Ignatius Bryanchaninov Biography

The brief life of St. Ignatius Bryanchaninov. He came from the noble surname of the Bryanchaninov, dating back to the boyar Mikhail Brenko, the hero of the Battle of Kulikovo. The name of his father is Alexander Semenovich, mother - Sofia Afanasyevna. Demetrius attracted monastic life, but his father gave him to the Main Military Engineering School in St. Petersburg. Passing the teaching, the young man thought about the relativity of scientific knowledge and the futility of scholarship, which do not lead directly to eternal life.

In search of truth, he carefully read the creations of the Holy Fathers of the Orthodox Church. Demetrius decided to become a monk, defending him in front of his superiors and parents. This intention was strengthened after acquaintance with the Optina elder Leonid Nagulkin - the Monk Leo. The school Dimitri graduated from the order of Lieutenant in the year.

He was refused retired, but according to the God of God he was soon fired from the service because of his illness and entered the Apocado-Svir Monastery in the Olonets province, then he was in other abode. In the year, he was tonsured into monasticism with the name in honor of St. Ignatius of the God -bearer, ordained a hieromonk and appointed hegumen of the Lopotov Monastery. Since the year, Father Ignatius is the abbot of the Trinity-Sergius desert near St.

Petersburg in the dignity of Archimandrite. In the afternoon, he controlled the abode, at night he indulged in prayer, for the brethren was both the boss and the spiritual father. In the year in the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Archimandrite Ignatius was Hirotonisan at the bishop of the Caucasus and Black Sea with the department in Stavropol; Now - the diocese of Stavropol.

In the year, by the request, Bishop Ignatius was dismissed due to illness. The saint settled in the Nikolo-Babaevsky monastery of the Kostroma diocese, where he was subsequently buried. He wrote “The Provision of Modern Monastery”, “Fatherland”-a collection of sayings and examples from the life of ancient monasticism, many letters, prepared for the publication five volumes of his works of the 6th volume-“Fatherland” was published after his death.

The saint could see the state of the soul of other people. He outlined the ascetic teaching of the Holy Fathers of the Church in relation to the requirements of our time.

The circle of his acquaintances included A. Pushkin, I. A Krylov, K. Batyushkov, N. Gnedich, Archpriest Peter Turchaninov, M. Glinka, A. Lvov, N. Gogol, K. Bryullov, P. Nakhimov and others. The saint died in the week of the holy world-bearer, on April 30; Counting for the saints in the year.