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Ignatius Brianchaninov

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Ignatius Brianchaninov


Born
in Vologda, Russian Federation
February 15, 1807

Died
April 30, 1867

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Holy Fathers


Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807–1867) is a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. He was born Demetrius Alexandrovich Brianchaninov, to a wealthy landowning family. He was educated at Pioneer Military School in St. Petersburg. Although successful in his studies he was deeply dissatisfied with the lay life and turned to a life of prayer.
In 1827 he fell seriously ill and left the army on this ground. He began pursuing a monastic vocation and in 1831 took monastic vows and received the monastic name of Ignatius. Soon after he was ordained a priest. He rose rapidly to the rank of archimandrite and at the age of 26 was appointed superior of the Maritime Monastery of St. Sergius in St. Petersburg.
In 1857, he was consecrated Bishop of the Cauc
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“We show right judgment and evince salutary intelligence when, in reading about the rules and experiences of the ancient Fathers and of their obedience—equally amazing both in the directors and in those who were being directed—we see at the present time a general decline of Christianity and recognize that we are unfit to inherit the legacy of the Fathers in its fullness and in all its abundance. And it is a great mystery of God, a great blessing for us, that it is left to us to feed on the crumbs that fall from the spiritual table of the Fathers.”
Ignatius Brianchaninov, The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life

“Glory to God for all the sorrows which confront us! The person to whom sorrow is given is remembered by God in His Kingdom;”
Ignatius Brianchaninov, Harbor for Our Hope: On Acquiring Peace Amidst Suffering

“Causes or occasions of sin are the following: wine, women, wealth, health of body when excessive, authority or power, and honor or fame and name. “These,” says St Isaac the Syrian, “are not sins in themselves, but on account of our weakness and as our nature is easily drawn by them to various sins, there is need of peculiar caution in regard to them.”2”
Ignatius Brianchaninov, The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life

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