.” canvas for him." The servant brought a stump of logs to his prince and conveyed the girl’s words. The prince says: “Go tell the girl that it is impossible to make what she asks from such a small chick in such a short time!” The servant came and conveyed to her the prince’s words. The girl responded to this: “Is it really possible for an adult man to make a shirt, a dress, and a scarf from one bunch of flax in the short time it takes him to wash in the bathhouse?” The servant left and conveyed these words to the prince. The prince was amazed at her answer.

Then Prince Peter went to the bathhouse to wash and, as the girl ordered, he anointed his sores and scabs with ointment. And he left one scab unanointed, as the girl ordered. And when I left the bathhouse, I no longer felt any illness. The next morning he looks - his whole body is healthy and clean, only one scab remains, which he did not anoint, as the girl punished him. And he marveled at such a quick healing. But he did not want to take her as his wife because of her origin, but sent her gifts. She didn't accept it.

Prince Peter went to his patrimony, the city of Murom, having recovered. Only one scab remained on him, which was not anointed at the girl’s command. And from that scab new scabs appeared all over his body from the day he went to his patrimony. And again he was covered all over with scabs and ulcers, just like the first time.

And again the prince returned to the girl for the tried and tested treatment. And when he came to her house, he sent to her in shame, asking for healing. She, not at all angry, said: “If he becomes my husband, he will be healed.” He's the same firm word gave her that he would take her as his wife. And again, as before, she prescribed the same treatment for him, which I already wrote about before. He, having quickly recovered, took her as his wife. This is how Fevronia became a princess.

And they arrived at their patrimony, the city of Murom, and began to live piously, without breaking God’s commandments in anything.

After a short time, Prince Pavel died. The noble Prince Peter, after his brother, became autocrat in his city.

The boyars, at the instigation of their wives, did not love Princess Fevronia, because she did not become a princess by birth, but God glorified her for the sake of her good life.

One day, one of those serving her came to the blessed Prince Peter and said to her: “Every time,” he said, “after finishing a meal, she leaves the table inappropriately: before getting up, she collects crumbs in her hand, as if she were hungry.” ! And so the noble prince Peter, wanting to test her, ordered that she dine with him at the same table. And when dinner was over, she, as was her custom, collected the crumbs in her hand. Then Prince Peter took Fevronia by the hand and, opening it, saw fragrant incense and incense. And from that day on, he never experienced it again.

A lot of time passed, and then one day his boyars came to the prince in anger and said: “Prince, we are all ready to serve you faithfully and have you as autocrat, but we do not want Princess Fevronia to rule over our wives. If you want to remain an autocrat, let you have another princess. Fevronia, having taken as much wealth as she wants, let her go wherever she wants!” Blessed Peter, whose custom was not to be angry at anything, answered with meekness: “Tell Fevronia about this, let’s listen to what she says.”

The frantic boyars, having lost their shame, decided to throw a feast. They began to feast and, when they became drunk, they began to conduct their shameless speeches, like barking dogs, denying God’s gift to Saint Fevronia to heal, which God awarded her even after death. And they say: “Madam Princess Fevronia! The whole city and the boyars are asking you: give us whoever we ask you for!” She answered: “Take whoever you ask!” They, as if with one mouth, said: “We, madam, all want Prince Peter to rule over us, but our wives do not want you to rule over them. Having taken as much wealth as you need, go wherever you want!” Then she said: “I promised you that whatever you ask, you will receive. Now I tell you: promise to give me whatever I ask you.” They, the villains, rejoiced, not knowing what awaited them, and swore: “Whatever you name, you will immediately receive it without question.” Then she says: “I ask for nothing else, only my husband, Prince Peter!” They answered: “If he wants to, we won’t say a word to you.” The enemy clouded their minds - everyone thought that if Prince Peter was not there, they would have to install another autocrat: but in their souls, each of the boyars hoped to become an autocrat.

Blessed Prince Peter did not want to break God’s commandments for the sake of reigning in this life; he lived according to God’s commandments, keeping them, as the God-voiced Matthew says in his Annunciation. After all, it is said that if someone drives away his wife, who has not been accused of adultery, and marries another, he himself commits adultery. This blessed prince acted according to the Gospel: he neglected his reign, so as not to break God’s commandments.

These evil boyars prepared ships for them on the river - a river called the Oka flows under this city. And so they sailed down the river in ships. A certain man was sailing in the same ship with Fevronia, whose wife was on the same ship. And this man, tempted by the evil demon, looked at the saint with thoughts. She, immediately guessing his evil thoughts, denounced him, telling him: “Scoop up water from this river from this side of this vessel.” He got it. And she ordered him to drink. He drank. Then she said again: “Now scoop up water from the other side of this vessel.” He got it. And she ordered him to drink again. He drank. Then she asked: “Is the water the same or is one sweeter than the other?” He answered: “The same water, lady.” After this she said: “So the female nature is the same. Why, having forgotten about your wife, are you thinking about someone else’s?” And this man, realizing that she had the gift of insight, did not dare to indulge in such thoughts anymore.

When evening came, they landed on the shore and began to settle down for the night. Blessed Prince Peter thought: “What will happen now, since I voluntarily renounced the princedom?” Precious Fevronia tells him: “Do not grieve, prince, the merciful God, the creator and protector of all will not leave us in trouble!”

Meanwhile, on the shore, food was being prepared for Prince Peter’s dinner. And his cook cut down small trees to hang the cauldrons on. And when dinner was over, the holy princess Fevronia, who was walking along the shore and saw these stumps, blessed them, saying: “May they be large trees with branches and foliage in the morning.” And so it was: we got up in the morning and found large trees with branches and foliage instead of stumps.

And when people gathered to load their belongings from the shore onto ships, nobles from the city of Murom came, saying: “Our lord prince! We came to you from all the nobles and from the inhabitants of the whole city, do not leave us, your orphans, return to your reign. After all, many nobles died in the city from the sword. Each of them wanted to rule, and in the dispute they killed each other. And all those who survived, together with all the people, pray to you: Our lord prince, although we angered and offended you because we did not want Princess Fevronia to rule over our wives, but now with all our household we are your slaves and we want you to be, and we love you, and we pray that you do not leave us, your servants!”

Blessed Prince Peter and Blessed Princess Fevronia returned to their city. And they ruled in that city, observing all the commandments and instructions of the Lord impeccably, praying incessantly and giving alms to all the people under their authority, like a child-loving father and mother. They had equal love for everyone, did not like cruelty and money-grubbing, did not spare perishable wealth, but grew rich in God's wealth. And they were true shepherds for their city, and not like mercenaries. And they ruled their city with justice and meekness, and not with rage. They welcomed strangers, fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and delivered the poor from misfortunes.

When the time had come for their pious repose, they begged God to die at the same time. And they bequeathed that they should both be placed in one tomb, and they ordered that two coffins be made from one stone, with a thin partition between them. At one time they became monks and donned monastic robes. And the blessed prince Peter was named David in the monastic rank, and the Monk Fevronia in the monastic rank was called Euphrosyne.

At a time when the Venerable and Blessed Fevronia, named Euphrosyne, was embroidering the faces of saints in the air for the cathedral church of the Most Pure Theotokos, the Venerable and Blessed Prince Peter, named David, sent to her to say: “O Sister Euphrosyne! The time of death has come, but I’m waiting for you so that we can go to God together.” She answered: “Wait, sir, until I bring air into the holy church.” He sent a second time to say: “I can’t wait for you for long.” And for the third time he sent me to say: “I’m already dying and I can’t wait any longer!” At that time she was finishing the embroidery of that holy air: only one saint’s mantle had not yet been finished, but she had already embroidered the face; and she stopped, and stuck her needle in the air, and wound the thread with which she was embroidering around it. And she sent to tell blessed Peter, named David, that she was dying with him. And, having prayed, they both gave their holy souls into the hands of God on the twenty-fifth day of the month of June.

After their repose, people decided to bury the body of blessed Prince Peter in the city, near the cathedral church of the Most Pure Mother of God, and to bury Fevronia in a country nunnery, near the Church of the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross, saying that since they became monks, they cannot be put in one coffin . And they made separate coffins for them, in which they placed their bodies: the body of St. Peter, named David, was placed in his coffin and placed until the morning in the city church of the Holy Mother of God, and the body of St. Fevronia, named Euphrosyne, was placed in her coffin and placed in the country church Exaltation of an honest and life-giving cross. Their common coffin, which they themselves ordered to be carved out of one stone, remained empty in the same city cathedral church of the Most Pure Mother of God. But the next morning, people saw that the separate coffins in which they had placed them were empty, and their holy bodies were found in the city cathedral church of the Most Pure Mother of God in their common coffin, which they ordered to be made for themselves during their lifetime. Foolish people, both during their lifetime and after the honest repose of Peter and Fevronia, tried to separate them: they again put them in separate coffins and separated them again. And again in the morning the saints found themselves in a single coffin. And after that they no longer dared to touch their holy bodies and buried them near the city cathedral church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin, as they themselves commanded - in a single coffin, which God gave for enlightenment and for the salvation of that city: those who fell with faith to the shrine with their relics generously find healing.

Let us, according to our strength, give them praise.

Rejoice, Peter, for you have been given from God the power to kill the flying fierce serpent! Rejoice, Fevronia, for in your woman’s head was the wisdom of holy men! Rejoice, Peter, for, bearing scabs and ulcers on his body, he bravely endured all the torments! Rejoice, Fevronia, for already as a girl you possessed the gift given to you from God to heal ailments! Rejoice, illustrious Peter, for, for the sake of God’s commandment not to leave his wife, he voluntarily renounced power! Rejoice, wonderful Fevronia, for with your blessing, in one night the small trees grew large, covered with branches and leaves! Rejoice, honest leaders, for in your reign you lived with humility, in prayers, doing alms, without being arrogant; For this, Christ has overshadowed you with His grace, so that even after death your bodies lie inseparably in one tomb, and in spirit you stand before the Lord Christ! Rejoice, reverend and blessed ones, for even after death you invisibly heal those who come to you with faith!

We pray to you, O blessed spouses, that you also pray for us, who honor your memory with faith!

Remember also me, a sinner, who wrote everything that I heard about you, not knowing whether others who knew more than me wrote about you or not. Although I am a sinner and an ignorant person, trusting in God’s grace and his generosity and trusting in your prayers to Christ, I worked on my work. While I wanted to give you praise on earth, I have not yet touched upon real praise. For the sake of your meek reign and righteous life, I wanted to weave wreaths of praise for you after your death, but I haven’t really touched on this yet. For you are glorified and crowned in heaven with true incorruptible crowns by the common ruler of all, Christ. To him belongs, together with his beginningless Father and the most holy, good and life-giving Spirit, all glory, honor and worship, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Akathist to the Holy Blessed Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, Murom Wonderworkers

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Chosen miracle workers and great saints of the Lord, intercessors of the city of Murom and dreams of prayer for our souls, holy blessings of Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia! Bringing praise to you, we earnestly pray: for those who have boldness in the Lord, through your intercession free us from all troubles, and make us heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, so we joyfully call to you:

Ikos 1

The angels of earth and the people of heaven have truly appeared, blessed Peter and Fevronia, from your youth having a clear conscience and having lived well together in piety and purity, leaving us as an example of imitation of your godly life, to whom we have marveled and illuminated your miracles, we call you voices of praise to us :
Rejoice, you who have loved Christ from your youth and worked for Him with all your heart; Rejoice, guardians of chastity and guardians of mental and physical purity. Rejoice, having prepared your souls and bodies on earth for the abode of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice in being filled with the wisdom and intelligence of the Divine. Rejoice, as in the flesh, as without flesh, live together; Rejoice, for you are worthy to receive honor equal to the angels. Rejoice, for you stand before the Trinity from earth to Heaven and there from the Angels; Rejoice, for with disembodied faces you sing the thrice-holy hymn to Her. Rejoice, glorified in Heaven and on earth by the Lord; Rejoice, having found an eternal, all-bright resting place. Rejoice, rich treasure of the city of Murom; Rejoice, source of inexhaustible miracles.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 2

Seeing Prince Peter in his recurring illness, a sign of God’s wrath, for not fulfilling his vow, he took the wise Fevronia as his wife, trying to fulfill this and united with her in a legal marriage. Both in marriage, live chastely and godly, blissfully, having one thought in two bodies, to please God; In the same way, now you sing to Him with the Angels a song: Alleluia.

Ikos 2

With a divinely enlightened mind, gifted from above, Saints Peter and Fevronia, love and mercy for the poor and orphans, the offended and helpless, quickly interceded and with many other virtues adorned their earthly reign. For this reason we cry out to you:
Rejoice, blessed and blessed, having lived in love of God and preserved good faith; Rejoice, you are filled with mercy and compassion. Rejoice, quick helper to the helpless; Rejoice, comforters of sad blasias. Rejoice, feeders of orphans and widows; Rejoice, representatives of those in trouble. Rejoice, healers of mental and physical illnesses; Rejoice, joy-creating visitors of sorrowful hearts. Rejoice, having shown your love for God, your love for your neighbors; Rejoice, having maintained your earthly reign righteously and pleasing to God. Rejoice, praise of the Orthodox princes and the establishment of the city of Murom; Rejoice, all Russian lands, intercession.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 3

By the power of God's grace we strengthen you, blessed Prince Peter, who wished more to leave the city of your fatherland and the reign of Murom than to divorce the wise Fevronia at the insistence of your proud boys. For this sake, God glorify you and create, so that the same bolyars returned together with your wife, you are once again established on the throne of the reign of Murom, but you show us an example of keeping the law of God by your feat, and imitating you in the holiness of keeping the marriage union, we sing to the hero Christ: Alleluia .

Ikos 3

Having care for his people, the blessed Peter and Fevronia, vigilantly labored for their good, inculcating piety, eradicating wickedness and pacifying enmity. Likewise, the Lord, seeing such feats of yours, bless the land of Murom with fruitfulness and give deep peace to your reign, challenging your people to sing gratefully to you:
Rejoice, saints of God, as partakers of the lives of the great saints; Rejoice, good rulers, people of Murom, who have guided you to salvation. Rejoice, guardians of Christian piety; Rejoice, eradicators of disorder, strife and all wickedness. Rejoice, Christian spouses to the pious life of a mentor; Rejoice, chastity and continence in marriage are the most excellent image. Rejoice, guardians of the righteous judgment; Rejoice, zealots of non-extortion and selflessness. Rejoice, holy kings Constantine and Helen, acquirers of virtues; Rejoice, Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and Blessed Princess Olga are worthy successors. Rejoice, most honorable and good combination of two, unwaveringly shining with rays of miracles; Rejoice, O blessed lamp of your fatherland.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 4

The storm of sorrows and misfortunes, raised by the malice of this world, do not weaken your strong love even for God, Blessed Peter and Fevronia, but moreover teach you to skillfully repel the kindled arrows of the temptations of the devil: for you, having wrapped yourself in the armor of the faith of Christ, in the deep world have gone beyond the multi-rebellious abyss of everyday life sea, and reach the quiet harbor of salvation, bring us to it with your prayers, so that together with you we sing to God: Alleluia.

Ikos 4

Having heard your pious life near and far, faithful Peter and Fevronia, I glorified the philanthropic God, who gave you strength for all good deeds, in whose image, like shining rays, you shone in your fatherland, where to this day your names are honorable, and your deeds are sung with these praises:
Rejoice, most luminous two, united by God; Rejoice in the light of your pious life, like God’s bright lights shining forth. Rejoice, having acquired the Kingdom of Heaven through alms and prayers; Rejoice, having improved eternal bliss through humility and fasting. Rejoice, for your reward is abundant in Heaven; Rejoice, for your joy is eternal in the light of the saints. Rejoice, beloved servants of Christ; Rejoice, friends of all saints. Rejoice, stars of incorruption, who faithfully point out the path of married life pleasing to God; Rejoice, dew-bearing clouds, driving away the heat of passions and wickedness. Rejoice, givers of God's mercies and bounty to us; Rejoice, an inalienable adornment of your Fatherland.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 5

The divinely enlightened luminaries of piety and wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia, who loved God with all their souls, kept all His commandments; In the same way, Christ, like the sun and the bright moon, has shown you, most blessed, many miracles with the dawn illuminating the Murom region and the entire Russian country, glorifying your holy and multi-healing relics with incorruption, falling to them, according to your heritage, we bless you and sing with gratitude to the wondrous thing in our saints To God: Alleluia.

Ikos 5

Having seen your righteous life and your generosity, the people of Muromstia glorified you, their merciful rulers, the faithful Peter and Fevronia, but you loved true humility and human praise carelessly, remained proudly invulnerable and thus showed us an image of the highest humility, learning from it, crying out to you with love like this:
Rejoice, you who have imputed the glory of man for nothing; Rejoice, you who have zealously loved the humility of Christ. Rejoice, faithful performers of the commandments of the Lord; Rejoice, followers of the true teachings of the Gospel. Rejoice, servant of the Most High God, having done His will; Rejoice, having kept the faith of Christ to the end. Rejoice, teachers of piety to men named after Christ; Rejoice, you who want to live a godly life according to the wisdom of your teacher. Rejoice, for through your prayers you save us from all troubles; Rejoice, you who fulfill all our good requests. Rejoice, you who have provided grace to heal the ills of those who suffer; Rejoice, patron of the mercy of the Murom country.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 6

Preachers of the Orthodox faith and zealots of piety, not only in words, but with all their lives, were quick in the city of Murom, praising Peter and Fevronia; In the same way, the Holy Church worthily honors your exploits and labors, in the image of which you labored for the glory of the Most High God, silently singing to Him: Alleluia.

Ikos 6

Shine in the city of Murom with the light of your virtuous life, like God’s bright stars, the blessed Peter and Fevronia, and your memory is in it with praise to this day, as even after your death you do not cease to illuminate us, performing many miracles and thus the bright dawn of immortality for us from your relics radiantly, may we please you with the blessings of the chintz:
Rejoice, faithful guardians of the rites and statutes of the Holy Church; Rejoice, reverent worshipers of the servants of the altar of the Lord. Rejoice, zealots of the good customs and traditions of the patrists; Rejoice, eradicators of evil customs and superstitious wisdom of the pagans. Rejoice, the judgments that have been impartial to your people are not impartial; Rejoice, having united your judgments with mercy. Rejoice, meek and gentle followers of Christ; Rejoice, you who have overcome evil with good. Rejoice, imperishable fragrant flowers; Rejoice, unflickering rays of immortality. Rejoice, you who shine on earth with the greatness of miracles; Rejoice, angels in Heaven glorifying God.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 7

Although the Lord, the Lover of Mankind, will show in your life, Peter and Fevronia, an image of edification not only for worldly people, but also for monastic faces, inspire you in your old age to leave the glory of the earthly reign, and accept the image of a monk, in which you strive for goodness through fasting, vigil and prayer, chanting continually to the Triune God the angelic song: Alleluia.

Ikos 7

You have received the new grace of God in tonsure as a monk, with new deeds you have embellished your life as an angel, and thus you have brought the fruit of spiritual perfection to Christ, and you have received the reward of the saints worthy of Him. Remembering your zeal for spiritual deeds, we glorify you with these worthy praises:
Rejoice, for for the love of the Lord, you have abandoned the reign and glory of this world; Rejoice, for you have diligently accepted the monastic life of equal angels. Rejoice, perfect patience of the ascetic; Rejoice, free men of poverty and blessed money-grubbers. Rejoice, having mortified all passions through abstinence before your death; Rejoice, having received the holy schema into the armor of salvation. Rejoice, you who have exchanged the prince’s scarlet for a monastic hair shirt; Rejoice in fasting, vigil and unceasing prayers for those who have pleased God well. Rejoice, seekers of God-loving solitude; Rejoice, lovers of saving silence. Rejoice, watered with tears of prayer; Rejoice, in the host of saints glorified in Heaven.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 8

It was a strange and wondrous miracle, when you, blessed Peter, at the end of your life, the petition for the sake of your wife, Saint Fevronia, delayed your outcome until she had finished the church shroud, which she stitched together and, together with you, came to the end of death; and so inseparable in life, inseparable in death, he appeared, and in one day and hour he gave up his holy soul in the hand of God, calling everlastingly alive and dead to the possessing Master God: Alleluia.

Ikos 8

All the miracles and glorification of the wondrous God in His saints, when your holy bodies, laid in different tombs, were miraculously found lying in a common tomb, which you prepared for yourself, Reverend, in the cathedral church of the city of Murom, where to this day you rest inseparably, holy miracle workers, inexhaustible healing to all who come running to you with faith and call:
Rejoice, you have faithfully preserved the union of your love to the grave and beyond the grave; Rejoice, not only in life, but also in death, in the Lord’s unity. Rejoice, in your pious married life imitating your strength and help; Rejoice, you who warm us with the warmth of your love. Rejoice, having passed through temporary death to eternal life; Rejoice, from the Lord incorruptibility and miracles of glorification. Rejoice, for your memory is with praise and your dormition is with the saints; Rejoice, for your names are honorable and blessed in your fatherland. Rejoice, fertile fertilizer for the Russian country; Rejoice, the city of Murom has an indestructible fence. Rejoice, O heavenly representatives who love and honor you; Rejoice, you who ever ask us from the Lord for the gifts of His goodness.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 9

All the Angels and the faces of the saints rejoiced with great joy, when your holy souls reached the eternal in the abodes of the heavenly villages, and the Creator of Angels and the Most Holy of Holies, the King of Glory Christ, crowned you with immortality and gave you the grace to pray to Him with boldness to many for all those who seek your intercession, Do not deprive us sinners of this, Peter and Fevronia, of worthy praise, humbly singing a song of praise to God who glorified you: Alleluia.

Ikos 9

Human Vetism does not suffice for the worthy glorification of your wondrous life, holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronius; who confessed all your prayers and fastings, illnesses and labors; who will count all your tears and sighs to God. Both of us, motivated by love for you, dare to sing to you these small and simple praises:
Rejoice, vessels of the grace of the Holy Spirit of election; Rejoice, everlasting joy to us, favorable intercessors. Rejoice, strengthening of God-fearing spouses in piety; Rejoice, formidable reproof for violators of marital chastity and harmony. Rejoice, the wrath of God, righteously moved upon us, quenched by your prayers; Rejoice, you who continually pray to the Lord for the peace of the whole world. Rejoice, fortified enemies, visible and invisible, and our supporters; Rejoice, angelic people. Rejoice, joint heirs of the venerable and righteous; Rejoice, faithful saint of the Most Holy Trinity. Rejoice, blessed inhabitants of the city of Heavenly Jerusalem; Rejoice, triumphant with the saints in the tabernacles of paradise.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 10

Having inherited eternal salvation from the blessed Peter and Fevronia, your souls in the heavenly abodes abide inseparably in God, and with your holy relics you rest incorruptibly in the temple of God, and you exude abundant healing, and with your miracles gracefully illuminated, we cry out in praise to the Supreme Creator of miracles, God: Alleluia.

Ikos 10

The wall of intercession, your auspicious prayers to God, having found, the holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia, we earnestly send up thanksgiving to the Heavenly Father for all His blessings, which you have abundantly shown to all of us, and to you, our representatives, we offer the chic:
Rejoice, heir of the all-blessed Kingdom of Christ; Rejoice, angelic faces of your interlocutor. Rejoice, you who contemplate God in unapproachable glory; Rejoice, Trisiyannogo Deity of the Mystery. Rejoice, you who reign forever with the saints in Heaven; Rejoice, you who mercifully reach from the heights of the earth to the earthly. Rejoice, smell the fragrance of heavenly vegetation; Rejoice, cypress trees of the miracle-working paradise of Jesus. Rejoice, givers of envy-free, free healing; Rejoice, performers of many praiseworthy miracles. Rejoice, you who shower us with many blessings; Rejoice, the mercy of your compassion embraces everyone.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 11

We bring prayer singing to you, saints of God Petra and Fevronia, and with love we fall before the rank of your holy and multi-healing relics, glorifying your godly life and many deeds. We pray to you earnestly, holy wonderworkers, help us to imitate your virtues, so that we may sing to our Creator in a godly manner: Alleluia.

Ikos 11

The cathedral church of the city of Murom was filled with heavenly light, when by the grace of God your holy relics, Peter and Fevronia, were found safe and fragrant in it, and from the depths of the earth, like a precious treasure, they were worn out, where they rest to this day, inexhaustible healings flowing to the sick and sick. For this reason we cry out to you in song:
Rejoice, imperishable gold, found in the depths of the earth; Rejoice, shining beads who enlighten people with grace. Rejoice, praise has been given to the Holy Orthodox Church; Rejoice, denunciation of heresies and schisms. Rejoice, shine upon your minds, illuminating with the dawn of the Holy Spirit; Rejoice, the world is filled with the fragrance of Christ. Rejoice, having been clothed in the robe of grace-filled incorruptibility; Rejoice, girded with the power of many miracles. Rejoice, for your honest physician revealed cancer as a human disease; Rejoice, for from her everyone who comes with faith receives healing gifts. Rejoice, you who illuminate the darkness of our souls with the light of your miracles; Rejoice, for by the incorruption of your holy relics you show us the dawn of the common resurrection of all.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 12

Having recognized the grace from above given to you, the holy wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia, with reverence and love we worship your incorruptible and multi-healing power and from them we accept healing in illnesses, consolation in sorrows, gracious help in troubles; In the same way, we glorify you according to your heritage, our heavenly representatives and intercessors, singing praises and thanksgiving to the Master God who has benevolent us: Alleluia.

Ikos 12

Singing your many and glorious miracles, the great saints of God Peter and Fevronia, we bless you as healers, comforters and helpers from the Lord given to us, and we prayerfully celebrate your holy memory, singing to you with gratitude and praise from the love of our hearts:
Rejoice, you who rest incorruptibly in the fragrance of the holy thing; Rejoice, you who come with faith to the race of your relics, sanctifying them with grace. Rejoice, you who call upon the prayerfully honest names of your speedy hearers; Rejoice, trust in you through God, who lays wonders on your helpers. Rejoice, you who have known the propitiators of the Heavenly King; Rejoice, our mighty protectors from invisible enemies. Rejoice, you have dreamed of the intercessors of salvation for all of us; Rejoice, persistent guardians of the city of Murom. Rejoice, wonderful kindness of the Russian princes; Rejoice, God-given patrons of your fatherland. Rejoice, healing grace of our bodies; Rejoice for our souls’ zeal for the Lord in prayer.
Rejoice, holy and glorious wonderworkers Peter and Fevronia.

Kontakion 13

About the holiness and glory of the miracle workers, the blessing of Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia! Mercifully accept this praiseworthy singing from us unworthy, brought to you in tenderness, and through your intercession from the Lord ask us for confirmation in faith and good deeds, and deliverance from all sorrows and illnesses, temporary and eternal, so that we may be worthy to sing together with you and all the saints in the Kingdom of Heaven Holy Trinity eternal song of praise: Alleluia.

(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)

Prayer

About the greatness of the saints of God and wonderful miracle workers, the good faith of Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia, the representatives and guardians of the city of Murom, and about all of us zealous prayer books for the Lord! We come running to you and pray to you with strong hope: bring your holy prayers to the Lord God for us sinners and ask us from His goodness for all that is good for our souls and bodies: rightful faith, good hope, unfeigned love, unshakable piety, success in good deeds, peace of peace, fruitfulness of the earth, prosperity of the air, health to souls and bodies and eternal salvation. Petition from the Heavenly Tsar for the Russian Empire peace, silence and prosperity, and for all of us a prosperous life and a good Christian death. Protect your fatherland, the city of Murom, and all Russian cities from all evil, and overshadow all the faithful people who come to you and worship you with the power of your auspicious prayers, and fulfill all their requests for good. Hey, holy wonderworkers! Do not despise our prayers, offered to you with tenderness, but awaken for us in your dreams as intercessors to the Lord and make us worthy, with your holy help, to receive eternal salvation and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, so let us glorify the ineffable love for mankind of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, in the Trinity of the worshiped God, forever and ever. Amen.

The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom

You can get acquainted with the story of the life and love of Saints Peter and Fevronia by reading “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom”. This is a literary adaptation of a legend beloved by the Russian people, performed by order of Metropolitan Macarius by the writer and publicist Ermolai-Erasmus for the Moscow Church Council of 1547. At this cathedral the holy Murom spouses were canonized.

“The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom,” which tells about the life of Prince Peter and his wife Princess Fevronia, has become a hymn to marital love and fidelity. The Russian people loved to read the story of the Murom miracle worker saints - hundreds of copies of this work in the 16th-17th centuries speak of the popularity of the work of Ermolai-Erasmus. But this love story is also interesting to our contemporaries, especially now, when in Russia the Day of Peter and Fevronia of Murom (July 8) began to be celebrated in 2008 as the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.

Below is a modern Russian-language version of “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom” (the original story was written in Old Russian).

YERMOLAI-ERAZM

THE TALE OF PETER AND FEVRONIYA OF MUROM

The prince began to think about what to do with the snake, but was at a loss. And so he says to his wife: “I’m thinking about it, wife, but I can’t figure out how to defeat this villain? I don't know how to kill him? When he begins to talk to you, ask him, seducing him, about this: does this villain himself know why his death should happen? If you find out about this and tell us, then you will be freed not only in this life from its stinking breath and hissing and all this shamelessness, which is shameful even to talk about, but also in the future life of the unhypocritical judge, Christ, thereby you will appease.” The wife firmly imprinted her husband’s words in her heart and she decided: “I will definitely do this.”

And the prince had a brother named Peter. One day Paul called him to him and began to tell him about the words of the serpent, which he said to his wife. Prince Peter, having heard from his brother that the serpent had called the one by whose hand he was to die by his name, began to think without hesitation or doubt how to kill the serpent. Only one thing confused him - he didn’t know anything about Agric’s sword.

It was Peter's custom to walk alone in churches. And outside the city stood in a convent the Church of the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross. He came there alone to pray. And then the youth appeared to him, saying: “Prince! Do you want me to show you Agrikov’s sword?” He, trying to fulfill his plan, replied: “Let me see where he is!” The boy said: “Follow me.” And he showed the prince a gap in the altar wall between the slabs, and in it lay a sword. Then the noble prince Peter took that sword, went to his brother and told him about everything. And from that day he began to look for a suitable opportunity to kill the snake.

Peter heard that there were many doctors in the Ryazan land, and ordered him to be taken there - due to a serious illness, he himself could not sit on a horse. And when they brought him to the Ryazan land, he sent all his close associates to look for doctors.

She told him: “And you can’t understand this! You came to this house, and entered my upper room, and found me in an unkempt state. If there was a dog in our house, it would sense that you were approaching the house and would bark at you: these are the ears of the house. And if there was a child in my upper room, then, seeing that you were going to the upper room, he would tell me about this: these are the eyes of the house. And what I told you about my father and mother and about my brother, that my father and mother went to cry - they went to a funeral and mourned the deceased there. And when death comes for them, others will mourn them: this is crying on loan. I told you this about my brother because my father and brother are tree climbers, they collect honey from trees in the forest. And today my brother went to be a beekeeper, and when he climbs up a tree, he will look through his legs to the ground so as not to fall from his height. If anyone breaks down, he will lose his life. That’s why I said that he went through the legs of death to look into the eyes.”

And they brought this ointment to the prince, and he ordered the bathhouse to be heated. He wanted to test the girl’s answers to see if she was as wise as he had heard about her speeches from his youth. He sent a small bundle of flax to her with one of his servants, saying: “This girl wants to become my wife for the sake of her wisdom. If she is so wise, let her make me a shirt, and clothes, and a scarf from this flax while I am in the bathhouse.” The servant brought Fevronia a bunch of flax and, handing it to her, conveyed the prince’s order. She told the servant: “Climb onto our stove and, taking off the log, bring it here.” He, having listened to her, brought some logs. Then she, measuring with a span, said: “Bran off this from the log.” He cut it off. She tells him: “Take this stump of wood, go and give it to your prince from me and tell him: while I comb this bunch of flax, let your prince make a weaving mill from this stump and all the other equipment that will be used for weaving.” canvas for him." The servant brought a stump of logs to his prince and conveyed the girl’s words. The prince says: “Go tell the girl that it is impossible to make what she asks from such a small chick in such a short time!” The servant came and conveyed to her the prince’s words. The girl answered: “Is it really possible for an adult man to make a shirt, a dress, and a scarf from one bunch of flax in the short time it takes him to wash in the bathhouse?” The servant left and conveyed these words to the prince. The prince was amazed at her answer.

And again the prince returned to the girl for the tried and tested treatment. And when he came to her house, he sent to her in shame, asking for healing. She, not at all angry, said: “If he becomes my husband, he will be healed.” He gave her a firm word that he would take her as his wife. And again, as before, she prescribed the same treatment for him, which I already wrote about before. He, having quickly recovered, took her as his wife. This is how Fevronia became a princess.

And they arrived at their patrimony, the city of Murom, and began to live piously, without breaking God’s commandments in anything.

After a short time, Prince Pavel died. The noble Prince Peter, after his brother, became autocrat in his city.

The boyars, at the instigation of their wives, did not love Princess Fevronia, because she did not become a princess by birth, but God glorified her for the sake of her good life.

After their repose, people decided to bury the body of blessed Prince Peter in the city, near the cathedral church of the Most Pure Mother of God, and to bury Fevronia in a country nunnery, near the Church of the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross, saying that since they became monks, they cannot be put in one coffin . And they made separate coffins for them, in which they placed their bodies: the body of St. Peter, named David, was placed in his coffin and placed until the morning in the city church of the Holy Mother of God, and the body of St. Fevronia, named Euphrosyne, was placed in her coffin and placed in the country church Exaltation of an honest and life-giving cross. Their common coffin, which they themselves ordered to be carved out of one stone, remained empty in the same city cathedral church of the Most Pure Mother of God. But the next morning, people saw that the separate coffins in which they had placed them were empty, and their holy bodies were found in the city cathedral church of the Most Pure Mother of God in their common coffin, which they ordered to be made for themselves during their lifetime. Foolish people, both during their lifetime and after the honest repose of Peter and Fevronia, tried to separate them: they again put them in separate coffins and separated them again. And again in the morning the saints found themselves in a single coffin. And after that they no longer dared to touch their holy bodies and buried them near the city cathedral church of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God, as they themselves commanded - in a single coffin, which God gave for enlightenment and for the salvation of that city: those who fell with faith to the shrine with their relics generously find healing.

Let us, according to our strength, give them praise.

We pray to you, O blessed spouses, that you also pray for us, who honor your memory with faith!

The love story of Peter and Fevronia. Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. Valentine's Day

On July 8, Orthodox Christians celebrate Valentine's Day. In the role of patrons of love and fidelity, the Russian Orthodox Church venerates Saints Peter and Fevronia. Orthodox saints Peter and Fevronia patronize newlyweds and especially young families. The romantic love story of this married couple is described in detail by the greatest author of the 16th century, Ermolai Erasmus, in the ancient Russian “Tale of Peter and Fevronia.” According to the "Tale", the couple reigned on Murom at the end of the 12th - beginning of the 13th centuries, they lived happily and died on the same day.

The legend about Peter and Fevronia tells that Prince Pavel lived in Murom with his wife, to whom a werewolf snake began to fly. The princess learned that the snake was destined to die at the hands of the prince's younger brother, Peter. Peter kills him with a sword, but the dragon’s blood splashed on him causes a serious illness - the prince’s hands and face are covered with ulcers.

Peter ordered to be taken to the Ryazan land, famous for its healers. There, going into one room, he saw a girl - she was sitting at a loom, and a hare was jumping in front of her. Fevronia amazed Prince Peter with her wisdom, solving the most difficult riddles. She agrees to heal the prince on the condition that he takes her as his wife.

The exhausted prince agrees to everything. However, having recovered, the prince refuses to fulfill his promise, after which he again becomes covered with ulcers. Fevronia helped him once again and became a princess. Gradually the prince realizes that Fevronia is his only love.

And when the Murom boyars demanded that the prince leave a simple village girl or give up the principality, he, without hesitation, leaves with his beloved wife for a distant village. However, disagreements and strife that arose between the boyars forced them to ask Peter and Fevronia to return home. The power of love between Peter and Fevronia defeated deceit and hatred.

The story of the death of this married couple is amazing: while dying, Prince Peter sends to his wife to tell her to be ready to die with him. Fevronia, busy with embroidery, sticks a needle into the work, carefully folds it, lies down and dies with her husband... They remained faithful to each other not only to the grave, but also beyond the grave.

Peter and Fevronia died at the same hour. About 300 years after their death, in the 16th century, Peter and Fevronia were considered Russian Orthodox Church to the saints. Orthodox "Valentine's Day" is celebrated not as romantically as Catholics do on February 14, Valentine's Day. On the day of Saints Peter and Fevronia in Orthodox tradition It is not customary to give any gifts in the shape of hearts or spend evenings by candlelight.

Orthodox Christians pray in cathedrals and churches on this day. In their prayers, young people ask God for Great love, and older people ask for family consent.

Prayer to the blessed Prince Peter, David in monasticism, and Princess Fevronia, Euphrosyne in monasticism, Murom miracle workers

In Russia, until 1917, the holiday in honor of Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom, who personified marital love and fidelity in Russian culture and were considered the patrons of family and marriage in Rus' from ancient times, was celebrated very widely. On this day, it was customary to visit temples, where young people in their prayers asked for love, and older people - for family harmony. The day of Peter and Fevronia was considered lucky for marriage.

For more than five centuries, the legend of Peter and Fevronia, a story of irresistible love, has lived in Russia; it is recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church as an example of a devoted marriage, and the spouses themselves were canonized. They are especially revered on July 8, when, as the story says, they both died on the same day and hour (according to the chronicles - in April 1228). The reliquary with the relics of the married couple is kept under the arches of the Trinity Cathedral in the city of Murom, which lies on the Oka River, three hundred kilometers southeast of Moscow.

About Peter and Fevronia of Murom
A. M. Remizov (1877-1957)

At the beginning of the 13th century, the noble prince Pavel ruled in the city of Murom. He was a kind and fair ruler, but one misfortune happened in his family: a devilish serpent began to fly to his wife at night and persuade her to dishonor, and she did not have the strength to resist him. The serpent used to take the form of Paul. This was repeated many times, and one day the wife told her husband about everything. The prince began to look for a way to deal with the snake, but he could not come up with anything. Then he told his wife to flatter the snake and find out from him what he could die from. When the snake flew to her again, she tried to make him reveal his secret to her. He said: “My death is from Peter’s shoulder, Agric’s sword” (Agrik is a hero from the ancient Russian epic). The wife conveyed these words to her husband, and he began to wonder what it meant. Paul decided to open up to his younger brother Peter and told him about the serpent's words. One day, when Peter was praying alone in church, a youth appeared to him and showed him the place in the altar wall where Agrikov’s sword was kept. Peter took this sword and soon killed the snake, but the snake's poisonous blood fell on him, causing him to be covered with scabs.

Having defeated the serpent himself, Peter could not defeat the disease he had caused, and no one could heal him. (Perhaps in reality the prince fell ill with something like leprosy). And then one young man told him that in the village of Laskovo, which is located not far from Ryazan, there lives a wise maiden who knows how to treat all sorts of difficult diseases. Peter, together with those close to him, with the last of his strength, went to Laskovo. The maiden, whose name was Fevronia, agreed to cure the prince, but set the condition that the treatment would be valid if the prince married her. (She immediately understood the future: only with her will the prince be healthy in body and soul). The prince agreed, and the maiden prepared the ointment, telling the prince to smear it all over his body, except for one scab. The next morning the prince recovered, was happy and got ready to go back, not attaching importance to his promise given to a simple girl, the daughter of a beekeeper (honey collector). She did not accept his gifts. Peter returned to Murom, but soon felt that the disease was returning to him. He had to go to Laskovo again, to bow to Fevronia, and she again cured him, and he married her.

PETER AND FEVRONIYA OF MUROM
spouses, saints, the brightest personalities of Holy Rus', who reflected its spiritual values and ideals with their lives.
The life story of St. miracle workers, the faithful and reverend spouses Peter and Fevronia, existed for many centuries in the traditions of the Murom land, where they lived and where their honest relics were preserved. Over time, real events acquired fabulous features, merging into people's memory with legends and parables of this region. Now researchers are arguing about which of the historical figures the life is written: some are inclined to believe that these were Prince David and his wife Euphrosyne, in monasticism Peter and Fevronia, who died in 1228, others see them as the spouses Peter and Euphrosyne, who reigned in Murom in the 14th century.
I wrote down a story about blgv. Peter and Fevronia in the 16th century. priest Ermolai the Preregrenny (monastically Erasmus), a talented writer, widely known in the era of Ivan the Terrible. Preserving folkloric features in his life, he created an amazingly poetic story about wisdom and love - the gifts of the Holy Spirit with a pure heart and humbleness in God.
St. Peter was younger brother reigning in the city of Murom blgv. Pavel. One day, trouble happened in Pavel’s family - due to the devil’s obsession, a snake began to fly to his wife. The sad woman, who succumbed to demonic power, told her husband everything. The prince ordered his wife to find out the secret of his death from the villain. It turned out that the adversary’s death was “destined to come from Peter’s shoulder and Agrikov’s sword.” Having learned about this, Prince. Peter immediately decided to kill the rapist, relying on God’s help. Soon, during prayer in the temple, it was revealed where Agrikov’s sword was kept, and, having tracked down the serpent, Peter struck him down. But before his death, the snake sprinkled the winner with poisonous blood, and the prince’s body became covered with scabs and ulcers.
No one could heal Peter from a serious illness. Enduring the torment with humility, the prince surrendered to God in everything. And the Lord, providing for His servant, sent him to the Ryazan land. One of the young men sent in search of a doctor accidentally walked into the house, where he found a lonely girl named Fevronia, the daughter of a tree frog, at work, who had the gift of insight and healing. After all the questions, Fevronia ordered the servant: “Bring your prince here. If he is sincere and humble in his words, he will be healthy!”
The prince, who could no longer walk himself, was brought to the house, and he sent to ask who wanted to cure him. And he promised him that if he cured him, he would get a big reward. “I want to cure him,” Fevronia answered bluntly, “but I don’t demand any reward from him. Here is my word to him: if I do not become his wife, then it is not right for me to treat him.” Peter promised to marry, but in his heart he was lying: the pride of the princely family prevented him from agreeing to such a marriage. Fevronia scooped up some sourdough, blew on it and ordered the prince to wash himself in the bathhouse and lubricate all the scabs except one.
The blessed maiden had the wisdom of the Holy Fathers and prescribed such treatment not by chance. Just as the Lord and Savior, healing lepers, the blind and the paralytic, healed the soul through bodily ailments, so Fevronia, knowing that illnesses are allowed by God as a test and for sins, prescribed treatment for the flesh, implying a spiritual meaning. Bath, according to St. To Scripture, the image of baptism and cleansing of sins (Eph. 5:26), but the Lord Himself likened to leaven the Kingdom of Heaven, which will be inherited by souls whitened by the washing of baptism (Luke 13:21). Since Fevronia saw through Peter’s wickedness and pride, she ordered him to leave one scab undone as evidence of sin. Soon, from this scab, the whole illness resumed, and the prince returned to Fevronia. The second time he kept his word. “And they arrived at their patrimony, the city of Murom, and began to live piously, without breaking God’s commandments in anything.”
After the death of his brother, Peter became autocrat in the city. The boyars respected their prince, but the arrogant boyars’ wives disliked Fevronia, not wanting to have a peasant woman as their ruler, and taught their husbands evil things. The boyars tried to level all sorts of slander against the princess, and one day they rebelled and, having lost their shame, offered Fevronia, taking whatever she wanted, to leave the city. The princess wanted nothing but her husband. The boyars rejoiced, because everyone secretly set their sights on the princely place, and they told their prince about everything. Blessed Peter, having learned that they wanted to separate him from his beloved wife, chose to voluntarily renounce power and wealth and go into exile with her.
The couple sailed down the river on two ships. A certain man, sailing with his family along with Fevronia, looked at the princess. The holy wife immediately guessed his thoughts and gently reproached him: “Draw water from one side and the other of the boat,” the princess asked. “Is the water the same or is one sweeter than the other?” “The same,” he answered. “So female nature is the same,” said Fevronia. “Why are you, having forgotten your wife, thinking about someone else’s?” The convicted person was embarrassed and repented in his soul.
In the evening they moored to the shore and began to settle down for the night. “What will happen to us now?” - Peter thought sadly, and Fevronia, a wise and kind wife, affectionately consoled him: “Do not grieve, prince, the merciful God, the Creator and Protector of all, will not leave us in trouble!” At this time, the cook began to prepare dinner and, in order to hang the cauldrons, cut down two small trees. When the meal was over, the princess blessed these stumps with the words: “May they become big trees in the morning.” And so it happened. With this miracle, she wanted to strengthen her husband, foreseeing their fate. After all, if “there is hope for a tree that, even if it is cut down, it will live again” (Job 14:7), then a person who hopes and trusts in the Lord will have a blessing both in this life and in the next.
Before they had time to wake up, ambassadors from Murom arrived, begging Peter to return to reign. The boyars quarreled over power, shed blood and were now again looking for peace and tranquility. Blzh. Peter and Fevronia humbly returned to their city and ruled happily ever after, giving alms with prayer in their hearts. When old age came, they took monasticism with the names David and Euphrosyne and begged God to die at the same time. They decided to bury themselves together in a specially prepared coffin with a thin partition in the middle.
They died on the same day and hour, each in his own cell. People considered it impious to bury monks in the same coffin and dared to violate the will of the deceased. Twice their bodies were carried to different temples, but twice they miraculously found themselves nearby. So they buried the holy spouses together near the cathedral church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and every believer received generous healing here.
Memory blgv. Peter and Fevronia is celebrated on June 25/July 8.

Source: Encyclopedia "Russian Civilization"

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