Trăirea și lucrarea duhovnicească a Cuviosului Paisie Velicikovski în obștea Mănăstirii Secu (1775-1779)
Saint Paisie Velicikovski, his life and spiritual work in the Monastery of Secu (1775-1779)

Author(s): Hrisant (Antonios) TSACHAKIS
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Paisius Velicikovski; Monastery of Secu; Monastery of Neamts;
Summary/Abstract: On October 14, 1775, with the blessing of Metropolitan Gabriel of Moldova, the holy Abbot Paisius Velicikovski left the Monastery of Dragomirna and moved to the Monastery of Secu, in the Carpatic mountains with 350 of his monks. He continued there, the great spiritual work and patristic translations but also he tried to make the monastery much bigger because the amount of the monks increased very fast. Asking for financial support from Voievod Constantin Moruzi, the state head, to continue the constructions in order to meke space for the brotherhood which was multiplying day by day, he received a response from the state that changed all his plans and silent. The decision of the state and the Metropolitan was not to support him in the Secu Monastery, but to move along with the brotherhood to a much bigger Monastery , which was the great Monastery of Neamts. Even if the Abbot Paisius tried to change their opinion and remain in Secu Monastery, he didn’t succeed and on August 15 1779, Abbot Paisius with 14 of his monks moved to the final for his life and spiritual work place, the great and historical Monastery of Neamts. Monastery of Secu remained under his spiritual blessing and the life and monastic typikon of those two places was always very similar under the blessing of the great Abbot, Saint Paisius Velicikovski.

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