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40' Fortuna Island Spirit 401 2005

This vessel is no longer on the market.

*Option to transfer slip with sale of vessel, currently at Sabine Marine, Pensacola Beach Florida*

Built to be lived aboard, the Island Spirit 401 has more living space, storage and comfort than any of its contemporary catamaran designs, up to 45 feet. With a May 2023 bottom job, complete electronic refit, fresh bottom paint, sail drive/engine service and a full inventory of spare parts to compliment her cruising gear, S/V Twisted Angel is ready for her next adventure at a moment's notice!

The first models, IS 35/36/37 were built in the mid to late 90’s and quickly became a much sought-after vessel, due to the revolutionary design which offered both optimal space and superior sailing performance. An IS 400 version followed in 2001 and Amanzi-Marine redesigned and launched the IS 401 in 2003. The Island Spirits have been awarded, Sail Magazine’s Top Ten in 2001, 2003 and 2005, with a 2003 Boat of the Year nomination. Although a lesser-known boat, they are stout and capable blue water catamarans. In fact, every boat was delivered on their own bottom to owners all over the world. They are constructed with solid glass below the waterline and balsa cored decks. Each hull is separated into multiple compartments with a sealed crush compartment fore and aft making them extremely safe. There are very few catamarans that offer this balance of performance, safety, and excellent living accommodations.

Quote from Sail Magazine Review (2003 w/2017 update)

“The Island Spirit 40, designed and built in South Africa, has many of the characteristics people look for in an offshore boat: solid construction, simple, robust, and accessible systems, safe and efficient sail handling gear, a roomy interior, and good sailing performance…

… Our verdict is simple: The Island Spirit 40 is an attractive, comfortable offshore cruiser that just happens to have two hulls.”

Quote from Yacht World website:

“Known for their sailing catamarans, the Island Spirit boats generally have a deeper draft and very wide beam, characteristics that make them popular and well-suited for a variety of commercial and recreational boating activities.”

Specifications

• Price USD: $ 240,000

Island Spirit 401

Pensacola, florida, united states.

• LOA: 38 ft 9 in
• Display Length: 40 ft
• Beam: 22' 11"
• Water Capacity: 120 gals
• Fuel Capacity: 100 gals
• Days on Market: INQUIRE

+ Equipment List

LAYOUT - OWNERS VERSION

Starboard side

Owners suite (queen size bed); Storage bench and closet;

Companionway lockers and hanging cupboards; Studio with seat and small desk, printer shelf; Separate large shower, forward of shower is the generator room with port water tank access.

Two queen size cabins, multiple lockers and hanging cupboards; Manual toilet with basin and separate shower.

GALLEY / SALOON

U-shaped galley with large beige/sand Corian galley countertop and deep single basin sink with soap dispenser; extra draining/drying sink to the side;

SMEV 3 Propane burner hob and oven with rotisserie;

1000w Microwave (2018);

3 drawer cutlery unit;

Various cupboards for pots, utensils, supplies, etc.;

12v/110v Isotherm stainless steel fridge only (2019);

2x Custom Rollup PhiferTex sunshades - door and galley/cockpit window (2019);

Large maple veneer designed table with underneath storage cabinet;

Wrap around bench seat with storage underneath – currently occupied by house bank batteries and (2) A/C units with additional storage;

Folding aluminum main saloon door;

Sliding window between galley and cockpit;

2x Acrylic side saloon windows (2020) with removable shade covers;

2x Acrylic forward saloon windows  

NAV STATION

*Complete listing of Instruments in the Electronics section*

Full size stand-up chart table at navigation station w/12v chart light (Red/White);

Victron CCGX Controller w/WIFI – can monitor while away from vessel;

2x Victron BMV-712 Battery Monitors (1 for House Bank, 1 for Port Engine Starter Battery)

12v/110v Isotherm stainless steel w/4 compartments freezer (2019);

2x Water gauges (2020);

110v and 12v Breaker Panels;

2x A/C Unit LuxPro Thermostats controllers

COCKPIT & FOREDECK

*All cockpit/Sunbed/Stern/Helm seating have custom Sunbrella covered cushions (2019)*

Table with bench seating, under seat storage, large propane locker stores 2x 20lb Fiberglass tanks (2018), plumbed to switch between tanks without having to disconnect and visual indicators when tanks are empty;

2x Large cockpit floor storage areas; 2x lockers at helm station;

Port/Stbd rear StarBoard seats with drink holders; Custom StarBoard pulpit seats;

Solid hard bimini with full Cockpit Enclosure (zipper/channel/snap combination) w/Sunbrella sides and Isinglass windows;

Stainless steel targa bar with dingy davits attached;

Large “sunbed” bench on transom between targa bars;

Height adjustable Captains helm seat;

Window above helm seat for sail inspection;

Full visibility of both bows from helm;

10 Lewmar side portlights, all with Zarcor CloZure Shutters;

12 Lewmar low profile various size hatches, all Lewmar 44’s (2 in Saloon, 1 in Port Fwd Berth and 1 Stbd Fwd Shower) replaced in 2018 and have OceanAir SkyScreen 2’s installed;

2x Trampolines (2018)

Both hulls have large storage areas for sails, fenders, etc. (originally designed as two extra sleeping cabins for crew or children when at anchor. Can be converted);

Lewmar stainless steel wheel with tension brake; Edson, chain and cable; 2x balanced rudders with stainless steel shafts

2x 3YM30 29hp Yanmar engines, approx. 1300hrs each, serviced per schedule;

2x Yanmar Engine Panels (2021)

Engine compartments under aft berths with sound/heat insulation;

2x Yanmar SD20 sail drives with Dual bladed Flex-O-Fold props;

Yanmar 3TNE68C - MasPower 5.5kw Generator- (1081 hrs)

Racor diesel fuel filters on each engine and generator;

2x 50gal aluminum diesel tanks (1 replaced 2019); Generator pulls from Stbd tank; Valve and line allows balancing of fuel levels of tanks (Port Fwd Amidship Locker);

2x Fuel gauges at helm (2021)

*Replaced all 110v and 90% of 12v wiring w/Tinned copper wiring in 2021*

AIR CONDITIONER: 2x Mermaid Marine 16,500 BTU w/reverse cycle heat-(1 serviced in 2017, 1 new in 2021);

Custom Island Spirit electrical panel; 3x SmartPlug Inlets

LG 43” 4k smart TV at NAVSTA, 3 HDMI inputs (2019) with articulating mount;

2x Alternators 115amp/hr (rebuilt 2015) on each engine for charging of house and starter batteries with automatic charge selection;

2x Balmar MC614 smart regulators w/Centerfielder (2021);

Master Link battery management system (2021)- can crank either engine from either starter battery;

2x LG 375Q solar panels, total of 750 watts with Victron MPPT 150/70 Solar Controller (2021);

2x Wind generator mounts with complete wiring (2021), ready for units;

6x Ohmmu Gen3 Grp 31 156Ah LiFePO4 12v Lithium Batteries for total 936Ah house battery bank (2021);

3x NAPA starter battery- 1 for each engine/generator (2018);

Victron 5000w inverter/charger (2019);

Victron BlueSolar 150/70 Controller (2021)

Anderson Electric winch at helm;

Electric windlass 1000w Lewmar Tigress, serviced (2020);

9x 110v w/2 USB outlets 1x each cabin, Owner’s head, 2x Starboard side “art studio”, 2x saloon, 1 galley, and 1x nav station (2020);

12v cigarette outlets at nav station and helm;

12v USB connectors at helm (2020)

Selection of LED or halogen/fluorescent lighting throughout vessel(2018); Motion sensing battery powered/USB charging LED’s in generator room/both side companionways, 1 cupboard locker;

LED tricolor navigation lights on mast (2018);

LED navigation lights port and starboard (2020);

LED Deck light;

LED Steaming Light;

Blue/White LED Spreader Lights (2020);

LED courtesy lighting at stairs inside/cockpit and on sugar scoops;

12v fans in cabins, galley, and saloon;

Cellular Wifi/Router at helm (2018);

NAVICO SONICHUB®2 MARINE AUDIO SERVER (2020);

NAVICO WM-4 SIRIUSXM® MARINE SATELLITE WEATHER & AUDIO ANTENNA (2020);

APEX PA1502 JBL APEX PA1502 2 CHANNEL AMPLIFIER 150W X 2 (2020);

2x Fusion SGH-FL652SPW Signature Series 3 - 6.5" White Sports Classic Grill Speakers in saloon; (2020)

2x Fusion SGH-FL652SPW Signature Series 3 - 6.5" CRGBW Speakers in cockpit (2020)

Instruments (NEMA 2000 backbone)

*Complete B&G Electronic Suite Installed in 2020*

*AIS integrated with Chart plotter and H1P Handheld, displays all information*

B&G Zeus³ 12 MFD w/C-MAP Charts - Compatible with and currently using Navionics Charts;

B&G HALO 20+ Pulse Compression 36NM Radar;

B&G NAC-3 Autopilot & Controller;

B&G Wired Triton² Digital Depth 200khz, Speed & Wind Transducers;

SIMRAD ForwardScan® 180khz Thru-Hull Fwd-Looking Sonar Transducer – Up to 80ft ahead of vessel;

VESPER Cortex M1 SOTDMA SmartAIS Tx/Rx w/Remote Handset connections at NavSta and Helm;

VESPER Cortex H1P Portable/Wireless Handset w/Charging Cradle at NavSta, non-charging cradle at helm; Coaxial VHF cable up the mast and Antenna;

2x B&G Triton² Displays

WATER & WASTE SYSTEMS

*High Water Alarms for Bilge, engine compartment, and black water system replaced (2020)*

Hot and cold water pressurized throughout;

11gal Isotherm Basic 40 water heater-heated by engine (port and/or generator), shore, or battery power;

Removed Catalina 300 Spectra (2020)- electrical breaker/wiring, plumbing intact;

2x 60gal water tanks, water gauges (at NavSta) and sensors replaced in 2020;

Shore water inlet (2020);

Hot and cold shower on port sugar scoop (2020);

2x 35gal Black water tanks with high water alarm system, one each keel;

4x Rule automatic bilge/engine room pumps (2018) with high water alarm system;

2x Manual Bilge pumps, one in each hull connected to bilge and engine room;

2x Jabsco Manual Pump heads, plumbed straight to tanks, no overboard option;

2x Macerators from tanks, independent breakers and toggle switches; All sanitation hoses replaced (2017)

SAILS (Quantum Sails, 2018)

Fully battened, full roach main, w/single line 2 reef system;

Main Sail, Quantum Fusion MC Technora/Carbon construction, 579 sq.ft;

Genoa on Pro-Furl 835M roller furling with UV protection, Quantum Fusion MC Technora/Carbon construction, 430 sq.ft on;

Lazy Jack System with custom Stack Pack;

Additional: Asymmetric Spinnaker, Storm Sail

RIGGING / DECK HARDWARE

*Running rigging replaced as required, 0-3 years of use*

Sparcraft mast w/single diamond spreader, boom, crossbar and compression post;

Outhaul and 2 reefing lines w/jammers built into the underside mast end of boom;

Lewmar traveler, Lewmar blocks, adjustable genoa cars with stoppers;

5 winches (Electric Lewmar 44, 2 manual Lewmar 44, Lewmar 32, Lewmar 40 );

Rigged for single-handed sailing, all sheets and most lines can be winched from helm on main electric winch – hardware mounted for alternate non-solo rigging.

Separate winch for genoa furler and control of gennaker sheets;

Standing rigging is original and is inspected regularly

Fold up stainless-steel swim ladder, port transom;

Stainless cable lifelines with 4 gates, (2 aft cockpit and 1 each side at deck level)

Hull has a closed cell foam core w/Solid glass fiber on collision areas and below water line and the deck is comprised of end grain balsa core sandwich;

Bottom paint 2 coats of Petit Odyssey HD (May 2023)

Ground Tackle

Lewmar 1000w Tigress windlass (serviced 2021);

Rocna 55lb w/130' 3/8” Chain (2017) and 150’ line, w/depth markers up to 75’;

Fortress 44FX 25lb w/30' Chain, 225’ line;

Spare CQR 35lb;

2x Nylon Braid Bridles

6 portable fire extinguishers;

Gas solenoid valve with gas alarm (disconnected);

6+ PFD’s various types and weight class;

1 Type 4 PFD (Horseshoe);

Various sized fenders;

8 Person Plastimo Life raft - Presently in need of service inspection;

EPIRB: ACR RLB-36 406MHz;

Flares, jack lines, tethers, harnesses, distress flag, Electronic Strobe light, etc.

Large Stainless steel propane barbeque;

Various Dock lines, fenders, spare parts, etc.;

Mirrors in each cabin;

All plates, cups, glasses, forks, knives, spoons, bowls, pots, pans, linens and blankets, etc;

Various Shore Power cords and splitters

VESSEL HISTORY

Bottom was painted May 2023

The bottom is cleaned regularly, and zincs replaced in the water. The last survey was 2018 and can be made available.

The rigging is presumed original and is regularly inspected. The boat has never been chartered. The sellers are ASA instructors and have conducted ASA 114 (Cruising Catamaran certification) courses aboard the vessel.

+ Mechanical Disclaimer

Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.

+ Disclaimer

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SPRAY CAT Boat for Sale

40' island spirit | 2004 | $169,000.

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Last updated Nov 12, 2023

Spray Cat Yacht | 40' Island Spirit 2004

Owners health situation necessitate a major price reduction.  This Island Spirit 400 was designed by Phil Southwell, built by Fortuna Catamarans in South Africa and sailed over to the US on her own bottom(s).  Island Spirit Catamarans are known to be very well built and highly capable. 

This three cabin version has never been chartered and her second owners have enjoyed cruising her and now must move on. Set up to be easily handled she features in boom furling!

 Exceptionally well maintained and upgraded. "Spray Cat" is ready for your adventure.

Preliminary Listing Interior Photos to Follow

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Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.

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Spray Cat HIGHLIGHTS

• Yacht Details: 40' Island Spirit 2004
• Location: Rock Hall, MD
• Last Updated: Nov 12, 2023
• Asking Price: $169,000
• Max Draft: 3' 8''

Spray Cat additional information

• Beam: 23'
• Hull Material: Fiberglass

Stepping aboard you are immediately struck by how easy this cat is to move around on.  Her extended transoms allow for easy boarding regardless of the pier height. Large protected seating areas aft with a hardtop and easy access forward make for a wonderful playground!  With new tramps forward for lounging or work there is plenty of space to spread out!

• Raised Helm bench seat
• Fiberglass Hardtop
• Dinghy Davits
• Outboard Motor Crane and Mount
• Wind Generator (2021 rebuild)
• Propane Grill
• Electric Windlass
• Proper Ground Tackle
• 150' 3/8"BBB Chain with Snubber
• Bow Bridles
• 60 lbs. Manson Supreme Anchor
• Windlass Control at Helm
• New Lifelines '19

Below ....Spacious, bright, airy and clean!

• 3 Staterooms
• Large U shaped Galley
• Propane 3 burner Cooktop
• Two Refrigerators 
•  Separate Top load Freezer
• Large L shaped seating area with Dining table
• Stand up Navigation Table Top

Sails and Rigging

• Leisure Furl Boom ('18)
• Mainsail ('18)
• Standing Rigging ('18)
• All sail controls at helm station
• Both Trampolines replaced '19
• 2 Strong and Clean Running Yanmar 3YM-30 Diesels (5853 hours)
• SD20 Sail Drives
• 3 Blade MaxProp Feathering Propellers
• Northern Lights Diesel Genset (2500 Hours)
• 4-100 Watt  Renogy Solar Panels w/controller.
• Wind Generator (rebuilt 2021 with blue blades)
• 8ea. Batteries (800 Amp total hours)
• Charger / Inverter
• Smartplug Shore Power Cord and Plug
• Blue Seas Multimeter
• Victron Energy Phoenix Multi Controller
• Reverse Cycle AC 10000BTU ('20)

Electronics

• Raymarine ST6001 Autopilot
• Raymarine ST 60 Wind
• Raymarine ST 60 Tridata
• Raymarine Radar on mast
• Raymarine C80 Chartplotter
• VHF Ram Mike at helm
• Second Depth Sounder
• Fuel - Two 66 Gallon (132 Gallon total)
• Water- Two tanks 132 Gallons Total
• Holding -Two Tanks 40 Gallons Ea. (80 Gallon Total)
• LPG - 20 Gallons

 Additional

• Bottom soda blasted '17
• 9's Highlander Inflatable '22
• Torquedo Electric Outboard
• Tohatsu 9.2hp Outboard

Brokers Comment: Many spares and safety gear convey...

Spray Cat is a really nice sailing platform that has had thoughtful upgrades and thorough maintenance by knowledgeable owners. -Tom

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Spray Cat | 2004 Island Spirit 400

Rock hall, md, us.

Spray Cat | Island Spirit 400 40ft

Us $169,000.

Owners health situation necessitate a major price reduction .  This Island Spirit 400 was designed by Phil Southwell, built by Fortuna Catamarans in South Africa and sailed over to the US on her own bottom(s).  Island Spirit Catamarans are known to be very well built and highly capable. 

This three cabin version has never been chartered and her second owners have enjoyed cruising her and now must move on. Set up to be easily handled she features in boom furling!

  Exceptionally well maintained and upgraded. "Spray Cat" is ready for your adventure.

Preliminary Listing Interior Photos to Follow

Reach out to Salt for details

Specifications

• Length: 40ft
• Beam: 23' 0"
• Draft: 3' 8"
• Hull: Fiberglass
• Status: Active

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MEASUREMENTS

• Length Overall: 39 ft
• Max Draft: 3' 8"
• Beam Measure: 23' 0"

Accommodations

• Number of heads: 2

Welcome Aboard Spray Cat…

ON DECK…

Stepping aboard you are immediately struck by how easy this cat is to move around on.  Her extended transoms allow for easy boarding regardless of the pier height. Large protected seating areas aft with a hardtop and easy access forward make for a wonderful playground!  With new tramps forward for lounging or work there is plenty of space to spread out!

• Raised Helm bench seat
• Fiberglass Hardtop
• Dinghy Davits
• Outboard Motor Crane and Mount
• Wind Generator (2021 rebuild)
• Propane Grill
• Electric Windlass
• Proper Ground Tackle
• 150′ 3/8″BBB Chain with Snubber
• Bow Bridles
• 60 lbs. Manson Supreme Anchor
• Windlass Control at Helm
• New Lifelines ’19

Below …. Spacious, bright, airy and clean!

• 3 Staterooms
• Large U shaped Galley
• Propane 3 burner Cooktop
• Two Refrigerators 
•  Separate Top load Freezer
• Large L shaped seating area with Dining table
• Stand up Navigation Table Top

Sails and Rigging

• Leisure Furl Boom (’18)
• Mainsail (’18)
• Jib (’18)
• Standing Rigging (’18)
• All sail controls at helm station
• Both Trampolines replaced ’19
• 2 Strong and Clean Running Yanmar 3YM-30 Diesels (5853 hours)
• SD20 Sail Drives
• 3 Blade MaxProp Feathering Propellers
• Northern Lights Diesel Genset (2500 Hours)
• 4-100 Watt  Renogy Solar Panels w/controller.
• Wind Generator (rebuilt 2021 with blue blades)
• 8ea. Batteries (800 Amp total hours)
• Charger / Inverter
• Smartplug Shore Power Cord and Plug
• Blue Seas Multimeter
• Victron Energy Phoenix Multi Controller
• Reverse Cycle AC 10000BTU (’20)

Electronics

• Raymarine ST6001 Autopilot
• Raymarine ST 60 Wind
• Raymarine ST 60 Tridata
• Raymarine Radar on mast
• Raymarine C80 Chartplotter
• VHF Ram Mike at helm
• Second Depth Sounder
• Fuel – Two 66 Gallon (132 Gallon total)
• Water- Two tanks 132 Gallons Total
• Holding -Two Tanks 40 Gallons Ea. (80 Gallon Total)
• LPG – 20 Gallons

 Additional

• Bottom soda blasted ’17
• 9’s Highlander Inflatable ’22
• Torquedo Electric Outboard
• Tohatsu 9.2hp Outboard

Brokers Comment:  Many spares and safety gear convey…

Spray Cat is a really nice sailing platform that has had thoughtful upgrades and thorough maintenance by knowledgeable owners. -Tom

Disclaimer The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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Youwarkee is a 3 cabin owner’s version Island Spirit 40 with a spacious cockpit. This model still had good storage in the aft seats. It also won best boat at the 2002 Annapolis show. She has had only one owner and never been chartered. The stern scoops make landing fish a breeze.

She is cruising ready. In addition to lines, fenders, she has cutlery, some cookware, linens, charts, bosun’s chair, removable cockpit sun screens, saloon entertainment system with cockpit speakers, and spares too numerous to mention. She has a hard bimini with removable rain/wind screens. Navlights are water proof LED’s on deck, tri-color on mast head. Rub rails have been added. Swim ladder & shower are aft on port side.

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“Onward” is a very rare late model Island Spirit 401 with a hard top bimini, Solar, water-maker, and inverter.  She offers beautiful living space and large galley-up, comfortable salon, and settee area. 3 Cabin, 2 head layout.  “Onward” is the newest Island Spirit on the water. The hull & deck were laid up in 2008, she remained in storage and was only fitted out and launched in 2012, by Maverick Yachts, South Africa.   This is a two-owner boat, which is well equipped for family cruising.  The Island Spirit 401 offers a fantastic layout, with a very spacious galley/saloon area, comparable to boats much larger. Dual walk-throughs from the cockpit to the transoms  make for exceptionally easy access to the water, for diving, fishing, swimming, etc.  Storage abounds, with numerous cockpit lockers and plentiful locker/cupboard space down below.

Motivated seller has priced this vessel aggressively for a quick transaction.   Currently due for new bottom paint within the next 6 months.   Recent rigging inspection shows no issues. 

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The Island Spirit 401 is a 40 ft., South African built, catamaran. The Island Spirit brand was introduced into the United States and the Caribbean charter market in 1998. Island Spirits have been awarded Top Ten Sail Magazine awards in 2001, 2003 and 2005. In 2003 this 401 model was also a nominee for boat of the year. Fortuna is a well respected brand more commonly found in the Pacific.

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The Successors of St. Stephen of Perm

In memory of three holy hierarchs of perm.

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Though the rays of Christ’s light did struggle through into the depths of the pagan forest, there were still many villages that, as before, had not yet heard the Gospel. Now, after the death of St. Stephen whom they hated, the pagan priests who were scattered across the Urals and had seemingly lost ground, hoped to get even with the newly-established Church of Perm. Among their plans were to bring their former flock back to the old beliefs, destroy the altars erected by St. Stephen, and resume their economic exploitation of the peace-loving Zyryans [“Zyryane”: the old-fashioned Russian name for the Komi—the people of what is now the Komi Autonomous Republic, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family.—Trans.]. Most of the shaman priests came from the Vogul people [“Voguly”: the obsolete name of the Mansi—the indigenous people living mainly in the Ob River basin in Western Siberia and related to the Finno-Ugric family; now most of them live in the Khanty-Mansi autonomous area within Russia’s Tyumen region.—Trans.] who converted to Orthodoxy very reluctantly.

The new diocese’s link to the Moscow Metropolis seemed (and was in many respects) nominal and illusory; in the late fourteenth century it was still extremely far from there to the Grand Prince (and the Metropolitan) of Moscow. The defenselessness of local clerics in the face of a hostile and often aggressive population frightened the newly-arrived priests and jeopardized the clergy who were Zyryan converts. Moreover, the new diocese needed not just priests but missionaries who were ready to put their lives at risk in open conflicts with the rebellious Ostyaks (the Khanty and the Mansi). It needed monks who were not bound to their families and children. This caused a shortage of clergy.

Another threat came from local government officials ( zemsky dyaks ) who as secular masters were gradually taking over the authority of bishops who governed the huge territory. This territory fell under the patronage of the Grand Prince of Moscow primarily under the auspices of the religious solidarity of Moscow and the newly-converted people of Perm, but the laws of the development of Muscovy demanded rendering to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and sometimes these demands took cruel and even bloodthirsty forms.

The Archbishopric of Novgorod was indignant with Moscow, believing that the self-seeking Muscovites had lawlessly appropriated the territories that had belonged to the See of Novgorod from time immemorial 1 . Thus, some dishonest Church figures from among the ambitious lobbyists for Novgorod imperialism were ready to help the pagans who resisted the Muscovite expansion.

Thus St. Stephen’s work was threatened with serious danger. However, leaving the people of Perm physically, the holy hierarch had promised to remain with the Zyryans spiritually after his repose, provided they remain faithful Orthodoxy and keep their love for it. That is why after his repose, missionary work in his diocese was continued by three worthy successors: Sts. Gerasim, Pitirim and Jonah.

But Isaac, St. Stephen’s immediate successor in the diocese of Ust-Vym 2 , spent most his archpastoral ministry in Moscow, because being close to senior representatives of the Church hierarchy was his top priority as a hierarch. It is unknown whether his intercessions with the Metropolitan for the newly-converted Zyryans were successful; but what is known is that the name of Isaac was all but forgotten in the annals of Perm history, and his memory was almost erased and replaced by his immediate successors’ missionary exploits; because they preferred to share in the sorrows and joys of their flock in situ rather than send them exhortations from faraway Moscow.

St. Gerasim, the betrayed and murdered bishop

St. Gerasim’s self-sacrificing missionary endeavors, along with his consistent and energetic policy in the administrative sphere not only set the region’s development on the most progressive path but also provoked the envy of the less talented or charismatic functionaries of the state machine. The latter, wishing to get even with St. Gerasim who, in their view, exceeded his authority, decided to make use of the Vogul people’s deadly hatred for him. Officially, the local government officials who acted in collusion were right—St. Gerasim organized “groundwork at the bishop’s residence for the construction of a church” and entered into “conflict with the prince’s administration over disputed land ownership.” 5 In all probability, the bishop wanted to expand his estate (the bishop’s settlement [ vladychny gorodok .—Auth.] on the territory of which a bishop was equal to a feudal lord) without the secular authorities’ permission and get a part of the population involved in the work (compulsory but made to appear voluntary) on renovating a dilapidated church in Ust-Vym.

What made St. Gerasim firmly demand obedience to himself of the Prince of Moscow’s subjects in matters that were subject to Church jurisdiction? The fact is that the holy bishop presumed “in all fairness” Moscow government officials’ progress, along with cultural development and improvement in living conditions of inhabitants of humble Zyryan villages were the direct and immediate result of the success of Orthodox mission; and, therefore, there was nothing more important both for Moscow functionaries and local pastors than expanding the territory around the bishop’s residence and repairing the crumbling church.

But St. Gerasim’s opponents thought otherwise. Through slander they made a member of his household, a baptized Vogul, begin to hate him, and persuaded the man to murder the bishop for patriotic reasons, standing up for his people whom St. Gerasim supposedly persecuted. The most cynical thing about this treacherous murder was that it was committed by someone whom the saint had once taken into his home for care and for spiritual guidance. According to St. Gerasim’s plan, this Vogul would have eventually become a pastor and a missionary among his fellow-tribesmen.

On that fateful day, during a prayer service, the madman waited until St. German turned his back, grabbed his omophorion and strangled him with it. This is how the Vychegda-Vym Chronicle, written by the clergy of the Ust-Vym Monastery of the Archangel Michael in the late sixteenth century, recounts his tragic murder: “Bishop Gerasim of Perm has been murdered several stadia [an ancient measure of length, about 185 meters.—Trans.] from the bishop’s settlement, in the place called Mys 6 .”

St. Pitirim the Martyr

Chudov Monastery was known as the royal monastery, and its abbot would become a close advisor to the Grand Prince of Moscow. As abbot of Chudov Monastery St. Pitirim may have baptized the future Grand Prince Ivan III of Russia (1462—1505) in infancy, and after the news of the martyrdom of St. Gerasim of Ust-Vym had reached Moscow, the Metropolitan chose him as candidate, not without the influence of, or rather, on the initiative of the Grand Prince. St. Pitirim must have been shocked by St. Gerasim’s martyrdom; there was invisible warfare on the metropolia’s eastern frontiers, and representatives of the senior Moscow clergy were becoming its victims. By that time the fratricidal war between Princes Vasily II the Blind and appanage Prince Dmitry Shemyaka was already raging in Rus’. Its battlefront was precisely in Perm, and the bishopric couldn’t avoid “hostilities”. The future holy hierarch willy-nilly had to engage in bigtime politics. Well aware of this, he consciously and readily took the bishop’s duties on himself with humility and made his way to St. Gerasim’s bereaved flock.

In those first months, scrupulous analytical work to determine the strategy for future missionary work was carried out in the bishop’s office, St. Pitirim’s desk was covered with maps that he and his companions had drawn and marked. Long-time residents of the bishop’s quarters from among the clergy who had concelebrated with St. Gerasim reported to St. Pitirim what, when and how the people of Perm had been evangelized, in which districts of the region the inhabitants were the least enlightened by the missions of Sts. Stephen, Gerasim and their disciples, and where the pagan high priests whom St. Gerasim exposed had fled. It was finally decided to start a missionary campaign in the area of the Vashka basin, settled by the Udoren people. It was there, in the area called Udora, that the bastion of paganism (contemporary to St. Pitirim) was concentrated; it was there that the spiritual leaders of idol-worship and their followers had settled after being banished by St. Stephen several decades before.

By his personal example St. Pitirim instructed his priests how to find words that would reach the hearts of ordinary people. Those were the words of consolation and support, words that really staggered a populace who lived by the laws of vendetta and in the wildest pagan ways: “And he baptized and converted many, since those people were ignorant and notorious for their cruel customs; the blessed man enlightened and taught them in faith with great humility.” According to the Vychegda-Vym Chronicle, the success of the mission was full and unconditional: “Bishop Pitirim converted the Udoren people at the Vashka River to the holy faith, gave them abbots and priests, and erected holy churches there.”

Wandering across his diocese’s outlying districts, the holy bishop didn’t forget the people of Perm who made up the heart of his flock. St. Pitirim would often give targeted support to residents of Zyryan settlements, generously distribute alms from his private sources, and, most importantly, intercede with the Grand Prince to reduce the amount of tribute the people of Perm were obliged to pay.

Over his tenure the holy bishop visited Moscow several times to take part in the events that would be epoch-making for his contemporaries. The first of them was associated with the Synod of the Russian Bishop’s anathema of Prince Dmitry Shemyaka, who had blinded Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow (1425–1462) in order to seize power and remove his most dangerous and legitimate rival from the political scene. It is remarkable with what unanimity Church figures (monks, like St. Gregory of Pelshem, as well as bishops) took Prince Vasily’s side in this political struggle.

Later, the modern historian Alexander Zimin (1920–1980) would say that Shemyaka fell victim to his own defeat. If the outcome of that conflict had been different, history with its historiographers would have taken his side 7 . However, the rigor of the hagiography’s heroes casts serious doubts on this hypothesis. The White Lake Monastery elders allowed Vasily to break his vow of not laying claim to Moscow, giving him full freedom to act. The Church hierarchs came to the capital occupied by Vasily to demonstrate their loyalty to him. One of the senior Church representatives of great authority who showed unconditional support for Vasily was Bishop Pitirim. He knew like no one else how much suffering Shemyaka’s ruinous campaigns had caused ordinary Russian people. Engaging the Perm Diocese’s most hardened enemies (the Vogul people and the inhabitants of Vyatka) for his purposes, Shemyaka scored repeated successes in his acts of banditry—blood was shed, and people in St. Pitirim’s flock were dying. Later Shemyaka took vengeance on the people of Perm by executing the Perm captains Emelka Luzkov and Euphemius Ezhvin for their willingness to fight on the side of the people of Veliky Ustyug, whose lands were being ravaged by his regiments 8 .

A few years later, Bishop Pitirim preached to the people of Vyatka who had cooperated with the rebellious prince’s excessive ambitions, and his words had a direct effect: Having laid siege to Ust-Vym in 1450, the Vyatchane’s army suddenly withdrew, leaving the town intact. The population of Perm remained indifferent to Dmitry’s calls. Everything seemed to indicate that the prince’s cherished ambitions were crumbling to dust, and the uncompromising and energetic Bishop Pitirim had largely contributed to that.

Shemyaka was determined to capture the bishop during one of his trips and by means of persuasion or promises force him to repeal the anathema against him. It remains unknown whether Dmitry hoped that psychological contact and mutual understanding might come during their talk tete-a-tete, or whether he believed in his own powers of persuasion, or had prepared some arguments which would justify his aggressive policy in the lands of Russia’s north, or perhaps meant to influence the bishop by threats and promises. 9 In any case, his main aim was to win St. Pitirim over.

This is how the Vychegda-Vym Chronicle describes this event: “In 6960 (1452) the cursed Shemyaka caught Bishop Pitirim on his way to Moscow, brought him to Ustyug, put him in jail and tortured him there; but the hierarch stood firm and did not repeal his anathema.” While in Ustyug in 1452, Dmitry followed all the movements of the Russian Church’s authoritative hierarch closely; and as soon as one of the prince’s spies reported St. Pitirim’s scheduled trip to Moscow, with the departure date and accompaniment (the bishop preferred to travel light, caring more about speed of travel than safety), Shemyaka didn’t fail to make use of such favorable circumstances.

St. Pitirim spent several months in confinement. Since the bishop yielded to no persuasion and flattering promises had no effect (Shemyaka saw in St. Pitirim a severe exposer of his heinous crimes, personal cruelty and dissoluteness), the prince’s arguments took another turn: he considered a prison cell, short rations, and threats of reprisal to be faster and safer means than heart-to-heart talks and attempts at self-justification. But that was in vain: St. Pitirim’s thoughts, words and deeds were only: “I am ready to die.” And St. Pitirim would have done his archpastoral duty and shown the cunning prince that he would not find the bishop to be a reed shaken with the wind (Lk. 7:24). However, this time God saved His servant’s life: The Muscovite army that was moving towards Uglich forced Dmitry to hastily retreat to Veliky Novgorod—the last bastion of anti-Moscow sentiment. St. Pitirim was released and resumed his archpastoral ministry with new enthusiasm.

The most important event St. Pitirim took part in was the Church Council of 1448 at which the Metropolitan of Moscow was elected and his appointment was confirmed without the Patriarch of Constantinople’s approval, for the first time in several centuries. In effect, the approval of the Synod of Russian Bishops of Bishop Jonah of Ryazan as the Metropolitan of Moscow meant the beginning of Russian autocephaly. This event seemed uncanonical to many hierarchs of the age, and the legitimacy of Jonah was questioned. Under the current circumstances (the falling away from Orthodoxy of Constantinople’s protégé Isidore, disorder in the Byzantine Empire) St. Pitirim couldn’t remain indifferent and expressed his stance with his characteristic straightforwardness and firmness: There shall be Russian autocephaly! With all the disadvantages that “breaking the cord” (connecting the Russian Church with Constantinople) entailed, now there was no alternative.

St. Pitirim’s life ended at the height of his archpastoral activity. Many years before, when he was being consecrated, standing by the gravestone of his predecessor in the Perm diocese St. Gerasim, St. Pitirim had been well aware that he could hardly expect a peaceful repose on his bed, surrounded by grateful disciples. The archpastoral ministry in a Perm that had not yet submitted to the Prince and the Metropolitan of Moscow was fraught with risks. On August 19, 1455, soon after a successful missionary journey to Great Perm and Cherdyn, after the end of the Sunday Liturgy at the Church of the Annunciation in Ust-Vym, St. Pitirim together with other clergymen and parishioners headed for a field between the Vym and the Vychegda to hold a prayer service 10 . But several miles away the Vogul Prince Asyka and his son Yushman were lying in ambush. Perhaps they decided to get even with St. Pitirim for baptizing the Vogul people living along the Pechora River, or they just seized the opportunity to make short work of their long-time antagonist in the person of the Bishop of Perm during another raid: “They were angry with the holy father because, contrary to their wishes, he tried his best to convert pagans to Orthodox faith and baptize them 11 .”

According to one version, some of the Vogul people found out about St. Pitirim’s plans by making inquiries with someone from a group of “heathen” who “had sailed up the Vychegda for a certain undertaking… in five days’ walk distance, in the place called Yur 12 .” When the whole procession appeared in the field of vision of Asyka’s detachment, the heathen rushed towards the defenseless worshippers from their hiding. Seeing the enemy, the holy bishop instantly ordered his companions to escape, hoping at the cost of his life to cover their retreat to the fortifications of Ust-Vym. St. Pitirim realized that he was the main target of the heathen attack and it was unlikely that his flock would be pursued. The holy hierarch met his death without murmuring, without making any attempts to defend himself: “And, seizing the saint with fury, they took turns beating him, tormenting him and putting the innocent man to death.” 13 The bishop’s body, which lay unburied for forty days, remained incorrupt, and his relics were enshrined at the Church of the Annunciation in Ust-Vym to the left of St. Gerasim’s shrine.

St. Jonah, baptizer of Great Perm

Over the course of St. Jonah’s tenure in the bishopric of Perm the political situation in the region considerably improved: Moscow, in the person of Vasily the Blind and his heirs, completely crushed the opposition of local pagan princelings who would gather savage hordes to lay waste to peace-loving Zyryan towns and villages, along with the envious raiding bands of Novgorodians 15 (in fact no less pagan) who threatened the region’s development. The prayers of the holy men were answered, and St. Jonah died in advanced old age with a sense of accomplishment: The clouds that had been gathering over St. Stephen’s legacy were scattered by the labors and prayers of the holy men. “What lies in store for Perm?” the venerable elder Jonah asked himself on his deathbed in 1472. But the answer didn’t come immediately: New Christians would be born; they too would pray to Christ in this land and in the churches consecrated by him and his predecessors, after his death, after the death of his successor, and so on till the end of time. St. Jonah’s remains were laid to rest in the shrine containing the relics of Sts. Gerasim and Pitirim.

The the ministry of these three holy hierarchs of Perm who contributed to the enlightenment of the pagan tribes in northeastern Russia’s border regions in the fifteenth century is a story of how at the right time and place, there were men found in the Russian Church who fearlessly answered the Lord’s call, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?: Here am I; send me (Is. 6:8).

Maria Marchenko Translated by Dmitry Lapa

Pravoslavie.ru

1  In 1385, “the Bishop of Novgorod was very angry with Pimen: how dared he establish a diocese in Perm, the age-old dominion of Novgorod? And he sent soldiers to take the Perm Diocese by force of arms.”

2  The so-called “bishop’s settlement” at the confluence of the Vym and the Vychegda Rivers.

3  The Vychegda-Vym Chronicle, p. 25.

4  M.B. Rogachev. The Perm Diocese in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. P. 45.

5  The Vychegda-Vym Chronicle, p. 25.

6  Ibid.

7  A.A. Zimin. A Knight at the Crossroads: the Feudal War in Russia in the Fifteenth Century. Moscow, 1991.

8  It was the danger of war from Dmitry Shemyaka, threatening Great Perm, that caused Vasily the Blind to introduce the institution of “chief officer of the local administration” (namestnik) on that territory In 1452, Princes Ermolai and Vasily of Vereya became the first chief officers of the local administration.

9  You can always offer a metropolitan diocese to an unduly ambitious bishop.

10  According to another version, the assault took place on his way back from one of his missionary journeys: “The saint was seized during a journey like a defenseless lamb.”

11  The Tale of the Bishops of Perm. P. 72.

12  Ibid, p. 71.

13  Ibid, p. 73.

14  The Vychegda-Vym Chronicle. P. 26.

15  The Vychegda-Vym Chronicle in a solemn manner announces the military campaigns of Grand Prince Ivan III and the success of the military commander (voevoda) Prince Daniel of Kholm as an event that was directly related to the lives of the people of Perm // The Vychegda-Vym Chronicle, p. 26.

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