Saint Ephraim of Perekop, Novgorod, was born on September 20,
1412 in the city of Kashin. In Holy Baptism he was named Eustathius.
His parents, Stephen and Anna, lived not far from the Kashin women’s
monastery named in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Drawn
to the solitary life, Eustathius left his parental home while still in
his early years and settled in the Kalyazin monastery of the Most Holy
Trinity. His parents wanted their son to return home, but he persuaded
them to leave the world and accept monasticism. Later, they also
finished their earthly paths living as hermits.
After three years
in the monastery, Eustathius, through a miraculous revelation,
transferred to the monastery of St Sava of Vishersk (October 1). It was
there in 1437 that he accepted tonsure with the name Ephraim. While in
the monastery, St Ephraim received a revelation from the Lord,
commanding him to withdraw to a desolate place.
Having received
the blessing of St Sava, in 1450 he went to Lake Ilmen, at the mouth of
the River Verenda, and on the banks of the River Cherna he built a cell.
After a certain while the Elder Thomas and two monks came to St
Ephraim, and they settled not far from his cell. From that time, other
hermits also began to gather to the new monastery. At their request St
Ephraim was ordained a priest at Novgorod by St Euthymius (March 11).
Returning
from Novgorod, St Ephraim built a church in honor of the Theophany of
the Lord on an island, at the mouth of the River Verenda. To secure a
ready supply of water for the monastery, the monk dug a canal to Lake
Ilmen, from which the monastery received its name “Perekop” (from
“perekopat’” meaning “to dig through”). Later on, St Ephraim built a
stone church named for St Nicholas the Wonderworker. Unable to find
sufficient skilled builders, he sent several monks to Great Prince Basil
with a request for sending stone-workers. The construction of the
temple was completed in 1466.
St Ephraim reposed on September 26,
1492 and was buried at the church of St Nicholas. In 1509, because of
frequent floodings that threatened the monastery with ruin, it was
transferred to another location at the shore of Lake Ilmen. St Ephraim
appeared to the igumen Romanus and pointed to the site of Klinkovo for
relocating the monastery.
Over the saint’s tomb a chapel was
built, since all the monastery churches were in ruins. On May 16, 1545
the relics of St Ephraim were transferred to the site of the new
monastery. On this day there is an annual celebration of St Ephraim of
Perekop at the monastery, confirmed after the glorification of the holy
ascetic at the Council of 1549. (The Transfer of the Relics of St
Ephraim of Perekop is celebrated May 16).
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