Being a fool is a special service. Through imaginary madness to denounce the infidels, accept ridicule, curses, not everyone is capable of this. Saint Isidore joyfully carried his cross of folly, moving from city to city, from village to village. The 15th century was not easy for travelers, but Isidor managed to get from German Brandenburg to Russian Rostov. There he realized he had found what he was looking for. He accepted Orthodoxy, but continued to fool. The Lord gave him many trials, but he rewarded him without measure. The power of the Holy Spirit in Isidore was so great that he was able to predict events in advance. Because of the fact that his predictions came true, people called the saint Tverdislov.
Isidor built himself a hut in the middle of a furnace, but he spent his time in the city streets muttering predictions, playing with children, or even telling the powerful that they had lost their way.
During the wedding feast in honor of the wedding of Prince Sava Obolensky, Isidor entered the chamber and laid a hat of grass on the newlywed. At the same time, he claimed that this is a bishop’s dress. Everyone was amazed, because the prince married, not took tonsure. But a year later, the young princess died in childbirth, Sava became a monk and later became Archbishop Joasaph of Rostov (1481-1489). Isidore was right again, but only he did not live to see it. He died alone in 1474 in prayer. After his death, the hut was filled with fragrance. When they looked inside, they saw that the saint was lying outstretched, with his hands folded on his chest and not breathing.
They buried him there, and instead of a hut, they built a temple of the Resurrection of the Lord. Miracles at the tomb began to occur immediately, so Isidore was revered from the moment of his death. In the 16th century, a stone temple was opened on the same site. By that time, everyone called the church the temple of Isidore the Blessed One on the ramparts.
To build a stone temple ordered Ivan the Terrible, in honor of the victory over the Poles near Polotsk. The king claimed that he achieved victory thanks to the help of Saint Isidor.
In the 19th century, cancer was built for the saint. The saint’s body is under a bush. It is said that one day a priest of the Church decided to open access to the body, but it was as if a great force had thrown it away from the grave, and it was so weak that it could not move either with its hand or foot.
The temple of Blessed Isidor is small, single-domed. But he has a bell tower, and he himself is painted with frescoes that are well preserved. To the tomb of the saint, people come for help. It is claimed that it helps with mental disorders and alcohol dependence.
A guest book is kept in the temple, in which miracles are described by prayer to St. Isidore. Write people who have experienced a miracle.
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