Biography Aggeeva Parfyony

Aggeyev Parfeny (1807 – 1878) – founder and abbot Guslitskogo Savior-Transfiguration Monastery, a former dissenter, writer-nugget. On appeal in 1837 in Orthodox Church, the AP came to Russia, Kostroma, under the name of the monk Pais, but soon, not wanting to stay in the commonness of religion, returned to Moldavia, and then in 1839 went to the Athos mountain and there is a haircut in 1841 , in the monastic life.

In 1847 on the orders of visionary Athos Elder Arseny ieroshimonaha he again came through Moldova to Russia, Tomsk, under the secular name of Peter Aggeeva and filed a petition for adoption of it among the brotherhood of Gethsemane monastery. For inquiries about him, please him at the request of the Metropolitan. Filaret was granted in 1854, next year AP ordained to the priesthood and in 1856 appointed a builder Berlyukovoy desert, which was over a year, and Parfeny was appointed its rector.

In 1858 he was assigned to "spiritual of acting" on the divisive population unit Guslitskogo monastery. The monastery was finished and consecrated in 1859, and PA for the establishment of his desk was awarded the cross and determined its abbot. Leaving itself split, AP contributed much to the Treatment on the path of truth and his brethren, both through oral opinion, and their written works.

He is the author: "The Book of Providence of God, as he leads through the Orthodox Church unto salvation" (Moscow, 1857), "On the present state Guslitskogo Monastery (Moscow, 1863)," Letter to an Orthodox monk, priest, hermit, to the Old Believers in Moldova "(M., 1863)," Analysis of county message lzhearhiepiskopa Anthony "(Moscow, 1863)," Refutation responses in defense of the Austrian priesthood "(Wiley, 1864)," Refutation of the note of the Russian Schism "(Wiley, 1864)," sword of the Spirit on the schismatic apology "(M., 1864)," Grapes are a church, or a certificate St. Fathers "(Wiley, 1865);" vineyard spiritual, and lays out the answers to the questions Peshekhonov Pomortsev and romanovtsev "(Moscow, 1866)," The Book vozoblicheniya on Pomeranian answers "(Moscow, 1867).

In addition to the apologetic and accusatory essays, do not differ, however, special advantages, P. wrote another which took a considerable success, "Legend of the journey and the journey across Russia, Moldova, Turkey and St. Earth," in 5 volumes, 4 volumes were published by the author in Moscow in 1856, 5 th, the authors are not published, communicated Archimandrite Nikon in the "edifying reading" for the years 1898-1900. The last volume is his autobiography Parfenov, which increased to 1854 and consist information about the life and work of Reverend Athanasius, Bishop of Tomsk, which characterize the pastoral ministry of the Bishop in distant Siberia, and portraying us his bright personality and noble character. "The collection of opinions and reviews Filaret, Mitropa. Moscow and Kolomna on training and church-state matters", ie III, M., 1885, p. 469-470, 471; v. IV, M., 1886 , p. 231, n. 2, 232, 268, 269, 320, 414, v. V, M., 1887, p. 211, 217-224; is optional, St. Petersburg., 1887, p. . 458-460, 512-515; "edifying reading" 1868, June, pp 55-164, 1898, May, p. 17-18; "Readings in the Moscow Society of Lovers of spiritual" enlightenment "in 1877 , September, p. 76-77; "Letters Mitropa. Filaret to the highest personages, Tver, 1868, p. 55-56, 83-84, 193-194, 198 and ca. I; 205-207, 219-220, 223 and ca. 234-235; v. II, p. 12-13, 62, 257-258; Letters pm Filaret to the governor of Trinity-Sergius Lavra Archbishop Anthony, Part III, Moscow, 1883, p. 122-123, 264-265, 298, 311, Part IV, M., 1884, p. 178, 182; Letters pm Filaret to AN Muravyov ", Kiev, 1869, p. 387, 542, 557, 560. Iv. Davidovich.