{"id":96149,"date":"2025-04-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/04\/30\/04-30-shen-ignatius-bryanchaninov-peshkopi-i-kaukazit\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:08:23","slug":"04-30-shen-ignatius-bryanchaninov-peshkopi-i-kaukazit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/04\/30\/04-30-shen-ignatius-bryanchaninov-peshkopi-i-kaukazit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u00ebn Ignatius Bryanchaninov, peshkopi i Kaukazit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- OA_BILINGUAL_SAINT_TEXT_20260601 source_filename=\"04_30_\u0386\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u0399\u03b3\u03bd\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u039c\u03c0\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03bd\u03c9\u03c6,_\u03bf_\u03b5\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2_\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5_\u039a\u03b1\u03c5\u03ba\u03ac\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5.txt\" lang=\"sq\" --><\/p>\n<article class=\"oa-saint-entry oa-saint-entry-textonly\" data-saint-month=\"04\" data-saint-day=\"30\" data-source-filename=\"04_30_\u0386\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u0399\u03b3\u03bd\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u039c\u03c0\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03bd\u03c9\u03c6,_\u03bf_\u03b5\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2_\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5_\u039a\u03b1\u03c5\u03ba\u03ac\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5.txt\">\n<header class=\"oa-saint-caption\">\n<h2>Sh\u00ebn Ignatius Bryanchaninov, peshkopi i Kaukazit<\/h2>\n<p class=\"oa-saint-meta\">30 Prill \u00b7 Jet\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebsh<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>Nj\u00eb oficer i shk\u00eblqyer n\u00eb ushtrin\u00eb e Car Nikoll\u00ebs hoqi dor\u00eb nga gjykata, uniforma dhe karriera p\u00ebr t\u00eb veshur kasot\u00ebn. I nj\u00ebjti njeri, i cili frekuentonte sallonet e Pushkinit dhe Krylovit, m\u00eb von\u00eb u b\u00eb peshkop i Kaukazit dhe babai i ringjalljes monastike ruse. Lindja e tij m\u00eb 6 shkurt 1877 ishte fryt i lutjeve t\u00eb zjarrta t\u00eb n\u00ebn\u00ebs s\u00eb tij Sophia, e cila kishte shum\u00eb vite shterp\u00eb. Ajo vizitoi pelegrinazhet e shenjta t\u00eb zon\u00ebs dhe i k\u00ebrkoi Zotit nj\u00eb f\u00ebmij\u00eb. Kur ajo m\u00eb n\u00eb fund lindi nj\u00eb djal\u00eb, ai u pag\u00ebzua me emrin Dhimit\u00ebr, p\u00ebr nder t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Dhimitrit t\u00eb Prilukit. Babai i tij, Alexander Bryantchaninov, ishte nj\u00eb pronar tokash i pasur n\u00eb fshatin e madh t\u00eb Pokrovskoye, Vologda. Ai vinte nga nj\u00eb familje e vjet\u00ebr dhe e respektuar, mbante lidhje me pallatet dhe synonte p\u00ebr djalin e tij nj\u00eb karrier\u00eb t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyer ushtarake. Dhimitri i vog\u00ebl u rrit n\u00eb natyr\u00ebn e fshatit rus, i qet\u00eb, meditues, i dashur p\u00ebr kish\u00ebn dhe sh\u00ebrbimet. N\u00eb koh\u00ebn e lir\u00eb lexonte libra shpirt\u00ebror\u00eb dhe lutej me padurim. Pas Ungjijve t\u00eb shenjt\u00eb, leximi i tij i preferuar ishte Shkolla Shpirt\u00ebrore, nj\u00eb koleksion i vjet\u00ebr me pes\u00eb v\u00ebllime t\u00eb jet\u00ebve dhe th\u00ebnieve t\u00eb shenjtor\u00ebve. N\u00eb mosh\u00ebn pes\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vje\u00e7, babai i tij e regjistroi at\u00eb n\u00eb Shkoll\u00ebn Imperiale t\u00eb Inxhinieris\u00eb Ushtarake n\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Pjetrisburg. Provimet e tij ishin aq t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyera saq\u00eb t\u00ebrhoq\u00ebn v\u00ebmendjen e Duk\u00ebs s\u00eb Madhe Nikolla Pavlovich, m\u00eb von\u00eb Carit Nikolla i Par\u00eb. Princi e ftoi n\u00eb pallat dhe e prezantoi me gruan e tij, e cila i sugjeroi t&#x27;i jepej nj\u00eb burs\u00eb. N\u00eb shkoll\u00eb fitoi dashurin\u00eb e m\u00ebsuesve dhe t\u00eb administrat\u00ebs, fal\u00eb notave t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyera dhe sjelljes shembullore. Ai u prit n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e Aleksei Olenin, president i Akademis\u00eb s\u00eb Arteve, Arkeologjis\u00eb dhe Historis\u00eb, ku u takua me shkrimtar\u00ebt e m\u00ebdhenj t\u00eb koh\u00ebs. Atje ai u takua me Batyushkov, Gnedich, Krylov dhe vet\u00eb Pushkin, t\u00eb cil\u00ebt vler\u00ebsuan talentin e tij letrar. Mir\u00ebpo, vezullimi i kryeqytetit nuk mundi ta shuante flak\u00ebn q\u00eb i dogji shpirtin t\u00eb riut. Mendja e tij ishte plot dyshime dhe zemra e tij u sprovua nga pasionet, ndaj iu drejtua me vendosm\u00ebri lutjes. Nuk mjaftonte m\u00eb t\u00eb kungohej nj\u00eb her\u00eb n\u00eb vit, si\u00e7 ishte zakon n\u00eb shkoll\u00eb. Famulli i shkoll\u00ebs jo vet\u00ebm e pengoi, por edhe e tradhtoi rr\u00ebfimin e tij para autoriteteve, gj\u00eb q\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb e pafalshme. Megjith\u00eb arritjet e tij t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyera, Dhimitri r\u00ebndohej gjithnj\u00eb e m\u00eb shum\u00eb nga mendimi p\u00ebr nj\u00eb karrier\u00eb ushtarake dhe d\u00ebshironte me zjarr t\u00eb b\u00ebhej murg. Me mikun e tij Mikhail Chikhatsov ai iku n\u00eb Lavr\u00ebn e Aleksand\u00ebr Nevskit, ku Athanasi shpirt\u00ebror tregoi mir\u00ebkuptim dhe nuk dekurajoi d\u00ebshir\u00ebn e tyre. Mir\u00ebpo, babai i tij, sapo mori vesh lajmin, i shkruan drejtorit t\u00eb shkoll\u00ebs dhe mitropolitit Serafim. Mitropoliti, duke u frik\u00ebsuar nga t\u00eb fuqishmit e bot\u00ebs, e qortoi ashp\u00ebr shpirt\u00ebrorin dhe e ndaloi t\u00eb priste dy t\u00eb rinjt\u00eb. Dhimitri k\u00ebrkoi nj\u00eb d\u00ebgjim dhe me rr\u00ebfimin e tij t\u00eb ndersh\u00ebm mori bekimin p\u00ebr t&#x27;u kthyer n\u00eb at\u00eb shpirt\u00ebrore. P\u00ebrcaktuese ishte njohja e tij me plakun Leonida t\u00eb Optin\u00ebs, njeri i urt\u00eb dhe me p\u00ebrvoj\u00eb n\u00eb jet\u00ebn asketike. Pas bised\u00ebs s\u00eb tyre t\u00eb par\u00eb, ai i tha shokut t\u00eb tij se zemra e tij tani i p\u00ebrkiste plakut. Kur mbaroi provimet, k\u00ebrkoi p\u00ebrjashtimin nga sh\u00ebrbimi ushtarak pa e filluar. Car Nikolla I refuzoi dhe e d\u00ebrgoi n\u00eb kalan\u00eb e Dinaburgut, ku oficeri i ri u s\u00ebmur r\u00ebnd\u00eb. Duka i Madh e vizitoi at\u00eb n\u00eb 1827 dhe m\u00eb n\u00eb fund i dha shkarkimin e lakmuar. Pas shkarkimit t\u00eb tij, Dhimitri u nis p\u00ebr n\u00eb manastirin e Svirsk, ku banonte n\u00eb at\u00eb koh\u00eb plaku Leonidas, p\u00ebr t\u00eb marr\u00eb n\u00ebn drejtimin e tij. Ai mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb kryeqytet i veshur si fshatar dhe q\u00ebndroi n\u00eb sht\u00ebpin\u00eb e Chikhatsov, nd\u00ebrsa shoku i tij nuk arriti t\u00eb merrte nj\u00eb pushim t\u00eb menj\u00ebhersh\u00ebm nga puna. K\u00ebshtu ai u largua vet\u00ebm dhe filloi ushtrimin e bindjes n\u00eb Svirsk. Prind\u00ebrit e tij, t\u00eb t\u00ebrbuar, i nd\u00ebrpren\u00eb t\u00eb gjitha lidhjet me t\u00eb dhe ia mohuan \u00e7do mb\u00ebshtetje materiale. N\u00eb manastir ai u shqua p\u00ebr bindje t\u00eb p\u00ebrsosur dhe p\u00ebrul\u00ebsi t\u00eb thell\u00eb. U vendos si minist\u00ebr n\u00eb kuzhin\u00eb, ku kuzhinieri ishte nj\u00eb sh\u00ebrb\u00ebtor i vjet\u00ebr i babait t\u00eb tij. E gjith\u00eb v\u00ebllaz\u00ebria e donte shpejt dhe plaku Leonidas u b\u00eb babai i tij i v\u00ebrtet\u00eb shpirt\u00ebror. Nuk b\u00ebnte asnj\u00eb hap pa pyetur dhe \u00e7do dit\u00eb zbulonte t\u00eb gjitha llogarit\u00eb dhe d\u00ebshirat e tij. Kur plaku u detyrua t\u00eb transferohej n\u00eb vetmin\u00eb e Ploschansk, Dhimitri e ndoqi dhe atje takoi p\u00ebrs\u00ebri Mikaelin. S\u00eb bashku ushtronin shtetin filoteist me bekimin e plakut. M\u00eb von\u00eb, p\u00ebr shkak t\u00eb persekutimit, Leonidas u zhvendos n\u00eb Optin\u00eb dhe nx\u00ebn\u00ebs\u00ebt u shp\u00ebrndan\u00eb. Dy miqt\u00eb u larguan t\u00eb prekur nga v\u00ebllaz\u00ebria, e cila u dha pes\u00eb rubla p\u00ebr shpenzimet e udh\u00ebtimit. Ata u gjykuan n\u00eb manastire t\u00eb ndryshme dhe m\u00eb n\u00eb fund Abati Moisiu i Optin\u00ebs i pranoi, duke njohur dy ish oficer\u00ebt q\u00eb kishin p\u00ebr\u00e7muar \u00e7do kot\u00ebsi t\u00eb k\u00ebsaj bote. Jeta e tyre atje ishte e v\u00ebshtir\u00eb, pasi ushqimi dhe klima d\u00ebmtuan sh\u00ebndetin e Dhimitri dhe ai u s\u00ebmur r\u00ebnd\u00eb. Nd\u00ebrkoh\u00eb prind\u00ebrit e tij filluan t\u00eb zbuten, pasi n\u00ebna e tij u s\u00ebmur dhe d\u00ebshironte t\u00eb shihte s\u00ebrish djalin e saj. Babai, megjithat\u00eb, ende shpresonte p\u00ebr nj\u00eb karrier\u00eb t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyer dhe e priti ftoht\u00eb. N\u00eb fillim t\u00eb vitit 1830, Dhimitri dhe Mikaeli hyn\u00eb n\u00eb manastirin e Sh\u00ebn Kirilit t\u00eb Lefki Limni. S\u00eb shpejti lag\u00ebshtia e ishullit i dha nj\u00eb tjet\u00ebr ethe dhe u detyrua t\u00eb kthehej n\u00eb Vologda. Ai u ngush\u00ebllua nga bisedat me peshkopin Stefanos, i cili e donte asketin e ri dhe e priste shpesh. Kur u sh\u00ebrua, ajo i dha nj\u00eb bekim p\u00ebr t&#x27;u vendosur n\u00eb vetmin\u00eb e Fjetjes n\u00eb Semigorod dhe m\u00eb von\u00eb n\u00eb manastirin e larg\u00ebt t\u00eb Glusitsa. M\u00eb 20 qershor 1831 iu plot\u00ebsua d\u00ebshira e zemr\u00ebs. Peshkopi Stefanos e b\u00ebri murg dhe i vuri emrin Ignatius, p\u00ebr nder t\u00eb martirit Ignatius t\u00eb Theoforos. Kur t\u00eb af\u00ebrmit e tij mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn n\u00eb katedrale, ata u befasuan nga ceremonia e panjohur dhe u pik\u00eblluan thell\u00eb nga zgjedhja e f\u00ebmij\u00ebs s\u00eb tyre. M\u00eb 5 korrik u shugurua dhjak dhe m\u00eb 20 t\u00eb po k\u00ebtij muaji plak, nd\u00ebrsa u em\u00ebrua menj\u00ebher\u00eb abat n\u00eb manastirin e Lopotofit. Manastiri ishte i rr\u00ebnuar dhe igumeni i ri me zell nd\u00ebrmori rind\u00ebrtimin e tij, t\u00eb jasht\u00ebm dhe shpirt\u00ebror. Atij nuk i vinte aspak keqardhja dhe n\u00eb dimrin e v\u00ebshtir\u00eb t\u00eb tet\u00ebqind e tridhjet\u00eb e dy vjet\u00ebve e kaloi nat\u00ebn n\u00eb kasollen e varf\u00ebr t\u00eb t\u00eb riut. Megjithat\u00eb, Zoti nuk e la pa ngush\u00ebllim. Atje ai u takua p\u00ebrs\u00ebri me mikun e tij Chikhatsov, i cili u b\u00eb bashk\u00ebpun\u00ebtor i tij aktiv dhe u pajtua paq\u00ebsisht me prind\u00ebrit e tij. N\u00ebna e tij fal\u00ebnderoi Zotin p\u00ebr djalin e saj t\u00eb par\u00eblindur dhe mori kungimin nga duart e tij pak para se t\u00eb binte n\u00eb gjum\u00eb, n\u00eb mosh\u00ebn dyzet e gjasht\u00eb vje\u00e7. Peshkopi Stefanos, duke par\u00eb pun\u00ebn e tij, e shuguroi abat n\u00eb janar 1833. K\u00ebneta e Lopotovit d\u00ebmtoi sh\u00ebndetin e tij delikat dhe fal\u00eb nd\u00ebrmjet\u00ebsimit t\u00eb kontesh\u00ebs Anna Orlova dhe Mitropolitit Filaret t\u00eb Mosk\u00ebs, atij iu ofrua abat\u00ebsia e manastirit t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Nikoll\u00ebs s\u00eb Ugreskit. Por cari iu kujtua dhe urdh\u00ebroi q\u00eb ta d\u00ebrgonin n\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Petroupoli p\u00ebr ta par\u00eb personalisht. Kur u takuan, cari me dashuri i tha se po i jepte manastirin e Sh\u00ebns Triad\u00ebs s\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Sergjit, q\u00eb t\u00eb b\u00ebhej model p\u00ebr t\u00eb gjitha manastiret e kryeqytetit. Ignatius u ngrit n\u00eb arkimandrit dhe mori detyr\u00ebn m\u00eb 5 janar 1834. Manastiri ishte n\u00eb nj\u00eb gjendje t\u00eb mjerueshme, me vet\u00ebm tridhjet\u00eb murgj dhe nj\u00eb jet\u00eb t\u00eb qet\u00eb shpirt\u00ebrore. Igumeni i ri hasi n\u00eb xhelozi, shpifje dhe armiq\u00ebsi, por \u00e7do gj\u00eb e kap\u00ebrceu me vullnetin e tij t\u00eb hekurt, i fshehur n\u00eb nj\u00eb trup t\u00eb dob\u00ebsuar. S\u00eb shpejti manastiri u rinovua, qelit\u00eb e reja, banka, furra buke dhe punishte u ngrit\u00ebn. Cari papritmas vizitoi manastirin, vler\u00ebsoi pun\u00ebn e tij dhe premtoi ndihm\u00eb financiare nga thesari publik. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb, arkimandriti u kujdes p\u00ebr kryerjen e sh\u00ebrbesave, formoi nj\u00eb kor t\u00eb shk\u00eblqyer dhe mbik\u00ebqyrte personalisht jet\u00ebn shpirt\u00ebrore t\u00eb \u00e7do murgu. Nd\u00ebrkoh\u00eb ai vet\u00eb po p\u00ebrparonte pand\u00ebrprer\u00eb drejt p\u00ebrsosjes shpirt\u00ebrore, duke m\u00ebsuar m\u00eb shum\u00eb me shembullin e tij sesa me fjal\u00ebt. Q\u00eb nga f\u00ebmij\u00ebria ai kishte brenda tij flak\u00ebn e asket\u00ebve t\u00eb lasht\u00eb t\u00eb Thebaidit dhe Egjiptit dhe u p\u00ebrpoq t&#x27;i ngjante bukuris\u00eb s\u00eb tyre shpirt\u00ebrore. P\u00ebrpjekjet e tij t\u00eb r\u00ebnda asketike ia d\u00ebmtuan sh\u00ebndetin dhe ai k\u00ebrkoi t\u00eb t\u00ebrhiqej, por mori vet\u00ebm nj\u00eb pushim t\u00eb shkurt\u00ebr n\u00eb manastirin e Sh\u00ebn Nikolaus Babayev. Pas nj\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb muajsh qet\u00ebsie, ai u kthye n\u00eb manastirin e Sh\u00ebn Sergjit, pa e shuar d\u00ebshir\u00ebn p\u00ebr nj\u00eb jet\u00eb fetare. Pasi Car Nikolla e zuri gjumi, ai tashm\u00eb ishte duke p\u00ebrgatitur nj\u00eb qeli n\u00eb vetmin\u00eb e Optin\u00ebs, kur u zgjodh papritur peshkop i Stavroupolis dhe Kaukazit. Shuguruar n\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e shtat\u00eb tetor 1857 n\u00eb Katedralen Kazan. Rrug\u00ebs p\u00ebr n\u00eb provinc\u00ebn e tij, ai pothuajse humbi n\u00eb nj\u00eb stuhi t\u00eb tmerrshme d\u00ebbore. Ai mb\u00ebrriti n\u00eb Stavroupolis n\u00eb fillim t\u00eb vitit 1858 dhe e gjeti metropolin t\u00eb varf\u00ebr, klerin t\u00eb varf\u00ebr dhe tempujt n\u00eb nevoj\u00eb p\u00ebr rinovim. Ai merrej me formalitetet e sh\u00ebrbesave, me marr\u00ebdh\u00ebniet midis klerit dhe popullit dhe me shkollat \u200b\u200bkishtare, n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb q\u00eb brezi i ri t\u00eb rritej me nj\u00eb mend\u00ebsi t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb t\u00eb krishter\u00eb. Lija dhe ethet e larta ia lodh\u00ebn sh\u00ebndetin, tashm\u00eb t\u00eb tronditur nga mundi dhe ngarkesa e tij asketike. Ai i k\u00ebrkoi carit dhe Sinodit t\u00eb dilnin n\u00eb pension dhe iu dha nj\u00eb pension s\u00eb bashku me abatin e manastirit t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Nikolaus Babayev n\u00eb Kostroma. Ai mb\u00ebrriti atje m\u00eb 13 tetor 1861 dhe menj\u00ebher\u00eb filloi t\u00eb p\u00ebrmir\u00ebsonte gjith\u00e7ka, nga sh\u00ebrbimet e deri te qelit\u00eb. Ai nd\u00ebrtoi nj\u00eb tempull t\u00eb ri t\u00eb bukur, u kujdes p\u00ebr p\u00ebrdorimin e duhur t\u00eb pronave dhe rigjall\u00ebroi jet\u00ebn e brendshme t\u00eb murgjve. Ai u ngush\u00ebllua nga vizitat e miqve, v\u00ebllait t\u00eb tij dhe n\u00eb gusht 1866 nga vet\u00eb Car Aleksandri i Dyt\u00eb. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjt\u00ebn koh\u00eb, ai vazhdoi pun\u00ebn e tij shkrimore, duke rilexuar tekste t\u00eb vjetra dhe duke shkruar t\u00eb reja. N\u00eb Dit\u00ebn e Ndritshme t\u00eb Ringjalljes ai njoftoi se askush nuk duhet ta shqet\u00ebsoj\u00eb at\u00eb nd\u00ebrsa p\u00ebrgatitej p\u00ebr vdekje. M\u00eb 30 prill 1867 ai fjeti i qet\u00eb, i vet\u00ebm, n\u00eb lutje. P\u00ebr tri dit\u00eb fytyra e tij ruante nj\u00eb gjurm\u00eb paqeje dhe g\u00ebzimi qiellor. N\u00eb vitin 1988 ai u shpall shenjt\u00eb nga Patriarkana e Mosk\u00ebs dhe faltoret e tij lipsane mbahen n\u00eb Manastirin Tolga pran\u00eb Yaroslavl.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nj\u00eb oficer i shk\u00eblqyer n\u00eb ushtrin\u00eb e Car Nikoll\u00ebs hoqi dor\u00eb nga gjykata, uniforma dhe karriera p\u00ebr t\u00eb veshur kasot\u00ebn. 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