Venerable Ignatius of Loma
d. 1591
A Russian monk formed in the northern monasteries who withdrew to the wilderness and became a spiritual struggler.
Our Venerable Father Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav
Life
Ignatius of Loma (also called Ignatius of Lomsk, and Ignatii of Lomsk and Yaroslavsk) was a sixteenth-century Russian monk venerated as a wilderness ascetic of the northern monastic lands. The circumstances of his life before he entered monasticism are unknown. He began his ascetic path at the Priluki monastery of the Savior at Vologda and received monastic tonsure at the Saint Cyril of White Lake monastery, two of the foremost houses of the Russian north.
Having been formed in these communities, Ignatius departed to the vicinity of Loma, where he founded a wilderness monastery that gradually drew disciples to it. He afterward withdrew to a forest skete and pursued his asceticism in silence. He reposed in 1591 and is commemorated on December 28; he is also reckoned among the regional wonderworkers of Rostov and Yaroslavl, within the Uglich grouping, whose collective synaxis is kept on May 23.
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- — Beginnings in monastic life Begins his ascetic path at the Priluki monastery of the Savior at Vologda; the circumstances of his earlier life in the world are not recorded.
- — Monastic tonsure Receives monastic tonsure at the Saint Cyril of White Lake (Belozersk) monastery.
- — Foundation near Loma Departs to the vicinity of Loma and founds a wilderness monastery that gradually attracts disciples.
- — Withdrawal to silence Withdraws to a forest skete and pursues asceticism in silence.
- 1591 Repose (1591) Reposes in 1591; commemorated on December 28 and counted among the Uglich wonderworkers of the Rostov and Yaroslavl synaxis.