Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Province, Russia, February 6, 2025
Photo: mitropolia74.ru
A relic of the Heavenly patron of the Urals and Siberia was found last year and is now venerated in the St. Simeon Cathedral in Chelyabinsk.
A particle of the relics of St. Dalmat of Isetskoe (†1697) were discovered in the iconography workshop of an old church in 2024, and with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Alexei of Chelyabinsk, they were displayed for public veneration in the cathedral, the Chelyabinsk Metropolis reports.
A beautiful new reliquary was commissioned for the sacred treasure.
St. Dalmat is the founder of the Dalmatovo-Holy Dormition Monastery on the territory of the modern-day Kurgan Province. Many miracles are associated with the saint’s name.
In the spring of 1646, he managed to defend the monastery’s lands from the oppression of the Tatar noble Iligey. One night, the invader had a vision. The Most Holy Theotokos appeared in crimson robes and commanded him not to harm the elder and to give up the estate. Iligey was struck with terror and transferred the land holdings to the saint.
St. Dalmat of Isetskoe is especially venerated as the patron saint of warriors. Many South Ural residents come to venerate the saint before departing for military service.
He was locally canonized in the Kurgan Diocese in 2004 and was approved for Churchwide veneration in 2013.
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