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Ignatius Brianchaninov

Russian Orthodox saint (1807–1867)

Summary

Russian Orthodox saint (1807–1867)

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Saint
name	Ignatius Brianchaninov
birth_date
death_date
feast_day	April 30
venerated_in	Eastern Orthodox Church
image	Ignatius Brianchaninov.png
imagesize	200px
caption	Ignatius Brianchaninov
birth_place	Pokrovskoye, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire
death_place	Nicolo-Babaevsky Monastery, Bolshie Soli, Kostroma Governorate
titles	Saint, Holy hierarch
canonized_date	6 June 1988
canonized_place	Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
canonized_by	1988 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow)
attributes	Vested as a bishop
major_shrine	Tolga Monastery, Yaroslavl

Ignatius Brianchaninov or Ignaty Brianchaninov (born Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov; Дмитрий Александрович Брянчанинов; 15 February 1807 – 30 April 1867) was a bishop and theologian of the Russian Orthodox Church. He stands out as one of the greatest Eastern Orthodox patristic writers of the nineteenth century.

He was glorified (canonized) as a saint by the 1988 meeting of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. His relics are preserved at the ancient Tolga Monastery on the Volga River near Yaroslavl.

Life and work

Dmitry Bryanchaninov was born in the manor of Pokrovskoye to one of the wealthiest landowning families of the Governorate of Vologda. He was educated at Main Military Engineering School in St. Petersburg.

Although successful in his studies, he was deeply dissatisfied with the lay life and turned to a life of prayer. In 1827 he fell seriously ill and left the army on this ground. He began pursuing a monastic vocation and in 1831 took monastic vows and received the monastic name of Ignatius. He was ordained a priest shortly afterwards. He rose rapidly to the rank of archimandrite and at the age of 26 was appointed superior of the Maritime Monastery of St. Sergius in St. Petersburg. In 1857, Ignatius was consecrated Bishop of the Caucasus and the Black Sea, but he retired only four years later to the Nikolo-Babayevsky Monastery on the Volga to devote himself to spiritual writing.

He wrote a large amount of material, mostly about the spiritual life and prayer. Only a small portion of his writing has been translated into English. Although his writing was intended primarily for monks, his works are highly recommended for lay Christians by leading Orthodox figures such as Thomas Hopko.

Books

Available in English translation:

The Arena: An Offering to Contemporary Monasticism. Complete works of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, Vol. V. Brianchaninov, I. Translated by Arch. Lazarus. Holy Trinity Publications, 1997.
The Field: Cultivating Salvation. Complete works of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, Vol. I. Translated by Nicholas Kotar. Holy Trinity Publications, 2016.
On the Prayer of Jesus. Brianchaninov, I. Translated by Arch. Lazarus. Ibis Press, 2006.
The Refuge: Anchoring the Soul in God. Complete works of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, Vol. II. Translated by Nicholas Kotar. Holy Trinity Publications, 2019.
The Threshold: Trials at the Crossroads of Eternity. Complete works of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov, Vol. III. Translated by Nicholas Kotar. Holy Trinity Publications, 2023.
Harbor for Our Hope: On Acquiring Peace Amidst Suffering. Brianchaninov, I. Translated by Elena Borowski. Holy Trinity Publications, 2020.

Quotes

He who is careless about prayer is careless about his salvation; he who quits prayer renounces his salvation.
Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion, and they take them for saints and genuine servants of God.

References

Footnotes

References

"Holy Hierarch St. Ignaty Brianchaninov".
"Sayings of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov".
[[John of Shanghai and San Francisco. Maximovitch, St. John]]. ''The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God'', St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1996. p. 20
''The Arena'', pp. vi-vii.
"Hopko, Thomas. ''In The Spiritual Arena''".
''The Arena'' p. 218
quoted from ''The Arena'' by Hopko

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