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Alexander Svirsky

Eastern Orthodox saint

Alexander Svirsky () or Alexander of Svir (1448–1533) was an Eastern Orthodox saint, monk, and hegumen of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Amos (his baptismal name) was born to a peasant family in the Novgorod Republic, east of Ladoga. At the age of 19, he left home for the Valaam Monastery and became a monk and later a hermit. In 1506, Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod, appointed him Hegumen of the Trinity monastery, which later became known as Alexander-Svirsky Monastery.

Saint Alexander became known for his righteous life and contemplative miracles, including the appearances of the Trinity and the Virgin Mary with the Holy Child. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized Alexander Svirsky in the year of 1547. His feast day is commemorated on April 17 and August 30, according to the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar.

Relics of Saint Alexander were found on April 17 (27), 1641. According to the Vita of the saint, they were found incorruptible.

On October 22, 1918, the coffin with the relics of Alexander Svirsky was opened. According to Soviet reports, instead of relics, a wax doll was supposedly found. However, testimony of the monks present, as well as a later Soviet commission under the direction of Grigory Zinoviev, demonstrated that a human body instead of a wax figure was present in the coffin.

References

"Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir".
"Краткая история Александро-Свирского монастыря".
"«О, чадо, видиши ли, яко место сие зело скорбно есть…»".
{{in lang. ru [http://days.pravoslavie.ru/Life/life4547.htm Orthodox church calendar, "Pravoslavie" web-site]
[https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/Sergej_Smirnov/zhitija-russkih-svjatyh/166_1 Александр Свирский, преподобный — прославление] // ''[[:ru:Смирнов, Сергей Иванович (историк). Смирнов С. И.]]'' Жития русских святых.
''Кашеваров А. Н.'' [https://books.google.com/books?hl=ru&id=cyuPAAAAMAAJ&dq=Высшим+толчком Церковь и власть: Русская Православная Церковь в первые годы Советской власти]. — М.: Изд-во СПбГТУ, 1999. — С. 222.
[https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Отчет_VIII-го_(ликвидационного)_Отдела_Народного_Комиссариата_Юстиции_Съезду_Советов. Отчёт VIII-го Отдела Народного Комиссариата Юстиции Съезду Советов] // [[:ru:Революция и церковь. Революция и церковь]] : журнал. — № 9—12. — 1920. — С. 70—82.
[[:ru:Гидулянов, Павел Васильевич
S.A. Smith, "Bones of Contention: Bolsheviks and the Struggle against Relics 1918–1930." Past & Present Vol. 204: 1, (2009): 156-57
[https://spbda.ru/publications/mihail-shkarovskiy-antireligioznaya-kampaniya-izyatiya-moschey-v-sovetskoy-rossii/ МИХАИЛ ШКАРОВСКИЙ. АНТИРЕЛИГИОЗНАЯ КАМПАНИЯ ИЗЪЯТИЯ МОЩЕЙ В СОВЕТСКОЙ РОССИИ]
For documents, see Милякова Л.: Отделение Церкви от государства и школы от Церкви в Советской России. Октябрь 1917-1918 г. Сборник документов. M., 2016, pp. 456-60.

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