Archimandrite Naum - a monk of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. He was a devoted servant of the Orthodox Church and God. He was known throughout the country and not only - both clergy and ordinary people. Biography, life, death and service to God will be discussed below.
From the biography of Archimandrite Naum
Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra was born in 1927 on December 19 (by the way, December 19 is the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker). In the world he was called Nikolai Alexandrovich Baiborodin. The biography of Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra originates in the Siberian village of Shubinka, Novosibirsk Region. Now it is called the village of Maloirmenka.
Archimandrite Naum Baiborodin from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra was the son of peasants: his father was Alexander Evfimovich, and his mother was Pelageya Maksimovna. In addition to Nikolai, 7 more children were born in the family, but, unfortunately, all of them died in infancy.
A week after the birth (December 25) Naum was baptized in the temple of the same village.
Later the family moved to Primorsky Krai, and Nikolai went to school, but the outbreak of the war did not allow him to get a secondary education (he graduated from Naum 9th grade).
Army and education
As you know, Orthodox are not born, but become. Nicholas' path to the church was long.
Since 1944, Nikolai, like all men of that time, was drafted into the Soviet army. The young man did not serve at the front line, but carried out military duty in aviation technical units (moreover, these were command troops, Nikolai was supposed to become a regular military man). The service was held in the cities of Riga, Kaliningrad, Siauliai (Lithuania). In 1952, Nikolai was demobilized with the rank of senior sergeant, with the encouragement of a commemorative photograph next to the banner of the unit.
After demobilization, he continued his studies at school, and in 1953 he was enrolled in the students of the Polytechnic Institute of the city of Frunze, Faculty: Physics and Mathematics.
While serving in the army and studying at a higher educational institution, Nikolai actively attended the church, and after graduating from the institute (1957) he moved to the city of Zagorsk, where he entered the theological seminary. The rector of the cathedral in the city of Frunze signed a letter of recommendation for Nikolai, he saw in the young man a minister of the church and the Lord God and told his clergy: "Time will pass, and Nikolai himself will teach you to read the Apostle." And in the same year (in the month of October) Nicholas was enrolled in the brethren of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Almost a year later (1958, August 14), Nikolai was tonsured a monk and given the name - Naum (in honor of Naum of Radonezh).
Church Way
The Confessor of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra Archimandrite Naum Baiborodin in 1958 October 8 MetropolitanNovosibirsk and Barnaul Nestor was consecrated to the rank of hierodeacon, and exactly a year later Naum was ordained to the rank of hieromonk. The Sacrament took place in the Dormition Cathedral of the Lavra, conducted by the Metropolitan of Odessa and Kherson - Boris.
In 1960, Naum graduated from the Theological Seminary in the first category and entered the Theological Academy in Moscow, where he graduated with a PhD in Theology (an academic degree recognized only by the Russian Orthodox Church).
1970 for Naum was significant in that on April 25 he was elevated to the dignity of abbot by Archbishop Filaret Dmitrovsky, rector of the Theological Academy. In 1979, Naum was elevated to the rank of archimandrite (the sacrament was performed before the feast of Easter).
Helping people
Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in 1996 actively contributed to the construction of the female Michael-Arkhangelsk monastery. The construction took place in the native village of Naum - Shubenka. The monastery was built on the site of a destroyed temple.
In 2000, Naum became a member of the Spiritual Council of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
The year 2001 was significant for Naum in that from that moment on he was honored to become a trustee of the Lavra boarding school for children, in the Moscow region (the city of Toporkovo). The boarding school is designed for 250 people.
This is a person about whom many believers speak with warmth - both ordinary parishioners and celebrities, in particular the artist Nadezhda Babkina. In reviews aboutArchimandrite Naume from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, she describes him as a man with deep eyes, in which you drown. After a sincere conversation between the elder and the singer, the latter felt warm and light in her soul, many problems were solved and new opportunities opened up.
In addition to the cell, Archimandrite Naum had a separate room for receiving and talking with visitors - those who need help. People in need of advice traveled to him from all over Russia and beyond. Naum, overcoming pain and feeling unwell, always found words of help and consolation. And his prayer work has always served as an example for all church brethren.
During the life of the elder, many wanted to meet him, but not everyone knew how to get Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. To do this, it was necessary to come to the Lavra, and then the Lord himself would arrange everything. In general, he devoted time to the parishioners every day after the prayer service (except for the feasts of the Twelfth) until 13:00, but the schedule often changed. The elder first of all received monks, priests, abbots, and then - ordinary people. And if you stood and waited a bit, you could meet and talk, ask for blessings from Naum, and if you were really lucky, you could also pass a note with a prayer. There were cases when the archimandrite answered in writing.
Reviews about Archimandrite of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra Naum are mostly positive. He helped a lot, saw a lot. The story of one woman is a prime example of this. She came to Father Naum in winter, there were a large number of people, andshe stands and thinks: “I won’t get to my father, because there are a lot of people, and my question is not very serious …”. But all the same, she stood, prayed, and looked longingly at the door, behind which the elder himself was. And suddenly Lefty entered the cell, dressed untidy, one might say, the dregs of society. Then the door opened and Naum came out. Seeing Lefty, he said: “Well, Lefty, you don’t go to the temple, but you like to sleep, and you’ve come to what it’s come to - you’re already collecting cigarette bulls …”. And left. And the whole line froze. And Lefty went up to this woman and said: “But my father is right. I arrived this morning, everything is closed. There is nowhere to buy cigarettes. Well, I shot a bull at a passerby. You see what kind of father Naum he is, he sees such a trifle … . And that woman was scalded with boiling water - God has no trifles. And Lefty shamed her. Like, it’s not the first time you go to the Lavra and still you can’t understand elementary things, like a woodpecker.
Of course, it is impossible to be good for everyone, even if you are a righteous man or a Saint. There are bound to be dissatisfied people. For example, some say that Naum ruined several human souls. It seemed to be talking them out of the treatment they needed. But how true this is is difficult to judge. Perhaps, in those cases, there was nothing to help, all that remained was to pray and repent before his death.
Prediction
According to some reports (unconfirmed), there is information that Naum belonged to the holy fools and had the gift of foresight. He knew how to approach a person, what to say to him, so that he would calm down and find a solution to the problems himself. And Naum just instructed. It was very thin and sensitivepsychologist.
Predictions, as such, the archimandrite did not. But he said one thing, which, by the way, is a prediction. Archimandrite of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra Naum said that the end of the world is approaching, but not because, for example, a meteorite will fall, but because there is a lot of dark power in the world that worships the devil, and not the church, God and the Gospel. According to Naum, there are 4 organizations that rule the world - these are the rich (Rockefellers and Rothschilds), the secret world government, characterized by greed, cynicism, the ability to rob and kill, and also assumed the right to dispose of the life and death of the nation - the people ("Committee - 300"), a secret conference of secret structures, consisting of influential politicians who are able to impose their idea of the development of world politics, which in turn can destroy humanity ("Bilderberg Club"). And if these forces spread in Russia, then the end of the world is inevitable.
Archimandrite Nahum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra said that if modern Sadducees, Pharisees, thieves, murderers and libertines pull the rope over themselves, then the prayer of the righteous and those praying will no longer save. Evil will win. Disasters will be inevitable. And the rope is our life, our good and bad deeds.
Death
The death of Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra occurred on October 13, 2017. For the past year, Naum has been in a coma. His death was not unexpected and came at the age of 89 (quite a bitthe elder did not live to see his ninetieth birthday). The cause of death is not mentioned, but it can be assumed that Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra died of old age. Man lived a long life, and everything was in it. And now he is in the Kingdom of God, where there is no disease and evil.
Farewell to Archimandrite of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra Naum took place in the Refectory Church, the funeral service - in the Assumption Cathedral. After the funeral liturgy, the burial of Nahum took place.
The funeral of Archimandrite Naum of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra was performed by a conciliar-monastic rite. All the spiritual children of the elder from many subjects of Russia and foreign countries, the entire monastic brethren, students, parishioners, pilgrims came together.
The service for the repose was led by Arseniy, Metropolitan of Istra.
Funeral service
The funeral service of Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra took place at 7:30 am on the fifteenth of October, in the same place in the Lavra, in the Assumption Cathedral.
The Metropolitan read out a condolence sent by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to the Viceroy of the Lavra, Archbishop Theognost, to all the monastic brethren and spiritual children of the archimandrite himself.
At the end of the service for the repose, the coffin with the body of the deceased father Naum was carried around the Assumption Cathedral, to the sound of bells.
The funeral of Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra served:
- metropolitans: Nikolaevsky and Ochakovsky - Pitirim, Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursky - Kirill, Astrakhan and Kamyzyaksky - Nikon;
- archbishopsSergiev Posadsky - Feognost, governor of the Lavra, Petropavlovsk and Kamchatsky - Artemy, Salekhardsky and Novourengoysky - Nikolay;
- bishops of Podolsky - Tikhon, Karaganda and Shakhtinsky - Sevastian, Arsenevsky and Dalnegorsky - Gury, Iskitimsky and Cherepanovskiy - Luka, Karasuksky and Ordynsky - Philip, Kainsky and Barabinsky - Theodosius, Kineshma and Palekhsky - Hilarion, Tarsky and Tyukalinsky - Savvaty, Kalachevsky and Pallasovsky - John, Anadyr and Chukotsky - Matthew, Kolyvansky - Pavel; Vorkutinsky and Usinsky - John, Vaninsky and Pereyaslavsky - Savvaty, Shuisky and Teikovsky - Matthew;
- Archimandrites Pavel (Krivonogov), Dean of the Lavra, Elijah (Reizmir), Sergius (Voronkov);
- Protopresbyter Vladimir Divakov - Secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia for Moscow;
- Archpriest Vladimir Chuvikin, Rector of the Perervinskaya Theological Seminary;
- priests of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in holy orders and a host of clergy.
Also prayed for Naum, the head of the Central Asian metropolitan district, Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan - Vincent and the abbesses of women's monasteries.
Father Naum was buried behind the altar of the Spiritual Church of the Lavra next to Cyril (Paul). By the way, one of the current monks had a dream a long time ago (before his tonsure) that after his tonsure two monks lay down at the altar… And now two monks lie behind the altar - Cyril and Naum.
A few words of Naum for the centenary of the revolution
Archimandrite of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra Naum was a smart and perspicacious person, able to convey information to everyone (orto almost every person. About the events of a hundred years ago (about the revolution), he said: “According to the preaching of one prophet, Jonah of Nineveh, all the inhabitants repented and were saved, and their city had to perish. Before the revolution, there were a lot of saints in our country! This is John of Kronstadt, and blessed Pasha and Pelageya Diveevsky and many others. After all, everyone had the opportunity to pray to the Lord God to prevent the revolution. At that time, there were many seminaries and church schools in the country. But…. The country was already led not by Orthodox Christians, but by Satanists. Orthodox believers were fired from leadership positions and removed from teachers. They used to teach the Laws of God.” According to Naum, his mother went to school in 1908 and after a few days said that there was nothing to go to such a school. The teachers of that time said: "Now we will build a happy life without priests and without kings!" Nahum is very indignant that far-sighted people did not take care of the people in any way, why they allowed a revolution (a coup in the state). And, as practice has shown, there were traitors all the time in the army.
According to Naum, the current government worships the devil, the same people allowed the revolution 100 years ago, and people like them have already tried to stage coups d'état more than once in the 21st century. But the president of the country was able to take measures to prevent a civil war. Fortunately, the shooting did not come.
In order to defeat the Satanists, you need to maintain the unity of the people. For Europeans, it still remains a mystery howThe Soviet Union survived and won the most terrible war of the 20th century. In spite of everything, the Soviet people quite quickly set up the production of tanks and aircraft, so necessary for the front line, and in this difficult time for the country, science did not stand still, but actively developed. The authorities, faced with miracles at the fronts, ordered the restoration of the Patriarchate in the country, as well as the opening of temples and churches. Churches and chapels were opened very actively in the occupied territories.
On September 4, 1943, Stalin met in the Kremlin with Sergius (Stragorodsky), Alexy and Nikolai (Yarushevich) of Leningrad and Novgorod. And at that moment it was decided to open the Lavra and resume theological courses.
Archimandrite Naum believes that our state needs good rulers. With whom you can consult and not blaspheme the name of God, then people will become kinder. And it is imperative that every Christian person must keep the commandments, since they are given to everyone. Observance of the Laws of God must begin with the study of these same laws, you need to read the Bible, the Gospel, go to church, pray, take communion and confess.
The more often a person confesses, the more he sees behind himself sins. And those who go to church from time to time or do not go at all, do not notice their sins. And how can such people live happily…?
And the recognition of same-sex marriages is generally unacceptable for humanity, as well as gender reassignment. Naum opposes the sale of the lands of the Russian state, against the killing of children, including the unborn, against sodomy and fornication. If such phenomena occur on Russian soil, then the end of the world is not far off.
Naum was positive about the changes taking place in Africa. On this continent, many people convert to Orthodoxy, renounce Islam and preach Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary.
Before the revolution under the Tsar, people believed in God, the church was one with the state. Schools were church, and the people there were taught the commandments of Christ. They taught how to educate a moral generation, to value and preserve the family. Abortions were banned at that time, and the Russian nation was preserved and multiplied. During the twenty years of the reign of Nicholas II, the nation increased by 50 million, and after the revolution it began to decline very quickly. Abortions are not prohibited in our time, unborn babies are killed and killed, and yet the country needs people so much (and warriors, and scientists, and teachers).
Photos of the Archimandrite
Photos by Archimandrite Trinity-Sergius Lavra Naum are presented in this material. Of course, there are few pictures where he is young and not yet a minister of the church, but there is a little more material from the present time.
In closing
Archimandrite Naum from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra is an elder, monk, spiritual father of the late 20th century and early 21st century. You could say contemporary. He was known, if not by the whole world, but by far a considerable part of it. The father went through life in the status of a military man, and now, after his death, he has acquired the status of a soldier of Christ.
He had the gift of educating monastics. How many abbots, abbesses, bishops he raised to serve the Russian Orthodoxchurch and God - it is impossible to count. In fact, all those who were at his funeral service were tonsured by him himself.
But he was not only a role model for the monastic brethren, but also for ordinary people, pilgrims. He instructed those who were suffering and in need of help, gave them the opportunity to analyze themselves, their actions, make the right choice, which subsequently had a beneficial effect on people's lives.
Father Nahum told all the people who came to him: "Read the Law of God - the Gospel", and blessed everyone to study it. Indeed, reading this literature helped to solve many life problems. There were cases when he gave various divine literature to people.
Father Naum aspired to make his life the gospel. And by the way, in this very book, in all its parts, there were 89 chapters, exactly how old the old man was when he died.
For the monastic brethren, Father Naum personified the very concept - "In Christ's bosom." Whatever the fuss around, but in the Lavra near Naum it is always calm, and it is gratifying to the soul.
Naum was not verbose, but his every word was spoken at the right time. Just one word - and people had a lot of thoughts.
Father Nahum left behind a legacy in the form of his labors. According to his multi-volume patristic alphabet, the current monks have already managed to learn, and monasteries, both female and male, have been restored with the blessing of the elder. And besides the monasteries, they have gymnasiums, parochialschools, orphanages. All in all, Nahum always wanted the church life to live, and now it comes alive.
Rest in peace, faithful servant of Christ…
