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Saint Michael of Klopsk
17th century icon of St. Michael
Fool for Christ, Venerable
Died1456
Honored inEastern Orthodox Church
Canonized1547
Feast11 January

Michael of Klopsk (Russian: Михаил Клопский, romanizedMikhail Klopsky; died 1456)[1] was a Russian Orthodox monk and fool for Christ associated with the Klopsky Monastery of the Holy Trinity,[2] located near Novgorod on the river Veryazha.[3]

Biography

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According to Valentin Yanin,[3] Michael was the son or grandson of Dmitry Mikhailovich Volyn-Bobrok ("Little Beaver"),[4] a hero of the Battle of Kulikovo, and Anna Ivanovna, daughter of Grand Prince Ivan II of Moscow,[5] and sister of Dmitry Donskoy.[6] A hagiography of the saint, was written in 1478–1479, redacted in the 1490s, and again in 1537.[7] Although folklorish in nature, it provides the earliest literary evidence for Michael's activities in the monastery.

During the period of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars, a mysterious fool-for-Christ's-sake appeared in the Monastery of the Holy Trinity. Sometime after being accepted by the monastery, but still nameless to his fellow monks, he was recognized by prince Konstantin Dmitrievich (1389–1433), who visited the monastery with his wife in 1413, as "our Mikhail".

Among the miracles attributed to the saint by the hagiography are the conversion of robbers, one of whom became the monk Dorofey, the discovery of an inexhaustible fountain, the prediction of weather, and various other acts of clairvoyance and prophecy.

Michael died in 1456 and was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church a century later, in 1547. His memory is commemorated by the Eastern Orthodox Church on January 11.[8] His relics are venerated at the Klopsky Monastery.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Saint Michael of Klopsk, the Fool for Christ". Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. ^ "Свято-Троицкий Михайло-Клопский мужской монастырь". Klopsky.ru. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  3. ^ a b "История жития Михаила Клопского - Свято-Троицкий Михайло-Клопский мужской монастырь". Klopsky.ru. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  4. ^ Янин В. Л., "К вопросу о происхождении Михаила Клопского" Археографический ежегодник за 1978 г. — М.: Наука, 1979. — c. 52—61.
  5. ^ "Ivan II | biography - Russian prince | Encyclopædia Britannica". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  6. ^ "Bobrok-Volynskii, Dmitrii definition of Bobrok-Volynskii, Dmitrii in the Free Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  7. ^ "Житие - Свято-Троицкий Михайло-Клопский мужской монастырь". Klopsky.ru. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  8. ^ "Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod - Orthodox Church in America". Oca.org. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  9. ^ "Преподобный Михаил Клопский - Свято-Троицкий Михайло-Клопский мужской монастырь". Klopsky.ru. Retrieved 2015-03-02.