Commemorated on October 20
Holy Righteous Artemius of Verkola was born in the village of Dvina
Verkola around the year 1532. The son of pious parents, Artemius was a
child who was courageous, meek and diligent for every good deed. On June
23, 1545 the twelve-year-old Artemius and his father were taken by
surprise in a field by a thunderstorm. A clap of thunder broke right
over their heads, and the child Artemius fell dead. People thought that
this was a sign of God’s judgment, therefore they left the body in a
pine forest without a funeral, and without burial.
Some years
later, the village reader beheld a light over the place where the
incorrupt body of the Righteous Artemius lay. Taken to the church of St
Nicholas in 1577, the holy relics were shown to be a source of numerous
healings. In this village a monastery was later built, called the
Verkola. In 1918, the impious Soviets chopped the holy relics into
pieces and threw them into a well. The memory of St Artemius is also
celebrated on October 20.
SOURCE:
SAINT OR FEAST POSTED THIS DATE 2014(with 2013's link here also and further:, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and even 2007!):
A Different Pascha – 1928
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Fr. Stephen Freeman
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1 comment:
"impious Soviets" is redundant
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