{"id":92581,"date":"2025-01-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/01\/14\/01-14-shen-meletios-episkopi-ryazan-dhe-iluminator-i-siberise\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:41:14","slug":"01-14-shen-meletios-episkopi-ryazan-dhe-iluminator-i-siberise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/01\/14\/01-14-shen-meletios-episkopi-ryazan-dhe-iluminator-i-siberise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u00ebn Meletios Episkopi Ryazan dhe Iluminator i Siberis\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- OA_BILINGUAL_SAINT_TEXT_20260601 source_filename=\"01_14_\u0386\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u039c\u03b5\u03bb\u03ad\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u03bf_\u0395\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2_\u03a1\u03b9\u03b1\u03b6\u03ac\u03bd_\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9_\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u03a3\u03b9\u03b2\u03b7\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03c2.txt\" lang=\"sq\" --><\/p>\n<article class=\"oa-saint-entry oa-saint-entry-textonly\" data-saint-month=\"01\" data-saint-day=\"14\" data-source-filename=\"01_14_\u0386\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u039c\u03b5\u03bb\u03ad\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u03bf_\u0395\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2_\u03a1\u03b9\u03b1\u03b6\u03ac\u03bd_\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9_\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u03a3\u03b9\u03b2\u03b7\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03c2.txt\">\n<header class=\"oa-saint-caption\">\n<h2>Sh\u00ebn Meletios Episkopi Ryazan dhe Iluminator i Siberis\u00eb<\/h2>\n<p class=\"oa-saint-meta\">14 Janar \u00b7 Jet\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebsh<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>P\u00ebr gati tridhjet\u00eb e pes\u00eb vjet t\u00eb t\u00ebra ai eci n\u00eb tokat e ngrira t\u00eb Siberis\u00eb lindore, duke sjell\u00eb drit\u00ebn e Krishtit te popujt nomad\u00eb q\u00eb nuk kishin d\u00ebgjuar kurr\u00eb p\u00ebr Ungjill. Me veprimtarin\u00eb e tij t\u00eb palodhshme misionare, ai \u00e7oi n\u00eb pag\u00ebzimin e mij\u00ebra Buryat\u00ebve, Tungus dhe Yakuts, dhe hyri n\u00eb histori si Apostulli i Yakuts dhe Iluminator i kombeve t\u00eb Siberis\u00eb dhe Azis\u00eb. Emri i tij i v\u00ebrtet\u00eb ishte Mikhail Kuzmich Yakimov dhe vinte nga dioqeza e Vyatka, ku lindi n\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e n\u00ebnt\u00eb tetor 1835. Babai i tij ishte prift i nj\u00eb fshati t\u00eb vog\u00ebl dhe vdiq kur f\u00ebmija ishte vet\u00ebm nj\u00eb vje\u00e7. N\u00ebna mbeti e vetme, e zhytur n\u00eb nj\u00eb varf\u00ebri t\u00eb tmerrshme, me shqet\u00ebsimin p\u00ebr t\u00eb rritur f\u00ebmij\u00ebt e saj mes privimeve dhe sprovave. Pavar\u00ebsisht varf\u00ebris\u00eb dhe sh\u00ebndetit t\u00eb brisht\u00eb, Michael p\u00ebrfundoi me sukses studimet dhe u dallua si nj\u00eb nga nx\u00ebn\u00ebs\u00ebt m\u00eb t\u00eb mir\u00eb n\u00eb shkoll\u00ebn e tij. Dashuria e tij p\u00ebr jet\u00ebn e vetmuar ishte e dukshme q\u00eb n\u00eb mosh\u00eb t\u00eb vog\u00ebl dhe shpirti i tij vazhdimisht d\u00ebshironte qet\u00ebsin\u00eb, lutjen dhe p\u00ebrkushtimin ndaj Zotit. K\u00ebshtu filloi udh\u00ebtimi i tij i gjat\u00eb. Kur mbaroi trajnimin n\u00eb seminar, Mikaeli i k\u00ebrkoi Arkimandrit Ambrosios, igumen i Manastirit t\u00eb Fjetjes, q\u00eb ta pranonte n\u00eb v\u00ebllaz\u00ebri dhe ta shuguronte murg. K\u00ebrkesa e tij u plot\u00ebsua vet\u00ebm pjes\u00ebrisht, pasi ai u pranua n\u00eb manastir pa marr\u00eb menj\u00ebher\u00eb form\u00ebn monastike. N\u00eb manastir ai mori sh\u00ebrbime t\u00eb tilla si predikimi dhe puna n\u00eb bibliotek\u00eb, dhe m\u00eb von\u00eb ai u em\u00ebrua m\u00ebsues i historis\u00eb s\u00eb kish\u00ebs dhe k\u00ebndimit n\u00eb shkoll\u00ebn n\u00eb Vyatka. M\u00eb pas iu k\u00ebrkua t\u00eb mbik\u00ebqyrte nx\u00ebn\u00ebs\u00ebt q\u00eb jetonin brenda manastirit, nd\u00ebrsa ai mbeti nj\u00eb kadet i ri modest p\u00ebr nj\u00eb vit t\u00eb t\u00ebr\u00eb. N\u00eb gusht 1858 ai hyri n\u00eb Akademin\u00eb Kazan p\u00ebr studime t\u00eb larta. M\u00eb 1 shkurt, nj\u00eb mij\u00eb e tet\u00ebqind e pes\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e n\u00ebnt\u00eb, u shugurua nj\u00eb murg me emrin Meletius, p\u00ebr nder t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Meletit t\u00eb Antiokis\u00eb. Pak m\u00eb von\u00eb, m\u00eb gjasht\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb mars, ai u shugurua dhjak nga peshkopi Nikodimos. Me dekret sinodal u d\u00ebrgua n\u00eb manastirin e Sotiros n\u00eb Posolsk, pran\u00eb liqenit Baikal, n\u00eb dioqez\u00ebn e Irkutskut n\u00eb Siberin\u00eb juglindore, p\u00ebr t\u00eb filluar pun\u00ebn e tij misionare. Ai mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb manastirin Posolsk n\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e tret\u00eb t\u00eb qershorit t\u00eb tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e gjasht\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e dy, dhe menj\u00ebher\u00eb filloi pun\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb bekuar midis Buryat\u00ebve. Pun\u00ebt e tij dhan\u00eb fryte t\u00eb pasura, pasi shum\u00eb vendas u pag\u00ebzuan, u ngrit\u00ebn kisha t\u00eb reja dhe u themeluan fshatra p\u00ebr neofotist\u00ebt, t\u00eb cil\u00ebt ishin kryesisht popullsi nomade ose gjysm\u00eb nomade. N\u00eb dhjetor t\u00eb po atij viti, dhjaku Meletios u shugurua plak dhe iu p\u00ebrkushtua edhe m\u00eb intensivisht sh\u00ebrbimit t\u00eb tij. N\u00eb at\u00eb koh\u00eb ai ishte i lidhur me nj\u00eb miq\u00ebsi t\u00eb thell\u00eb me peshkopin ndihm\u00ebs Veniamini t\u00eb Selenginsk, i cili m\u00eb von\u00eb u b\u00eb kryepeshkop i Irkutskut dhe lidhja e tyre mbeti e pand\u00ebrprer\u00eb deri n\u00eb fund t\u00eb jet\u00ebs s\u00eb tyre. Veprimtaria e tij misionare e \u00e7oi nga nj\u00eb vend n\u00eb tjetrin, madje edhe n\u00eb kufijt\u00eb e Mongolis\u00eb. M\u00eb 30 gusht 1873, Kryepeshkopi Veniamini i besoi atij p\u00ebrgjegj\u00ebsin\u00eb e misionit t\u00eb Irkutsk. M\u00eb 2 shkurt t\u00eb vitit pasardh\u00ebs ai u ngrit n\u00eb grad\u00ebn e arkimandritit t\u00eb vetmitarit t\u00eb Nilit n\u00eb malet Sayansk dhe q\u00eb at\u00ebher\u00eb puna e tij ka marr\u00eb shtrirje dhe thell\u00ebsi shpirt\u00ebrore edhe m\u00eb t\u00eb madhe. P\u00ebr t\u00eb p\u00ebrfunduar p\u00ebrkthimin e librave t\u00eb krishter\u00eb n\u00eb gjuh\u00ebt e vendasve, ai shkoi n\u00eb Kazan, ku q\u00ebndroi deri n\u00eb maj 1875. Atje u lidh me profesor Nikolaos Ilminsky dhe koleg\u00ebt e tij, nj\u00eb njohje q\u00eb sh\u00ebnoi kursin e tij t\u00eb ardhsh\u00ebm misionar. N\u00eb p\u00ebrkthimin e m\u00ebsimeve t\u00eb krishtera n\u00eb gjuh\u00ebn e folur Buryat, ai u ndihmua nga Buryat Iakovos Chistokhin, vart\u00ebsi i tij, i cili m\u00eb von\u00eb u b\u00eb vet\u00eb misionar n\u00eb rajonin e Tunkinsk. Libri i par\u00eb i botuar n\u00eb gjuh\u00ebn Buryat ishte &quot;T\u00eb m\u00ebsojm\u00eb t\u00eb sapolindurit p\u00ebr besimin e shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb krishter\u00eb&quot;. Kjo arritje hapi rrug\u00ebn p\u00ebr kristianizimin e shum\u00eb vendasve dhe n\u00eb pes\u00eb vitet q\u00eb kryesoi misionin arkimandriti Meletius, u pag\u00ebzuan rreth nj\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb mij\u00eb shpirtra. Puna e tij u shtua edhe m\u00eb shum\u00eb pas shugurimit si ndihm\u00ebs peshkop i dioqez\u00ebs s\u00eb Irkutskut, kur iu besua mbik\u00ebqyrja e rrethit misionar n\u00eb lindje t\u00eb liqenit Baikal. Qyteti i \u00c7it\u00ebs u b\u00eb qendra shpirt\u00ebrore nga ku peshkopi misionar filloi turneun e tij. Ai p\u00ebrshkoi pa u lodhur tokat e gjera rreth Baikalit, ve\u00e7an\u00ebrisht gjat\u00eb p\u00ebrfundimit t\u00eb dyqind vjet\u00ebve q\u00eb nga themelimi i misionit t\u00eb Transbaikalia nga misionar\u00ebt Theodosios dhe Makarios. Ai predikoi fjal\u00ebn e Zotit n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb Transbaikalin\u00eb, ndri\u00e7oi kopen\u00eb e tij dhe form\u00ebsoi jet\u00ebn kishtare dhe shoq\u00ebrore t\u00eb t\u00eb saposhkolluarve, n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb q\u00eb ata t\u00eb mund t\u00eb integroheshin n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb harmonike n\u00eb popullsin\u00eb e p\u00ebrhershme ruse. Vladika Meletius themeloi n\u00eb \u00c7ita V\u00ebllaz\u00ebrin\u00eb Kishtare t\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebve Kiril dhe Metodi dhe Sh\u00ebn Inocent t\u00eb Irkutskut, p\u00ebr t\u00eb mb\u00ebshtetur p\u00ebrhapjen e krishterimit. Ai b\u00ebri gjith\u00e7ka q\u00eb ishte e mundur p\u00ebr t\u00eb forcuar f\u00ebmij\u00ebt e tij shpirt\u00ebror\u00eb duke krijuar shkolla kishtare n\u00eb t\u00eb gjitha fushat e juridiksionit t\u00eb tij. Frytet e k\u00ebsaj p\u00ebrpjekjeje t\u00eb pand\u00ebrprer\u00eb ishin konvertimi i rreth kat\u00ebr mij\u00eb vendasve nga shamanizmi dhe lamaizmi n\u00eb besimin e krishter\u00eb. M\u00eb 5 korrik 1889 ai u em\u00ebrua peshkop i Yakutsk dhe mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb vendin e tij m\u00eb gjasht\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb shtator. Dioqeza kishte m\u00eb par\u00eb nj\u00eb peshkop misionar t\u00eb denj\u00eb, Dionisi, i cili u b\u00eb i njohur si Apostulli i Jakut\u00ebve. Peshkopi i ri e vazhdoi me zell k\u00ebt\u00eb vep\u00ebr shpirt\u00ebrore. Q\u00eb n\u00eb vitin e par\u00eb n\u00eb dioqez\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb re, Sh\u00ebn Meletios zbatoi metodat q\u00eb kishte m\u00ebsuar nga p\u00ebrvoja e tij e m\u00ebparshme. \u00c7do vit ai inspektonte pjes\u00eb t\u00eb ndryshme t\u00eb dioqez\u00ebs s\u00eb tij t\u00eb madhe dhe megjith\u00ebse nuk kishte rrug\u00eb, ai p\u00ebrshkoi dhjet\u00ebra mij\u00ebra kilometra n\u00eb nj\u00eb udh\u00ebtim t\u00eb vet\u00ebm. Ai nd\u00ebrtoi tempuj dhe gjeti donator\u00eb bujar\u00eb p\u00ebr k\u00ebt\u00eb q\u00ebllim, nd\u00ebrsa n\u00eb turnet\u00eb e tij ai vet\u00eb p\u00ebruroi shum\u00eb kisha dhe organizoi shkolla kishtare pran\u00eb tyre. N\u00eb fund t\u00eb vitit 1889 kishte shtat\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e shtat\u00eb kisha dhe nj\u00ebqind e tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb kapela n\u00eb dioqez\u00ebn e tij. N\u00eb vitin 1895 kishte n\u00ebnt\u00eb tempuj prej guri dhe dyqind e kat\u00ebrmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb tempuj prej druri, kapela dhe sht\u00ebpi lutjesh, dhe m\u00eb von\u00eb numri u rrit edhe m\u00eb shum\u00eb. P\u00ebr t\u00eb mb\u00ebshtetur shkollat, ai mori nj\u00eb grant vjetor prej gjasht\u00eb mij\u00eb rubla nga ministria p\u00ebrkat\u00ebse. N\u00eb vitin 1892 ai organizoi V\u00ebllaz\u00ebrin\u00eb Kishtare t\u00eb Krishtit Shp\u00ebtimtar. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb, ai nd\u00ebrmori iniciativa p\u00ebr t&#x27;u marr\u00eb me lebr\u00ebn, e cila po rr\u00ebnonte kopen\u00eb e tij. Ai ishte i pari q\u00eb punoi sistematikisht p\u00ebr t\u00eb kufizuar k\u00ebt\u00eb s\u00ebmundje t\u00eb tmerrshme n\u00eb popullat\u00ebn lokale. Kur infermierja angleze Miss Marsden mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb zon\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb ndihmuar t\u00eb s\u00ebmur\u00ebt, peshkopi Meletius punoi me aq zell pran\u00eb saj sa mori nj\u00eb let\u00ebr fal\u00ebnderimi nga kryepeshkopi anglikan i Canterbury-t. Kopeja e tij ishte thell\u00ebsisht mir\u00ebnjoh\u00ebse ndaj tij dhe kur m\u00eb von\u00eb u nis p\u00ebr n\u00eb dioqez\u00ebn e Ryazanit, lamtumira ishte jasht\u00ebzakonisht prek\u00ebse dhe e ngroht\u00eb. M\u00eb kat\u00ebrmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb tetor 1896 ai u em\u00ebrua peshkop i Ryazan dhe Zaraysk dhe mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb selin\u00eb e tij t\u00eb re m\u00eb shtat\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb shkurt t\u00eb vitit t\u00eb ardhsh\u00ebm. Kopeja e Ryazanit e priti me shum\u00eb entuziaz\u00ebm, duke ditur jet\u00ebn e tij asketike dhe misionare dhe pritshm\u00ebrit\u00eb e besimtar\u00ebve ishin plot\u00ebsisht t\u00eb justifikuara. Ky prelat i p\u00ebrulur k\u00ebrkoi shum\u00eb nga vetja, por u p\u00ebrbuz me dob\u00ebsit\u00eb njer\u00ebzore t\u00eb t\u00eb tjer\u00ebve, nd\u00ebrsa shk\u00eblqeu si nj\u00eb predikues i shk\u00eblqyer dhe misionar i v\u00ebrtet\u00eb. N\u00eb 1897 ai u shpall an\u00ebtar nderi i Akademis\u00eb Teologjike t\u00eb Kazanit. N\u00eb Ryazan ai u takua me shum\u00eb besimtar\u00eb t\u00eb vjet\u00ebr, madje edhe mysliman\u00eb, dhe me zell ringjalli misionin ndaj tyre, duke botuar n\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb predikime, sh\u00ebnime dhe studime historike t\u00eb shumta. T\u00eb gjitha shkrimet e tij rrodh\u00ebn nga shpirti apostolik dhe karakteri i tij i past\u00ebr, pa asnj\u00eb gjurm\u00eb ambicie personale apo p\u00ebrfitimi material. Gjat\u00eb gjith\u00eb tridhjet\u00eb e pes\u00eb viteve t\u00eb sh\u00ebrbimit t\u00eb tij misionar, ai mbeti i njohur si Apostulli i Jakut\u00ebve dhe Iluminatori i kombeve t\u00eb Siberis\u00eb dhe Azis\u00eb. Sh\u00ebn Meletius ra n\u00eb gjum\u00eb n\u00eb Zotin m\u00eb kat\u00ebrmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb janar t\u00eb n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebqind dhe u varros n\u00eb Katedralen e Kremlinit Ryazan, duke l\u00ebn\u00eb pas nj\u00eb trash\u00ebgimi t\u00eb pafund veprash t\u00eb mira q\u00eb e b\u00ebn\u00eb t\u00eb paharruesh\u00ebm n\u00eb zemrat e besimtar\u00ebve. Ai u p\u00ebrfshi n\u00eb Sinodin e Shenjtor\u00ebve t\u00eb Siberis\u00eb n\u00eb n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e tet\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e tre, dhe vet\u00eb Zoti ishte i k\u00ebnaqur t\u00eb lavd\u00ebronte lipsanin e sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtorit t\u00eb tij. Pothuajse nj\u00ebqind vjet pasi e zuri gjumi, m\u00eb tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb qershor, n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e n\u00ebnt\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e tet\u00eb, reliket e tij t\u00eb shenjta u gjet\u00ebn n\u00eb Katedralen e Kryeengj\u00ebllit Michael n\u00eb Kremlinin Ryazan, n\u00eb prag t\u00eb Sinodit t\u00eb Ryazan Shenjtors dhe Shenjtors Siberian. M\u00eb tet\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb shtator t\u00eb po atij viti, eshtrat e tij u transferuan me t\u00eb gjitha nderimet kishtare n\u00eb manastirin e Sh\u00ebns Triados n\u00eb Ryazan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P\u00ebr gati tridhjet\u00eb e pes\u00eb vjet t\u00eb t\u00ebra ai eci n\u00eb tokat e ngrira t\u00eb Siberis\u00eb lindore, duke sjell\u00eb drit\u00ebn e Krishtit te popujt nomad\u00eb q\u00eb nuk kishin d\u00ebgjuar kurr\u00eb p\u00ebr Ungjill. 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