Reverend Savva Storozhevsky (17x21)

The monk Savva Storozhevsky, a miracle worker from Zvenigorod, came very young to the monastery of St. Sergius of Radonezh ( 1392, in memory of July 5 and September 25) and took monastic vows from him. He was one of the first disciples and companions of Saint Sergius. Under the guidance of this mentor, the monk Sava learned obedience, humility, keeping of thoughts, abstinence and chastity. The monk loved silence, so he avoided conversations with people. He was never idle; he often wept for the misery of his soul. The Saint ate only vegetable food, wore coarse clothing, and slept on the floor. The ascetic life of the monk Sava won him universal love; he was made a presbyter and appointed by the monk Sergius Confessor of the brethren. The instructions of the monk Sava were so edifying that not only the monks, but also the laity opened their souls to him.

With the blessing of St. Sergius monk Savva became Abbot of the monastery of the assumption of the mother Of God. It was arranged on the Dubenka river by the Grand Prince of Moscow the faithful Dimitri Donskoy in gratitude for the victory over Mamai. In 1392, when the successor of the monk Sergius – Abbot Nikon-left the management of the monastery and shut himself up in his cell, the brethren of the Trinity monastery begged the monk Sava to return to their monastery and accept the Abbot's rod. For six years, the monk Sava, resorting to the prayerful help of the monk Sergius, grazed the flock entrusted to him. Following the example of the monk Sergius Saint Sava during his abbacy used a prayer to draw a spring of water outside the Northern wall of the monastery...