20X15 cm - 7,8X5,9inch. Gold leaf as background 22K.
+ Ο Άγιος Σάββας καταγόταν από το χωριό Μουταλάσκη της Καππαδοκίας και ήταν γιος ευσεβών γονέων, του Ιωάννη και της Σοφίας .
Από πολύ νωρίς γνώρισε τις θείες βουλές και αποφάσισε να αφιερωθεί στο μοναστικό βίο. Είχε τόση πίστη που κάποτε μπήκε σε ένα κλίβανο πυρός από τον οποίο βγήκε αβλαβής με τη βοήθεια του Θεού. Όταν ήταν δεκαοχτώ ετών έφυγε από το μοναστήρι των Φλαβιανών και πήγε στα Ιεροσόλυμα. Από εκεί κατευθύνθηκε προς την έρημο της Ανατολής για να συναντήσει τον Μέγα Ευθύμιο. Ο Ευθύμιος τον έστειλε σε ένα κοινόβιο, το οποίο διηύθυνε ο όσιος Θεόκτιστος. Ο Άγιος Σάββας κατά την παραμονή του στο κοινόβιο έλαμψε λόγω του χαρακτήρα του και των αρετών του. Μάλιστα ήταν τόσο σοβαρός και ηθικός - παρά το νεαρόν της ηλικίας - που προσαγορεύτηκε παιδαριογέροντας από τον Μέγα Ευθύμιο. Ο Άγιος Σάββας όσο μεγάλωνε τροφοδοτούσε όλο και περισσότερο το πνεύμα του, γι' αυτό και τιμήθηκε με το χάρισμα της θαυματουργίας. Το χάρισμα αυτό το επιστράτευσε στην υπηρεσία των φτωχών και των ασθενών και έτσι επιτέλεσε σημαντικότατα έργα. Για την αγιότητα της ζωής του και για τη μεγάλη του φήμη, είχε σταλεί από τον Πατριάρχη Ιεροσολύμων δυο φορές πρεσβευτής στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, προς το βασιλιά Αναστάσιο και έπειτα προς τον Ιουστινιανό. Σε ηλικία ενενήντα τεσσάρων ετών, το 534 μ.Χ., ανήλθε προς Κύριον εν ειρήνη. Το 584 μ.Χ., το Λείψανο του Αγίου Σάββα ανακομίσθηκε αδιάφθορο όταν ανοίχθηκε ο τάφος του για να ενταφιαστεί ο Ηγούμενος Κασσιανός. Αρχικά διαφυλάχθηκε στη Μονή του και στη συνέχεια μεταφέρθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, κατά την περίοδο των Αραβικών επιδρομών. Για τον χρόνο άφιξης του στη Βενετία επικρατούν δύο παραδόσεις. Σύμφωνα με την πρώτη το Λείψανο είχε μεταφερθεί στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, απ’ όπου το 1026 μ.Χ. το έκλεψε ο Βενετός ευγενής Πέτρος Centranico (έπειτα Δόγης, 1026 - 1031 μ.Χ.), επί των ημερών του Δόγη Tribunio Menio (982 - 1026 μ.Χ.), το μετέφερε στη Βενετία και το κατέθεσε στο Ναό του Αγίου Αντωνίνου. Κατά την δεύτερη παράδοση το Λείψανο δεν μεταφέρθηκε ποτέ στην Κωνσταντινούπολη, αλλά διαφυλάχθηκε στον Άγιο Ιωάννη της Άκρας, απ’ όπου μεταφέρθηκε από τούς Γενουάτες στην ανταγωνίστρια της Βενετίας πόλη τους. το 1257 μ.Χ. οι Βενετοί πέτυχαν να μεταφέρουν το Λείψανο στη Βενετία. Η παρουσία του Λειψάνου του Αγίου Σάββα στη Βενετία επιβεβαιώνεται από την σχετική ομολογία του Σαββαΐτου Μοναχού Σωφρονίου στον Μητροπολίτη Ρωσίας Άγιο Μακάριο, το 1547 μ.Χ. Το 1965 μ.Χ., μετά από ενέργειες του Πατριάρχου Βενεδίκτου, η ρωμαιοκαθολική Εκκλησία επέστρεψε το Λείψανο στο Πατριαρχείο Ιεροσολύμων και φυλάσσεται έκτοτε στη Μονή του.
Η Εκκλησία μας τιμά την μνήμη του κάθε χρόνο στις 5 Δεκεμβρίου.
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Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἦχος α’. Τῆς ἐρήμου πολίτης. Tῶν ὁσίων ἀκρότης καὶ ἀγγέλοις ἐφάμιλλος ὡς γὰρ ἡγιασμένος ἐδείχθης ἐκ παιδός, Σάββα ὅσιε. Οὐράνιον γὰρ βίον ἀπελθῶν, πρὸς ἔνθεον ζωὴν χειραγωγεῖς διὰ λόγου τε καὶ πράξεως ἀληθοῦς, τοὺς πίστει ἐκβοῶντας σοι. Δόξα τῷ δεδοκότι σοι ἰσχύν, δόξα τῷ σὲ στεφανώσαντι, δόξα τῷ ἐνεργοῦντι διὰ σοῦ πᾶσιν ἰάματα. |
+ Saint Savvas the Sanctified (5th December)
He was born in Mutalaska, near Caesarea in Cappadocia of pious Christian parents, John and Sophia, during the year 439. His father was a military commander. Traveling to Alexandria on military matters, his wife went with him, but they left their five-year-old son in the care of an uncle. When the boy reached eight years of age, he entered the monastery of St. Flavian l...ocated nearby. The gifted child quickly learned to read and became an expert on the Holy Scriptures. In vain did his parents urge St. Savvas to return to the world and enter into marriage.
When he was seventeen years old he received monastic tonsure, and attained such perfection in fasting and prayer that he was given the gift of wonderworking. In 456, after spending ten years at the monastery of St. Flavian, he traveled to Jerusalem, and from there to the monastery of St. Euthymius the Great (January 20). But St. Euthymius sent St. Savvas to Abba Theoctistus, the head of a nearby monastery that practiced a strict cenobitic rule. St. Sabbas lived in obedience at this monastery until the age of thirty.
After the death of the Elder Theoctistus, his successor blessed St. Savvas to seclude himself in a cave. On Saturdays, however, he left his hermitage and came to the monastery, where he participated in divine services and ate with the brethren. After a certain time St. Sabbas received permission not to leave his hermitage at all, and he struggled in the cave for five years.
St. Euthymius attentively directed the life of the young monk, and seeing his spiritual maturity, he began to take him to the Rouba wilderness with him. They set out on January 14, and remained there until Palm Sunday. St. Euthymius called St. Savvas a child-elder, and encouraged him to grow in the monastic virtues.
When St. Euthymius fell asleep in the Lord (+473), St. Savvas withdrew from the Lavra and moved to a cave near the monastery of St. Gerasimus of Jordan (March 4). In 478, he moved to a cave on the cliffs of the Kedron Gorge southeast of Jerusalem. His hermitage formed the foundation of the monastery later named after him (Lavra Mar Saba) and known in ancient sources as the Great Lavra. After several years, disciples began to gather around St. Savvas, seeking the monastic life. As the number of monks increased, the lavra came into being. When a pillar of fire appeared before St. Savvas as he was walking, he found a spacious cave in the form of a church.
In 491, Patriarch Salustius of Jerusalem ordained him a priest. In 494, the patriarch named St. Savvas the archimandrite of all the monasteries in Palestine.
St. Savvas founded several other monasteries including the New Lavra, the Lavra Heptastomos, and Heptastomos. [1] Many miracles took place through the prayers of St. Savvas: at the Lavra: a spring of water welled up, during a time of drought, there was abundant rain, and there were also healings of the sick and the demoniacs. St. Sabbas composed the first monastic Rule of church services, the so-called "Jerusalem Typikon", that became accepted by all the Palestine monasteries. St. Savvas died in his lavra on December 5, 532 and is buried in a tomb in the courtyard between two ancient churches in the midst of the remnant of the great Lavra Mar Saba monastery. His relics had been taken to Italy in the twelfth century by Crusaders, but were returned to the monastery by Pope Paul VI in 1965 in a goodwill gesture toward the Orthodox.
St. Savvas championed the Orthodox cause against the monophysite and Origenist movements of his day, personally calling upon the Roman emperors in Constantinople, Anastasius I in 511 and Justinian in 531, to influence them in opposing the heretical movements.
St. Savvas reposed in 532.
He was born in Mutalaska, near Caesarea in Cappadocia of pious Christian parents, John and Sophia, during the year 439. His father was a military commander. Traveling to Alexandria on military matters, his wife went with him, but they left their five-year-old son in the care of an uncle. When the boy reached eight years of age, he entered the monastery of St. Flavian l...ocated nearby. The gifted child quickly learned to read and became an expert on the Holy Scriptures. In vain did his parents urge St. Savvas to return to the world and enter into marriage.
When he was seventeen years old he received monastic tonsure, and attained such perfection in fasting and prayer that he was given the gift of wonderworking. In 456, after spending ten years at the monastery of St. Flavian, he traveled to Jerusalem, and from there to the monastery of St. Euthymius the Great (January 20). But St. Euthymius sent St. Savvas to Abba Theoctistus, the head of a nearby monastery that practiced a strict cenobitic rule. St. Sabbas lived in obedience at this monastery until the age of thirty.
After the death of the Elder Theoctistus, his successor blessed St. Savvas to seclude himself in a cave. On Saturdays, however, he left his hermitage and came to the monastery, where he participated in divine services and ate with the brethren. After a certain time St. Sabbas received permission not to leave his hermitage at all, and he struggled in the cave for five years.
St. Euthymius attentively directed the life of the young monk, and seeing his spiritual maturity, he began to take him to the Rouba wilderness with him. They set out on January 14, and remained there until Palm Sunday. St. Euthymius called St. Savvas a child-elder, and encouraged him to grow in the monastic virtues.
When St. Euthymius fell asleep in the Lord (+473), St. Savvas withdrew from the Lavra and moved to a cave near the monastery of St. Gerasimus of Jordan (March 4). In 478, he moved to a cave on the cliffs of the Kedron Gorge southeast of Jerusalem. His hermitage formed the foundation of the monastery later named after him (Lavra Mar Saba) and known in ancient sources as the Great Lavra. After several years, disciples began to gather around St. Savvas, seeking the monastic life. As the number of monks increased, the lavra came into being. When a pillar of fire appeared before St. Savvas as he was walking, he found a spacious cave in the form of a church.
In 491, Patriarch Salustius of Jerusalem ordained him a priest. In 494, the patriarch named St. Savvas the archimandrite of all the monasteries in Palestine.
St. Savvas founded several other monasteries including the New Lavra, the Lavra Heptastomos, and Heptastomos. [1] Many miracles took place through the prayers of St. Savvas: at the Lavra: a spring of water welled up, during a time of drought, there was abundant rain, and there were also healings of the sick and the demoniacs. St. Sabbas composed the first monastic Rule of church services, the so-called "Jerusalem Typikon", that became accepted by all the Palestine monasteries. St. Savvas died in his lavra on December 5, 532 and is buried in a tomb in the courtyard between two ancient churches in the midst of the remnant of the great Lavra Mar Saba monastery. His relics had been taken to Italy in the twelfth century by Crusaders, but were returned to the monastery by Pope Paul VI in 1965 in a goodwill gesture toward the Orthodox.
St. Savvas championed the Orthodox cause against the monophysite and Origenist movements of his day, personally calling upon the Roman emperors in Constantinople, Anastasius I in 511 and Justinian in 531, to influence them in opposing the heretical movements.
St. Savvas reposed in 532.
Troparion of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, Tone 1
Sanctified from youth, O righteous Sabbas, thou wast a summit of righteousness equal to the Angels. Thou didst lead a heavenly life, and guide thy flock to godliness by word and deed. And they cry to thee with faith: Glory to Him Who has strengthened thee; glory to Him Who has crowned thee; glory to Him Who through thee works healings for all.
Sanctified from youth, O righteous Sabbas, thou wast a summit of righteousness equal to the Angels. Thou didst lead a heavenly life, and guide thy flock to godliness by word and deed. And they cry to thee with faith: Glory to Him Who has strengthened thee; glory to Him Who has crowned thee; glory to Him Who through thee works healings for all.
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