Bishop Pitirim of Jakarta took part in the celebrations in the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Pustyn

On June 9, celebrations were held in the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Pustyn on the occasion of the celebration of the 355th anniversary of the discovery of the relics of St. Nil of Stolobensky, the miracle worker.

The night before, a small vespers with an akathist to the Monk Nilus and a festive all-night vigil were served in the monastery.

On June 9, the Divine Liturgy at the Theophany Cathedral in the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Pustyn was led by the head of the Tver Metropolis, Metropolitan of Tver and Kashin Ambrose. He was co-served by: Metropolitan Lev of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, Metropolitan Viktor (Oleynik), Chairman of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism, Metropolitan Theognost of Kashir, Archbishop Roman of Yakutia and Lena, Archbishop Kallistrat of Gorno-Altai and Chemal, Bishop Filaret of Bezhetsk and Udomel, Bishop Pitirim of Jakarta (Patriarchal Exarchate of South-East Asia), Secretary of the Diocese of Tver, Rector of the Nikolo-Malitsky Monastery Hegumen Boris (Tulupov), Viceroy of the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Pustyn Hieromonk Gabriel (Baglai), Brothers of the Pustyn in holy orders, clergymen of Tver, Balashikha, Bezhetskaya , Vyborg, Gorno-Altai, Kolomna, Moscow, Novgorod, Pskov, Pyatigorsk, and Yakutsk dioceses.

The life of St. Nil of Stolobensky is an example of a rare spiritual feat in the name of faith. Stolobny Island until the beginning of the 16th century was uninhabited and covered with dense forest. In 1528, a humble hermit, the future glorified saint, the Monk Nil, later nicknamed Stolobensky, settled on it. Here he spent days and nights in prayer, not allowing himself to lie down even for a minute, resting his elbows on wooden hooks driven into the wall. His ascetic life, blissful death and miracles from incorruptible relics, which followed shortly after his death, served as the reason for the foundation of the monastery on the island. This is how the Nile Pustyn came into being.