Bogolep of Chorny Yar


Bogolep of Chorny Yar was a Russian Orthodox child schema-monk, a locally venerated saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, with the title of Venerable.

Life

He was born in Moscow into an old and influential Russian house of Ushakovs. His father was a boyar named Yakov Lukich Ushakov. His mother named and Yekaterina Vasilyeva Ushakova. In his baptism, he was named Boris in honor of Prince Boris Vladimirovich. His father was appointed the voyevoda of Chorny Yar in 1651. The Life tells that the child was very pious from an early age: as a baby he observed fasts on Wednesday and Friday, cried at the sound of the bell, thereby indicating that he should be carried to church.
Boris was in very poor health: at the age of seven, he developed an ulcer on his leg, which soon passed, but a new disease called "chechui" began. One day he saw a wandering monk and was amazed by his vestments. Boris asked his parents to give him a haircut, saying that after that he would recover. The parents agreed and Boris was tonsured into a schema with the name Bogolep. According to the Life, the next day after taking the veil, he recovered, but a day later he fell ill with fever and died the same day. In various versions of the Life, the year of Bogolep's death differs: 1654 or 1659. Bogolep was buried next to the church in honor of the Resurrection of the Lord, later a chapel was built over his grave.

Literature

Лебединский Я. В. Отрок схимонах Боголеп Черноярский // Астраханские епархиальные ведомости. 1877. — No. 3. — С. 11–15; No. 4. — С. 4–8; No. 5. — С. 5–11; No. 6. — С. 7–14; No. 7. — С. 7–11; No. 8. — С. 6–9.
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  • Житие преподобного отрока схимонаха Боголепа Черноярского // Святые и подвижники благочестия земли астраханской. —, 2010. — С. 86–116.Ивашнева Л. Л. Агиографические народные легенды Нижней Волги: отрок схимонах Боголеп // Русская литература. — 2014. — No. 3. — С. 84–105.