172 ST. TRIPHON'S MONASTERY 



NARRATIVE 



Of the Holy Triphon, the Miracle Worker of Pechenga and 

 Enlightener of the Laplanders ; and of the Monastery 

 Founded by Him. 



(" The Holy^^ is inserted in all cases before " Triplion^^ hut has been 

 generally omitted in this translation.) 



'' The Lord will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the 

 knowledge of the truth" (i Timothy ii. 4); for all people did His 

 priceless blood flow ; and thus for every man, whoever he may be, 

 He opens His arms to embrace him in His divine love. Both the 

 learned man and the unlettered and ignorant, the wealthy lord and 

 the lowest beggar, the half-wild inhabitant of the torrid wastes of 

 Arabia, the enlightened Greek, and the wretched nomadic wanderer of 

 the Northern Plains and swamps of Siberia, — all find an entry to the 

 Kingdom of Heaven, to all is announced the Gospel of Christ, all are 

 summoned to Salvation. None are forgotten by the Heavenly Father ; 

 and when the fitting time arrives. He sends His chosen messengers to 

 carry the word of Salvation to those sitting in darkness and in the 

 shadow of Death. 



Such a chosen vessel for the poor inhabitants of our distant 

 northern parts — the Laplanders, was our Sainted Father Triphon 

 the Miracle Worker of Pechenga. 



The Holy Triphon, known by the worldly name of Mitrophanes, 

 lived during the reign of Czar Ivan Vassilievich the Terrible; and 

 was the son of a priest in the town of Torzhka in the district of 

 Novgorod. Brought up in the love of God, he from his infancy loved 

 the temple of the Lord where he used to sing and read, and at times 

 he was wont to hide himself from the sight of man so as to offer 

 up in retirement his prayers to the Lord. Upon one occasion in his 



