Parfenii

Parfenii was a Russian hieroschemamonk, born in the Stavropol region, elder of the cell of Artemy on Athos. He reposed in 1905, nine days after his brother. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Pilgrims entertained by him in his cell write that Father Parfenii greatly contributed to the flourishing of the cell of Artemy, and his intelligent face showed how energetic the man was; the brethren were mostly from his region. Father Valentin thought him a strict elder, who kept the whole brotherhood as in a cenobium. Father Vladimir (Kolesnikov) described him as an imposing man and a good manager, whose cell was almost the best, well ordered and provided for pilgrims. In the cell he established a true cenobitic spirit: all served together, ate together, worked together, dressed alike. In difficulties he always sought the counsel of Father Hieronymus of Rossikon, and when he had no time to visit him, he wrote. On 10 August 1905 his brother, the hieromonk Modest, with whom he had never been parted all his life, died. Weeping much, he asked the Lord not to separate them and to take him too. On the ninth day after his brother's death, after the memorial service, he lay down and fell asleep with the eternal sleep.