Cyril of Turaw

The Holy Cyril of Turau ( Belarusian: Кірыла Тураўскі, Kiryla Turauski, * 1130, † 1182 ) was a bishop of the Orthodox Church. He was one of the first and best Belarusian theologians; He spent his life in the city südweißrussischen Turau. On April 28, there is a holiday in his honor.

The son of wealthy parents received an excellent education (probably of Greek teachers ). As a young man he decided to devote his life to God and entered a monastery. Soon he was known as a wise man, many believers came to him and had consulted in matters of prayer technique. Later, his thirst became the secluded life overpowering and he joined often for a long time in his cell, fasted and prayed. From this period probably date most of his manuscripts.

When around 1169, died the bishop of Turau, he was asked by prince and people of the then independent state, to take up its successor. Cyril accepted. As a bishop, he was probably a pastor, the good care of his flock, and a passionate preacher. However, he also found time to participate in political affairs.

Cyril of Turau was the main writer of the Belarusian early history; in addition to his sermons he is familiar for his prayers, poems, songs and other treatises. His religious interpretation was strongly influenced by Byzantine, quite normal for this time, since Christianity from Byzantium came into the Slavic countries. He left behind 30 prayers and two larger fonts called The Parable of the careless king or a treatise on the monastic state in the Old and New Testament, so far as the monk the image of the former accepts and works of accomplishing Second, what do you think that the monk the motto of the Old Testament ( " an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth " ) endures and acts within the meaning of the New Testament.