The Monk Sevastian (Sebastian) of Poshekhonsk:
Commemorated on February 26, December 18
The Monk Sevastian
of Sokhotsk, Poshekhonsk, founded a monastery in honour of the
Transfiguration of the Lord, located at the River Sokhota, 90 versts from the
city of Romanov (now Tutaev) in the Yaroslavsk district. The monks of the
monastery themselves cultivated the soil and ate through the work of their own
hands. The founder of the monastery taught the ascetics this by his own example
and guidance. The Monk Sevastian reposed in about the year 1500.
The Transfiguration
monastery on the River Sokhota was later annexed to the Cherepovetsk Ascension
monastery, and in 1764 closed down. In the mid XIX Century over the relics of
the Monk Sevastian was built a stone church. Commemoration of the saint is likewise
made on 18 December.
© 1996-2001 by translator Fr. S. Janos.