The main prophecies of the Orthodox elders about Russia. Prophecies and predictions of the holy elders about the fate and future of Russia

Blessed is he who reads, and those who hear the words of prophecy, and keep what is written in it; for the time is at hand (Rev. 1:3).

“I, a wretched Seraphim, from the Lord God are supposed to live much more than a hundred years. But since by that time Russian bishops are so ungodly that in their wickedness they will surpass the Greek bishops in the time of Theodosius the Younger, so that even the most important dogma of Christ's Faith - the Resurrection of Christ and the general Resurrection will not be believed, then the Lord God is pleased until the time of me, wretched Seraphim, from sowing an untimely life and then into the affirmation of the dogma of the resurrection, resurrect me, and my resurrection will be, like the resurrection of the seven youths in the cave of Ochlon during the time of Theodosius the Youngest. After my resurrection, I will move from Sarov to Diveev, where I will preach universal repentance. And for this great miracle, people from all over the earth will gather in Diveevo, and there, preaching repentance to them, I will open four relics and myself will lie fifth between them. But then it will be the end of everything.”

“In the last days you will have abundance in everything, but then everything will end.”

“But this joy will be at the very a short time: what's next<...>will<...>such grief, which has not been from the beginning of the world!”

“Then life will be short. Angels will barely have time to take souls!”

“At the end of the world, the whole earth will burn<...>and nothing will be left. Only three churches around the world, from all over the world, will be taken entirely, undestroyed, to heaven: one is in the Kyiv Lavra, the other (I really don’t remember), and the third is yours, Kazan” ...

"To me, the wretched Seraphim, the Lord revealed that there will be great disasters on the Russian land. The Orthodox faith will be trampled, the bishops of the Church of God and other clerics will depart from the purity of Orthodoxy, and for this the Lord will severely punish them. I, poor Seraphim, for three days and three nights prayed to the Lord that he would better deprive me of the Kingdom of Heaven, and have mercy on them. But the Lord answered, "I will not have mercy on them: for they teach the doctrines of men, and with their tongue they honor Me, but their heart is far from Me"...

Any desire to change the rules and teachings of the Holy Church is heresy ... blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which will never be forgiven. The bishops of the Russian land and the clergy will follow this path, and the wrath of God will strike them ... "

“But the Lord will not be completely angry and will not allow the Russian land to be destroyed to the end, because in it alone Orthodoxy and the remnants of Christian piety are still predominantly preserved ... We have the Orthodox faith, the Church, which has no vice. For the sake of these virtues, Russia will always be glorious and terrible to enemies and invincible, having faith and piety - these gates of hell will not prevail.

"Before the end of time, Russia will merge into one great sea with other Slavic lands and tribes, it will form one sea or that vast universal ocean of the people, about which the Lord God spoke from ancient times through the lips of all the saints:" Terrible and invincible Kingdom of All Russia, pan-Slavic - Gog and Magog before whom all nations will tremble." And all this is the same as two times two makes four, and certainly, like God is holy, who from ancient times foretold about him and his formidable dominion over the earth. By the combined forces of Russia and other peoples, Constantinople and Jerusalem will be full of . With the division of Turkey, almost all of it will remain with Russia ... "

Rev. Seraphim of Sarov, 1825-32

"European peoples have always envied Russia and tried to harm her. Naturally, they will follow the same system for future centuries. But great Russian God. We must pray to the great God that He preserve the spiritual and moral strength of our people - Orthodox faith... Judging by the spirit of the times and the ferment of minds, it must be assumed that the building of the Church, which has been vacillating for a long time, will tremble terribly and quickly. There is no one to stop and resist ...

The current retreat is allowed by God: do not try to stop it with your weak hand. Remove yourself, protect yourself from it: and that is enough for you. Familiarize yourself with the spirit of the times, study it in order to avoid its influence as far as possible...

Constant reverence for the destinies of God is necessary for proper spiritual living. Into this reverence and obedience to God one must lead oneself by faith. The Providence of the Almighty God vigilantly watches over the destinies of the world and every person, and everything that happens is done either by the will or by the permission of God...

No one will change the predestinations of the Providence of God about Russia. Holy Fathers Orthodox Church(for example, St. Andrew of Crete in his interpretation of the Apocalypse, chapter 20) predict Russia's extraordinary civil development and power ... And our disasters should be more moral and spiritual."

Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, 1865

“Modern Russian society has turned into a mental desert. A serious attitude to thought has disappeared, every living source of inspiration has dried up ... The most extreme conclusions of the most one-sided Western thinkers are boldly passed off as the last word enlightenment...

How many signs the Lord showed over Russia, delivering her from the strongest enemies and subjugating her nations! And yet, evil is growing. Shall we not come to our senses? The West has punished and the Lord will punish us, but we don't get it all. We got stuck in the mud of the western up to our ears, and all is well. There are eyes, but we don’t see, there are ears, but we don’t hear, and we don’t understand with our hearts ... Having inhaled this hellish fumes into ourselves, we are spinning like crazy, not remembering ourselves.

"If we don't come to our senses, the Lord will send us foreign teachers to bring us to our senses..."

“Evil is growing, wickedness and unbelief are raising their heads, faith and Orthodoxy are weakening... Well, sit back? No! Silent shepherds—what kind of shepherds? ... It is necessary to stop the freedom of ideas... Declare disbelief a state crime. Prohibit material views on pain of death!"

Saint Theophan the Recluse, 1894

"Rulers-pastors, what have you made of your flock? The Lord will seek His sheep from Your hands! .. He mainly oversees the behavior of bishops and priests, their educational, sacred, pastoral activities ... The current terrible decline in faith and morals depends very much on the coldness towards their flocks of many hierarchs and the priestly rank in general.".

"But the All-good Providence will not leave Russia in this sad and disastrous state. It righteously punishes and leads to rebirth. God's righteous destinies are committed over Russia. She is forged by misfortunes and misfortunes. It is not in vain that He who rules all nations skillfully, aptly puts the anvil of those subjected to His mighty hammer. Be strong, Russia! But also repent, pray, cry bitter tears before your heavenly Father Whom you have angered immeasurably!.. The Russian people and other tribes inhabiting Russia are deeply corrupted, the crucible of temptations and disasters is necessary for everyone, and the Lord, who does not want anyone to perish, burns everyone in this crucible.

"I foresee the restoration of a powerful Russia, even stronger and more powerful. On the bones of the martyrs, as on a strong foundation, a new Russia will be erected - according to the old model; strong in its faith in Christ God and in the Holy Trinity! And it will be according to the testament of the holy prince Vladimir - as a single Church!The Russian people have ceased to understand what Russia is: it is the footstool of the Throne of the Lord! A Russian person should understand this and thank God for being Russian."

Holy Righteous Father John of Kronstadt. 1906-1908

“The persecution and torment of the first Christians may be repeated ... Hell is destroyed, but not destroyed, and the time will come when it will make itself felt. This time is not far off...

Until terrible times we will live but the grace of God will cover us... The Antichrist is clearly going into the world, but this is not recognized in the world. The whole world is under the influence of some kind of force that takes possession of the mind, will and all spiritual qualities of a person. It is an outside force, an evil force. Its source is the devil, and evil people are only an instrument through which it operates. These are the forerunners of the Antichrist.

In the Church we don't have living prophets now, but there are signs. They are given to us for the knowledge of times. They are clearly visible to people who have a spiritual mind. But this is not recognized in the world ... Everyone goes against Russia, that is, against the Church of Christ, for the Russian people are God-bearers, the true faith of Christ is preserved in them.

Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, 1910

There will be a storm. And the Russian ship will be broken. But after all, even on chips and debris, people are saved. 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 own way, intended by God. .."

Rev. Anatoly Optinsky. 1917

And Russia will be saved. Lots of pain, lots of pain. It is necessary to suffer much and much and to repent deeply for everyone. Only repentance through suffering will save Russia. All Russia will become a prison and you have to pray a lot to the Lord for forgiveness. Repent of sins and be afraid to commit even the slightest sins, but try to do good, even the smallest. After all, even the wing of a fly has weight, but God has accurate scales. And when the smallest thing outweighs goodness in the cup, then God will show His mercy over Russia ...

But first, God will take away all the leaders so that the Russian people look only at Him. Everyone will abandon Russia, other powers will abandon it, leaving it to itself. This is so that the Russian people trust in the help of the Lord. Hear that in other countries unrest will begin and similar to that in Russia, and you will hear about wars and there will be wars - now, the time is near. But don't be afraid of anything. The Lord will show His wonderful mercy.

The end will be through China. There will be some unusual explosion, and a miracle of God will appear. And there will be a completely different life on earth, but not for a very long time. The Cross of Christ will shine over the whole world, because our Motherland will be exalted and will be like a beacon in the darkness for everyone."

Schieeromonk Aristokliy Athos. 1917-1918

The monarchy and autocratic power will be restored in Russia. The Lord has chosen the future king. This will be a man of fiery faith, a brilliant mind and an iron will. He will first of all 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 was before will no longer be. God Himself will put a strong king on the throne."

Saint Theophan of Poltava, 1930

When a little freedom appears, churches will be opened, monasteries will be repaired, then all false teachings will come out. In Ukraine, they will strongly take up arms against the Russian Church, its unity and catholicity. This heretical group will be supported by a godless power. The Metropolitan of Kyiv, who is not worthy of this title, will greatly shake the Russian Church, and he himself will go into eternal perdition, like Judas. But all these slanders of the evil one in Russia will disappear, and there will be a One Orthodox Russian Church ...

Russia with everyone Slavic peoples and by the lands will make a mighty kingdom. He will be nourished by the Orthodox Tsar - God's Anointed One. All schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia. Jews from Russia will leave to meet the Antichrist in Palestine, and there will not be a single Jew in Russia. There will be no persecution of the Orthodox Church.

In Russia there will be a flourishing of faith and the former rejoicing (only for a short time, for the Terrible Judge will come to judge the living and the dead). Even the Antichrist himself will be afraid of the Russian Orthodox Tsar. Under the Antichrist, Russia will be the most powerful kingdom in the world. And all the 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

The Third World War will no longer be for repentance, but for extermination. Where it passes, there will be no people. There will be such strong bombs that iron will burn, stones will melt. Fire and smoke with dust will reach the sky. And the earth will burn.They will fight and two or three states will remain. There will be very few people left and then they will start shouting: Down with the war! Let's pick one! Install one king! They will choose a king who will be born of a prodigal virgin of the twelfth tribe. And the Antichrist will sit on the throne in Jerusalem."

Rev. Lawrence of Chernigov.

Sayings of the outstanding ascetic of Orthodoxy Schema-nun Makaria

(Artemyeva; 1926 - 1993).

From the age of one and a half her legs hurt, and from the age of three she no longer walked, but crawled; at eight he falls asleep in a lethargic sleep and for two weeks his soul abides in paradise. With the blessing of the Queen of Heaven, she receives the gift of healing people. During the war years, the girl is left on the street, where she lived for seven hundred days. She is picked up by an old nun, with whom the ascetic will live for twenty years, and then she herself will become a monk and a schema. Before last day her life she was in obedience to the Queen of Heaven.
The feat of the schema nun Macaria was the tireless, day and night, never ceasing prayer for Moscow, for Russia and all Russians. high life folk sadness and prayer book is presented in the form of hagiographic narration. The book is intended for the widest range of readers. Matushka Makaria about the future was either an answer to the questions posed, or a warning aimed at protecting people close to her from trouble or future trials. Speaking about the future, she often limited herself to short remarks, explanations and brief characteristics. We present some of them. All of them were grouped by us according to their meaning, and the date when they were said by the ascetic is marked in brackets.

About the onset of terrible times.

And now there are no young people, all the old ones in a row, soon there will be no people at all (06/27/88). Until the year 99, there should be nothing now, no disaster (05/12/89). According to the Bible, we now live. It's called "Performed". And when the 99th comes to an end, then we will live according to the “History” (02.07.87). As long as the “Performed” Bible has not ended, nothing will happen, and it will last until the year 99! You will not die until that time, I will die, God will take me away (27.12-87).
Today is fine, but next summer it will be worse. I used to say: this is not good for such darkness, there will be some kind of hole (06/28/89). The Lord does not promise anything good, we will not receive anything, so we will go on somehow (12/17/89). Mother of God with us (meaning, in the Russian land. - Auth.) grace removed. And the Savior sent the apostles Peter and Paul, and John the Theologian to them (in other Christian countries. — Auth.) remove grace. This is where you need to pray! (03/14/89) Now there will be nothing big (07/07/89).
Money will not get better, only twice as cheap, and then even cheaper(11. 02. 89).
Such a time comes, the power is taken away by sorcerers. It will be even worse, God forbid, live to see it (05.10.88). Soon a bad person will go, will go wheel. Well, it would be the end of the world, but here - the destruction of buildings and people, everything is mixed with mud, you will walk knee-deep in blood (03/25/89).
Soon all people will be this thing (witchcraft. - Auth.) know. All around the evil one devilry will. Gather them together and start. Bad life comes (10/28/87). Now their time has come Good times end (24.05.88). They will spoil people, and then they will point at each other (03/27/87).
Now the people, in general, are not good. The authorities will not bow to the people, and there will be complete devastation(11.07.88). Now they have no zeal for the people, that's what they want to do evil: who steals, who drinks, but what is it like for children (12/20/87).
Now you can’t go to the floors (to live in multi-storey buildings. - Auth.). Now there is crowding, everywhere the people are bad, now with their unclean intention they are crowding the believing people (03/25/89).
The Chinese are worse for us. The Chinese are very evil, they will cut without mercy. They will take half of the land, they don't need anything else. They don't have enough land. (27.06.88),

When the victory of darkness is complete.

We will be in the dark (08/27/87). And the light will not be allowed to be lit, they will say: need to save energy(28.06.88).
This is the beginning, then it will be cold. Soon Easter will come with snow, and winter will come to Pokrov. And the grass is only for Peter's day. The sun will decrease by half (08/27/87). Summer will be bad, and winter - more. The snow will lie, and they will not drive it away. And then it is not known what frosts will be (04/29/88).

There will be a big famine.

The Mother of God said: “You, Mother, have almost lived to see state tables. Soon there will be government tables. If you come, they will feed you, but they won’t even let you take out a piece of bread.” The youth will be driven to the village. (09/15/87).
Soon you will be left without bread(29.01.89). Soon there will be no water, there will be no apples, there will be no cards (12/19/87). The hunger is great, there will be no bread- Divide the crust in half (02/18/88).
There will be a big uprising. From the floors (from the cities. - Auth.) people will scatter, they will not sit in the rooms. You can’t sit in the rooms, nothing will become, even bread(28.12.90). And if you pray to the Savior, the Mother of God and Elijah the Prophet, they will not let them die of hunger, they will save those who believed God and sincerely prayed (06/27/88).
A crop failure will begin when the monks will be exiled (02/18/88).
And you won't die. It will be the will of the Lord, whoever is not written to die, he will be tormented and die will not die (06/21/88). All good people died, they are all in paradise, they did not know this emptiness: they prayed to God, they will be fine there (01.02.88).
Too bad we made it to the end of the world. The world will end soon. Now a little remains (12/11/88). Now she said: (meaning the Mother of God. - Auth.)"A little left." Now the people are bad, rarely anyone will go to heaven. (04.04.88).

Church disorganization is coming.

The Bible that is printed is wrong. They (apparently Pharisaic Jews. - Auth.) from there they will throw out everything that concerns them, they do not want reproach (03/14/89).
A change of faith is being prepared. When this happens, the saints will retreat and will not pray for Russia. And those who are (of the faithful. — Auth.). The Lord will take to Himself. And the bishops who allow this are neither here nor there (in the next world. - Auth.) They will not see the Lord (08/03/88).
Soon the service will be half, will be reduced. (11.07.88). They will keep the service only in large monasteries, and in other places they will make a change (05/27/88). I only say one thing: woe to the priesthood comes, they will crumble one by one and will live (06/28/89). In churches in red dresses will serve. Now the evil devil will take everyone (05/20/89).
Soon the sorcerers will spoil all the prosphora and there will be nothing to serve (liturgy. - Auth.). And you can take communion once a year. The Mother of God will tell her people where and when to take communion. You just have to listen! (28.06.89)

Hope my Mother of God.

When at four o'clock in the afternoon it becomes dark as at night, then the Mother of God will come. She will go around the earth, will be in all her glory and will come to Russia to establish faith. The Mother of God will come - she will equalize everything, not in their own way (those in power or sorcerers. - Auth.), but in His own way, as the Savior commands. The time will come so that everyone will think, not what he ate, but how much he prayed that day. Faith She will restore for a short time (07/11/86).

The time for persecution is near.

Such confusion will be made, and you will not save the soul (01.90). Who will enter the churches will be recorded (18.02.88). For the fact that you pray to God, they will chase you for that (05/20/89). You need to pray so that no one knows, pray quietly! They will begin to pursue, take away (05/15/87). First, books will be taken away, and then icons. Icons will be selected (07.01.88). They will torment: "We don't need believers" (14.07.88).
Further - worse: the churches will be closed, there will be no services, they will serve in some places. They will leave somewhere far away, so as not to go or pass. And in cities where they consider that they do not interfere (01/07/88).
These churches, which are being built and repaired, will go to other enterprises, and will not benefit anyone. Registration will be cunning: they will remain called churches, and there you will not understand what, their production, they will find what to do (11.07.88).
Whoever is God's will not see the Antichrist (01/07/88). It will be open to many where to go, where to go. The Lord knows how to hide his own, no one will find (11/17/87).

Blessed are those who keep the commandments of God.

According to the Bible, we are now living, it is called “Performed” (02.07.87). Soon everything will be nearby: the earth is nearby, and the sky is nearby, there will be a lot of everything, such a Master (apparently, the Savior. -Aut.) will be (06/08/90). She said (Mother of God. - Auth.):“A little is left, he will descend to earth with the Savior, they will sanctify everything, and on earth it will come like paradise (04.04.88)”.

In conclusion, let me recall the words of Hieromonk Nektarios of Optina: “Look for great meaning in everything. All events that occur around us and with us have their own meaning. Nothing happens without a reason…”

Lord will resurrect Reverend Seraphim Sarovsky, who will be alive - a decent time. Whoever wants to see him alive! Oh, how many miracles will be then! The relics of the Reverend Father Seraphim are in Moscow with a pious old woman. The Angel of the Lord, when necessary, tells her to turn to the First Hierarch and say...

OLD MAN VLADISLAV (SHUMOV):
1. Cards will be introduced in Moscow, and then famine.

2. The earthquake in Moscow will be big. Six hills in Moscow will turn into one.

3. No one needs to move from their places: where you live, stay there (to the villagers).

4. Do not go to the monastery in Diveevo now: the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov are not there.

5. Yes, there will still be persecution of the Orthodox Faith!

6. In Russia, the communists will still come to power ...

7. As soon as you find out that such and such a priest was driven out of the temple, cling to him during the time of persecution.

8. Japan and America will go under water together.

9. All of Australia will also be flooded.

10. The ocean will flood America all the way to Alaska. So the very Alaska, which will again be ours.

11. There will be such a war in Russia: from the west - the Germans, and from the east - the Chinese!

12. The southern half of China will be flooded with water indian ocean. And then the Chinese will reach the city of Chelyabinsk. Russia will unite with the Mongols and drive them back.

13. When China goes to us, then there will be war. But after the Chinese conquer the city of Chelyabinsk, the Lord will convert them to Orthodoxy.

14. The war between Russia and Germany will begin again through Serbia.

15. Everything will be on fire!... Great sorrows are coming, but Russia will not perish in the fire.

16. Belarus will suffer greatly. Only then will Belarus unite with Russia... But then Ukraine will not unite with us; and then more crying!

17. The Turks will again fight the Greeks. Russia will help the Greeks.

18. Afghanistan is waiting for an endless war.

19. Know! There will be war here, and war here, and war there! .. And only then the warring countries will decide to choose one common ruler. You can't participate in this! After all, this single ruler is the Antichrist.

Blessed Elder Pelagia of Ryazan:

AT end times for every Christian there will be a hundred or more sorcerers!<...>How many books of sorcery and sorcery under the guidance of Jews are published all over the world?!

There will be a great tribulation when the servants of the Antichrist deprive the believers food, work, pension... There will be groaning, weeping and much more ... Many will die, and only those who are strong in faith will remain, whom the Lord will choose, and will live until His Second Coming.

When the Lord allows the Antichrist to appear, then the majority of the clergy will immediately convert to another faith, and the people will follow them!
The Antichrist will sacrifice many nations that Satan will prepare for this, turning them into ruminant cattle!<...>
There will be no food, no water, unspeakable heat, remorse by animals, strangled men will hang at every step...<...>
Most people in the world from hunger will accept the seal from the Antichrist, very few will not. This seal will forever seal those who accept it for the grace of repentance, that is, they will never be able to repent and will go to hell!

The Antichrist will only have enough food for those who have received the seal for six months, and then they will begin a great tribulation, they will start looking for death and will not find it!

The Russian people will be strangled by all means! And Adventists - the satanic faith - the green light! There will be so many suicides in our country! Still ahead! Hunger, and with hunger - cannibalism! War and then choose the Antichrist!

Put all your care so that the Lord delivers from the sin of Sodom. Satan will give the command to shame this sin especially the clergy and monasticism!<...>(This sin) will be spread on a large scale, this is sodomy!

The teaching of Antichrist will differ from the Orthodox teaching of Christ only in that it will deny the redemptive Cross! - the saint of God Pelagia of Ryazan warned, - Seventh-day Adventists are the first enemies of the Cross of Christ!

Rich priests crucified the Lord!
Wealthy priests overthrew the Tsar!!.
Rich priests will lead us to the Antichrist!!!

There will be three great miracles:
The first miracle - in Jerusalem - the resurrection from the dead of the holy patriarch Enoch and the holy prophet Elijah on the third day after they were killed by the Antichrist!

The second miracle - in the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra; resurrect, after the accession of the Antichrist, Reverend Sergius. He will rise from the shrine, reach the Assumption Cathedral before everyone's eyes, and then ascend to heaven! There will be a sea of tears here! Then there will be nothing to do in the monastery, there will be no grace!

And the third miracle will be in Sarov. The Lord will resurrect the Monk Seraphim of Sarov, who will be alive - a decent time. Whoever wants to see him alive! Oh, how many miracles will be then!

The relics of the Reverend Father Seraphim are in Moscow with a pious old woman. The Angel of the Lord, when necessary, tells her to turn to the First Hierarch and say that she has the relics of St. Seraphim. These holy relics will be carried on their shoulders through Kashira along the Volgograd road through Mikhailov to Tambov, and from there to Sarov. In Sarov, Father Seraphim will rise from the dead!

At a time when his relics will be carried, the people will be in darkness, and a great many of the sick will be healed! About his resurrection in Sarov will be announced on radio and television, and the people will be - innumerable!

At this time, many foreigners from all over the world will arrive in Sarov: both the priesthood and simply curious people. Everyone will be convinced of the resurrection of the Monk Seraphim: yes, truly, this is the elder who consecrated himself to God on this earth, in this area! This is going to be a world wonder!

REVEREND BARSONOPHIY OF OPTINSKY:
The whole world is under the influence of some power which takes possession of the mind, will and all spiritual qualities of a person. It is an outside force, an evil force. Its source is the devil, and evil people are only an instrument through which it operates. These are the forerunners of the Antichrist.

In the Church we don't have living prophets now, but there are signs. They are given to us for the knowledge of times. They are clearly visible to people who have a spiritual mind. But this is not recognized in the world... Everyone goes against Russia, that is, against the Church of Christ, for the Russian people are God-bearers, the true faith of Christ is preserved in them.

REVEREND ANATOLY OF OPTINSKY:
Heresies will spread everywhere and deceive many. The enemy of the human race will act by cunning, in order, if possible, to incline even the elect to heresy. He will not rudely reject the dogmas of the Holy Trinity, the Divinity of Jesus Christ and the dignity of the Mother of God, but will imperceptibly distort the teachings of the Church transmitted by the Holy Fathers from the Holy Spirit, and his very spirit and statutes, and these tricks of the enemy will be noticed only by a few, the most skillful in spiritual life. .

REVEREND THEODOSIUS (KASHIN):
Was it a war (the Great Patriotic War)? There will be war. It will start from the east. And then from all sides, like pruzi (locusts), enemies will crawl to Russia. This is going to be a war!

REVEREND KIRILL WHITE:
This time is already a rebellion in people (destruction of the power of the Monarch), there will be a great misfortune on our land and great anger on people, and they will fall from the edge of the sword, and they will be captivated<...>as the Lord showed me.

Now I saw the king sitting on the throne and before him standing two brave youths, having royal crowns on their heads. And the Lord gave them into their hands weapons against the opposite, and their enemies will be defeated, and all nations will worship, and our kingdom will be pacified by God and arranged. But you, brothers and fathers, pray with tears to God and His Most Pure Mother of God for the power of the kingdom of the Russian land.

SCHIARCHIMANDRITO STEFAN (Athos):
America will soon collapse. It will fall terribly, cleanly. The Americans will flee, trying to save themselves in Russia and Serbia. So it will be.

OLD MATTHEW OF VRESFENSKY:
This war of the world, perhaps of the entire New World Order, against Russia will be terrible in its consequences for humanity, claiming billions of lives. The reason for it will be painfully recognizable - Serbia.<...>After the resurrection of Russia there will be a third World War and it will begin in Yugoslavia. The winner will be Russia, the Russian Tsardom, which will be able to establish lasting peace and prosperity on earth after the war, although it will not conquer most of the lands of its opponents.

STARETS VISSARION (Optina Pustyn):
Something like a coup d'état will happen in Russia. In the same year, the Chinese will attack. They will reach the Urals. Then there will be a unification of Russians according to the Orthodox principle ...

OLD NICHOLAS (GURYANOV):

Father Nikolai, who will be after Yeltsin? What can we expect?
- Then there will be a military man.
- Soon?
- ... His power will be linear. But his age is small, and he himself.

The prediction found in the ancient Greek books of the Lavra of Savva the Sanctified by the Russian monk Anthony Savait, built on the prophecies of the Holy Fathers from Greek texts:

The last times have not yet come, and it is completely wrong to believe that we are on the threshold of the coming of the Antichrist, because one and the last flowering of Orthodoxy is yet to come, this time all over the world - led by Russia. It will take place after a terrible war, in which either 1/2 or 2/3 of mankind will perish, and which will be stopped by a voice from heaven.
And the gospel will be preached all over the world!

For until now it was not the Gospel of Christ that was preached, but the Gospel distorted by heretics (meaning, of course, the preaching of the Gospel in the world by Catholics, Protestants, and all sorts of sectarians).

There will be a period of worldwide prosperity - but not for long.

In Russia at that time there will be an Orthodox Tsar, whom the Lord will reveal to the Russian people.

And after that the world will again be corrupted and will no longer be capable of correction, then the Lord will allow the reign of the Antichrist.

OLD ANTHONY

They are called now aliens, somehow, but these are demons. Time will pass, and they will freely show themselves to people, being in the service of the Antichrist and his minions. How difficult it will be to fight them then!

PAISE OF ATHO:

Unfortunately, today people who have no relation to the Church and with absolutely worldly sophistication are pushed into theology, who say different things and commit unacceptable actions, with the goal of deliberately removing Christians from the faith by their position.

When you hear that the Turks block the waters of the Euphrates in the upper reaches with a dam and use them for irrigation, then know that we have already entered into preparations for that great war, and thus the way is being prepared for the two hundred million army from the sunrise, as Revelation says.

Apostasy (retreat) has come, and now it remains only for the "son of perdition" to come. (The world) will turn into a madhouse. Sheer confusion will reign, in the midst of which each state will begin to do what it pleases. God grant that the interests of those who make big politics are in our favor. Every now and then we will hear something new. We will see how the most incredible, the most insane events take place. (It's only good) that these events will follow each other very quickly.

Ecumenism, common market, one big state, one religion tailored to their measurements. Such are the plans of these devils. The Zionists are already preparing someone to be the messiah. For them, the messiah will be a king, that is, he will rule here on earth. Jehovists are also waiting for an earthly king. The Zionists will present their king, and the Jehovists will accept him. They all recognize him as king, say, "Yes, it is he." There will be great confusion. In this turmoil, everyone will want a king who could save them. And then they will put forward a person who will say: "I am the imam, I am the fifth Buddha, I am the Christ whom the Christians are waiting for, I am the one whom the Jehovists are waiting for, I am the messiah of the Jews." He will have five "I".

He will appear to the people of Israel as the messiah and seduce the world. Hard times are coming, great trials await us. Christians will suffer great persecution. Meanwhile, it is obvious that people do not even understand that we are already experiencing the signs of the (end) times, that the seal of Antichrist is becoming a reality. As if nothing is happening. So Holy Bible says that even the elect will be deceived. Those who do not have a good disposition will not receive enlightenment from God and will be deceived into the years of apostasy. Because the one in whom there is no Divine Grace does not have spiritual clarity, just as the devil does not have it either.<...>

(Zionists) want to rule the world. In order to achieve their goal, they use witchcraft and Satanism. They look at the worship of Satan as a force that will help in the implementation of their plans. Little by little, after the introduction of cards and identity cards, that is, the compilation of personal dossiers, they will cunningly begin to apply the seal. With the help of various tricks, people will be forced to accept a seal on their forehead or hand. They will make people uncomfortable and say: "Use only credit cards, money will be abolished."

In order to buy something, a person will give a card to the seller in the store, and the store owner will receive money from his bank account. Anyone who does not have a card will not be able to sell or buy.

Blessed JEROME:
One should not think that the Antichrist is either the devil or a demon, but one of the people in whom all Satan has bodily dwell.

Blessed is he who reads, and those who hear the words of prophecy, and keep what is written in it;
for the time is at hand (Rev. 1:3).

“In the last days you will have abundance in everything, but then everything will end.”

“But this joy will be for the shortest time: what next<...>will<...>such grief, which has not been from the beginning of the world!”

“Then life will be short. Angels will barely have time to take souls!”

Rev. Seraphim of Sarov, 1825-32

"European peoples have always envied Russia and tried to harm her. Naturally, they will follow the same system for future centuries. But the Russian God is great. We must pray to the great God that He preserve the spiritual and moral strength of our people - the Orthodox faith... Judging by the spirit of the times and the ferment of minds, it must be assumed that the building of the Church, which has been shaking for a long time, will shake terribly and quickly. There is no one to stop and resist ...

No one will change the predestinations of the Providence of God about Russia. The Holy Fathers of the Orthodox Church (for example, St. Andrew of Crete in his interpretation of the Apocalypse, chapter 20) predict Russia's extraordinary civil development and power... And our calamities must be more moral and spiritual."

Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, 1865

"If we don't come to our senses, the Lord will send us foreign teachers to bring us to our senses..."

Saint Theophan the Recluse, 1894

"But the All-good Providence will not leave Russia in this sad and disastrous state. It righteously punishes and leads to rebirth. God's righteous destinies are committed over Russia. She is forged by misfortunes and misfortunes. It is not in vain that He who rules all nations skillfully, aptly puts the anvil of those subjected to His mighty hammer. Be strong, Russia! But also repent, pray, cry bitter tears before your heavenly Father, whom you have angered beyond measure!... The Russian people and other tribes inhabiting Russia are deeply corrupted, the crucible of temptations and disasters is necessary for everyone, and the Lord, who does not want anyone to perish, burns everyone in this crucible.

Holy Righteous Father John of Kronstadt. 1906-1908

“The persecution and torment of the first Christians may be repeated ... Hell is destroyed, but not destroyed, and the time will come when it will make itself felt. This time is not far off...

Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, 1910

Rev. Anatoly Optinsky. 1917

Schieeromonk Aristokliy Athos. 1917-1918

Orthodoxy will be reborn and triumph in it. But the Orthodoxy that was before will no longer be. God Himself will put a strong king on the throne."

Saint Theophan of Poltava, 1930

Russia, together with all the Slavic peoples and lands, will constitute a mighty kingdom. He will be nourished by the Orthodox Tsar - God's Anointed One. All schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia. Jews from Russia will leave to meet the Antichrist in Palestine, and there will not be a single Jew in Russia. There will be no persecution of the Orthodox Church.

Rev. Lawrence of Chernigov.

Sayings of the outstanding ascetic of Orthodoxy Schema-nun Makaria

(Artemyeva; 1926 - 1993).

From the age of one and a half her legs hurt, and from the age of three she no longer walked, but crawled; at eight he falls asleep in a lethargic sleep and for two weeks his soul abides in paradise. With the blessing of the Queen of Heaven, she receives the gift of healing people. During the war years, the girl is left on the street, where she lived for seven hundred days. She is picked up by an old nun, with whom the ascetic will live for twenty years, and then she herself will become a monk and a schema. Until the last day of her life, she was in obedience to the Queen of Heaven.
The feat of the schema nun Macaria was the tireless, day and night, never ceasing prayer for Moscow, for Russia and all Russians. The high life of the folk sadness and prayer book is presented in the form of a hagiographic narrative. The book is intended for the widest range of readers. Matushka Makaria about the future was either an answer to the questions posed, or a warning aimed at protecting people close to her from trouble or future trials. Speaking about the future, she often limited herself to short remarks, explanations and brief characteristics. We present some of them. All of them were grouped by us according to their meaning, and the date when they were said by the ascetic is marked in brackets.

About the onset of terrible times.

And now there are no young people, all the old ones in a row, soon there will be no people at all (06/27/88). Until the year 99, there should be nothing now, no disaster (05/12/89). According to the Bible, we now live. It's called "Performed". And when the 99th comes to an end, then we will live according to the “History” (02.07.87). As long as the “Performed” Bible has not ended, nothing will happen, and it will last until the year 99! You will not die until that time, I will die, God will take me away (27.12-87).
Today is fine, but next summer it will be worse. I used to say: this is not good for such darkness, there will be some kind of hole (06/28/89). The Lord does not promise anything good, we will not receive anything, so we will go on somehow (12/17/89). Mother of God with us (meaning, in the Russian land. - Auth.) grace removed. And the Savior sent the apostles Peter and Paul, and John the Theologian to them (in other Christian countries. — Auth.) remove grace. This is where you need to pray! (03/14/89) Now there will be nothing big (07/07/89).
Money will not get better, only twice as cheap, and then even cheaper(11. 02. 89).
Such a time comes, the power is taken away by sorcerers. It will be even worse, God forbid, live to see it (05.10.88). Soon a bad person will go, will go wheel. Well, it would be the end of the world, but here - the destruction of buildings and people, everything is mixed with mud, you will walk knee-deep in blood (03/25/89).
Soon all people will be this thing (witchcraft. - Auth.) know. All evil spirits will be around the evil one. Gather them together and start. Bad life comes (10/28/87). Now their time is coming, the good times are ending (05/24/88). They will spoil people, and then they will point at each other (03/27/87).
Now the people, in general, are not good. The authorities will not bow to the people, and there will be complete devastation(11.07.88). Now they have no zeal for the people, that's what they want to do evil: who steals, who drinks, but what is it like for children (12/20/87).
Now you can’t go to the floors (to live in multi-storey buildings. - Auth.). Now there is crowding, everywhere the people are bad, now with their unclean intention they are crowding the believing people (03/25/89).
The Chinese are worse for us. The Chinese are very evil, they will cut without mercy. They will take half of the land, they don't need anything else. They don't have enough land. (27.06.88),

When the victory of darkness is complete.

There will be a big famine.

Church disorganization is coming.

Hope my Mother of God.

The time for persecution is near.

Blessed are those who keep the commandments of God.

Prophecy 1:
One doctor asked the Elder what the future holds for us?
“The future, my child, only God knows.
- Geronta, will there be big wars?
What are you asking, child? And you have no idea what will happen!

Prophecy 2:
Today, reading prophecies is like reading a newspaper: everything is written so clearly. My thought tells me that many events will take place: the Russians will occupy Turkey, Turkey will disappear from the map, because 1/3 of the Turks will become Christians, 1/3 will die and 1/3 will go to Mesopotamia.
The Middle East will become the scene of wars in which the Russians will take part. A lot of blood will be shed, and even the Chinese will cross the Euphrates River, with an army of 200,000,000, and reach Jerusalem.

A characteristic sign that these events are approaching will be the destruction of the mosque of Omar, because. its destruction will mean the beginning of work on the reconstruction of Solomon's temple, which was built on that very spot.
Will happen in Constantinople Great War between Russians and Europeans, and much blood will be shed. Greece will not play a leading role in this war, but Constantinople will be given to her, not because the Russians will revere us, but because there will be no best solution, and agree jointly with Greece, and difficult circumstances will put pressure on them. The Greek army will not have time to approach there, as the city will be given to it. The Jews, since they will have the strength and help of the European leadership, will become insolent and show themselves with shamelessness and pride and will try to rule Europe. Then 2/3 of the Jews will become Christians.
Unfortunately, today people who have no relation to the Church and with absolutely worldly sophistication are pushed into theology, who say different things and commit unacceptable actions, with the goal of deliberately removing Christians from the faith by their position. The Russians did the same when they wanted to introduce communism in Russia. What were they doing there? After some wrong priests and theologians had joined the party—and were already “at one with them”—they were forced to accuse the Church and often speak against it. So they poisoned the people, because they could not recognize the role of these theologians. Then they took one of their priests, who was very fat due to illness, looked for months for some bony boy, put them on one poster and wrote below: “This is how the Church lives and how the people live in poverty.” They also took a photograph of the patriarch's chambers, covered with carpets, furniture, etc., and placed next to the barracks of one of the beggars (like our gypsies) and said: look at the luxury of the priests and how the Russian citizen vegetates! In this way they succeeded, little by little, in poisoning the people and "spoiling their thoughts." And after the people devoured each other, those also appeared, and, as we know, they threw Russia back 500 years ago, and left her dying, killing millions of Russian Christians.
They will build many intrigues, but through the persecution that will follow, Christianity will be wholly united. However, not in the way that those who machinations arrange a worldwide unification of churches, wanting to have one religious leadership at the head, want. It will unite, because in the situation that has been created, the separation of the sheep from the goats will take place. Each sheep will strive to be close to the other sheep, and then “one flock and one Shepherd” will be realized in practice. Do you understand? We see that this is already partly being implemented: Christians, you have seen, have already begun to feel that they are in an unhealthy climate, and will try to avoid painful situations and flow in thousands to monasteries and churches. You will soon see that there are two parts of the people in the city: those who will live a life of prodigality and a life far from Christ, and the rest who will flow to vigils and places of worship. The middle state, as it is now, can no longer exist.

Prophecy 3:
Once I came downstairs and saw the Elder somewhat embarrassed and upset. He treated me and he began to speak:
- Some people came here and began to tell me that there would be a war, and that the Turks would enter Greece, and that they would drive us six miles to Corinth (explaining erroneously, corrupted by their thought, the prophecy of Cosmas of Aetolia). Then I took them up and said that the worst enemy for the Hellenes is that when some Hellenes like you all over the world spread that if there is a war, the Turks will drive us to Corinth, because when the war starts, everyone will have the spirit is broken, and they themselves will retreat to Corinth. Moreover, if this were the truth, it would be impossible to talk about it. Especially when it's not true. And I repeat to you again: do not talk about this anywhere, because you will do much more evil than many Turkish divisions would have done.
I told them this, and they forced me to explain, although I never wanted to talk about prophecies, that the six miles of which Saint Cosmas speaks are six miles of the sea shelf. This is the topic for which we last years we squabble with Turkey, and it will be the case because of which we will “grab”. However, they will not enter Hellas: they will advance only these six miles, and then a great disaster will come upon them from the north, as the scriptures say, and "nothing straight will remain." A third of the Turks will be killed, a third will convert to Christianity, and the rest will go far into Asia. We will not suffer anything from the Turks. Some unimportant things will be destroyed and the wrath of God will come upon them.
I heard this from them and was upset. I could not believe that the Greeks themselves, by spreading such things in time of peace, would render the Turks the greatest help.
They also began to tell me that what Saint Cosmas said: “then it will come when two summers and two paschals come together,” now that the Resurrection (Easter) coincided with the Annunciation - and the winter passed like summer - means that the Turks will attack Hellas (Greece).
We have all become prophets, my father, and we explain things with our minds as we please. And here I was forced to tell them that Saint Cosmas, when he said: “then he will come,” did not mean the Turks. He understood that then freedom would come for the inhabitants of Northern Epirus. Indeed, in this year, after so many years, the borders were opened, and they can, in a certain way, freely communicate with their fatherland.
My father, I saw that very great harm inflicted by these people, explaining things with their poor mind. And what's more, they pass on their corrupted thoughts to others.

Prophecy 4:
So "nobly" divided into parts of Turkey
The brother asked the Elder about the events in Serbia, and he, among other things, said:
- Europeans are now making, for the sake of the Turks, independent areas where Muslims live (Bosnia and Herzegovina). I see, however, that Turkey will be divided in a noble way: the Kurds and Armenians will rise up, and the Europeans will demand that these peoples be made independent. Then they will say to Turkey: we did you a favor there, now the Kurds and Armenians should gain independence in a similar way. So "nobly" will divide Turkey into parts.
Saint Arsenius in Faras told the believers that they would lose their fatherland, but soon they would receive it again.

Prophecy 5:
In the summer of 1987, I asked the Elder about a future world war, the one called "Armageddon" and reported in the Scriptures.
With paternal interest, he gave me various information. And even wanted to discover certain signs that will convince us that we are indeed in the generation of Armageddon. So he said:
“When you hear that the Turks block the waters of the Euphrates in the upper reaches with a dam and use them for irrigation, then know that we have already entered into the preparation of that great war and thus the way is being prepared for a two hundred million army from the sunrise, as Revelation says.
Among the preparations is this: the Euphrates river must dry up so that a large army can pass. Although - the Elder smiled at this place - if two hundred million Chinese, when they arrive there, drink one cup of water, they will drain the Euphrates!
I was told that the Chinese army at the moment is two hundred million, i.e. the specific number that St. John writes about in Revelation. The Chinese are even preparing a road, which they call the "miracle of the era": its width is such that thousands of soldiers lined up freely pass along it. And by this time they had already brought it to the borders of India.
However, great attention and an enlightened pure mind are needed so that we can distinguish the signs of the times, because, in a certain way, everything happens in such a way that they cannot be distinguished by those who do not care about the purification of hearts, and, as a result, , is easily misled. Let us suppose that one knows that in order for a million-strong army to pass, the Euphrates River must dry up. However, if one expects it to happen in a miraculous way, i.e. Let us suppose that a large fissure opens and all the water disappears, then such a person will be in error, for he did not take care to “enter into the spirit” of the Scriptures through purity of heart. Something similar happened with Chernobyl: in Revelation, St. John the Theologian reports that he saw a star that fell from the sky and hit the waters and people. Those, however, who expect a star to fall from the sky, have long been deluded and will never understand that this has already come to pass. Chernobyl in Russia means "wormwood" and we see that huge harm has been done, and it will be even more over time ... "

Prophecy 6:
During the procession of the Terrible Representative in 1992, an ensign from Ioannina held an umbrella over the icon of Panagia. When we walked, I was to his right, and the Elder was to his left, who at some point said to the officer:
- Come on, pray well, that you will be the standard-bearer in the City (Constantinople) when we enter.
And turning to me he said:
“Did you hear what I said?
— Yes, Geronta, I heard. Amen. I answered him.
Then he smiled and said his characteristic:
- BUT! (Okay, exactly!).
A day later I went down to his cell and inquired about the City. And he said:
“We will take Constantinople back, but not us. We, due to the fact that the majority of our youth have fallen, are not capable of this. However, God will arrange for others to take the City and give it to us as a solution to their problem.

Prophecy 7:
A group of little disciples from Athosias descended to the Elder. They were occupied with one topic: they heard, as if the Elder told some that we would take Constantinople. And they wanted to hear it themselves from his lips, and especially to ask if they would live at that time. So, they were talking among themselves on the way that someone should have asked the Elder about this topic. So they came and sat down with him, but no one dared to ask such a question. They got up, took the blessing, and headed for the path. The old man, seeing them off, said with a smile:
- And know: we will take Constantinople and you will live at that time too!
The disciples were struck like thunder from what he said, and they were amazed at the grace that he had, and that she was informed about everything, and also that all these terrible things would happen in their generation.

Prophecy 8:
Mr. D.K. visited the Elder. At that time, the USSR was very strong in all respects and no one could even imagine that it could collapse - it was still under Brezhnev's rule.
The elder, among other things, said to him:
You will see that soon the USSR will fall apart.
Mr. D. objected:
- But such a strong power, Geronta, who will ruin it. And they dare not touch his fingernail.
- You'll see!
The elder predicted that the USSR would also collapse, and that Mr. D. would still be alive and see this (despite the fact that he was already aged).
And the old man continued:
- Know that Turkey will fall apart. There will be a war for two and a half years. We will be winners because we are Orthodox.
- Geronta, will we suffer damage in the war?
“Eh, at the most, one or two islands will be occupied, and Constantinople will be given to us. See, see!

Prophecy 9:
One afternoon, a group of pilgrims arrived at the Elder's cell. Taking the blessing, they sat down in the outer archondarik. The old man kindly brought them traditional Turkish delight, refreshing water and fresh cherry plum, which previous pilgrims had brought him. He sat down and started talking:
Elder: How do they live in the world?
Dimitri: In general, Geronta, means mass media spread evil and are directed towards it. Moreover, even small children are corrupted.
Elder: What does the law say? Do you file claims?
Dimitri: We are trying, Geronta, to do something, but they do not accept words.
Elder: You always have a clear conscience because you are doing your duty. God will arrange the rest.
Dimitri: Can you tell us, Geronta, how we should behave in this evil world? So… in general.
Elder: Need a discussion. Do you have a spiritual father?
Dimitri: Yes, Geront.
Elder: Consult with a confessor, because sometimes we cannot say “yes” or “no”, so reasoning is required.
Here the Elder got up and left them alone, and they seized a convenient moment and agreed to ask the Elder to tell them about Constantinople. Soon the Elder returned and, to the amazement of everyone, before they had time to ask anything - indicating that his spiritual "radar" had picked up their thoughts - he tells them:
Elder: What do you say, will we take the City?
They were dumbfounded and didn't say anything.
Elder: Tell me, will we take the City?
The group, in amazement, does not answer.
Elder(jokingly): Bouncers...
Theodore: Take Geront.
Elder: Glory to Thee, God. (He crosses himself to the east and looks towards the City.)
Dimitri: If God bless, Geront, let's take him.
Elder: Yes, it's from God! Let's take it! Only we will not take it, but they will give it to us. Those who take it from the Turks will give it as a solution to us, because they will think it is to their advantage.
Dimitri: Geronta, how long will such evil continue?
Elder: Maybe, maybe! However, we will take exams.
Dimitri: Will there be proper guidance?
Elder: God will arrange. In this war, everyone will emerge victorious. The Greek army will be a spectator. Nobody will come back victorious. Palestine will be their arena, their grave will be the Dead Sea. It will be in the first half time. But there will also be a second half-time: after these events, a person will come to despair, and then everyone will study the Gospel and the Scriptures. Christ will have compassion on the world and show a sign for faith. Then you will look for the unbeliever.
Dimitri: Geront, a troparion to the prophet Elijah, says that he is “the second forerunner of the coming of Christ.” He, as you know, did not die, as did Enoch. Will the prophet Elijah come to earth?
Elder(smiling): Prophet Elijah sharpens and prepares his knife! And even before that, he will start with patriarchs, bishops, priests and monks!
Nicholas: And worldly ones.
Elder: You have ignorance, we have sins. Doesn't the prayer say divine liturgy: "About our sins and about human ignorance"? The prophet Elijah is sharpening his knife: however, much attention is needed, because the Fathers speak differently about some things, and the world interprets differently, as, say, about the six miles, which Saint Cosmas of Aetolia reports. (The Turks will leave, but they will come again and reach six miles. In the end they will be driven to the Red Apple Tree (Kokkinh Mhlia). Among the Turks, 1/3 will die, the other 1/3 will be baptized and the last 1/3 will go to the Red Apple Tree.) Nobody can explain this.
There are six miles in Langadas, Kilnis, in Thrace, in Corinth, but no one knows that those of which he speaks are six miles of territorial waters. You don't read from the Prophets: Joel, Zechariah, Ezekiel, Daniel? Everything is said there. For seven years in Palestine they will burn not wood, but sticks, but how do you know the difference between sticks and firewood! Now you have heaters in your houses (smiling), while I am here burning wood in the stove and I know what's what.
(We are talking about the prophecy of the prophet Ezekiel - 39, 9-10: “Then the inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go out and kindle a fire, and they will burn weapons, shields and armor, bows and arrows, and maces and spears; they will burn them for seven years. And they shall not fetch firewood from the field, nor cut from the forests, but only burn weapons; and they shall plunder their robbers, and shall plunder their despoilers, says the Lord God.")
Christ: Jews...
Elder: One pious Jordanian told me that the Jews dug a tunnel many meters deep under the Mosque of Omar, and they want to destroy the mosque in order to build the temple of Solomon, because. then, they say, the messiah will come, i.e. Antichrist. Then the Arabians will say to the Christians: Don't you Christians say that the Messiah has already come? What are they saying here now, the Jews?

The elder, bringing refreshments to the newly approached pilgrims, asked one of them:
Elder: Will we take the City? What do you say?
Christ: I will go to Northern Epirus.
Elder: Let's take the City, let's take Northern Epirus by seven!
Christ: Seven and I - eight!
Elder: Well done! And I will transfer the relics of St. Cosmas of Aetolia, they are heavy! What can I say, guys, our books (church) write and talk about all this, but who reads them? The people have no idea. Sleeping in sandals!
Dimitri: This, Geronta, signs of the times?
Elder: You don’t see the signs, the signs of the times… You have to be, excuse me, a sheep not to understand what is happening… Many of the Holy Fathers prayed to live in our time, for it is the time of confession. We sleep in bast shoes. Soon they will ask Christians, as they used to ask for political convictions.
Nicholas: Will they file a case against us, Geronta?
Elder: Ah, bravo! Affairs.
Dimitri: Geronta, Greece will suffer?
Elder: Greece has gone through many thunderstorms, but there will be more! Greece will not suffer in any way, for God loves her. We had many relics in Asia Minor. On every inch of the earth you will find holy relics. Let's take Hagia Sophia and the gates will open. No one knows these gates... let's see what will happen though? What will the minarets become then?
Nicholas: We will destroy them.
Theodore: Let's make them bell towers.
Elder(smiling): No, they will become pillars for the pillars, and the rosary will hang down to the bottom!
Dimitri: Will the Jews be the leaders of this war?
Elder: Yes, there will be Jews. The Pope will also help a lot, because all the children of the devil will be considered his (ie the Pope) and he will instruct them to follow the Antichrist. Therefore, Saint Cosmas said: “Curse the Pope, because. he will be the cause." The saint meant the Pope of that particular time, who would help the installation of the Antichrist. Other Popes will seem good by comparison.
After this, for the first time they heard and amazing, which the love of the Elder showed them, the whole group remained silent and agitated for some time. The elder got up, blessed them and showed them the way so that they would not get lost and get to the place.
They left the cell of the Elder shocked, thinking about what God is preparing for the future. They also thought that such apocalyptic events should never be forgotten. The names of the group are real, and the brothers asked your love to pray for them, may they find mercy before God. Amen.

Brief information about the life of Elder Paisius
Elder Paisius of Athos (in the world Arseniy Eznepidis) was born in Faras of Cappadocia, in Asia Minor, on July 25, 1924, on the day of St. Anna, from pious parents. He was baptized on August 7, 1924 by Saint Arseniy of Cappadocia, who gave him his name at baptism. As a child, I really wanted to become a monk. Before serving in the army, he worked as a carpenter, just like our Lord did when he was on earth. In 1945 he was drafted into the army and served as a radio operator. In 1949 he finished his service and immediately went to the Holy Mountain. In 1950 he came to the monastery of Esfigmen. There, in 1954, he adopted a cassock with the name Averky. In the same year he went to the sacred monastery of Philotheus, where his uncle was a monk. In 1956 he was tonsured into the small schema with the name Paisios in honor of Paisios II, Metropolitan of Caesarea, with whom they were compatriots (he also came from Farasa of Cappadocia). In 1958, having received a notice from God, he retired from Athos to the sacred monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin in Stomio Konitskaya. There, with the help of the grace of God, he helped thousands of souls, and from there in 1962 he went to Sinai for some spiritual reasons. At Sinai he lived in the cell of Saints Galaktion and Epistimius. He returned to the Holy Mountain in 1964 and settled in the Iberian skete, in the cell of the holy Archangels. In 1966, he fell ill and was treated for many months in the hospital, where they took away most of his lungs. While in the monastery, Stavronikita was close to the famous confessor Father Tikhon, who came from Russia and had many spiritual gifts. The elder served him with great self-sacrifice, offering all the help he needed. At the request of Father Tikhon (after his death), Elder Paisios settled in his cell Holy Cross, where he lived until 1979. After that, he came to the sacred monastery of Kutlumush and settled in the cell of Panaguda. In Panaguda, the Elder helped thousands of souls. All day from sunrise to sunset, he advised, consoled, resolved problems, cast out all constraint and filled souls with faith, hope and love for God. He suffered greatly from various illnesses, which he endured with great patience and courage. On October 22 according to the old style (November 5 according to the new one), 1993, he left the Holy Mountain for the last time and went to St. John the Theologian in Suroti to attend, as usual, the vigil of the feast of St. Arseny, which is revered on November 10. Due to illness, he was forced to stay there, and on Tuesday, July 12, 1994, at 11:00 am, the Elder surrendered his reverend soul quietly and humbly to the Lord, whom he so loved and whom he had served from his youth. He was buried in the monastery of St. John the Theologian in Suroti Thessalonica. He left a commandment: not to remove his relics from the earth until the Second Coming.

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