Fathers of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage
The foundation of the desert dates back to the end of the 14th - beginning of the 15th century. At the beginning of the 17th century, the Church of the Entry stood in the monastery “wooden in a cage”and there was a hieromonk of Theodosius with his brethren. In 1689, a cathedral stone church was founded, in the construction of which Tsars Ivan V and Peter I and Princess Sophia provided assistance. In 1724, due to poverty, the monastery was abolished, but in 1726 it was restored. In 1764, with the introduction of states, it was left unemployed. In 1773, only two monks lived in Optina. Only towards the end of the 18th century, with an increase in the flow of private donations, did Optina experience a turn for the better. With the money received, it was possible to purchase new land, a mill and build stone buildings.
The spiritual rise of the ancient monastery began in 1821, when a monastery was built in the monastery apiary. At this time, eldership was revived in the monastery - a type of spiritual mentoring that had been practiced since ancient times, but was practically forgotten in later times. The elder was in charge of the entire spiritual life of the monastery. Suffering lay people, from the poorest peasants to nobles, flocked to him for words of consolation and advice. "Pillar"Optina eldership was the Monk Ambrose (1812-1891), canonized in 1988. F. M. Dostoevsky came to talk with the elder in 1878. Being the center of eldership, the monastery attracted prominent figures of Russia and left an amazing mark on national culture. Historians Pogodin, Vl. came there. Solovyov and the Slavophile Shevyrev, writers Gogol, Dostoevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, A.K. Tolstoy, the Kireevsky and Aksakov brothers, A. Zhemchuzhnikov, Apukhtin... Members of the imperial family also visited Optina.
In 1923, the monastery churches were officially closed, a sawmill was built in the monastery itself, and a rest house was built in the monastery. In 1988, Optina Pustyn was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Fourteen elders of Optina Pustyn, canonized as saints:
Reverend Leo,
Venerable Macarius,
Reverend Moses,
Reverend Anthony,
Venerable Hilarion,
Reverend Ambrose,
Reverend Anatoly Sr.
Reverend Isaac the First,
Reverend Joseph,
Venerable Barsanuphius,
Reverend Anatoly Jr.
Venerable Nektarios,
Venerable Nikon the Confessor,
Venerable Hieromartyr Isaac the Second.
Prophecies of the Fathers of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage
In 1848, a storm swept over the St. John the Baptist monastery in the Optana Hermitage. The whirlwind tore off roofs and broke crosses. Elder Macarius said: “This is a terrible sign of God’s wrath against the apostate world. Political passions are raging in Europe, and in our country, the elements are raging... It started with Europe, it will end with us.”. Soon a revolution occurred in France.
In 1866, Count A.P. Tolstoy turned to the famous monastery for elders. He asked to interpret a dream dreamed by the Tver priest D. M. Konstantinovsky, the son of Gogol’s confessor. Dmitry Matveyevich dreamed of a cave illuminated by a lamp, filled with many clergy, among whom were his late parent, Father Matvey, and Metropolitan Philaret, who was still alive at that time. Among the silent prayers, clear words were heard: “We are going through a terrible time, we are living through the seventh summer.”. After these words, Amitry Matveevich woke up in excitement and fear... Elder Ambrose of Optina said that the cave illuminated by the lamp - current state Churches. A new paganism is spreading across Russia, where the light of faith barely glimmers. The living and the deceased pray together - which means they equally belong to the earthly Militant and the heavenly Triumphant Church. Seeing the disastrous state of the Orthodox faith, bright men beg the Queen of Heaven: may she spread Her Veil over suffering Russia. "We're in our seventh summer" - these words may mean a time close to the Antichrist, when the faithful children of the Church will hide in caves and only the prayers of the Mother of God will have the power to save people from persecution and unrest.
Half a century before the Russian Revolution, Elder Ambrose already knew about it. “Once Father Agapit came to me,” recalls novice Nikolai, future father Nikon (Belyaev), “and said that Father Ambrose, he himself heard from him, said that the Antichrist is just around the corner...”
One day Father Barsanuphius told Hieromonk Nektarios that he had a dream that the Antichrist came to him. He promised to tell us in more detail, but did not resume the conversation, and Elder Nektarios did not dare to ask. A few years later, the elder himself will tell his spiritual children about this: “We will live to see terrible times, but the grace of God will cover us. Christianity is hated everywhere. It is a yoke for them, preventing them from living freely and freely committing sins. Decays, decays, degenerates newest generation. They want to live without God. Well then! The fruits of such mischief are obvious... The Antichrist is clearly coming into the world. And the first time his hordes will go against Orthodox Rus', and the second time they will want a third [meaning world wars].”.
Once at the very beginning of the 20th century, Elder Barsanuphius prophesied: “... from here from the monastery you can see the devil’s network better... And in last times temples will be destroyed. Idol temples and so on will be built in their places. The monasteries will be in great persecution and oppression. True Christians will huddle in small churches. The persecution and torment of the first Christians may be repeated... All monasteries will be destroyed, Christians in power will be overthrown. That time is just around the corner, mark my words. You will live to see these times, then you will say: “Yes, I remember, Father Barsanuphius told me all this.”.
Once in Optina, proverbs were read during vespers. Suddenly, one of the priests’ eyes became confused: the altar and all the servants seemed to dissolve, and crowds of people appeared in confusion running to the east [meaning the Great Patriotic War]. An angel appeared and said: “Everything you see will happen soon.”.
Father Nektary prophesied about the “cold” war: “Three decades or more will pass, and we will build high walls, and the gnashing of teeth will be heard behind these walls, and there will be a quiet, but dangerous enmity...”
Father Nektary did his best to warn his spiritual children about what they would have to endure during the revolution. They hoped that the new government would not last long, but the priest did not share their hopes, he even gave his blessing to educate children in Soviet school. From now on, they must receive Christian education in the family, through the example of their father and mother.
“Russia, if you fall away from your faith, as many intellectuals have already fallen away from it, then you will no longer be Russia or holy Russia,” warned the Optina elder Macarius back in 1905. - And if there is no repentance among the Russian people, the end of the world is near. God will take away the pious king and send a scourge in the person of wicked, cruel, self-appointed rulers who will flood the whole earth with blood and tears.”.
In 1916 cmapeii Anatoly (Potapov) talked with Prince N.D. Zhevakhov. “There is no greater sin than resisting the will of God’s Anointed One,” said the priest. - Take care of Him, for through Him the Russian Land and the Orthodox Faith are held together... But... - After hesitating, he finally finished his thought: The fate of the Tsar is the fate of Russia, 11 will rejoice, and Russia will rejoice. If the Tsar cries, Russia will also cry... Just as a man with his head cut off is no longer a man, but a stinking corpse, so Russia without a Tsar will be a stinking corpse.”.
“The fundamental elements of Russian life are expressed in familiar words: Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality [i.e. e. Church, Tsar and Kingdom], Elder Nikon warned in 1915. - This is what needs to be preserved! And when these principles change, the Russian people will cease to be Russian. He will then lose the sacred tricolor banner.".
When "Holding", that is, the king will be taken away from the social environment, the mystery of lawlessness will prevail - this is what the apostle warned. This became a reality in 1917. “And now the Emperor is not himself, how much humiliation he suffers for his mistakes,” said Elder Nektarios. - 1918 will be even harder. The sovereign and the whole family will be killed and tortured... If people do not repent before 1922, they will die.”.
Soon after the revolution, the Optina chronicler S. A. Nilus visited Kyiv, where he communicated with the old lady of the Rzhishchev Monastery. On February 21, 1917, her novice teen fell into a trance, in which she remained for 40 days. Delirious, the girl told her visions, which those around her carefully wrote down. In particular, she said the following: “And I heard how the martyrs talked among themselves, rejoicing that the last time was coming, and that their number would increase, and that churches and monasteries would soon be destroyed, and those living in the monasteries would be expelled, that they would be tormented not only the clergy and monasticism, but also everyone who did not want to accept the seal and will stand for the Name of Christ, for the faith, for the Church. I heard them say that the Tsar would no longer exist and earthly time was approaching the end, I heard it, but it is not very clear that if the Lord does not add time, then the end of everything earthly will be in the 22nd year.”. Out of His infinite mercy, the Lord added time...
“Our Sovereign will stand before the throne of God wearing the crown of the Great Martyr,” Elder Nektarios prophesied a year before the Yekaterinburg atrocity. - Ka, this Sovereign will be a great martyr. Lately he will redeem his life, and if people do not turn to God, then not only Russia, all of Europe will fail.”.
In the 20s, a certain Nina D. directly told Elder Nektarios: “Everyone says that the signs of the second coming have been fulfilled.”. - “No, not everything,” answered the priest, “but, of course, even a simple glance can see that much is being fulfilled, but it is open to the spiritual: before the church was a vast circle covering the entire horizon, but now, you see, it’s like a ring, but in last days Before the coming of Christ, it will all be preserved in this form: one Orthodox priest and one Orthodox layman. I’m not telling you that there will be no churches at all, maybe there will be, yes, but Orthodoxy will only survive in this form. Pay attention to these words. You understand. After all, it’s all over the world.”.
The Monk Nektary testified in 1917: « One pious girl had a dream: Jesus Christ was sitting on the throne, and around Him were twelve apostles, and terrible torments and groans were heard from the earth. And the Apostle Peter asks Christ: “When, Lord, will these torments end?”, and Jesus Christ answers him: “I give until the 22nd year; if people do not repent and come to their senses, then they will all perish.”. The year 1922 has arrived. The end of the world has not come. The question is why? There is, of course, only one real answer. This is Christ’s answer to the question of the apostles: “Is it not at this time, Lord, that you restore the kingdom to Israel?”The Lord answers: “It is not your business to know the times or seasons that the Father has set in His power.” (Acts 2, 6-7). Having said this, the Lord leaves the earth, giving the disciples the command to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, even to the ends of the earth. We know from the Holy Scriptures cases when the Lord postponed already appointed events. Thus, the death of Nineveh, determined by the preaching of Jonah after 40 days, was postponed for another 150 years by the repentance of the king and the townspeople. Regarding the fact that the end did not come in 1922, in the book “Russia before the Second Coming”an opinion is given on the importance of the Zemsky Sobor in Vladivostok in July-August 1922. At this council, repentance was offered on behalf of Russia for apostasy. The book expresses the opinion that this was a begging from God for the continuation of the story. In August 1922 Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich declared himself “Guardian of the Russian Throne”. Whether these are the reasons for God’s providential acts or not is hardly given to us to know.
And here are the words of the Optina elder Isaac the Second about our times:“Shortly before the reign of the Antichrist, closed churches will be repaired and equipped not only outside, but also inside. They will gild the domes of both churches and bell towers, and when the main one is finished, the time will come for the reign of the Antichrist. Pray that the Lord will extend this time for us to strengthen: a terrible time awaits us. Renovations of churches will continue until the coronation of the Antichrist, and our splendor will be unprecedented.”.
Elder Nikon echoed him:“Do you see how insidiously all this is being prepared? All churches will be in the greatest splendor as never before, but it will be impossible to go to those churches, since the Bloodless Sacrifice of Jesus Christ will not be offered there. Understand: there will be churches, but Orthodox Christian it will not be possible to visit them, since the whole “satanic gathering” will be there (Apocalypse 2:9)! I repeat once again that it will be impossible to go to those churches: there will be no grace in them).”
Father Ambrose directly said to one deacon shortly before his death: « You will live to see the time when there will be Antichrist! Don’t be afraid, but tell everyone that it’s him, and there’s no need to be afraid! There will be a war, and where it takes place, there will be no people there! And before that, the Lord will send small illnesses to weak people, and they will die, but under the Antichrist there will be no more death. The third world war will no longer be for repentance, but for extermination. And the Lord will leave the strongest to meet him.”.
The Venerable Elder Nikon often spoke about the Antichrist: “The time will come when they will fight and fight and a world war will begin. And in the midst of it they will say: let’s choose one king for the whole universe. And they will elect! The Antichrist will be elected as the world king and chief “peacemaker”on the ground. You have to listen carefully, you have to be careful! As soon as they vote for one in the whole world, know that this is already him and that you cannot vote.”.
And here are the words of the venerable elder of Optina Barsanuphius: « The Russian people will repent of their mortal sins: they allowed the Jewish wickedness in Russia, did not protect the Anointed Tsar of God, the Orthodox churches and monasteries and all Russian sacred things, despised piety and loved demonic wickedness. But there will be a spiritual explosion! And Russia, together with all the Slavic peoples and lands, will form a powerful Kingdom. He will be cared for by the Orthodox Tsar, God's Anointed One. Thanks to him, all schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia. There will be no persecution of the Orthodox Church. The Lord will have mercy on Holy Rus' because it already had a terrible pre-Antichrist time. Even the Antichrist himself will be afraid of the Russian Orthodox Tsar-Autocrat. And all other countries, except Russia and the Slavic lands, will be under the rule of the Antichrist and will experience all the horrors and torments written in the Holy Scriptures. In Russia there will be prosperity of faith and rejoicing, but only for a short time, for the Terrible Judge will come to judge the living and the dead.”.
And another prophecy of Elder Barsanuphius: “Blessed and blessed is the man who does not desire and therefore will not see the godless face of the Antichrist. Those who see him and hear his blasphemous speech with the promise of all earthly blessings will be seduced and will come to meet him with worship. And together with him they will die for eternal life, will burn in eternal Fire! The abomination of desolation will stand in the holy place and show the vile deceivers of the world who will deceive people who have apostatized from God and perform false miracles. And after them the Antichrist will appear! The whole world will see it once". To the question “Where in a holy place, in a church?”St. Barsanuphius said: “Not in church, but in our home! Previously, there was a table with holy icons in the corner, but then there will be seductive devices to seduce people. Many who have departed from the Truth will say: we need to watch and listen to the news. The Antichrist will appear on the news, and they will accept him.”.
Elder Nektary of Optina said: “Our most terrible sorrows are like insect bites compared to the sorrows of the next century.”.
“There will be a storm. The Prussian ship will be destroyed - this is how the Optina elder Anatoly described the future of Russia. - But people also save themselves on chips and debris. And yet not everyone will die. We must pray, we must all repent and pray fervently. And what happens after a storm? After a storm there is calm. But that ship is gone, it’s broken, everything is lost!”
“It’s not like that,” the priest continued, “a great miracle of God will be revealed, yes.. And all the chips and fragments, by the will of God and His power, will gather and unite, and the ship will be recreated in its beauty and will go its way, intended by God. So it will be a miracle that is obvious to everyone.”. This prophecy was pronounced in February 1917, when the troubles were just beginning, the tsar had not yet abdicated the throne and the Sovereign Mother of God had not yet appeared in the village of Kolomenskoye as a sign that from now on She would take upon Herself leadership over Russia...
In his New Year’s speech for 1918, Father Nikon said: “Our builders want to make a name for themselves, with their reforms and decrees to benefit not only the unfortunate Russian people, but the whole world and even peoples much more cultured than us. And this arrogant undertaking will suffer the same fate as the plan of the Babylonians: instead of good, bitter disappointment is brought. Wanting to make us rich and needing nothing, they actually turn us into miserable, miserable, poor and naked.”. This is not only the result of the first revolutionary months, but also a prophecy characterizing the end of the century, strikingly in tune with all the cataclysms experienced today...
“And yet this is not the end! Russia will be saved - a year after October Revolution cried Elder Isaac the Second. - A lot of suffering, a lot of torment. All of Russia will become a prison, and we must beg the Lord a lot for forgiveness. Repent of sins and be afraid to commit even the slightest sin, but try to do good, even the smallest. After all, the wing of a fly has weight, but God has precise scales. And when the slightest outweighs the good in the cup, then God will show His mercy over Russia...”
“If at least a few faithful Orthodox remain in Russia, God will have mercy on it,” predicted Father Nektary in the early 1920s, who remained the only elder of Optina Pustyn after the death of Father Anatoly Jr. And he added with a smile: “And we have such righteous people.”.
And the elder also said: “In the last times the world will be girded with iron and paper.”.
In 1919, Elder Anatoly predicted what is little by little coming true today before our eyes: “Inactive churches will be repaired and equipped not only outside, but also inside. The domes of both churches and bell towers will be gilded. Renovations of the temples will continue until the adversary’s arrival - the splendor will be unprecedented. And when everything is finished, the time will come when the Antichrist will reign. Pray that the Lord will continue this time for us to strengthen, because a terrible time awaits us. In this last time, true Christians will be exiled, and let the old and weak at least grab the wheels and run after them. Many of you, my children, will live to see it..."
As a sign of this time, Elder Anatoly points to the possibility of free entry into and exit from Jerusalem (he did not bless his spiritual children to make such a pilgrimage), as well as the appearance of massive false signs. The earth will stop giving birth, will part and give way to cracks. The lakes will begin to dry up and there will be no water in them.
Two months before the start of the First World War, Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna visited Optina Pustyn. The next day, Her Highness left for Shamordino. Returning in the evening, under the pretext of fatigue, she locked herself in her cell. After a while Grand Duchess Alone, unaccompanied, she quickly walked through the senile forest. Elder Nektarios silently opened the door of the hut for her. They talked for a long time in private. What they talked about remained a mystery... The hour of parting had come. Surrounded by the Optina fathers, Elizaveta Feodorovna slowly walked towards the ferry. Having crossed to the other side of the Zhizdra, she looked back and crossed everyone with a wide cross. The monks, as one, bowed to her. Everyone had a presentiment of what they would soon have to endure...
“Russia is lost, but Holy Rus' is alive”, - the Grand Duchess will say in the fall of 1917, and when she is offered to go abroad, she will have to share with this land everything that is ordained to endure from the Lord.
The meeting with Elder Nektarios was not accidental. A few decades later, in 1981, when Russia goes through its way of the cross, both of them will be glorified by the Russian diaspora: the Grand Duchess as the Passion-Bearer, and Elder Nektarios - in the Cathedral of the Reverend Fathers of Optina. The basis for the canonization of the new martyrs and confessors of Russia will be the fragrant relics of the one who, secretly from everyone, came to the porch of the Optina elder to receive his blessing and offered up prayers for him until her last breath...
“The abyss will stretch out on the earth,” Elder Barsanuphius predicted, “and the “sirki” (demons) will all come out and be in people who will neither be baptized nor pray, but will only kill people, and murder is the original sin. It is interesting to deceive people more with this sin. And yet the hour will come when we will remember this time, which today seems so unbearable, and yet extremely favorable for salvation, for it contains the real possibility of Repentance and Action.”.
This is what the Optina elder Nektary answered to the nun Nektary, who asked the priest in 1924 “about the end of the world”: « ... It is not useful for people to know the time of the second coming. "Watch and Pray", - “said the Savior, which means there is no need to predict events, and in due time everything will be revealed to the faithful.”.
These words are thought-provoking... In an Orthodox country, the prophecies of elders enjoying unconditional authority, if they were widely published, could be used by the destroyers of the state in their political manipulations. How? Take, for example, the statement on television on June 20, 1991, by a supporter of B. N. Yeltsin, that the day of the election of the President of the RSFSR - June 12 - was determined based on the prophecies of what had become recent years fashionable Nostradamus.
“My heart bleeds when I think about our dear fatherland, Russia, our mother, where is she rushing, what is she looking for? What are you waiting for? - Elder Anatoly Jr. wrote in 1918. - Enlightenment rises, but is imaginary; it deceives itself in its hope; the younger generation does not feed on the milk of the teachings of our Holy Orthodox Church, and becomes infected with some foreign, muddy, poisonous spirit; and how long will this last? Of course, in the destinies of God’s Providence it is written what should be, but it is hidden from us due to His ineffable wisdom. But it seems that the time is coming, according to the father’s prophecy: “He who saves, let him save his soul!”.
Elder Nektary echoes him: “We need, leaving European customs, to love Holy Rus' and repent of the past passion for it, to be firm in the Orthodox faith, to pray to God, to bring repentance for the past.”.
The Monk Nikon shared the same opinion: “Beneficent Europe taught us external arts and sciences, but internal kindness takes away and shakes the Orthodox faith; attracts money to itself".
In 1918, Elder Anatoly Jr. said:
"1. God will take away all the leaders so that the Russian people will look only to Him.
2. Everyone will abandon Russia, other powers will abandon it, leaving it to itself - this is so that the Russian people will trust in the help of the Lord.
3. You will hear that riots will begin in other countries and the like in Russia, and you will hear about war, and there will be wars - the time is already near.”.
And then the elder said that “The Cross of Christ will shine over all the worlds, because our Motherland will be magnified and will be like a beacon in the darkness for everyone. There will be some kind of unusual explosion, and a miracle of God will appear. And life will be completely different on earth, but not for very long.”.
The words of Elder Nektarios: “Reserves will not save you, because famine will not begin immediately. Every year it will become more and more difficult, harvests will fall, everything less land will begin to process. We need to try to be closer to the ground. In big cities life will be very difficult. There will be such a famine that people will break into their houses to find food. They will break glass windows, break doors, kill people for food. Weapons will be in the hands of many, and human life will be worth nothing.”.
Reverend Nikon:“At the coming of the Antichrist there will be such a famine that there will be no grain. It will be necessary to harvest linden leaves, nettles and other herbs, dry them, and then brew them - this decoction will be enough for nutrition.”
The elders prophesied that by the end of time there would be a sea in the place of St. Petersburg. Moscow will partially collapse, there are many voids underground. When they were asked about Optina Hermitage, the elders said:
There will be nothing left of the desert. One hut, there will be one more. There will be war and destruction, but the hut will remain. I won't see it, but you will. There will be that road and only one hut, and there will be nothing near it. When there is a war, everything will be destroyed.
The time will come when the Chinese will attack us, and it will be very difficult for everyone.
Father Nikon gave the following prayer to one of his spiritual children: “Lord, may Your will be done in me, a sinner, on all paths of life, help me to remain faithful to You to the end. Holy Mother of God, save me, a sinner. Holy Apostle John the Theologian, be my mentor, be my representative and prayer book before the Lord and His Most Pure Mother. Amen".
In a world where there is a constant flow of information about global terrorism from TV and computer screens, I really want to find a reliable support that supports the desire for good in everyone normal person. Many people are given such hope Athonite elders. These spiritual fathers dedicated their lives to saving humanity from the filth of current civilization. Sometimes they make predictions for the future. Moreover, some of them have already come true. For example, the predictions of the Athonite elders about the collapse of the USSR, made long before the tragic event, aroused surprise and distrust.
However, this cup did not pass over the peoples of the powerful superpower. She sank into oblivion. Let's see what the noble fathers said about the fate of the world in the near future.
Preliminary Note
It is necessary to note the incredible interest of the current public in all kinds of prophecies and forecasts based on clairvoyance. The Athonite elders attract the attention of many people. Their words are listened to with awe and hope. Especially lately. After all, the political crisis, aggravated by economic problems, is already visible to the naked eye. And not only in countries former USSR. There is a serious decline in the standard of living of the population throughout the planet. Everyone feels it in their wallet, so to speak. Unfortunately, some specialized services take advantage of this keen interest in the prophecies of Holy Men for their own interests. They use the name of the Athonite elders to cover up their own deeply politicized informational lies.
This is done in order to influence relatively ongoing events. IN this work against their will, other authors of materials are included who want to attract the public to their resources. Therefore, it is quite difficult to separate the chaff from the grains of propaganda. It is recommended to read such materials with your soul, trying to understand their content from the point of view of a person who loves all of humanity. But the Athonite elders, deeply religious people, cannot reason differently. Their worldview does not allow it.
Predictions about humanity and morality
The elders’ reasoning about where the peoples of the world are going under the leadership of current leaders is interesting. Paisius the Svyatogorets said long ago that true faith is drying up. Her priests, who have sold out, are being turned into a tool. They profit from parishioners, and do not bring the word of God to the suffering. The times will come when man will not be able to find refuge from the horrors of reality in the Holy Temple. There, under the guise of the teachings of Christ, they will instill in him devilish plans in order to throw the unfortunate man into the fiery crucible of profit and war. Morality will disappear as such. Every sin is accepted as normal.
You and I see that this is already happening. After all, they are trying to show sodomy (Paisiy Svyatogorets put it this way) as an acceptable activity for people. And it’s not just the secular authorities of some countries who do this. They are indulged by priests and religious leaders. The Athonite elders in their speeches pay a lot of attention to the thirst for profit cultivated in modern society. These, in their opinion, are attempts to lead people away from God. After all, in an effort to constantly receive more and more without working, peoples betray their holy covenants. People are supposed to pray earnestly so that the Lord will protect them from temptations. There is no happiness in material enrichment. This idea is instilled in people in order to turn them into cattle. Let them forget about morality and conscience. Then it will be easy to control the crowd. Hang a carrot in front of the donkey, he will go where the shepherd points.
About the end of times and Armageddon
The decline of morals, departure from God, deception and love of money - this is only the forerunner of more terrible disasters. They talked a lot and with great pain about the upcoming Armageddon. State power will weaken in countries. They will plunge into chaos. There will be no one to stop criminals, punish thieves and murderers. And people will stop growing grain and producing food, because they will turn away from God. Many nations will die of hunger. There will be nothing to eat, nowhere to get bread. But they won’t remember what the Lord commanded to work. New devilish trends will strike the church. People will begin to listen to priests speaking on behalf of the Antichrist.
The prophecies of the Athonite elders also concerned military actions. They even pointed out signs that would be visible to everyone, foreshadowing Armageddon. Thus, Paisius of Athos told his students that a big war would happen in the Middle East, in which the forces of light and darkness would fight. There is an old prophecy that China will send an army of two hundred million to the Middle East. She will cross the Euphrates. But before that, the river will “dry up.” Elder Paisios taught that one should not take literally what was written several hundred years ago. As soon as the Turks block the Euphrates, it will “dry up.” That is, there will be much less water downstream. This is a harbinger of Armageddon. Many people will die in that war. There will be nowhere to hide. Only the true will become protection from the angry flame of this catastrophe.
Athonite elders about Russia
In a world where power will pass to the Antichrist and his army, a believer will have only one hope. The Athonite elders saw her in Russia. It is in this country that the Lord will not be forgotten. False prophets and clergy who have sold themselves to the Antichrist will not be able to shake the true faith of this people. It is from here that salvation will come for all humanity. Only people should pray diligently and support each other. This is the difference between Russians and other peoples. They will never forget that the truth lies in compassion. Numerous tempters will not be able to force the Russian people to abandon their brothers and plunge into selfish love of money. The time will come when the spirit of the people will rise, outraged by the deeds of the Antichrist throughout the world. Rus' will rise. And it will be headed by the Orthodox Tsar.
Many elders, worried about the fate of people, considered it their duty to help believers. After all, their hearts and souls suffer from seeing the terrible events happening everywhere in the world. Thus, Elder Pansophius of Athonite compiled a special prayer book. It contains texts with which one should turn to the Lord for protection from evil and temptations. Only by the prayer of the true Orthodox Rus' will stand, the elders said. And with her the whole world will be saved. But efforts will be required from each person. Together we need to care about blessings for Rus'. This country was appointed by the Lord for a most important mission. But she won’t be able to cope with it without believers.
Conflicting Predictions About Putin
Reading the words that are attributed to the holy men about the President of the Russian Federation, one should understand the significance of his personality for the modern political process. After all, this man has been occupying the minds of ordinary citizens in all countries for many years. He is reviled by governments and the media, but admired by ordinary people (and vice versa). It was as if the whole world was focused on this man. The Athonite elders also talked about Putin. All known information can be divided exactly along the confrontation boundary, clearly visible in public opinion. Thus, the Athonite elder Afanasy, as follows from the media, anathematized the president. He considered him a usurper acting to the detriment of Russia. Allegedly, it was V.V. Putin who instigated a war in which brothers kill each other.
It should be noted that the anathema of the Athonite elders is not a completely real thing. Think for yourself, would a Christian, sincerely and with all his soul devoted to the Lord, begin to release aggression into the world? Isn't he thereby helping the Antichrist gain power? Such materials should be treated with caution. Moreover, there are others that are different in content. Thus, Elder Gabriel of Athos said that V.V. Putin took upon himself a huge and heavy cross. Even if he has some mistakes or sins, the Lord will forgive everything. Putin is a sincere person who cares for Rus' and the people. And simple people should help him with passionate prayer. Athonite Elder Afanasy, despite the obvious condemnation of the decisions of the President of the Russian Federation, agrees with the role ordinary person in saving Russia. He said that he placed all his hopes on the people. The Orthodox Russian people will not lie, they will not go against their conscience.
Athonite elders about Ukraine
Elder Parthenius warned against the insincerity of the European Union. In his opinion, if Ukraine joins it, it will be much worse in this country than in Greece. Wars and lawlessness are happening everywhere in the world. But the main thing is that the sins of Sodom are welcomed by rulers and states. Is it on the path of the Orthodox with people who welcome such things? A lot of efforts fell to the lot of the Ukrainian people. He is kind and sincere, and does not wish harm to anyone. That’s why the elders see great power in him. Ukraine will cope with its problems and emerge victorious. People will begin to honor God in their souls. The elders also said that the Slavic people should be together. However, demonic forces separated them for a long time. Everyone should strive to unite the Orthodox. This is their only strength. Whoever among the Ukrainians goes against this will become a servant of the Antichrist, the elders said. And so there is a lot of evil in the world. It is possible to overcome it, survive, and protect the world only together. And Ukrainians are the same Slavic people as Russians and Belarusians. They need to join hands and unite against sin.
Even Elder Parfeniy warned Ukraine against the debt trap. He gave the example of Cyprus, where Mount Athos is located. Until it joined the European Union, it was a prosperous, strong country. They ruined Cyprus and plunged its people into poverty. There is nothing good about debt. Today you have everything, but tomorrow you will have to give away more than what you received.
Note that there are other predictions of the Athonite elders about Ukraine. They talk about victory over Russia. However, even politicians now admit that there is no war between the fraternal countries. So is it worth reading propaganda materials? People are perspicacious at heart. How can they believe that their relatives have taken up arms against them? After all, many families are separated by a border for more than twenty years, but hearts cannot be torn apart so easily. Will those who love begin to kill?
About Russia and Ukraine
You know, all the elders talk about the same thing. The world is gradually approaching the border where people will have to choose which side to take. This is not about the conflict that struck Ukraine. They talked about souls and faith. Today the planet is engulfed in global processes. They affect every person and occur on many levels: in the economy, politics, and the spiritual sphere. The last one is the most subtle and dangerous. Therefore, everyone considered it their duty to warn people about the Antichrist. He will come to earth in human form. Dad will support him. He will point the believers to him as the messiah. The Antichrist will plunge humanity into chaos and sin, and will push it towards vices and a decline in spirituality. We see all this with our own eyes. And this war is not going on on the battlefields, but in souls. Whom to support, consider as righteous and messenger of the Lord? This is something everyone decides for themselves, judging according to their conscience.
The elders talk about this, that you need to strengthen your faith. It is necessary to firmly know that the Lord will not abandon someone who has not bent his soul and has not been tempted either by gold or by demonic pleasures. You may ask, what does Russia’s relationship with Ukraine have to do with it? Thus, the peoples of these countries found themselves on the first line of the front between light and darkness. As they say, everyone will be rewarded according to their deeds. Nothing else. Therefore, the elders insist on sincere prayer, so that the Lord will show the right path. Is it possible for a brother to go against his brother? But this is precisely what the servants of the Antichrist are pushing people to do. Everything will become clear in time. The repentance of those who made a mistake and succumbed to sin will be cruel. One should strive for peace, believe in Jesus, and support Orthodoxy. It will save you in a world storm.
About America and other “partners”
There are prophecies of the elders regarding the consequences of Armageddon. It is said that two thirds of humanity will die in a bloodbath. The Antichrist will not want to give up his power. He will raise an army against Rus', which will have to fight almost alone for the Lord. By the way, everyone is confident that the Orthodox people will survive and save others. And at the end of this war, America and Japan will go under water. Elder Vladislav (Shumov) told about this. And Australia will sink to the bottom of the sea. After all, it is in these lands that the Antichrist will find many supporters. The cataclysm will also affect Chinese lands. Some of them will be flooded. Then China will want to fight with Russia for territory. And on the other side Germany will attack. But Rus' will survive. People who now live outside the borders of the state will help her. Everyone in the world who considers themselves Russian will unite to restore the greatness of the Motherland.
About Greece and Turkey
Paisiy of Athos spoke about big war in the Middle East. In his opinion, Turkey is expected big problems. After all, Serbia was divided to please this state. Muslims were allowed to create their own country, separate from the Orthodox. The same fate will befall Turkey. The European Union will point out to her the need to allocate land for non-Muslims. will go to Greece, but will lose. The elder claimed that the Orthodox would win this battle. And Constantinople will be given to Greece. Not because her army will be powerful. No, it will be beneficial for everyone. The Russians will take the city, but will lose it to the Greeks. Because this will be useful for the whole world for political reasons. The Turks will have to flee. They will go to Mesopotamia. Orthodoxy will eventually become the faith and hope of the majority of peoples. Even the Chinese will join him.
About World War III
We have already talked about Armageddon and we will repeat it again. The fact is that any listener who listens to the prophecies of the elders understands them through the prism of his own worldview. Therefore, it is recommended to listen and read their words several times, trying to penetrate the deeper meaning. By the way, some residents of Ukraine perceived the idea of the victory of the people as a harbinger of the collapse of Russia. Is this true? Do the elders talk about this? Everyone never tires of repeating that one must seek the truth in the soul and strengthen the Orthodox faith. Joseph of Athos went further in his advice. The elder told people to study themselves. They looked not at events, but at their own role in them. Are you acting according to your conscience?
Everything in this world is done by people. Without the support of the people, no ruler will retain power. What's inside a person? How can he deal with the devil? The elder speaks about this in detail in his research. Humility comes to those who have achieved enlightenment. And it lies in self-knowledge! If people follow this road, no Antichrist will be able to deal with them. The Third World War is happening in everyone's soul. Some have previously won, others are still fighting, and others have given up. And there are no allies in this war except the true faith. A Orthodox people invincible. For they never truly abandoned faith in the Lord. You ask, when will this battle come? Isn’t she already walking in our hearts? Look at the news today. Tell yourself, whose side are you on? Were you able to win the first fight? Congratulations!
Predicting the future today is the lot of futurologists. Their “prophecies” are usually based on the most complex fundamental analysis and the latest information Technology. However, in most cases, their “foresights” (forecasts) do not come true.
On the other hand, the prophetic tradition has existed from time immemorial among the ascetics of Orthodoxy. Of course, the holy fathers did not rely on fundamental analysis and the latest achievements of computer science, but only on Faith in the Lord...
Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, 1825-32
“Before the end of times, Russia will merge into one great sea with the other lands and Slavic tribes, it will form one sea or that huge universal ocean of the people, about which the Lord God from ancient times spoke through the mouth of all the saints: “The terrible and invincible Kingdom of All-Russian, All-Slavic - Gog and Magog before whom all nations will stand in awe."
And all this is the same as two and two are four, and certainly, like God is holy, who from ancient times predicted about him and his formidable dominion over the earth. With the united forces of Russia and other nations, Constantinople and Jerusalem will be captured. When Turkey is divided, almost all of it will remain with Russia...”
Saint Theophan the Recluse, 1890s
“How many signs the Lord showed over Russia, delivering it from its strongest enemies and subduing its peoples! And yet, evil is growing. Will we really not come to our senses? The Lord has punished us and will punish us with the West, but we don’t understand everything. We got stuck in Western mud up to our ears, and everything was fine. We have eyes, but we don’t see, we have ears, but we don’t hear, and we don’t understand with our hearts... Having inhaled this hellish frenzy into ourselves, we spin around like crazy, not remembering ourselves. If we don’t come to our senses, God will send foreign teachers to us to bring us to our senses... It turns out that we too are on the path of revolution. These are not empty words, but a deed affirmed by the voice of the Church. Know, Orthodox, that God cannot be mocked.”
Holy Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsky, early 20th century
“The time will come when not persecution, but money and the charms of this world will turn people away from God and many more souls will perish than during the times of open fight against God. On the one hand, they will erect crosses and gild domes, and on the other, the kingdom of lies and evil will come. The True Church will always be persecuted, and it will be possible to be saved only through sorrows and illnesses. The persecution will take on the most unpredictable and sophisticated character. But the salvation of the world comes from Russia.”
Schieromonk Aristoklius of Athos. 1917-18
“Now we are living through the pre-Antichrist time. God's judgment on the living has begun and there will not be a single country on earth, not a single person who will not be affected by this. It started with Russia, and then further... And Russia will be saved. There is a lot of suffering, a lot of torment... All of Russia will become a prison, and we must beg the Lord a lot for forgiveness. Repent of sins and be afraid to commit even the slightest sins, but try to do good, even the smallest.
After all, the wing of a fly has weight, but God has precise scales. And when the slightest good outweighs the balance, then God will show His mercy over Russia... The end will be through China. There will be some kind of unusual explosion, and a miracle of God will appear. And life will be completely different on earth, but not for very long. The Cross of Christ will shine over the whole world, because our Motherland will be magnified and will be like a beacon in the darkness for everyone.”
Bishop John of Shanghai, 1938
“Shake off the sleep of despondency and laziness, sons of Russia! Behold the glory of her suffering and be cleansed, washed from your sins! Strengthen yourself in the Orthodox faith so that you may be worthy to dwell in the dwelling of the Lord and move into the holy mountain. Arise, arise, arise, Rus', you who drank from the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath! When your suffering is over, your righteousness will go with you, and the glory of the Lord will follow you.
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the radiance rising above you. Then lift up your eyes around and see: behold, your children will come to you from the west, and the north, and the sea, and the east, blessing Christ in you forever!”
Venerable Anatoly of Optina, early 20th century
“There will be a storm. And the Russian ship will be destroyed. But people also save themselves on chips and debris. And yet not everyone will die. We must pray, we must all repent and pray fervently... A great miracle of God will be revealed... And all the chips and fragments, by the will of God and His power, will gather and unite, and the ship will be recreated in all its glory and will go its way, intended by God. .."
Saint Theophan of Poltava, 1930
“The monarchy and autocratic power will be restored in Russia. The Lord chose the future king. This will be a man of fiery faith, a brilliant mind and an iron will. First of all, he will restore order in the Orthodox Church, removing all untrue, heretical and lukewarm bishops.
And many, very many, with few exceptions, almost all will be eliminated, and new, true, unshakable bishops will take their place... Something that no one expects will happen. Russia will rise from the dead, and the whole world will be surprised. Orthodoxy will be reborn and triumph in it. But the Orthodoxy that existed before will no longer exist. God Himself will place a strong king on the throne.”
Paisiy Svyatogorets, Athonite elder. 1990s
“My thoughts tell me that many events will happen: the Russians will occupy Turkey, Turkey will disappear from the map, because a third of the Turks will become Christians, a third will die in the war and a third will go to Mesopotamia... A great war will occur in Constantinople between the Russians and Europeans, and a lot of blood will be shed. Greece will not play a leading role in this war, but Constantinople will be given to it. Not because the Russians will revere the Greeks, but because a better solution cannot be found... The Greek army will not have time to get there before the city will be given to it.”
Joseph, Athonite elder, Vatopedi monastery. 2001
“Now is the beginning of events, difficult military events... The devil will force the Turks to finally come here to Greece and begin their actions. And although Greece has a government, it actually doesn’t exist as such, because it has no power. And the Turks will come here. This will be the moment when Russia will also move its forces to push back the Turks.
Events will develop like this: when Russia comes to the aid of Greece, the Americans and NATO will try to prevent this, so that there is no reunification, a merger of the two Orthodox peoples... There will be a great massacre on the territory of the former Byzantine Empire. There will be about 600 million people killed alone. The Vatican will also actively participate in all this in order to prevent the reunification and increasing role of Orthodoxy.
But this will result in the complete destruction of Vatican influence, to the very core. This is how God’s Providence will turn...”
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The prophecy of this Athonite elder was remembered quite recently, when the Russian SU-24 airliner was shot down in the skies over Turkey. This Greek monk, who has gained respect throughout the world, has long foreshadowed a military confrontation between Russia and Turkey. Therefore, it is no coincidence that Paisius Athossky’s predictions about Russia 2018 are now of interest to many people in our country.
In fact, this Athonite elder predicted more than one event concerning our state, which has already come true:
A little history
Paisiy was born on July 25, 1924 in Greece. After graduating from school, he, like an ordinary guy, went to serve in the army. In 1950, he became interested in religion and went to the Kutlumush Monastery. Here he lived almost his entire life, engaged in religious practice. In May 1978, the monk moved to the Athonite cell, where he began to receive a huge number of people. He died near Thessaloniki in 1994. Orthodox Christians all over the world continue to come to the grave of this famous elder, which is located in the Theological Monastery. In 2015, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate canonized Paisius the Holy Mountain. At the same time, the reverend monk was included in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Terrible predictions for Russia
The elder's prophecy regarding the Middle East looks quite frightening. With his words, he did not try to intimidate anyone, but only indicated what consequences await humanity that has forgotten God. The immorality of people, the cynicism of politicians and the selfishness of the West will lead to unprecedented bloodshed in the East. His prophecy literally goes like this:
“When the Turks block the Euphrates, expect the arrival of an army of two hundred million at sunrise.”
Until recently, these words seemed like fiction. Today, the predictions of Paisius of Athos are already coming true. Turkey is indeed building a dam on the Euphrates River, and its launch is scheduled for 2018. According to a further prediction that Svyatogorets made back in the nineties of the last century, a terrible war will begin between Russia and Turkey. As a result of this confrontation between Christians and Muslims, a third of the Turks will convert to Christianity, another third of the Turkish population will die, and the rest will be forced to leave their homeland. Back in 1991, Paisius mentioned the fall of Constantinople and the destruction of the Turkish state. The bloodshed will be so large-scale that three-year-old bulls will “swim” in a sea of blood. Schemamonk said the following verbatim about these events:
“During the battle, the Mosque of Omar will be destroyed, which will be the beginning of the restoration of Solomon’s Temple. China's army of two hundred million will cross the Euphrates and come to Jerusalem."
Will take part in the war Western countries Europe, but they will oppose Russia. Constantinople will be handed over to the rightful owner of this city - Greece, although it will not fight.
The events of recent times indicate that the elder’s words are already coming true. The Russian Federation is already fighting the Islamic State in Syria. Türkiye is also indirectly present in this conflict. The situation in this country is quite tense and it is unclear what it will lead to, especially after the strengthening of the power of leader R. Erdogan after the attempted military coup. Western countries, Israel and the United States also do not remain aloof from the flaring fire of war. Everything suggests that the Third World War may begin in this region. World War. Soon a new redistribution of the world will begin.
What awaits Russia in the future?
The Athonite elder predicted that Russia would become the leader in the defense of Orthodoxy and the Russian-speaking population. He is echoed by other elders of Athos, who claimed the beginning new era. In this new time in the territory Russian Federation a new leader must emerge, sent by God to save the world from destruction.
Other predictors of the world also spoke about the appearance of the savior of mankind, such as:
- Nostradamus;
- Edgar Cayce;
- Vanga.
Approximately identical forecasts regarding the emergence of a new world leader can be explained quite simply. To obtain the necessary information, the media use various practices:
- prayer;
- meditation;
- immersion in trance.
Thus, a slowdown in human brain oscillations is achieved, and he gains access to the Earth’s Noosphere. In a state of altered consciousness, various information comes to him from the information field depending on the request.
It is also worth noting that almost all the Athonite elders, speaking about the new leader, mentioned joint prayer and repentance. That is, we all must admit to the collective unconscious (God) that we are not able to find a worthy leader and ask him to be revealed from above. It is necessary that psychologically significant image understood our request and gave the new ruler the strength to restore order throughout the world.
Athonite elders about Ukraine
At one time, Paisius of Athos spoke about the confrontation between two fraternal peoples. He also mentioned attacks in Ukraine on the Russian Orthodox Church.
Many monks from Mount Athos also predicted the development of events in Ukraine. They warned this country about the dangers of its choice. So Elder Parfeniy did not stop talking about the insincerity of the European Union. He argued that Ukraine would plunge into crisis and the situation would be much worse than in Greece. The hardworking and sincere Ukrainian people are alien to the sins of Sodom, which are legalized in Europe.
Elder Tikhon, who lived in the Trinity Monastery fifty years ago, predicted a conflict in Ukraine. The cause of the war, in his opinion, will be overseas forces. Those who unleashed the bloodshed in Ukraine will ultimately be the losers. Soon there will be a renewal of power in Russia and the conflict in Donbass will end quickly.
The Greek elders are confident that Ukraine will cope with all problems and get out of this situation if it builds its future together with its Slavic brothers - the Russian and Belarusian peoples.
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Appearance of St. Seraphim of Sarov, R.B. Tatyana. About the universal card and more.
Recorded by Priest Sergiy Polishchuk, from the words of the Servant of God Tatiana.
“Soon this universal card will be introduced, which is already a renunciation of Christ, and a rather significant renunciation of Christ. After this card there will be the seal of the Antichrist.
People who accept this electronic universal card will have their will suppressed, and even if they have decided not to take the seal of the Antichrist, they will not be able to resist their intention. It will be impossible for anyone who has accepted the universal electronic card to repent before the Lord God, because the attitude towards sin will change. A person will not feel like a sinner and there will be no such proper repentance, which the Lord accepts and for which forgives sins.
The Monk Seraphim said that the grace of God began, especially in recent times, to move away from Moscow. This is connected with the two most terrible sins - the sin of Sodom and the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and Mother of God(expletive). Now our life, our speech is sprinkled with obscenities and sin. Even if it’s ordinary speech, and not swearing, swearing is already used as a catchphrase. But in fact, this is a very terrible sin, and because of these two sins, the grace of the Holy Spirit departs. After some time, Moscow will begin to fail. Father Seraphim said that Moscow is a dead city, ruined streets, ruined squares, he said that in a few years the capital will be in a completely different place.
Father Seraphim noted that with the adoption of the cards, morality will be lost and something terrible to even imagine will happen on our streets and in our homes. He said: “You don’t need to know what will happen in these houses, in this city in a while. Sodom parades and so on...”
People who accept this card without hesitation will also happily accept the seal of the Antichrist. The Antichrist is already on the threshold of Moscow. He is prevented from entering Moscow only by the prayers of monks and righteous people. In order for this entry to take place, prayers in churches will soon be changed and when this happens it will no longer be possible to go to churches. Neither to churches, nor to Communion.
There will be a terrible war, there will be famine, very severe and for several years; the heat will be intense and the water will go deep into the ground, BUT if you pray and there is conciliar repentance, the Lord will extend the time.
YOU NEED TO PRAY NOW CONSTANTLY AND EVERYWHERE!!!”
Predictions of Schemamonk John from the village of Nikolskoye
“When the “bald man” is taken out of the Mausoleum, Moscow will fall into salty waters and little will remain of Moscow (according to recent studies, under Moscow under a layer earth's crust there is an ancient sea - approx.) Sinners will swim in salt water for a long time, but there will be no one to save them. They will all die. Petersburg will be flooded. Only those who leave the cities (Moscow, St. Petersburg) to live in the countryside will have a chance to survive. There is no point in starting to build houses in the villages, there is no time left, you won’t have time. Better buy a ready-made house. There will be a great famine. There will be no electricity, no water, no gas. Only those who grow their own food will have a chance to survive. China will go to war against us and occupy all of Siberia to the Urals. The Japanese will rule the Far East. Russia will begin to be torn apart. A terrible war will begin.
Russia will remain within the borders of the times of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The Venerable Seraphim of Sarov will come. He will unite all Slavic peoples and states and bring the Tsar with him. The authorities will literally go wild. There will be such a famine that those who have received the “seal” will eat the dead. And most importantly, pray and hurry up to change your life so as not to live in sin, since there is absolutely no time left..."
PROPHETIC PREDICTIONS OF SCHIARCHIMANDRITE CHRISTOPHOR THE ELDER OF TULA (1905-1996)
“The Antichrist is at the door. Life is no longer joyful. His (Antichrist’s) seal will be placed only on those who do not have the seal of God.” He also said that in the Church there would be a sharp cooling towards everything: to prayer, to repentance, to faith... “There will be a very strong cold, in the Church there will be a sharp cooling towards everything. (...) They will cool towards prayer, towards good deeds...to everything. (...) There will be no warmth in the Church.” “The Lord will shorten the time for the salvation of our souls. And if it doesn’t reduce it, then we won’t be saved. (...) You will run around looking for elders all over the world, but there will be no more true elders. The Lord will take them all (...) and you will remain at the will of God. (...) But shortly after me there will be a confusion of faiths, and it will no longer be possible to go to churches, there will be no Eucharist and there will be no Communion. This horned one will creep up so cunningly that you will see: the churches will be open, and the services will continue to go on, as they sang, and they will sing there. (...) It will no longer be possible to go to church, the Orthodox faith is already everything, it will not exist and there will be no Communion. Two or three priests of true believers will remain in Tula, no more. (...) Pray in your cells, but never give up prayer.”
“There will be no crosses. First, the monastic crosses will disappear, then the small pectoral crosses... when you want to baptize your child, there will be no crosses. Stock up on crosses. Stock up on candles, stock up on oil so that you can light a candle or a lamp at home and pray.” (...) “Cut the prosphora finely, dry it and put it in airtight jars, and then, through your prayers, the Lord will give you a drop and a drop of the prosphora as Communion. It will be impossible to go to church, and Epiphany water and a prosphora will be given to you instead of Communion... And then our churches will be occupied, and everything will be destroyed, as it was then, and will be so again.”
“Lately people will be sick a lot, but do not despair, this will be for the cleansing of your souls.” About St. Petersburg he said: “After all, the city is doomed. He will all go under water. Moscow is doomed. There are only a few prayer books left.” “The Wheel of the Apocalypse moves at tremendous speed (...). Yes, Russia will be reborn... And Moscow? Part of Moscow will fail, and Tula will also fail. (...) In Moscow - where is the mausoleum and further away, across the river, and where is the Rossiya Hotel. In Tula, the Leninsky district will fail and Skuratovo will fail. (...). And Peter will generally go under water. (...). It is so pleasing to the Lord God. Was there Sodom and Gomorrah? Also here." “The elders pray very much for there to be a war, and after the war there will be famine. And if there is no war, then it will be bad, everyone will die. The war will not be long, but still many will be saved, and if not, then no one will be saved.”
He said that soon everything in the Church would be Catholic, that the Creed would be changed in churches, it would be impossible to walk, and then all churches would be closed. “You need to have a supply of water and crackers for ten days, and it will be such that you won’t even be able to leave the house. But for the chosen ones everything will be reduced.”
I revered the king very much and royal family and even then, in the 80s, he said that there would be a glorification of the Tsar (Nicholas II). “The Tsar and his immaculate children suffered for us, washed Russia with his blood, and redeemed us.” Father said that “The Tsar is God’s anointed, the people will still cry. (...) It serves us right that all this is happening to us. (...) this is all for the Tsar-Father, for betraying him.”
“I will be gone soon, but I leave you a prayer. Read it always, especially in the morning: “Lord, deliver us from the Antichrist, the enemy of violence and sorcery.” This prayer contains everything; Wherever you are, you should read it.”
“This is how Sodom and Gomorrah died for depravity, so the Lord will burn us with fire, this world will burn us. Such major cities, like Moscow and St. Petersburg, they will perish.” “Russia will prosper, there will be a new tsar, she will be resurrected and freed from this satanic infection, and life will be very good, pious, but everything depends on our repentance, we need conciliar repentance so that we have a new tsar, without repentance the tsar will not come. For a short time, the Lord will again send us a king, but first there will be wars. The war will be very fast, with missiles, and such that everything will be poisoned. Father said that a few meters into the ground everything would be poisoned. And it will be very difficult for those who remain alive, because the earth will no longer give birth.(...) He said that after the war there will be so few people left on earth.
(...) There will be heat after the war and terrible famine throughout the entire earth, and not just in Russia. There will be terrible heat and crop failure for the last five to seven years. At first everything will be harvested, and then the rains will come, and everything will be flooded, and the entire crop will rot, and nothing will be harvested. All rivers, lakes, reservoirs will dry up, and the oceans will dry up, and all glaciers will melt, and the mountains will move from their places. The sun will be very hot. (...) People will be thirsty, they will run, look for water, but there will be no water. They will see something glistening in the sun and they will think that it is water, they will run up, but it is not water, but glass is glistening. “Lately you won’t live alone... They will flee from the monasteries! (...) The devil will take over the monasteries... and it’s good if someone has a little house left, their own corner to run to! And those who have nowhere to run will die under the fence.” Father had a very negative attitude towards apartments. “Buy,” he said, “a house with some land. Relatives, do not disperse, but unite, buy together. (...) Buy houses in the village, even a dugout. There is God's blessing for this. Buy and immediately dig a well so that you have your own water, and immediately plant a willow (on the north side), because there is always water under the willow (...)
It will be possible to collect water drop by drop. These drops are the tears of the Mother of God. (...) We will eat roots, herbs, and we need to collect linden leaves. Here you will have bread and water. The Lord will feed you miraculously, miraculously. Then the Lord will give crowns to the living, whoever does not betray God and who follows Him. (...) There will be a terrible famine, corpses will lie around, and you will have your own land, it will feed you. And don't be lazy, don't be lazy. The Lord loves work. You will return “braid to scythe” - as blessed Matronushka said, (...), - plow to plow, to manual labor you'll all come back. (...) In those days, it will be possible to save yourself only in your own homes. And in the city... what passion there will be! The lights will be turned off, the gas will be turned off, the water will be turned off... nothing will happen, and people will almost rot alive in their apartments.” Christopher worried about Russia and cried: “Mother Russia, poor Russia! What awaits you, what awaits you!
In recent years, the priest was very sad, and sadness was characteristic of the times. Father said that the world is moving not towards salvation, but towards its imminent destruction. When Boris Yeltsin was still in power, he said: “He hasn’t done anything good, but he doesn’t touch the Church, and that’s the main thing. And after him there will be a young man who will completely confuse everything. And then something will happen that only God will figure out.” The elder said that now is not the time for revival, but for the salvation of souls. Everything, he said, would be done cunningly and craftily. He didn’t bless taking electronic numbers, plastic cards, passports, all of this, he said, was the Antichrist, he didn’t bless anything, starting with vouchers, he didn’t even bless marriages. He warned not to get any vaccinations. Lately, no doctors can be trusted, as they will be very cunning and can insert these chips under the skin.
Venerable Kuksha of Odessa (1875 – 1964). To spiritual children.
My dear sisters in Christ our Lord Jesus, peace and grace from the Lord to you for the letter that I recently received. Thank you and God bless you that you have not forgotten me, a sinner. My dear sisters, I believe your grief and thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything, but it’s a pity that I cannot get rid of it, but be patient, my dear sisters, for it pleases the Heavenly Father! My sisters, know that everything is sent from God: good, bad and sorrowful, and you joyfully accept everything from the hand of the Lord and do not be afraid, God will not leave you! He will never send sorrow, grief or a heavy burden beyond your strength, but He gives everything according to your strength. Your grief is great for him - this means that you have a lot of strength to endure it, but this or that grief, endure it all patiently because time goes by to death. Now the chapter of the 3rd book of the prophet Ezra is beginning to be fulfilled. Doom is fast approaching us. Oh, my sisters, what a terrible time comes when you don’t want to live in this world, but here it is...here it is.
Oh, Lord, my God, my God! Terrible disasters are coming to the earth: fire, famine, death, destruction and destruction, and who can avert them! And this time is very close, do not listen to anyone if they say that there will be peace, no, there will be no peace, there will be war. And then a terrible famine will begin. And where will everything go immediately? There will be nothing to eat, and people will die from famine. The people will be sent to the east, but not a single soul will return back, they will all die there from famine, there will be a terrible death, and whoever remains alive will die from a pestilence. This contagious disease has no cure. It is not in vain that the holy prophet Ezra said: woe, woe for you, our land, one grief will pass, a second and a third will come, etc.
Oh, God, my God, do you know, dear sisters and brothers, that the Lord has already set a limit to earthly well-being. Truly I tell you that now is not the time to get married, because the Lord gave us these days only for repentance and repentance from a carnal sinful life: this is not a time for feasts and weddings, not for gluttony and drunkenness, we must leave all this... We should cry day and night to beg our true God for the forgiveness of our grave sins. We must ask Him with tears that He will spare and have mercy on us at His Last Judgment, for after all these disasters the glorious Last Day of God's Judgment will come. The Scripture says that God’s chosen ones can find out, that is, the Lord can reveal to them the year of the end of the world, but no one knows either the day or the hour, not even the Angels in Heaven; Only the Lord knows about this... A terrible, terrible time is approaching, God forbid, nothing like this has happened since the creation of the world, Lord, who will not fear you!
Listen, my sisters and brothers, know that I will tell you that God has prepared such a pit for the world that there is no bottom and He will put all the wicked there... Oh, God forbid they get there, Lord, save and have mercy! Truly I tell you, I do not lie, it is by His mercy that the Lord has revealed it to me. Telling a lie is a terrible sin. God forbid, you can’t only talk about marriage now, but you can’t even think about it, it’s a terrible sin. Young boys and girls should not marry. Those living in marriage also need to live chastely, Lord, save and have mercy on us. There was a time when they lived calmly and the Lord Himself blessed the marriage, but now all this has come to an end. But the people of this world will commit iniquities until the very end and for their sins they will be cast into a bottomless pit in hell-fire, because they do not know what they are doing. What the Lord revealed to me for the people of this world is a mystery. I feel sorry for everyone that they don’t know all this and people walk like blind people, they don’t see this bottomless pit in front of them into which they are about to fly. I thank everyone to the True God that He, the merciful One, announced this to me and showed me everything. Do not think that it was shown to me through my prayer, everything was revealed only by His mercy and the Lord showed me everything that should soon happen. But the Lord does not give everyone such joy as He was vouchsafed to show to me, a great sinner. Give Him thanks and praise forever and ever. Amen.
Good people! Say goodbye to earthly goods, for no one will live. Pray and be saved in the Lord! Precious time given to acquire eternal life. Strengthen yourself with deeds of mercy and love for your neighbor! Keep the Lord's commandments! The end times have come. Soon there will be a great council with the name “holy”, but it will be just the Eighth (Unholy!) Ecumenical Council, at which all faiths will unite into one, holy fasts will be abolished, bishops will get married. Then they will drive you there, but under no circumstances should you go there. Stand for the Orthodox faith until the end of your days and be saved. May peace and salvation be upon you and us forever. Amen.
Prophecies of Schema-Archimandrite Seraphim
Schema-Archimandrite Seraphim (Tyapochkin, + 6.4.1982) from Rakitny (1977): “During the memorable conversation, a young woman from a Siberian city was present. The elder told her: “You will accept a martyr’s death at the hands of the Chinese in the stadium of your city, where they will drive the inhabitants - Christians and those who disagree with their rule." This was a response to her doubts about the elder’s words that almost all of Siberia would be captured by the Chinese. The elder said what was revealed to him about the future of Russia, he did not name dates, he only emphasized that the time of the accomplishment of what was said - in the hands of God, and much depends on how the spiritual life of the Russian Church will develop, how strong the faith in God will be among the Russian people, what the prayer feat of believers will be [...] The elder said that the collapse of Russia, despite the apparent. strength and rigidity of power will happen very quickly. First, the Slavic peoples will split, then the union republics will disappear: the Baltic, Central Asian, Caucasian and Moldova. central government in Russia will begin to weaken even more, so that autonomous republics and regions will begin to separate. Then there will be an even greater collapse: the authorities of the Center will actually cease to recognize individual regions, which will try to live independently and will no longer pay attention to decrees from Moscow. The biggest tragedy will be the seizure of Siberia by China. This will not happen through military means: the Chinese, due to the weakening of power and open borders, will begin to move en masse to Siberia, buy real estate, enterprises, and apartments. Through bribery, intimidation, and agreements with those in power, they will gradually subjugate the economic life of the cities. Everything will happen in such a way that one morning Russian people living in Siberia will wake up... in the Chinese state. The fate of those who remain there will be tragic, but not hopeless. The Chinese will brutally deal with any attempts at resistance. (That is why the elder predicted the martyrdom of many Orthodox Christians and patriots of the Motherland at the stadium of the Siberian city). The West will contribute to this creeping conquest of our land and in every possible way support the military and economic power of China out of hatred for Russia. But then they will see the danger for themselves, and when the Chinese try to seize the Urals by military force and move on, they will prevent this by all means and may even help Russia in repelling the invasion from the East. Russia must survive this battle; after suffering and complete impoverishment, it will find the strength to rise up. And the coming revival will begin in the lands conquered by enemies, among the Russians who remained in the former republics of the Union. There, the Russian people will realize what they have lost, recognize themselves as citizens of the Fatherland that still lives, and will want to help it rise from the ashes. Many Russians living abroad will begin to help restore life in Russia... Many of those who can escape from persecution and persecution will return to their ancestral Russian lands to replenish abandoned villages, cultivate neglected fields, and use the remaining undeveloped mineral resources. The Lord will send help, and, despite the fact that the country will lose its main deposits of raw materials, they will find both oil and gas on Russian territory, without which a modern economy is impossible. The elder said that the Lord would allow the loss of the vast lands given to Russia, because we ourselves could not use them worthily, but only dirtied them, spoiled them... But the Lord will leave behind Russia those lands that became the cradle of the Russian people and were the basis of the Great Russian state. This is the territory of the Grand Duchy of Moscow of the 16th century with access to the Black, Baltic and Northern Seas. Russia will not be rich, but it will still be able to feed itself and force itself to be taken into account. To the question: “What will happen to Ukraine and Belarus?” the elder replied that everything is in God’s hands. Those in these nations who are against the union with Russia - even if they consider themselves believers - become servants of the devil. U Slavic peoples one destiny, and the venerable Fathers of the Kiev-Pechersk will also say their weighty word - they, together with the host of new Russian martyrs, will pray for a new Union of three fraternal peoples. Another question was asked about the possibility of restoring the monarchy in Russia. The elder replied that this restoration must be earned. It exists as a possibility, not as a predetermination. If we are worthy, the Russian people will choose a Tsar, but this will become possible just before the reign of the Antichrist or even after it - for a very short time.”
Venerable Theodosius (Kashin, + 1948), Elder of Jerusalem
“Was that really a war [the Great Patriotic War]? There will be a war. It will start from the east. And then from all sides, like locusts, enemies will crawl towards Russia. This will be a war!..”
Blessed Kiev nun Alypia
“This will not be a war, but the execution of peoples for their rotten state. Dead bodies will lie in mountains, no one will undertake to bury them. Mountains and hills will fall apart and be leveled to the ground. People will run from place to place.”
To those quarreling over housing: “Now you are quarreling, fighting over an apartment, breaking up... And there will be a time when there will be a lot of empty apartments, and there will be no one to live in them.”
Mother paid special attention to the topic of land - those who had houses in villages, land, and livestock were forbidden to sell, pointing out that they would still need the farm.
Prediction of Pasha of Sarov
On August 1, 1903, the holy prophetess Pasha of Sarov predicted a terrible fate for the Tsar and Queen: to be killed along with their children in 15 years. And so it happened.
“Next,” said the saint (she was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church), “four of your servants will be tortured along with you. For each of the 11 people killed, the Lord gives 10 years. For Your Family - seven people, take it out and put it down - the devil will walk around Russia. And for each of Your servants, the Lord will recheck every ten years: have the Russian people repented? so much the better, he will repent sooner. But I tell you, Tsar, by the end of these 110 years there will be a Tsar in Rus' from your dynasty.”
The Russian people betrayed and rejected Christ - God, when they betrayed and rejected the Holy King, the Anointed of God, thereby committing a terrible SIN. After the King of God was betrayed and rejected, Russia was captured by devilish forces that are destroying Russia, the Faith and the Russian people. The only salvation for Russia is NATIONAL REPENTANCE for the sin of regicide and PRAYER for the Coming King, ANOINTED of God. When ALL RUSSIAN PEOPLE REPENT OF THE SIN OF REGISTRY AND PRAY FOR THE COMING TSAR BEFORE CHRIST - GOD, then the Lord will give a Victorious Tsar who will save Russia and the Russian people from the Antichrist and the horrors of the last times.
Prophecy of Saint Malachy
One of the most famous Prophets of the Roman Catholic Church is Saint Malachi, who died in 1148. This Irish priest made a list of all future Popes since Celestine II (1143).
On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, known as Pole Karol Wojtyla, died. He was 110th in the list of Malachi, who awarded this Pope the motto "from the labors of the Sun."
About the 111th Pope ( Benedict XVI) Malachi succinctly reports as “the glory of the olive” (in another translation - “the triumph of peace”). Malachi does not say how long the peace-loving Pope will remain in power, but with his successor (who has already replaced Benedict XVI at the beginning of 2013), whom the predictor calls by name, the world will face a catastrophe. When the 112th Peter of Rome, or Peter II, takes the holy throne (the first, as is known, was the Apostle Peter, a disciple of Christ, who established the institution of the papacy), the end of the world will come. Contrary to his custom, Malachy devotes an entire paragraph to the last Pope, which says the following: “At the end of times, the place of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter of Rome, who will feed the weak-willed, committing many disasters. At this time, the City of Seven Hills will be destroyed and the Monstrous Judge will judge the nations."
This is the picture of the future that has emerged.... “May the God of all preserve you all, so that you remember the signs of the end of the world and remain invincible by the Antichrist.”