The predictions of the monks of Mount Athos about the Turkish-Russian war shook the world after the crash of the Su-24 in Syria in November 2015. Surprisingly, the elders foresaw the international conflict and the fall of Turkey several centuries before recent events! The authors of the most famous prophecies were the monks Cosmas of Aetolia and Paisius the Holy Mountain.
Interest in them grew after they appeared online documentary film“A War That Will Begin Soon,” filmed in Greece long before the death of the Su-24. Today Cosmas and Paisius are put on a par with. But the Orthodox Church opposes such comparisons. The priests are confident that knowledge is given to monks by God, and not dark forces, like other clairvoyants.
According to the church, the prophecies of the Athonite monks were given by God himself
The Life and Prophecies of Cosmas the Aetolian
Cosmas of Aitolia is a famous Greek saint, monk and preacher of the 18th century. He was accused of spying for Russia and died a martyr's death. The Greek Church honors him as an educator, but the public is more interested in Cosmas's ability to see the future. The saint's predictions were preserved in manuscripts and printed publications 18-19 centuries. During World War II, prophecies of a monk were discovered in Southern Albania.
In light of the conflict around the Su-24, his statements about the bloody war and the collapse of Turkey attract attention. Cosmas said that a third of the people would die, a third would accept Christianity, and the rest would go to Kokkini Milia, a legendary place in the Middle East. According to the elder, an army that does not know Greek but adheres to Christianity will take part in the conquest of Constantinople (the old name of Istanbul). Probably we are talking about Russia.
Like most seers, Cosmas did not make predictions for a specific year or date. But some of his predictions, strange for the 18th century, became reality three hundred years later. The saint said that “the world will be girded with one thread,” people from Turkey and Russia will communicate in real time. Thieves will move from the mountains to the cities and will trade during the day. Iron birds will fly into the sky, spewing flames, and one house will accommodate an entire village...
The predictions of Cosmas of Aetolia come true several centuries later Cosmas' prophecies about the countries in which he preached also came true. He told the residents of Epirus (a region in Northwestern Greece) that what they wanted would come to them in two generations. The province was liberated from Turkish rule in 1912-1913, and this event was witnessed by the grandchildren of people who heard the prophecies of the saint. After the 2010 crisis, it became clear why Cosma said that Greece would be taxed, but would not be able to collect it.
Except historical events, the monk foresaw changes in society. His predictions are well known: “The time will come and you will not recognize anything”; “The time will come when brother will rise up against brother.” However, almost all prophets made similar predictions. But the phrase “To be saved, you will go to live in another place, and others will come to yours” reminds of the migration crisis in Europe.
Paisiy Svyatogorets - successor of Cosmas
The second monk who foreshadowed the collapse of Turkey is known as Paisius of Athos. One of the most revered elders of the 20th century was born in 1924 in Faras (Türkiye). During World War II he was a radio operator, after which he went to a monastery on Mount Athos. Paisius led an ascetic life, but communicated with pilgrims, preached and shared predictions with them. He conveyed his knowledge in the six-volume “Word”. In 2015, the elder was canonized.
Paisiy Svyatogorets - a monk whose prophecies are still listened to Paisius called the Turks barbarians and predicted retribution for their sins - the fall of the country, which would be facilitated by its allies. A war with Russia will begin. At first the advantage will be on the side of the Turks, but in the end their country will disappear from the world map. The West will intervene in the hostilities and demand the withdrawal of armies. Fighting between Russians and Europeans will bring casualties to both sides.
And it will continue after the defeat of Turkey. China will send two hundred million soldiers to the Middle East, but Russia will stop them in Israel. Greek troops will guard the borders, but will not engage in battle. Every participant in the battles will be doomed to death. Türkiye will fall apart. Istanbul will pass from Muslims to Greeks, and an Orthodox service will be held in Hagia Sophia. Now the Christian shrine plays the role of a mosque.
After the collapse of Yugoslavia, Paisius said that Europe was creating tiny Muslim states (Bosnia, Herzegovina) to please Turkey. When the country splits, the West will give independence to the Kurds and Armenians. Paisius assured: the world is ruled not by people, but by the Lord. He brings them to power to atone for their sins. The war will shake the world and return people to Christianity.
When will the battles predicted by the elder break out? Exact date he didn't name. According to the life of Paisius, written by Hieromonk Isaac, the saint assured a group of children who came to him with this question that they would see the liberation of Constantinople. In 1991, a monk predicted to a young engineer that he would work on the reconstruction of Constantinople.
Paisiy Svyatogorets predicted the collapse of the USSR during the heyday of the power Previously, Paisiy foresaw the collapse Soviet Union under Brezhnev. This prophecy was made when the country was at the peak of its power. Mr. D. turned to the elder, and Svyatogorets promised that he would witness the collapse of the USSR, and then Turkey would fall.
Whether to believe the elders or not, everyone decides for himself. Note that Cosmas lived in the 18th century, when four Russian-Turkish wars, and new conflicts did not surprise anyone. In addition, the Greeks believe in the legend of the return of Constantinople, and critics of the elders believe that the seers are wishful thinking (in our case, what was predicted). Be that as it may, the rivalry between Russia and Turkey can go according to the monks’ scenario as early as 2017.
There are predictions of the elders about the future of the whole world, where the future of Russia and predictions regarding our country in particular are mostly positive. The prophecies of the elders - holy people - speak of future catastrophes, crises in world politics and economics, as well as how to overcome all this. Predicting the future is part of those miracles that all famous saints and prophets, such as Seraphim of Sarov, Sergius of Radonezh, Nectarius of Optina and others, could perform.
In the elders' predictions about the future of the world and the fate of Russia, one can identify a single information line, which suggests that we are on the threshold of various changes that will be carried out through disasters and various complications. But some terrible prophecies have already lost their power, they have not come true - from this we can conclude that it is still possible to change the future, it is not 100% planned and there is a possibility of averting the threat of destruction of most of humanity, which can be understood from the prophecies of the holy elders .
First of all, it should be understood that there are several groups of holy elders who created their prophecies. The main ones are the holy elders of the Athos Monastery in Greece and the elders of the Optina Pustyn Monastery in Russia. Also, elder monks from other monasteries of the Orthodox Christian faith created their own prophecies.
The Athonite elders are hermits from the holy Mount Athos, which is located in Greece, but access to which is allowed only to men, and even then not to everyone. Hermits on Mount Athos built monasteries and live theresecluded from the whole world, preaching Orthodoxy. This monastery has stood on Mount Athos for more than a thousand years.Mount Athos is considered holy and is located on the Chalkidiki peninsula. This complex of rock monasteries is the center of Eastern Christian monasticism. Here are ancient monasteries that preserve miraculous icons and relics of saints.
Optina elders are monks living in the holy monastery of Optina Pustyn in the Kaluga region.The Optina Pustyn Monastery has been operating for 7 centuries and is known throughout Russia. Optina monks have a special weight in the Russian Orthodox Church. The elders from this monastery adhered to particularly strict canons of hermitage, therefore they became saints who have the gift of seeing the future of humanity and the fate of an individual, and also have the gift of physical and spiritual healing. Fourteen elders fromOptina Pustyn,living in different times in the monastery.
Predictions of Elder Abel the Seer from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Abel the Mystic was the first of the elders who gave the first prediction about the future of Russia. Under his supervision, the icon of the Birth of the Virgin Mary was painted, on which words of prophecy about the fate of Russia were carved. After great war 2024 Russia will be ruled great king, and Russia will be reborn. But there may be an inaccuracy in the dates - earlier dates were written in a different way, or the monk himself encrypted the date so that it would not be recognized before the event occurred. Many scientists believe that Abel's prediction about Russia dates back to the period 2008 - 2016.
Predictions of the Athonite Elders
The holy elders from Mount Athos predicted the reign of the false ruler Atichrist over the entire earth. The Lord will allow the Antichrist to come to earth so that it becomes clear who will renounce God for the sake of the material benefits that the Antichrist promises. People will lose faith in their own strength. After this S will come good day.
Predictions of Elder Nektarios of Optina
Elder Nektary from Optina Pustyn could accurately predict any dates, including the date of death, and also read a letter without opening it. According to him, a cold war will begin, manyChristians will flee their homes to save their lives. Russia will lose some of its lands, but will return others and become the spiritual center of the whole world.
Prediction of Elder Christopher of Optina
Georgia and Ukraine will separate from Russia, but will soon regret it. Armenia, on the contrary, will be close to Russia, because it understands that without Russia the country will perish. There will be time, according to the elder, that persecution will begin against Russians, but in general nothing threatens Russia, because it is under the protection of Mother of God. In his visions, Christopher Optina predicted that Russia would never be defeated or disappear, because the Mother of God herself protects our country. Rus' will remain Orthodox, despite the influence of other religions. People will turn to faith in times of danger Orthodox Church to ask God for help.
Predictions of St. Seraphim of Sarov
“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 spoke from ancient times 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...”
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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 spoke from ancient times 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 foretold about him and his terrible 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 Vyritsky, early 20th century
“The time will come when there will be no persecution, but money and charmsthis 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... What will happen in Constantinople Great War between 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. year 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, right down to its very foundations. This is how God’s Providence will turn... There will be God’s permission so that those who sow temptations are destroyed: pornography, drug addiction, etc. And the Lord will so blind their minds that they will destroy each other with gluttony. The Lord will allow this on purpose to carry out a great cleansing. As for the one who rules the country, he will not be around for long, and what is happening now will not be for long, and then immediately there will be war. But after this great purge there will be a revival of Orthodoxy not only in Russia, but throughout the world, a great surge of Orthodoxy.”
It has already been noted in other articles that Hopi Indians , Edgar Cayce, and Nostradamus indicated in some detail about the end of one era and the beginning of another. The leader of the new time, according to these predictions, will be a new political leader who will appear in Russia and, having naturally received power within the country, will spread his influence to international level. The most interesting thing is that various predictions the ancient holy elders, about what awaits Russia and Ukraine in 2017 - 2018, also repeat this plot. The only new detail that appears when these predictions about the future are considered is war. 
Indeed, the predictions of the holy elders about Russia often describe various military actions. Today, if you turn on the TV or go online, you can see that there is no end to this war. Ruling circles interested in conducting military operations on both sides. That is why all the predictions of the holy ancient elders for 2017 - 2018, when they describe what awaits Russia at this time, always touch on the topic of a new political leader who will stop this war. The ancient saints of Athonite and Optina elders describe in their prophecies and predictions that a military conflict is inevitable, and that it is precisely in order to stop the war and prevent a nuclear disaster that God will send a pre-elected anointed king.
As noted earlier, this image of a new king chosen by God is very archetypal. The predictions of the holy ancient elders about Russia connect the improvement of life and the end of the war with the time when this particular person will be at the top political power. The ancient holy elders point out that the very heart of every resident of our country will feel this politician. This is how predictions and prophecies describe the unconscious feeling of the figure of this political leader new era. 
From the point of view of psychology and science, the predictions of the holy ancient elders that Russia in 2017 - 2018 can be explained quite simply. Any person who uses various techniques, such as prayer, meditation, immersion in a trance state, gains information access to the field of the Collective unconscious. Prayer, meditation, immersion in a trance state are different terms for the same process. A person slows down the vibrations of his brain and enters a trance state. This state is also called an altered state of consciousness. Further, a person connects through psycho-emotional images to the Noosphere or the information field of the earth, from where this or that information comes to him, depending on his request.
Predictions and prophecies of the holy ancient elders about the Third World War
The predictions and prophecies of the ancient holy elders about Russia for 2017 - 2018 are information received by representatives of various religious faiths, which systematically came to them as part of prayer practices. It is not surprising that Nostradamus and the holy elders describe the same political figure of the new era, although Nostradamus himself was in to a greater extent a practicing physician by profession. However, Nostradamus also describes the collective unconscious that will bring this new political leader to power, also calling him God. It is important to understand that the terms used by various prophets always follow their picture of the world.
For this reason, the predictions of the ancient holy elders about the future of Russia will always have such descriptions as: God, Jesus Christ, the holy army, angels, the Orthodox Tsar, the church, etc. It is absolutely clear why representatives of various religious branches use these designations in their prophecies - this is their picture of the world. Prophets, connecting through the prayer practice of the Orthodox Christian Church to the Collective Unconscious, which in religion is designated by the word God, see various images, that is, they receive information in a sensory form and then interpret it in the way they can translate it for everyone else.
Predictions of the holy ancient elders about Russia briefly
That is why the predictions and prophecies of the ancient holy elders about the future of Russia for 2017 - 2018 tell about the same events that were described by Edgar Cayce, and Nostradamus, and the elders of the Hopi Indians. It’s just that the terms of all these prophecies differ from each other, so readers and researchers do not immediately understand that all these operators, contactees or mediums, as science calls them, or seers and prophets, as religion describes them, receive information from the single information field of the Earth or Noosphere.
Predictions of the holy ancient Athonite elders: Paisiy Svyatogorets
The predictions of Elder Paisius the Svyatogorets, who was a schema-monk of the Constantinople Orthodox Church, are extremely popular in our time. Paisius the Svyatogorets was a monk of Mount Athos and is known for his ascetic activities, spiritual instructions and prophecies. Paisiy Svyatogorets was born in 1924 and died in 1994, and is a widely revered holy elder in Greece and Russia. In 2015, Paisius the Svyatogorets was unanimously canonized by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In the same year, the Holy Synod included St. Paisius the Svyatogorets in the so-called monthly book of the Russian Orthodox Church. The predictions of the Athonite elder Paisius the Holy Mountain, if described in just a few sentences, describe the future coming war between Greece and Turkey. In this war, according to the predictions of Paisius the Holy Mountain, Greece will win and expand its territories, regaining Constantinople. As a result of such crushing military actions, a third of all Turks will convert to Orthodoxy, and the other third will become refugees; the rest will be destroyed during the military conflict. The predictions of Elder Paisius the Svyatogorets also describe that the very words about the Turkish invasion, since it is Turkey that will attack Greece, very often come from those who, in the event of war, will themselves go over to the side of the Turks.
Predictions of Elder Paisius the Holy Mountain
Predictions of the Athonite elder Paisius the Holy Mountain about war
However, Paisius the Svyatogorets himself was convinced that Greece would get Constantinople, since Russia, having entered this war, would give this city to its allies. The predictions of Elder Paisius the Holy Mountain also describe a possible situation in which Europe will support the Kurds and Armenians in Turkey, as a result of which the country will completely cease to exist as a separate state. A number of Russian media, following foreign ones, began to describe verbatim the predictions and prophecies of the holy Athonite elder Paisius the Holy Mountain after Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 aircraft in Syria in November 2015.
Elder Nikolai Guryanov predictions
Nikolai Alekseevich Guryanov was born in 1909 near St. Petersburg and died in 2002 in the Pskov region. Today Nikolai Alekseevich Guryanov is one of the most revered saints of the ancient elders of the Russian Orthodox Church. Elder Nikolai Guryanov told his predictions, which also describe the figure of a new political leader who will appear in Russia. Elder Nikolai Guryanov emphasizes that this person is the only one who can stop the war between different states.The prophecies and predictions made by Nikolai Guryanov describe in sufficient detail the situation that will develop at the time this archetypal political leader of the new era comes to power, who, in fact, was seen in different trance states by completely different predictors. However, if you study verbatim the predictions and prophecies made by the ancient holy elder Nikolai Guryanov, and also compare them with other materials, the picture will look more complete.
Elder Nikolai Guryanov
Below is a video that describes various predictions of the ancient holy elders about Russia. Predictions and prophecies of the holy ancient elders describe the possible outcome of the situation in the future. It is NOT a fact that they should come true, but the probability of this is present. It is important to understand that the relevance of the information provided lies precisely in the likelihood of such events, which were predicted by a large number of prophets. It should be noted that the descriptions of the situation that has developed today are fully consistent with everyday realities.
Thus, it is necessary to recognize that the predictions and prophecies of the holy ancient elders describe a certain probability of tragic world events, which are commonly called the Third World War or Judgment Day. The holy ancient elders note that this situation can be avoided if a new political leader appears in our country, who has, in religious terminology, a direct connection with God, that is, God controls this new political leader 100%. If we describe this leader differently, then this person must have an acquired skill of entering a trance state and receiving information from the Noosphere. Only such a new political leader will be able to solve the world's accumulated problems.
Predictions of the holy ancient elders about Russia for 2017 - 2018
After watching this video, you can conclude that absolutely different people, that is, the so-called holy ancient elders, generally described possible future negative scenarios in very similar images, almost identically. They all also described a new political leader. It is also important to note that they all mentioned the need for group joint prayer, which is aimed at first repenting, that is, admitting to God or the collective unconscious that we cannot choose a worthy Ruler for ourselves, and then ask that such a leader was revealed to the people, that is, so that the heart itself could smell it.
It turns out that in order for a new political leader with a direct connection with the Noosphere or God to appear in Russia, we need:
- confess(that is, mentally in prayer or meditation turn to God or any other psychological meaningful image and say that we as a people cannot choose a worthy ruler for ourselves and therefore refuse such a choice in this place)
- ask(that is, turn to God or another psychologically significant image, so that He would endow the person from the people of Russia whom He chose for this role and give him all the strength and means, and also so that the necessary situation would arise for this new political leader to come to power and brought order to the country)
Prophet Ezra about the coming of a new political leader
The biblical prophet Ezra also wrote about the arrival of a new political leader. The third book of the prophet Ezra, like many other sources, describes the appearance of this figure in quite detail. God gives the prophet Ezra full information that a new political leader will emerge who will have a direct connection with God, since the decision of political, economic and social issues Currently, it is no longer possible without information from the Noosphere or from God, if we use religious terms. The Prophet Ezra in his book describes in detail how God gave him all the necessary information about the coming of the so-called anointed of God, and also under what circumstances this happened.Predicting the future today is the lot of futurologists. Their “prophecies” are usually based on the most complex fundamental analysis and the latest information technologies. 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 spoke from ancient times 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 foretold about him and his terrible 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 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 take place in Constantinople between the Russians and Europeans, and a lot will be shed blood. 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. year 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 two Orthodox peoples... There will be a big 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, right down to its very foundations. This is how God’s Providence will turn... There will be God’s permission so that those who sow temptations are destroyed: pornography, drug addiction, etc. And the Lord will so blind their minds that they will destroy each other with gluttony. The Lord will allow this on purpose to carry out a great cleansing. As for the one who rules the country, he will not be around for long, and what is happening now will not be for long, and then immediately there will be war. But after this great purge there will be a revival of Orthodoxy not only in Russia, but throughout the world, a great surge of Orthodoxy.”