Commemorated on December 12
Saint Therapon of Monza was a monk in the monastery of St Adrian
(May 5) at the River Monza. The monk began his ascetic deeds in Moscow,
and then transferred to the city of Kostroma at the Elevation of the
Cross monastery, and was tonsured there.
The pious monks Adrian
and Paphnutius, from the monastery of St Paul of Obnora (January 10), seeking solitude, they moved to the Monza and founded a monastery 25
versts from Galich. St Therapon transferred to this monastery, where he
labored in asceticism until the end of his life. Each day, with the
blessing of the igumen, he withdrew into a forest thicket and prayed. By
night he read and transcribed copies of spiritually useful books.
In
his life he emulated Blessed Basil of Moscow (August 2), whom he called
his friend, although personally he never saw him. Even during his life,
St Therapon was glorified with a gift of wonderworking. Before his
death he predicted a year of famine (1601). He surrendered his soul to
God in the year 1597. The monastery at the River Monza was called after
him the Theraponov.
SOURCE:
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