Holy blessed blast furnace Tomsk icon. Tomsk blast furnace. The Greatness of Blessed Domna of Tomsk

Born at the beginning of the 19th century into a noble family in the Poltava region, her father was killed by Karp. Having been orphaned early, she lived and was raised in her aunt’s house. She received an excellent education and spoke several languages ​​fluently. In her youth she was a beautiful girl and many wooed her, hoping to marry her. But the righteous woman wanted to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. Having learned that her relatives wanted to force her into marriage, she secretly left the house, changed into simple clothes and set off as a wanderer to holy places. She did not have a document confirming her identity, so she was arrested in Poltava. By decision of the court, under the name of Maria Slepchenko, she was exiled to Siberia, to the Kainsky district.

Blessed Domna of Tomsk (right)

Who was she in the world? One can only guess about this from various lists and editions of her biographies. She was raised in a noble family, and her good manners shone through even in the days of foolishness. She was educated, as can be seen from the following: one day a noble woman drove past the village in which Domna Karpovna lived at that time, and Domna talked with her for a long time in a foreign language. Her appearance was attractive; in her youth she was obviously very beautiful. But she considered all this to be nothing, having loved the Lord Jesus Christ and for His sake wanting to preserve her virginity, she doomed herself to the difficult and dangerous path of foolishness.

She didn't like to talk about herself. Only once did she say to the wives of the village priests: “Wear caps, mothers, and a clean dress. They will respect you better. When I was young, I dressed up well myself. I lived in the manor’s house, but then I left.” In another conversation with a woman devoted to her, whom she called “mother,” she said: “I didn’t have parents, I lived with my aunt. My aunt wanted to force me into marriage, but I didn’t want to get married at all. I was walking in the kindergarten and ran away.” ". From her other words we can conclude that she began to wander to holy places: “Go to the monastery,” one priest told her, “to pray for us sinners.” “I’ve already visited monasteries a lot,” she answered, “but they didn’t accept me anywhere, they persecuted me everywhere, and finally they exiled me to Siberia.”

She did not have a permanent home, she lived wherever God would lead her, she dressed very strangely: she collected all sorts of old clothes, made bundles out of them and then wrapped and hung herself all over with these heavy bundles, which thus represented chains. Behind her bosom and in her pockets were broken glass, stones, chips, sawdust, manure, sugar, which she distributed to her trustees, who gave these gifts an allegorical meaning.

On rare occasions, in conversations with certain people, Domna abandoned her foolishness and spoke intelligently, edifyingly, her words breathed with lofty Christian love and with its warmth calmed the souls of those listening.

Many residents gave her gifts, and the Right Reverend Porfiry even gave her a fur coat, which she gratefully accepted and immediately distributed to the poor. Bishop Porfiry said: “The fool teaches us, clever people. Oh, if only we had thought of such love for our neighbor and such patience for the sake of Christ!”

Domna loved to walk the streets and sing spiritual songs, as well as denounce the powers that be, for this she ended up in a police prison. Tomsk merchants and merchantwomen sent whole boxes of pancakes, tea, and sugar here. She distributed all this to the prisoners. When the blessed one was released from arrest, her fellow prisoners sometimes saw her off with tears and in the simplicity of their hearts wished her to get back to the police as soon as possible.

She played the fool in front of the people, but her secret prayer was beautiful and majestic. “I once looked into the chapel,” said one pious woman, “I saw Domna Karpovna, on her knees, praying - oh, how she prayed! And tears, tears! So they flow in two streams from her eyes.” . But as soon as Domna Karpovna noticed the witnesses to her prayer, she again began to act like a fool.

Domna pretended that she did not like beggars, and very rarely did anyone see her helping them, but meanwhile she loved collecting all sorts of rags and, in general, all unnecessary things and forced her acquaintances to take care of it all, certainly in boxes. Then, through the hands of these guardians, all things passed to the poor. Domna took special care of the wanderers, for whom she begged bread, rolls, milk and the like and gave them to them, as she called the wanderers - “blind ones.”

Knowing about the difficult stay of prisoners in the Tomsk police station, Domna began to walk around them and sing spiritual songs, for which she herself was detained. Having learned about this, Tomsk merchants and merchantwomen, who revered Domna, brought her pies, pancakes, tea and sugar in piles. She distributed all this to the needy prisoners. When the time came for her release, her fellow prisoners “in the simplicity of their souls wished her to go to prison as soon as possible.”

Remembering the words of Holy Scripture: “The righteous have mercy on the souls of cattle” (Proverbs 12:10), the saint also showed concern for stray animals, as well as chained dogs. She often fed them, and released the tied dogs, about which the owners did not care, into the wild. Animals also loved the righteous woman and surrounded her in large numbers at night. Tomsk residents often heard in the darkness of the night, amid the barking of dogs, her prayerful exclamations: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”

The blessed one prayed fervently and earnestly in the church, but only when there were almost no people there. According to one testimony: “I once looked into the chapel of the temple, and I saw Domna Karpovna, on her knees, praying - oh, how she prayed! And the tears, the tears! So they flow in two streams from her eyes.” But as soon as she noticed witnesses to her prayer, she again began to act like a fool: she moved from place to place, talked, and extinguished the candles.

Thus, among the feats of foolishness, Saint Domna preserved her virginity, endured voluntary poverty, mortified sinful passions, and endured heat and cold. Towards the end of her earthly life, she received from the Lord the gift of clairvoyance, which she used to serve the spiritual benefit of her neighbors.

Blessed Domna predicted the name of the new Tomsk archpastor - Alexy.

She reposed on October 16, 1872 and was buried in the St. John the Baptist Convent in the city of Tomsk. In 1984, she was glorified as blessed during the establishment of the celebration of the Council of Siberian Saints. Her burial place was destroyed during the Soviet years, but subsequently a chapel named after her was erected near that place.

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Prayer to Blessed Domna of Tomsk, for Christ's sake the holy fool:

• Prayer to the holy blessed Domna of Tomsk, for Christ's sake the holy fool. Blessed Domna Tomskaya is the intercessor of all the needy and offended, a prayer helper in family worries and sorrows, the patroness of social workers and philanthropists. People pray to her for help with carnal temptations and maintaining virginity.

During the times of the empire, a holy fool lived in the city of Tomsk.

According to revision tales, Domna Karpovna was born in the Poltava province into a noble family and, orphaned early, was raised by her aunt, received a good education at home, and spoke several foreign languages. In her youth, Domna was a beautiful girl and therefore many wooed her, hoping to marry her. But the righteous woman wanted to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. Having learned that her relatives wanted to force her into marriage, she secretly left the house, changed into simple clothes and set off as a wanderer to holy places. She did not have a document confirming her identity, so the police arrested her. By a court decision, under the given name of Maria Slepchenko, she was exiled to Siberia, to the Kainsky district (district) of the Tomsk province. Soon she settled in the provincial city of Tomsk.

Domna Karpovna did not have a permanent home; she often spent days and nights in the open air. Her clothes consisted of knots of different sizes, hung on her almost naked body. Domna often fingered them instead of her rosary, thus hiding her incessant prayer from people's eyes. When compassionate people gave her a fur coat in the bitter cold, she gratefully accepted it, but a few hours later she gave it to another poor person, continuing to suffer from the cold herself. Domna Karpovna never walked barefoot, but always had some kind of (worn out) shoes. She invariably wore a bandage on her head, most often white, with a cross and ribbons. One day, His Eminence Porfiry, who loved Domna Karpovna very much, gave her his fur coat. Domna Karlovna gratefully threw it over her shoulders, but two hours later the fur coat was already on the beggar. The Reverend, having learned about this, said: “The blessed one teaches us, wise men. Oh, if only we could think of such love for one’s neighbor and such patience for the sake of Christ!” So, in her strange and unusual attire, Domna Karpovna “tormented the languishing”, so exhausted the flesh “with passions and lusts”, so in many labors of carrying clothes-chains she strove for the salvation of the soul.

They celebrate her amazing love for her neighbors. Knowing about the difficult stay of prisoners in the Tomsk transit prison, Domna began to walk around it and sing spiritual songs, for which she herself was detained and ended up in the police station. Having learned about this, Tomsk merchants and merchantwomen, who revered Domna, brought her pies, pancakes, honey, tea and sugar in piles. She distributed all this to the needy prisoners.

Remembering the words of the Holy Scripture: “Blessed is he who has mercy on cattle,” the blessed one showed concern for homeless animals, as well as chained dogs. She often fed them, and released the tied dogs, about which the owners did not care, into the wild. It was surprising how she and the chained dogs found a language of communication and understanding. The animals also loved the righteous woman and surrounded her in large numbers at night. But even among the dumb, Domna Karpovna did not forget about God, and Tomsk residents often heard in the darkness of the night, amid the howling of dogs, her prayerful exclamations: “...Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”

Domna Karpovna died in 1872 and was buried in the cemetery of the St. John the Baptist Convent in Tomsk. In 1927, the monastery was closed and three years later its cemetery was liquidated, on the site of which the campus of the Tomsk Technological Institute was later built (there should be jokes about student life on the bones here).

In 1996, in the year of the centenary of the founding of the institute, a chapel was built at the site of the supposed burial of Blessed Domna.

This feeling of remoteness is quite strange, considering that the distance from the neighboring streets there is very small.

There is a nice quiet and small park around the chapel.
The caretaker (I'm getting confused with the terminology now, right?) of the chapel said that students often come here to pray or ask something from the saint. The woman said that the saint is good, kind and helps everyone. I can’t say how true this is, but the chapel itself made a very positive impression. Especially the fact that it (unlike, for example, the Chapel of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Dzerzhinsky Street) is open from morning to evening every day.

Blessed Elder Domna Karpovna, Tomsk (beginning of the 19th century - 1872).
Memory of October 16 (Siberian), in the Cathedrals of the Siberian and Poltava (Ukrainian) Saints.

Born at the beginning of the 19th century into a noble family in the Poltava region. Having been orphaned early, she lived and was raised in her aunt’s house. She received an excellent education and spoke several languages ​​fluently. In her youth she was a beautiful girl, and many wooed her, hoping to marry her. But the righteous woman wanted to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. Having learned that her relatives wanted to force her into marriage, she secretly left the house, changed into simple clothes and set off as a wanderer to holy places. She did not have a document confirming her identity, so she was arrested in Poltava. By decision of the court, under the name of Maria Slepchenko, she was exiled to Siberia, to the Kainsky district.

Having settled in Tomsk, she took upon herself the feat of foolishness. She did not have a permanent home and often spent days and nights in the open air. Her clothes consisted of knots of different sizes, hung on her almost naked body. These bundles contained worthless rags, old washcloth, ropes, belts, shoes, broken glass, stones, sawdust and much more. On top of these knots were hung many bags - with bread, tea, sugar, incense, candles, sauerkraut, etc. All this had a very impressive weight, which accompanied Domna Karpovna all her life. Domna often fingered them instead of her rosary, thus hiding her incessant prayer from human eyes. When compassionate people gave her a fur coat in the bitter cold, she gratefully accepted it, but a few hours later she gave it to another poor person, continuing to suffer from the cold.

Domna pretended that she did not like beggars, and very rarely did anyone see her helping them, but meanwhile she loved collecting all sorts of rags and, in general, all unnecessary things and forced her acquaintances to take care of it all, certainly in boxes. Then, through the hands of these guardians, all things passed to the poor. Domna took special care of the wanderers, for whom she begged bread, rolls, milk and the like and gave them to them, as she called the wanderers - “blind ones.”

Knowing about the difficult stay of prisoners at the Tomsk police station, Domna began to walk around them and sing spiritual songs, for which she herself was detained. Having learned about this, Tomsk merchants and merchantwomen, who revered Domna, brought her pies, pancakes, tea and sugar in piles. She distributed all this to the needy prisoners. When the time came for her release, her fellow prisoners “in the simplicity of their souls wished her to go to prison as soon as possible.”

Remembering the words of Holy Scripture: “The righteous have mercy on the souls of beasts” (Proverbs 12:10), the saint also took care of stray animals, as well as chained dogs. She often fed them, and released the tied dogs, about which the owners did not care, into the wild. The animals also loved the righteous woman and surrounded her in large numbers at night. Tomsk residents often heard in the darkness of the night, amid the barking of dogs, her prayerful exclamations: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”
The blessed one prayed fervently and earnestly in the church, but only when there were almost no people there. According to one testimony: “I once looked into the chapel of the temple, and I saw Domna Karpovna, on her knees, praying - oh, how she prayed! And the tears, the tears! So they flow in two streams from her eyes.” But as soon as she noticed witnesses to her prayer, she again began to act like a fool: she moved from place to place, talked, and extinguished the candles.

Thus, among the feats of foolishness, Saint Domna preserved her virginity, endured voluntary poverty, mortified sinful passions, and endured heat and cold. Towards the end of her earthly life, she received from the Lord the gift of clairvoyance, which she used to serve the spiritual benefit of her neighbors.

She reposed on October 16, 1872 and was buried in the St. John the Baptist Convent in the city of Tomsk. In 1984, she was glorified as blessed during the establishment of the celebration of the Council of Siberian Saints. Her burial place was destroyed during the Soviet years, but subsequently a chapel named after her was erected near that place.

Lives of the Hieromartyrs Anthimus, bishop, and with him Theophilus, deacon, martyrs Dorotheus, Mardonius, Mygdonius, Peter, Indis, Gorgonia, Zenon, Domna the Virgin and Euthymius

Sacred-but-mu-che-nick An-fim, bishop of Ni-ko-mi-diy-sky, and with him other mu-che-ni-ki in the time of -my go-ne-niya on Christian-sti-an with im-pe-ra-to-rah Dio-kli-ti-an (284-305) and Max-si-mi-an (284-305). The pre-pre-va-niya of Christianity was especially-ben-but intensified after how in the Niko-mi-diy im-pe-ra-tor- It was hot in the palace. Pagan-ni-ki about-vi-ni-christian in deliberate under-jo-ge and showed in relation to them unheard-of -hundred-bone. So, in one Ni-ko-mi-dia on the day of the birth of Christ there was a burning in the temple of up to twenty thousand people -lya-shih-sya. However, these demonic actions did not deter Christians: they firmly practiced their faith and with-no-much-any death for Christ. So, the saints Do-ro-fey, Mar-do-niy, Migdo-niy, Peter, In-dis and Gor-go-died at that time. ny. Some of them were truncated with a sword, others were burned, behind the earth or drowned in the sea. Zi-non, warrior, for bold things about im-per-ra-to-ra Mak-si-mi-a-na was beaten with stones, and for- the more deprived of his head. Then, at the hands of the pagans, the former priestess, the holy maiden Domna, and Saint Evfi-miy, who for- they were worried about the bodies of the holy mar-ty beings. Bishop An-fim, the manager of the Ni-ko-mi-diy-chur-co-view, at the request of his flock, hid-hid in the village of neda-le-ko from Ni-ko-mi-dia. From there he turned to Christ with the words in which he convinced them to hold firm holy faith and not be afraid of torment. One of his letters, sent with dia-con Fe-o-fi-lom, was re-praised and re-da-but to them per-ra-to-ru Max-si-mi-a-nu. Fe-o-fil was subjected to pro-su-su and died under torture, without revealing to his mu-chi-te-lyam the place where he once was -nie epi-sko-pa An-fi-ma. After some time, Maxi-mi-a-nu still managed to find out where Saint An-fim was, and he sent a detachment for him in-and-new. On the way I met the bishop himself. They didn’t recognize the saint, but he called them to him, treated them to dinner, and then revealed that he was the one whom they are searching. We didn’t know what to do, we wanted to leave the saint and tell them that we didn’t find him. Bishop An-fim did not tolerate lies and did not agree to it. You believed in Christ and received Holy Baptism. But at the same time, the saint still forced them to use the rule. When Bishop An-fim came to the king, he ordered to bring execution weapons and place them in front of him. “Are you, king, really thinking of intimidating me by carrying out executions?” asked the saint. “No, you won’t intimidate me.” who wants to die for Christ! Execution is reserved only for the small-hearted, for whom life is temporary. Total". Then the king decided to torture the saint and behead him with a sword. Bishop An-fim, until the last sigh of joy, glorified God, for Whom he was able to suffer ( † 302).

See also: "" in the text of St. Di-mit-ria of Ro-stov.

Prayers

Troparion to the Martyrs of Nicomedia

Passion-bearers of the Lord,/ blessed is the land, drunk with your blood,/ and holy village, which has received your body:/ in the struggle you have conquered the enemy/ and preached Christ with boldness./ Togo, as bla Yeah, pray // for our souls to be saved, we pray.

Translation: Lord! Blessed is the earth, fattened with your blood, and holy are the abodes that received your bodies: for during your feat you triumphed over the enemy and proclaimed Christ; Beseech Him, as the Good One, for the salvation of our souls, we pray to you.

Kontakion to the Martyrs of Nicomedia

Strengthen your soul in faith, O holiness, / accept suffering with fire, two darknesses of the sufferer / crying out to the One born of the Virgin: / accept our burnt offerings for Thee, / like the gifts of the Persian kings, gold, and Vernu, and Lebanon, // Eternal God.

Translation: The saints, strong in soul in faith, endured suffering in the fire, twenty thousand martyrs, crying out to Him who was born of the Virgin: “Accept our burnt offering for You, like the gifts of the Persian kings, gold, myrrh and frankincense, O Eternal God.”

Born at the beginning of the 19th century into a noble family in the Poltava region, her father was killed by Karp. Having been orphaned early, she lived and was raised in her aunt’s house. She received an excellent education and spoke several languages ​​fluently. In her youth she was a beautiful girl and many wooed her, hoping to marry her. But the righteous woman wanted to preserve her virginity for the sake of the Lord. Having learned that her relatives wanted to force her into marriage, she secretly left the house, changed into simple clothes and set off as a wanderer to holy places. She did not have a document confirming her identity, so she was arrested in Poltava. By decision of the court, under the name of Maria Slepchenko, she was exiled to Siberia, to the Kainsky district.

Blessed Domna Tomskaya (left)

Who was she in the world? One can only guess about this from various lists and editions of her biographies. She was raised in a noble family, and her good manners shone through even in the days of foolishness. She was educated, as can be seen from the following: one day a noble woman drove past the village in which Domna Karpovna lived at that time, and Domna talked with her for a long time in a foreign language. Her appearance was attractive; in her youth she was obviously very beautiful. But she considered all this to be nothing, having loved the Lord Jesus Christ and for His sake wanting to preserve her virginity, she doomed herself to the difficult and dangerous path of foolishness.

She didn't like to talk about herself. Only once did she say to the wives of the village priests: “Wear caps, mothers, and a clean dress. They will respect you better. When I was young, I dressed up well myself. I lived in the manor’s house, but then I left.” In another conversation with a woman devoted to her, whom she called “mother,” she said: “I didn’t have parents, I lived with my aunt. My aunt wanted to force me into marriage, but I didn’t want to get married at all. I was walking in the kindergarten and ran away.” ". From her other words we can conclude that she began to wander to holy places: “Go to the monastery,” one priest told her, “to pray for us sinners.” “I’ve already visited monasteries a lot,” she answered, “but they didn’t accept me anywhere, they persecuted me everywhere, and finally they exiled me to Siberia.”

She did not have a permanent home, she lived wherever God would lead her, she dressed very strangely: she collected all sorts of old clothes, made bundles out of them and then wrapped and hung herself all over with these heavy bundles, which thus represented chains. Behind her bosom and in her pockets were broken glass, stones, chips, sawdust, manure, sugar, which she distributed to her trustees, who gave these gifts an allegorical meaning.

On rare occasions, in conversations with certain people, Domna abandoned her foolishness and spoke intelligently, edifyingly, her words breathed with lofty Christian love and with its warmth calmed the souls of those listening.

Many residents gave her gifts, and the Right Reverend Porfiry even gave her a fur coat, which she gratefully accepted and immediately distributed to the poor. Bishop Porfiry said: “The fool teaches us smart people. Oh, if only we had thought of such love for our neighbor and such patience for the sake of Christ!”

Domna loved to walk the streets and sing spiritual songs, as well as denounce the powers that be, for this she ended up in a police prison. Tomsk merchants and merchantwomen sent whole boxes of pancakes, tea, and sugar here. She distributed all this to the prisoners. When the blessed one was released from arrest, her fellow prisoners sometimes saw her off with tears and in the simplicity of their hearts wished her to get back to the police as soon as possible.

She played the fool in front of the people, but her secret prayer was beautiful and majestic. “I once looked into the chapel,” said one pious woman, “I saw Domna Karpovna, on her knees, praying - oh, how she prayed! And tears, tears! So they flow in two streams from her eyes.” . But as soon as Domna Karpovna noticed the witnesses to her prayer, she again began to act like a fool.

Domna pretended that she did not like beggars, and very rarely did anyone see her helping them, but meanwhile she loved collecting all sorts of rags and, in general, all unnecessary things and forced her acquaintances to take care of it all, certainly in boxes. Then, through the hands of these guardians, all things passed to the poor. Domna took special care of the wanderers, for whom she begged bread, rolls, milk and the like and gave them to them, as she called the wanderers - “blind ones.”

Knowing about the difficult stay of prisoners at the Tomsk police station, Domna began to walk around them and sing spiritual songs, for which she herself was detained. Having learned about this, Tomsk merchants and merchantwomen, who revered Domna, brought her pies, pancakes, tea and sugar in piles. She distributed all this to the needy prisoners. When the time came for her release, her fellow prisoners “in the simplicity of their souls wished her to go to prison as soon as possible.”

Remembering the words of Holy Scripture: “The righteous have mercy on the souls of cattle” (Proverbs 12:10), the saint also showed concern for stray animals, as well as chained dogs. She often fed them, and released the tied dogs, about which the owners did not care, into the wild. The animals also loved the righteous woman and surrounded her in large numbers at night. Tomsk residents often heard in the darkness of the night, amid the barking of dogs, her prayerful exclamations: “Most Holy Theotokos, save us!”

The blessed one prayed fervently and earnestly in the church, but only when there were almost no people there. According to one testimony: “I once looked into the chapel of the temple, and I saw Domna Karpovna, on her knees, praying - oh, how she prayed! And the tears, the tears! So they flow in two streams from her eyes.” But as soon as she noticed witnesses to her prayer, she again began to act like a fool: she moved from place to place, talked, and extinguished the candles.

Thus, among the feats of foolishness, Saint Domna preserved her virginity, endured voluntary poverty, mortified sinful passions, and endured heat and cold. Towards the end of her earthly life, she received from the Lord the gift of clairvoyance, which she used to serve the spiritual benefit of her neighbors.

Blessed Domna predicted the name of the new Tomsk archpastor - Alexy.

She reposed on October 16, 1872 and was buried in the St. John the Baptist Convent in the city of Tomsk. In 1984, she was glorified as blessed during the establishment of the celebration of the Council of Siberian Saints. Her burial place was destroyed during the Soviet years, but subsequently a chapel named after her was erected near that place.

Tomsk and Asinovsk diocese

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Prayer to the holy blessed Domna of Tomsk, for Christ's sake the holy fool. Blessed Domna Tomskaya is the intercessor of all the needy and offended, a prayer helper in family worries and sorrows, the patroness of social workers and philanthropists. They pray to her for help with carnal temptations and maintaining virginity.

Icon of the Cathedral of Siberian Saints