{"id":94350,"date":"2025-04-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/04\/01\/04-01-oshenar-varsanoufios-i-optines\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:30:02","slug":"04-01-oshenar-varsanoufios-i-optines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/04\/01\/04-01-oshenar-varsanoufios-i-optines\/","title":{"rendered":"Osh\u00ebnar Varsanoufios i Optin\u00ebs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- OA_BILINGUAL_SAINT_TEXT_20260601 source_filename=\"04_01_\u038c\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u0392\u03b1\u03c1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c6\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u038c\u03c0\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1.txt\" lang=\"sq\" --><\/p>\n<article class=\"oa-saint-entry oa-saint-entry-textonly\" data-saint-month=\"04\" data-saint-day=\"01\" data-source-filename=\"04_01_\u038c\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u0392\u03b1\u03c1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c6\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u038c\u03c0\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1.txt\">\n<header class=\"oa-saint-caption\">\n<h2>Osh\u00ebnar Varsanoufios i Optin\u00ebs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"oa-saint-meta\">1 Prill \u00b7 Jet\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebsh<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>Nj\u00eb kolonel n\u00eb ushtrin\u00eb ruse la karrier\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyer ushtarake, madje duke refuzuar gradimin e tij gjeneral, p\u00ebr t&#x27;u b\u00ebr\u00eb murg n\u00eb Optin\u00eb. N\u00eb nj\u00eb rast t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00eb t\u00eb pneumonis\u00eb, ai pa qiejt t\u00eb hapur dhe d\u00ebgjoi nj\u00eb z\u00eb q\u00eb e th\u00ebrriste n\u00eb manastirin e famsh\u00ebm t\u00eb Pleqve. Pavli Plikhanov lindi n\u00eb Samara n\u00eb korrik 1845, i biri i Joannis dhe Natalia. N\u00ebna i vdiq n\u00eb lindje dhe babai i tij u martua p\u00ebrs\u00ebri, q\u00eb f\u00ebmija t\u00eb mos mbetej pa n\u00ebn\u00eb. Njerka e tij ishte e rrept\u00eb, por ajo e donte v\u00ebrtet at\u00eb si f\u00ebmij\u00ebn e saj. Si pasardh\u00ebs i Kozak\u00ebve t\u00eb Orenburgut, Pavli u regjistrua n\u00eb Shkoll\u00ebn Ushtarake t\u00eb Kadet\u00ebve Polotsk. Ai vazhdoi studimet n\u00eb Akademin\u00eb Ushtarake t\u00eb Orenburgut dhe mori grad\u00ebn oficer. M\u00eb von\u00eb ai u diplomua n\u00eb Shkoll\u00ebn e Stafit t\u00eb Kozak\u00ebve t\u00eb Pjetrisburgut dhe sh\u00ebrbeu n\u00eb stafin e Qarkut Ushtarak Kazan. Me kalimin e viteve ai arriti grad\u00ebn e kolonelit, duke g\u00ebzuar respektin e koleg\u00ebve dhe epror\u00ebve. Jeta e tij nga pamja e jashtme ishte e shk\u00eblqyer, por brenda tij nj\u00eb tjet\u00ebr k\u00ebrkim po maturohej ngadal\u00eb. Nj\u00eb her\u00eb ai u s\u00ebmur r\u00ebnd\u00eb nga pneumonia dhe ndjeu se fundi i tij ishte af\u00ebr. Ai i k\u00ebrkoi sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtorit t\u00eb tij q\u00eb t&#x27;i lexonte Ungjillin dhe u shua. Pastaj ai pa nj\u00eb vegim n\u00eb t\u00eb cilin u hap\u00ebn qiejt dhe ai u tremb nga drita e bollshme q\u00eb e rrethonte. E gjith\u00eb jeta e tij m\u00ebkatare shk\u00eblqeu para syve t\u00eb tij dhe nj\u00eb pendim i thell\u00eb e pushtoi. Nj\u00eb z\u00eb i tha se duhej t\u00eb shkonte n\u00eb manastirin e Optin\u00ebs, megjith\u00ebse mjek\u00ebt nuk mendonin se do t\u00eb mbijetonte. Por sh\u00ebndeti i tij u p\u00ebrmir\u00ebsua dhe koloneli vizitoi manastirin. N\u00eb gusht t\u00eb vitit 1889, plaku i manastirit ishte Sh\u00ebn Ambrozi, i cili i tha q\u00eb t\u00eb rregullonte pun\u00ebt e tij t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj bote. Dy vjet m\u00eb von\u00eb, Sh\u00ebn Ambrozi e bekoi t\u00eb nd\u00ebrpriste t\u00eb gjitha lidhjet me bot\u00ebn dhe i vuri nj\u00eb afat prej tre muajsh. Nuk ishte e leht\u00eb p\u00ebr kolonelin t\u00eb jepte dor\u00ebheqjen n\u00eb nj\u00eb koh\u00eb kaq t\u00eb shkurt\u00ebr, sepse iu vendos\u00ebn shum\u00eb pengesa. Ata madje i ofruan nj\u00eb gradim n\u00eb grad\u00ebn e gjeneralit dhe iu lut\u00ebn q\u00eb t\u00eb shtynte pensionin. Disa u p\u00ebrpoq\u00ebn t\u00eb organizonin nj\u00eb martes\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb, duke qeshur me vendimin e tij p\u00ebr t&#x27;u b\u00ebr\u00eb murg. Vet\u00ebm njerka e tij ishte v\u00ebrtet e lumtur q\u00eb f\u00ebmija i saj d\u00ebshironte jet\u00ebn e vetmuar. N\u00eb dit\u00ebn e fundit t\u00eb periudh\u00ebs tremujore ai rregulloi pun\u00ebt e tij dhe mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb Optin\u00eb. Megjithat\u00eb, Sh\u00ebn Ambrozi ishte tashm\u00eb i vdekur n\u00eb arkivolin e tij n\u00eb tempull. Ai u pasua si Plak nga Sh\u00ebn Anatoliu i Par\u00eb, i cili caktoi Palin te hieromonku Nektarios si vart\u00ebs. Ai u pranua si kadet n\u00eb 1892 dhe u em\u00ebrua vitin e ardhsh\u00ebm. Brenda dhjet\u00eb vjet\u00ebsh ai gradualisht p\u00ebrparoi n\u00eb t\u00eb gjitha shkall\u00ebt e jet\u00ebs s\u00eb vetmuar. Ai u shugurua dhjak n\u00eb vitin 1922 dhe plak vitin e ardhsh\u00ebm. N\u00eb dhjetor t\u00eb 1900 hektar\u00ebve, ai ishte fshehurazi madh\u00ebshtor p\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb nj\u00eb s\u00ebmundjeje t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00eb. Kur e pyet\u00ebn se \u00e7far\u00eb emri donte t\u00eb merrte, ai u p\u00ebrgjigj se nuk kishte r\u00ebnd\u00ebsi. Ata i dhan\u00eb emrin e Sh\u00ebn Varsanufit t\u00eb Tverit dhe Kazanit. Edhe pse u sh\u00ebrua, manteli iu dor\u00ebzua zyrtarisht vet\u00ebm n\u00eb dhjetor 1922 pas Liturgjis\u00eb. M\u00eb pas u zbulua publikisht se ai kishte prer\u00eb flok\u00ebt n\u00eb shtratin e tij t\u00eb s\u00ebmundjes. K\u00ebshtu u realizua haptazi ajo q\u00eb ishte b\u00ebr\u00eb n\u00eb fsheht\u00ebsi, fal\u00eb provinc\u00ebs s\u00eb Per\u00ebndis\u00eb. M\u00eb 1 shtator, n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebqind e tre, At Varsanoufios u em\u00ebrua ndihm\u00ebs i Plakut Jozef, igumeni i vetmis\u00eb. Ai kishte p\u00ebr detyr\u00eb t\u00eb mb\u00ebshteste shpirt\u00ebrisht v\u00ebllez\u00ebrit e vetmis\u00eb dhe murgeshat e manastirit Samordino. N\u00eb fillim t\u00eb Luft\u00ebs Ruso-Japoneze n\u00eb 1944 u d\u00ebrgua n\u00eb Lindjen e Larg\u00ebt si kapelan ushtarak. Atje ai u sh\u00ebrbeu ushtar\u00ebve t\u00eb plagosur me dashuri at\u00ebrore dhe vet\u00ebmohim. Kur lufta p\u00ebrfundoi n\u00eb gusht t\u00eb vitit t\u00eb ardhsh\u00ebm, ai u kthye n\u00eb Optin\u00eb m\u00eb 1 n\u00ebntor. P\u00ebr shkak se Plaku Jozef ishte i moshuar dhe i paaft\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb menaxhuar vetmin\u00eb, At Varsanoufios u vendos n\u00eb vendin e tij si abat. Ai shpejt rivendosi rendin dhe disiplin\u00ebn, shlyente borxhet dhe riparoi nd\u00ebrtesat. Si epror ai kombinonte rrept\u00ebsin\u00eb me dashurin\u00eb at\u00ebrore dhe but\u00ebsin\u00eb ndaj vart\u00ebsve t\u00eb tij. Ashtu si pleqt\u00eb e tjer\u00eb t\u00eb Optin\u00ebs, ai kishte dhuntin\u00eb e mpreht\u00ebsis\u00eb dhe sh\u00ebrimit t\u00eb s\u00ebmundjeve fizike dhe mendore. Nj\u00eb kumbar i tij, At Innocent Pavlov, m\u00eb von\u00eb tregoi rr\u00ebfimin e tij t\u00eb par\u00eb. Ai kishte frik\u00eb kur Plaku i p\u00ebrmendte persona dhe ngjarje q\u00eb ai vet\u00eb i kishte harruar. Shenjtori i foli me \u00ebmb\u00eblsi dhe i shpjegoi se Zoti po ia zbulonte t\u00eb gjitha k\u00ebto. Sh\u00ebn Varsanufiu i donte ve\u00e7an\u00ebrisht librat shpirt\u00ebror\u00eb dhe mbi t\u00eb gjitha Jet\u00ebt e Shenjtor\u00ebve. Ai thoshte shpesh se ata q\u00eb i studiojn\u00eb k\u00ebto tekste me besim p\u00ebrfitojn\u00eb shum\u00eb n\u00eb shpirtin e tyre. N\u00eb Jet\u00ebn e Shenjtor\u00ebve, siguroi ai, gjen p\u00ebrgjigje p\u00ebr shum\u00eb pyetje t\u00eb jet\u00ebs s\u00eb p\u00ebrditshme. K\u00ebto Jet\u00eb na m\u00ebsojn\u00eb se si t&#x27;i kap\u00ebrcejm\u00eb pengesat dhe v\u00ebshtir\u00ebsit\u00eb dhe si t\u00eb q\u00ebndrojm\u00eb t\u00eb patundur n\u00eb besimin ton\u00eb. Ata gjithashtu na m\u00ebsojn\u00eb se si t\u00eb luftojm\u00eb kund\u00ebr s\u00eb keqes dhe t\u00eb dalim fitimtar\u00eb n\u00eb luft\u00ebn shpirt\u00ebrore. Ndon\u00ebse k\u00ebta libra qarkullonin gjer\u00ebsisht, Plakut i vinte keq q\u00eb pakkush i lexonte me kujdes. \u00c7do dit\u00eb ai p\u00ebrkujtonte shum\u00eb shenjtor\u00eb n\u00eb rregullin e tij personal t\u00eb lutjes, dhe kjo nuk ishte rast\u00ebsi. \u00c7do shenjtor, shpjegoi ai, kishte nj\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00ebsi t\u00eb ve\u00e7ant\u00eb n\u00eb jet\u00ebn e tij. Kur ndodhi nj\u00eb ngjarje e madhe, ai shikoi se cil\u00ebt shenjtor\u00eb po nderoheshin at\u00eb dit\u00eb. Pastaj filloi t&#x27;i kujtonte ato \u00e7do dit\u00eb n\u00eb lutjet e tij me nderim. M\u00eb von\u00eb ai tha se gjat\u00eb fest\u00ebs s\u00eb tyre ai shpesh u kursehej nga rreziqet dhe sprovat. M\u00eb shtat\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb dhjetor 1891, n\u00eb dit\u00ebn e profetit Daniel dhe t\u00eb tre f\u00ebmij\u00ebve, ai u largua p\u00ebrgjithmon\u00eb nga Kazani. At\u00eb dit\u00eb ai vendosi t\u00eb largohej p\u00ebrgjithmon\u00eb nga bota. Ai besonte se Zoti e kishte shpenguar nga nj\u00eb furr\u00eb pasioni q\u00eb digjej. Ashtu si tre f\u00ebmij\u00ebt u shp\u00ebtuan nga furra e zjarrt\u00eb sepse nuk pranuan t\u00eb adhuronin idhujt, k\u00ebshtu ai doli i pad\u00ebmtuar nga bota. Ai refuzoi t\u00eb adhuronte idhujt e epshit, krenaris\u00eb, gryk\u00ebsis\u00eb dhe pasioneve t\u00eb tjera. Nga viti 1988 ai filloi t\u00eb s\u00ebmurej m\u00eb shpesh dhe t\u00eb fliste p\u00ebr vdekjen e tij t\u00eb af\u00ebrt. N\u00eb prill t\u00eb atij viti dikush i d\u00ebrgoi nj\u00eb pako me form\u00ebn e madhe. At Varsanoufios kishte koh\u00eb q\u00eb d\u00ebshironte t\u00eb b\u00ebhej madh\u00ebshtor para se t\u00eb vdiste, por k\u00ebt\u00eb nuk ia kishte treguar askujt p\u00ebrve\u00e7 arkimandritit. Prandaj ai e konsideroi ngjarjen si nj\u00eb shenj\u00eb se s\u00eb shpejti do t\u00eb largohej nga jeta e tanishme. Nj\u00eb nat\u00eb korriku 1910 u s\u00ebmur aq shum\u00eb sa iu desh t\u00eb linte Vigjiljen. T\u00eb nes\u00ebrmen n\u00eb m\u00ebngjes ai ishte aq i rraskapitur sa nuk mund t\u00eb ngrihej vet\u00eb nga shtrati. At\u00eb nat\u00eb e lan\u00eb n\u00eb form\u00eb t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyer n\u00eb qeli. Plaku filloi t\u00eb vinte n\u00eb vete, por n\u00eb manastir po shp\u00ebrthyen v\u00ebshtir\u00ebsi t\u00eb reja. Murgjit e rinj vinin nga prejardhje shpirt\u00ebrisht t\u00eb relaksuar dhe ishin injorant\u00eb p\u00ebr luft\u00ebn e v\u00ebrtet\u00eb t\u00eb vetmuar. Ata nuk e kuptonin natyr\u00ebn asketike t\u00eb monastizmit dhe as institucionin e bindjes pleq\u00ebrie. K\u00ebshtu ata filluan t\u00eb b\u00ebrtasin p\u00ebr reforma dhe ndryshime brenda vetmis\u00eb. Ata k\u00ebrkuan t\u00eb merrnin poste pushteti dhe madje d\u00ebshiruan t\u00eb mbyllnin nj\u00ebher\u00eb e p\u00ebrgjithmon\u00eb vetmin\u00eb. P\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb protestave t\u00eb tyre, At Varsanoufios u largua nga Optina dhe u em\u00ebrua abat n\u00eb Manastirin Golutvinsky. Kur mb\u00ebrriti atje p\u00ebr t\u00eb marr\u00eb detyrat e reja, e gjeti manastirin n\u00eb r\u00ebnie materiale dhe shpirt\u00ebrore. Megjithat\u00eb, ai nuk e humbi zemr\u00ebn dhe s\u00eb shpejti manastiri filloi t\u00eb ringjallej me lutjen e tij. Shum\u00eb pelegrin\u00eb mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn, sapo d\u00ebgjuan se nj\u00eb plak i Optin\u00ebs kishte ardhur n\u00eb Golutvinsky. Gjendja financiare e manastirit u p\u00ebrmir\u00ebsua duksh\u00ebm brenda nj\u00eb periudhe shum\u00eb t\u00eb shkurt\u00ebr kohore. Mir\u00ebpo, v\u00ebllez\u00ebrit e trazuar i shkaktuan nj\u00eb pik\u00ebllim t\u00eb madh dhe ai u detyrua t\u00eb largonte disa prej tyre. N\u00eb fillim t\u00eb vitit 1913 ai u s\u00ebmur p\u00ebrs\u00ebri dhe i k\u00ebrkoi Mitropolitit Makarios t\u00eb Mosk\u00ebs t\u00eb t\u00ebrhiqej n\u00eb Optin\u00eb. Por d\u00ebshira e tij nuk u plot\u00ebsua, pasi jeta i ishte drejt fundit. Ai ra n\u00eb gjum\u00eb n\u00eb Zotin n\u00eb dit\u00ebn e par\u00eb t\u00eb prillit dhe tenda e tij q\u00ebndroi n\u00eb tempullin e Golotvinos deri n\u00eb t\u00eb shtun\u00ebn e Llazarit. Pas varrimit, relikti i tij i shenjt\u00eb u d\u00ebrgua me tren n\u00eb Optin\u00eb. Treni mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb stacionin Kozelsk dhe arkivoli u transportua n\u00eb Optin\u00eb nga klerik\u00ebt dhe besimtar\u00ebt. Patriarkana e Mosk\u00ebs miratoi nderimin lokal t\u00eb Pleqve t\u00eb Optin\u00ebs n\u00eb qershor t\u00eb n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb n\u00ebnt\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e gjasht\u00eb. Puna p\u00ebr mbledhjen e relikteve t\u00eb shenjtor\u00ebve Leonidas, Makarios, Hilarion, Ambrose, Anatolio i Par\u00eb, Varsanoufios dhe Anatolios II filloi n\u00eb korrik 1998. Ajo u p\u00ebrfundua t\u00eb nes\u00ebrmen n\u00eb nj\u00eb atmosfer\u00eb rr\u00ebmbimi dhe g\u00ebzimi shpirt\u00ebror. Megjithat\u00eb, p\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb festave t\u00eb m\u00ebdha t\u00eb Kish\u00ebs, si\u00e7 \u00ebsht\u00eb Lindja e Pararend\u00ebsit t\u00eb nderuar, datat aktuale nuk ishin t\u00eb p\u00ebrshtatshme p\u00ebr p\u00ebrkujtim t\u00eb ve\u00e7ant\u00eb. K\u00ebshtu Patriarku Aleksi i Dyt\u00eb caktoi si dat\u00eb p\u00ebrkujtimore t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj ngjarjeje dat\u00ebn nj\u00ebzet e shtat\u00eb qershor t\u00eb kalendarit t\u00eb vjet\u00ebr. Lipsana e Shenjt\u00eb e Pleqve t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb prehet sot n\u00eb kish\u00ebn e re t\u00eb ikon\u00ebs s\u00eb Hyjlind\u00ebs t\u00eb Vladimirit. Pleqt\u00eb e Optin\u00ebs u kanonizuan zyrtarisht p\u00ebr nder universal nga Patriarkana e Mosk\u00ebs n\u00eb gusht t\u00eb dy mij\u00eb. Jeta e Sh\u00ebn Varsanoufios mbetet nj\u00eb shembull i ndritsh\u00ebm i p\u00ebrkushtimit me gjith\u00eb zem\u00ebr ndaj Krishtit. Nga nj\u00eb kolonel i bot\u00ebs ai u b\u00eb nj\u00eb ushtar i Mbretit qiellor n\u00eb heshtjen e vetmis\u00eb. Lufta e tij tregon se asnj\u00eb pozit\u00eb dhe grad\u00eb nuk krahasohet me thirrjen e jet\u00ebs s\u00eb vetmuar. Kisha e nderon kujtimin e tij n\u00eb 1 Prill me nderim dhe pik\u00ebllim t\u00eb thell\u00eb.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nj\u00eb kolonel n\u00eb ushtrin\u00eb ruse la karrier\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyer ushtarake, madje duke refuzuar gradimin e tij gjeneral, p\u00ebr t&#8217;u b\u00ebr\u00eb murg n\u00eb Optin\u00eb. 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