Commemorated on November 24
The Hallowed Victim Mercurius of Smolensk was a Slav by biological, believably from Moravia, the innocent person of a abundant line. Brought up in Accord, St Mercurius in zeal for the true Anticipation spent his own environmental land for Russia, where he served in the armed forces of the Prince of Smolensk. The lovely soldier on the sly led an sober life. He was meticulous in fasting, he was childlike, eating his nights at prayer, and devotedly preparing himself to link for Christ. In the see 1239 a cram of Tatars [Mongols], ahead of having laid ravage to many Russian cities, appeared in the field of Smolensk and set up encampment 25 versts unacceptable at Dolgomost, violent to decipher the borough and its holy places.A church caretaker, praying by night in the Smolensk minster past a wonderworking icon of the Theotokos, heard the devise of the Queen of Heaven potent him to find the holy warrior and say to him: "Mercurius, go forth inside clash, for the Sovereign Member of the aristocracy ask you." The soldier went himself to the minster and heard the devise of the All-Pure Virgin, distribution him to unravel the nemesis and hopeful him delightful subsidy.
The warrior of Christ set off that very night to the Tatar encampment at Dolgomost. He fought nearby with the exclusive of the Tatar armed forces, a vast hectic of impressive hardness. He killed him and entered inside single-combat with the nemesis anchor. Invoking the name of the Member of the aristocracy and of the All-Pure Theotokos, the holy warrior had it many of the nemesis. The Tatar warriors watched with dread as lightning-bearing men and a resplendent Man aided St Mercurius in the unravel. Weak to stand opposed to the warrior of Christ, they retreated in pastime. St Mercurius was himself killed in the clash by the son of the Tatar vast he had killed.
The natives of Smolensk, saved by way of the powerful bureau of the Member of the aristocracy and the Most Hallowed Theotokos, respectfully unseen the structure of the soldier-martyr in the minster of the Dormition of the Most Hallowed Theotokos. Diametrically in the rear his death, St Mercurius appeared in a specter to the church caretaker and ordered that his armor be hung manager his perilous, hopeful the Smolensk progress dedicated help and bureau in every dismal and wage war. Established today the beach sandals of the holy Victim Mercurius are silent sealed in the Smolensk minster church. His Feast was established at the end of the sixteenth century, and in 1509 the natives of Smolensk were ahead of calling him their special sponsor.
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