Lazarus of Murom

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Lazar Muromski (Murmanski)
Lazarus Church in Kizhi

Lazarus of Murom (* allegedly in 1286 in Constantinople Opel , Byzantine Empire , † March 8 . Jul . / 20 March . Greg 1391 in the monastery Murom, Novgorod Republic ) and Lazar (us) Muromski (Russian Лазарь Муромский) , occasionally Larazus of Murmansk (Lazarus Murmanski , Russian: Лазарь Мурманский) , was a Greek Orthodox missionary in Northern Russia ( Karelia ) and is venerated as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church (March 8th).

Murom monastery

After spending time as a monk in the monasteries on Athos , Lazarus was sent to Novgorod in 1343 to help Russian missionaries convert the Karelians and the rest of the Finnish peoples.

Together with other Greek and Russian monks and missionaries, Lazarus built the Uspenski Monastery of Murom (Muromskij. Murom ) near Olonez on the island of Mucha (Murma) in Lake Murom (on the east bank of Lake Onega , south of the Wodla estuary and north of the Andoma estuary) near Olonez Monastery), where he is said to have died at the legendary age of 105.

The monastery was initially closed in the 18th century, but then reopened at the end of the 19th century and closed again in 1918, after which it fell into disrepair. It was not put back into operation until 1991.

Lazarus Church

The preserved Lazarus Church (Church of the Resurrection of St. Lazarus ) of the monastery was relocated to the nearby Onega Island Kizhi in 1959 and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990, together with the other wooden churches of Kizhi Pogost . It is disputed whether the church was actually built by Lazarus himself in 1390.

annotation

  1. ↑ Lazarus had nothing to do with either the central Russian city of Murom or the northern Russian port city of Murmansk (which was not established until 1915/16) , but with Lake Murom (part of Lake Onega) and the island of Murma located in this lake.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geoffrey Parker (Ed.): Weltbild Atlas zur Weltgeschichte , page 41.Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1998
  2. ^ A b c Orthodox Church in America : Lives of the Saints - Venerable Lazarus of Murom
  3. ↑ oldbelievernews livejournal: Mt. Athos history
  4. ^ Gregor von Helmersen, Leopold von Schrenck: Contributions to the knowledge of the Russian Empire and the neighboring countries of Asia , Second Series, pages 299-302. Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 1884
  5. ^ René Gothóni, Graham Speake: The Monastic Magnet - Roads to and from Mount Athos , page 80. Peter Lang, Bern 2008
  6. ↑ Hubert Jedin , Jochen Martin : Atlas zur Kirchengeschichte , page 81. Herder, Freiburg 1987
  7. ↑ Michael Klimenko: Spread of Christianity in Russia from Vladimir the Holy to the 17th Century , page 213. Lutherisches Verlagshaus, Berlin / Hamburg 1969
  8. ↑ Russia beyond the headlines: Karelia - Russia, Nordic herb
  9. ^ Andreas Sternfeldt: River cruises Russia - On the way on the Volga, Don, Enisej, Lena and Amur , page 128. Trescher, Berlin 2014

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personal data
SURNAME Lazarus of Murom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lazarus Muromski; Lazarus Murmanski; Lazarus of Murmansk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION orthodox saint
DATE OF BIRTH 1286
PLACE OF BIRTH Constantinople , Byzantine Empire
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1391