Venerable
Jacob of Stromyn
A venerable father of Stromyn, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Feast
- July 6old style July 19
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Holy Venerable Jacob of Stromyn was a disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (commemorated on 25 September). He was hegumen of the Holy Trinity monastery at Stromyn. Venerable Sergius himself founded the monastery in 1380, at the request of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy (1363-1389), in memory of the victory on the field of Kulikovo. In that monastery Venerable Savva of Zvenigorod (1381-1392, commemorated on 3 December) was also hegumen. Venerable Jacob was buried in the monastery church.
He is commemorated on 19 July, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh, and on 5 September, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Moscow (new style, the second being a movable day).
Commemorated the same day July 6
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