Saint Sergiy Mechev
Holy Martyr
Sergei (Sergius) Alekseevich Mechev
(September (17) 30, 1892, Moscow - January 6, 1942, Yaroslavl) - archpriest, fourth child of Archpriest Alexei Mechev, saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Throughout his life, Saint Sergiy Mechev was a good shepherd to his flock, a beloved head of a church parish, and also an outstanding and unwavering witness of Christ who remained steadfast in his faith, ultimately rising to the highest form of service to Him, the feat of martyrdom.
Saint Makarios the Great says:
"Our Lord Jesus Christ came in order to change, transform, and renew human nature, and to recreate this soul, which through transgression had been cast down by the passions, by mingling it with the Divine Spirit. He came to make those who believe in Him a new mind, a new soul, new eyes, a new hearing, a new spiritual tongue — in a word, new people” (Philokalia 1:58).
Everything proceeds not from dogma but from life. One may know the Gospel magnificently and yet possess nothing of what the Holy Fathers speak about. But the saints of God became new people while still here on earth. “Whoever does and teaches them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven...”
The saints did not teach us merely with words. They showed us. They gave us their very lives. Only within one’s own soul is the Kingdom of God revealed through the gradual acquisition of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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