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Saint Sebastian managed feats of asceticism in the 15th century. Having entered the monastic life from early adolescence, he lived as a hermit for many years in the dense Poshekhonye forests. Having gathered several disciples around him, the ascetic built a church dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord. He then founded a monastery next to it on the banks of the Sokhot River, approximately ninety kilometers (55.92 miles) from the town of Romanov (now the city of Tutaev in the Yaroslavl region). The venerable spent all his time in prayer, fasting and labour: he carried water, chopped wood, ground rye, helped those who baked bread, spun fleece, wove ropes, and so on. He taught his novices to seek God's will in everything and to follow it always. The saint often repeated: "Let us endure to the end the sorrows here on earth, and thus we will escape eternal torment!" Venerable Sebastian reposed in peace around the year 1500. His memory is celebrated on December 18/31.