Prophecies of the elders about the census of domestic animals. Athonite elders. Prophecies about Ukraine and Russia. Reverend Kirill White

Fathers of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage

The foundation of the desert dates back to the end of the 14th - beginning of the 15th century. At the beginning of the 17th century, the Church of the Entry stood in the monastery “wooden in a cage”and there was a hieromonk of Theodosius with his brethren. In 1689, a cathedral stone church was founded, in the construction of which Tsars Ivan V and Peter I and Princess Sophia provided assistance. In 1724, due to poverty, the monastery was abolished, but in 1726 it was restored. In 1764, with the introduction of states, it was left unemployed. In 1773, only two monks lived in Optina. Only towards the end of the 18th century, with an increase in the flow of private donations, a turn for the better came for Optina. With the money received, it was possible to purchase new land, a mill and build stone buildings.

The spiritual rise of the ancient monastery began in 1821, when a monastery was built in the monastery apiary. At this time, eldership was revived in the monastery - a type of spiritual mentoring that had been practiced since ancient times, but was practically forgotten in later times. The elder was in charge of the entire spiritual life of the monastery. Suffering lay people, from the poorest peasants to nobles, flocked to him for words of consolation and advice. "Pillar"Optina eldership was the Monk Ambrose (1812-1891), canonized in 1988. F. M. Dostoevsky came to talk with the elder in 1878. Being the center of eldership, the monastery attracted prominent figures of Russia and left an amazing mark on Russian culture. Historians Pogodin, Vl. came there. Solovyov and the Slavophile Shevyrev, writers Gogol, Dostoevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, A.K. Tolstoy, the Kireevsky and Aksakov brothers, A. Zhemchuzhnikov, Apukhtin... Members of the imperial family also visited Optina.

In 1923, the monastery churches were officially closed, a sawmill was built in the monastery itself, and a rest house was built in the monastery. In 1988, Optina Pustyn was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Fourteen elders of Optina Hermitage, canonized as saints:

Reverend Leo,

Venerable Macarius,

Reverend Moses,

Reverend Anthony,

Venerable Hilarion,

Reverend Ambrose,

Reverend Anatoly Sr.

Reverend Isaac the First,

Reverend Joseph,

Venerable Barsanuphius,

Reverend Anatoly Jr.

Venerable Nektarios,

Venerable Nikon the Confessor,

Venerable Hieromartyr Isaac the Second.

Prophecies of the Fathers of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage

In 1848, a storm swept over the St. John the Baptist monastery in the Optana Hermitage. The whirlwind tore off roofs and broke crosses. Elder Macarius said: “This is a terrible sign of God’s wrath against the apostate world. Political passions are raging in Europe, and in our country, the elements are raging... It started with Europe, it will end with us.”. Soon a revolution occurred in France.

In 1866, Count A.P. Tolstoy turned to the famous monastery for elders. He asked to interpret a dream dreamed by the Tver priest D. M. Konstantinovsky, the son of Gogol’s confessor. Dmitry Matveyevich dreamed of a cave illuminated by a lamp, filled with many clergy, among whom were his late parent, Father Matvey, and Metropolitan Philaret, who was still alive at that time. Among the silent prayers, clear words were heard: “We are going through a terrible time, we are living through the seventh summer.”. After these words, Amitry Matveevich woke up in excitement and fear... Elder Ambrose of Optina said that the cave illuminated by the lamp - current state Churches. A new paganism is spreading across Russia, where the light of faith barely glimmers. The living and the deceased pray together - which means they equally belong to the earthly Militant and the heavenly Triumphant Church. Seeing the disastrous state of the Orthodox faith, bright men beg the Queen of Heaven: may she spread Her Veil over suffering Russia. "We're in our seventh summer" - these words may mean a time close to the Antichrist, when the faithful children of the Church will hide in caves and only pray Mother of God will have the power to save people from persecution and unrest.

Half a century before the Russian Revolution, Elder Ambrose already knew about it. “Once Father Agapit came to me,” recalls novice Nikolai, future father Nikon (Belyaev), “and said that Father Ambrose, he himself heard from him, said that the Antichrist is just around the corner...”

One day Father Barsanuphius told Hieromonk Nektarios that he had a dream that the Antichrist came to him. He promised to tell us in more detail, but did not resume the conversation, and Elder Nektarios did not dare to ask. A few years later, the elder himself will tell his spiritual children about this: “We will live to see terrible times, but the grace of God will cover us. Christianity is hated everywhere. It is a yoke for them, preventing them from living freely and freely committing sins. The newest generation is decomposing, smoldering, and degenerating. They want to live without God. Well then! The fruits of such mischief are obvious... The Antichrist is clearly coming into the world. And the first time his hordes will go against Orthodox Rus', and the second time they will want a third [meaning world wars].”.

Once at the very beginning of the 20th century, Elder Barsanuphius prophesied: “... from here from the monastery you can see the devil's network better... And in the last times the temples will be destroyed. Idol temples and so on will be built in their places. The monasteries will be in great persecution and oppression. True Christians will huddle in small churches. The persecution and torment of the first Christians may be repeated... All monasteries will be destroyed, Christians in power will be overthrown. That time is just around the corner, mark my words. You will live to see these times, then you will say: “Yes, I remember, Father Barsanuphius told me all this.”.

Once in Optina, proverbs were read during vespers. Suddenly, one of the priests’ eyes became confused: the altar and all the servants seemed to dissolve, and crowds of people appeared in confusion running to the east [meaning the Great Patriotic War]. An angel appeared and said: “Everything you see will happen soon.”.

Father Nektary prophesied about the “cold” war: “Three decades or more will pass, and we will build high walls, and the gnashing of teeth will be heard behind these walls, and there will be a quiet, but dangerous enmity...”

Father Nektary did his best to warn his spiritual children about what they would have to endure during the revolution. They hoped that the new government would not last long, but the priest did not share their hopes and even gave his blessing to teach their children in a Soviet school. From now on, they should receive Christian education in the family, through the example of their father and mother.

“Russia, if you fall away from your faith, as many intellectuals have already fallen away from it, then you will no longer be Russia or holy Russia,” warned the Optina elder Macarius back in 1905. - And if there is no repentance among the Russian people, the end of the world is near. God will take away the pious king and send a scourge in the person of wicked, cruel, self-appointed rulers who will flood the whole earth with blood and tears.”.

In 1916 cmapeii Anatoly (Potapov) talked with Prince N.D. Zhevakhov. “There is no greater sin than resistance to the will of God’s Anointed One,” said the priest. - Take care of Him, for through Him the Russian Land and the Orthodox Faith are held together... But... - After hesitating, he finally finished his thought: The fate of the Tsar is the fate of Russia, 11 will rejoice, and Russia will rejoice. If the Tsar cries, Russia will also cry... Just as a man with his head cut off is no longer a man, but a stinking corpse, so Russia without a Tsar will be a stinking corpse.”.

“The fundamental elements of Russian life are expressed in familiar words: Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality [i.e. e. Church, Tsar and Kingdom], Elder Nikon warned in 1915. - This is what needs to be preserved! And when these principles change, the Russian people will cease to be Russian. He will then lose the sacred tricolor banner.".

When "Holding", that is, the king will be taken away from the social environment, the mystery of lawlessness will prevail - this is what the apostle warned. This became a reality in 1917. “And now the Emperor is not himself, how much humiliation he suffers for his mistakes,” said Elder Nektarios. - 1918 will be even harder. The sovereign and the whole family will be killed and tortured... If people do not repent before 1922, they will die.”.

Soon after the revolution, the Optina chronicler S. A. Nilus visited Kyiv, where he communicated with the old lady of the Rzhishchev Monastery. On February 21, 1917, her novice teen fell into a trance, in which she remained for 40 days. Delirious, the girl told her visions, which those around her carefully wrote down. In particular, she said the following: “And I heard the martyrs talking among themselves, rejoicing that it was coming. Lately, and that their number will increase, and that churches and monasteries will soon be destroyed, and those living in the monasteries will be expelled, that not only the clergy and monasticism will be tormented, but also everyone who did not want to accept the seal and will stand for the Name of Christ, for the faith , for the Church. I heard them say that the Tsar would no longer exist and earthly time was approaching the end, I heard it, but it is not very clear that if the Lord does not add time, then the end of everything earthly will be in the 22nd year.”. Out of His infinite mercy, the Lord added time...

“Our Sovereign stands before the throne of God wearing the crown of the Great Martyr,” Elder Nektarios prophesied a year before the Yekaterinburg atrocity. - Well, this Sovereign will be a great martyr. Lately he will redeem his life, and if people do not turn to God, then not only Russia, all of Europe will fail.”.

In the 20s, a certain Nina D. directly told Elder Nektarios: “Everyone says that the signs of the second coming have been fulfilled.”. - “No, not everything,” answered the priest, “but, of course, even a simple glance can see that much is being fulfilled, but it is open to the spiritual: before the church was a vast circle covering the entire horizon, but now, you see, it’s like a ring, and in recent days Before the coming of Christ, it will all be preserved in this form: one Orthodox priest and one Orthodox layman. I’m not telling you that there will be no churches at all, maybe there will be, yes, but Orthodoxy will only survive in this form. Pay attention to these words. You understand. After all, it’s all over the world.”.

The Monk Nektary testified in 1917: « One pious girl had a dream: Jesus Christ was sitting on the throne, and around Him were twelve apostles, and terrible torments and groans were heard from the earth. And the Apostle Peter asks Christ: “When, Lord, will these torments end?”, and Jesus Christ answers him: “I give until the 22nd year; if people do not repent and come to their senses, then they will all perish.”. The year 1922 has arrived. The end of the world has not come. The question is why? There is, of course, only one real answer. This is Christ’s answer to the question of the apostles: “Is it not at this time, Lord, that you restore the kingdom to Israel?”The Lord answers: “It is not your business to know the times or seasons that the Father has set in His power.” (Acts 2, 6-7). Having said this, the Lord leaves the earth, giving the disciples the command to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, even to the ends of the earth. We know from the Holy Scriptures cases when the Lord postponed already appointed events. Thus, the death of Nineveh, determined by the preaching of Jonah after 40 days, was postponed for another 150 years by the repentance of the king and the townspeople. Regarding the fact that the end did not come in 1922, in the book “Russia before the Second Coming”an opinion is given on the importance of the Zemsky Sobor in Vladivostok in July-August 1922. At this council, repentance was offered on behalf of Russia for apostasy. The book expresses the opinion that this begged God for a continuation of the story. In August 1922 Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich declared himself “Guardian of the Russian Throne”. Whether these are the reasons for God’s providential acts or not is hardly given to us to know.

And here are the words of the Optina elder Isaac the Second about our times:“Shortly before the reign of the Antichrist, closed churches will be repaired and equipped not only outside, but also inside. They will gild the domes of both churches and bell towers, and when the main one is finished, the time will come for the reign of the Antichrist. Pray that the Lord will extend this time for us to strengthen: a terrible time awaits us. Renovations of churches will continue until the coronation of the Antichrist, and our splendor will be unprecedented.”.

Elder Nikon echoed him:“Do you see how insidiously all this is being prepared? All the temples will be in the greatest splendor, as never before, and it will be impossible to go to those temples, since there will be no offerings there. Bloodless Sacrifice Jesus Christ. Understand: there will be churches, but an Orthodox Christian will not be able to visit them, since the whole “satanic gathering” will be there. (Apocalypse 2:9)! I repeat once again that it will be impossible to go to those churches: there will be no grace in them).”

Father Ambrose directly said to one deacon shortly before his death: « You will live to see the time when there will be Antichrist! Don’t be afraid, but tell everyone that it’s him, and there’s no need to be afraid! There will be a war, and where it takes place, there will be no people there! And before that, the Lord will send small illnesses to weak people, and they will die, but under the Antichrist there will be no more death. The third world war will no longer be for repentance, but for extermination. And the Lord will leave the strongest to meet him.”.

The Venerable Elder Nikon often spoke about the Antichrist: “The time will come when they will fight and fight and a world war will begin. And in the midst of it they will say: let’s choose one king for the whole universe. And they will elect! The Antichrist will be elected as the world king and chief “peacemaker”on the ground. You have to listen carefully, you have to be careful! As soon as they vote for one in the whole world, know that this is already him and that you cannot vote.”.

And here are the words of the venerable elder of Optina Barsanuphius: « The Russian people will repent of mortal sins: they allowed the Jewish wickedness in Russia, did not protect the Anointed Tsar of God, the Orthodox churches and monasteries and all Russian sacred things, despised piety and loved demonic wickedness. But there will be a spiritual explosion! And Russia, together with all the Slavic peoples and lands, will form a powerful Kingdom. He will be cared for by the Orthodox Tsar, God's Anointed One. Thanks to him, all schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia. There will be no persecution of the Orthodox Church. The Lord will have mercy on Holy Rus' because it already experienced the terrible pre-Antichrist time. Even the Antichrist himself will be afraid of the Russian Orthodox Tsar-Autocrat. And all other countries, except Russia and the Slavic lands, will be under the rule of the Antichrist and will experience all the horrors and torments written in the Holy Scriptures. In Russia there will be prosperity of faith and rejoicing, but only for a short time, for the Terrible Judge will come to judge the living and the dead.”.

And another prophecy of Elder Barsanuphius: “Blessed and blessed is the man who does not desire and therefore will not see the godless face of the Antichrist. Those who see him and hear his blasphemous speech with the promise of all earthly blessings will be seduced and will come to meet him with worship. And together with him they will perish for eternal life, they will burn in eternal Fire! The abomination of desolation will stand in the holy place and show the vile deceivers of the world who will deceive people who have apostatized from God and perform false miracles. And after them the Antichrist will appear! The whole world will see it once". To the question “Where in a holy place, in a church?”St. Barsanuphius said: “Not in church, but in our home! Previously, there was a table with holy icons in the corner, but then there will be seductive devices to seduce people. Many who have departed from the Truth will say: we need to watch and listen to the news. The Antichrist will appear on the news, and they will accept him.”.

Elder Nektary of Optina said: “Our most terrible sorrows are like insect bites compared to the sorrows of the next century.”.

“There will be a storm. The Prussian ship will be destroyed - this is how the Optina elder Anatoly described the future of Russia. - But people also save themselves on chips and debris. And yet not everyone will die. We must pray, we must all repent and pray fervently. And what happens after a storm? After a storm there is calm. But that ship is gone, it’s broken, everything is lost!”

“It’s not like that,” the priest continued, “a great miracle of God will be revealed, yes.. And all the chips and fragments, by the will of God and His power, will gather and unite, and the ship will be recreated in its beauty and will go its way, intended by God. So it will be a miracle that is obvious to everyone.”. This prophecy was pronounced in February 1917, when the troubles were just beginning, the tsar had not yet abdicated the throne and the Sovereign Mother of God had not yet appeared in the village of Kolomenskoye as a sign that from now on She would take upon Herself leadership over Russia...

In his New Year's speech for 1918, Father Nikon said: “Our builders want to make a name for themselves, with their reforms and decrees to benefit not only the unfortunate Russian people, but the whole world and even peoples much more cultured than us. And this arrogant undertaking will suffer the same fate as the plan of the Babylonians: instead of good, bitter disappointment is brought. Wanting to make us rich and needing nothing, they actually turn us into miserable, miserable, poor and naked.”. This is not only the result of the first revolutionary months, but also a prophecy characterizing the end of the century, strikingly in tune with all the cataclysms experienced today...

“And yet this is not the end! “Russia will be saved,” said Elder Isaac the Second a year after the October Revolution. - A lot of suffering, a lot of torment. All of Russia will become a prison, and we must beg the Lord a lot for forgiveness. Repent of sins and be afraid to commit even the slightest sin, but try to do good, even the smallest. After all, the wing of a fly has weight, but God has precise scales. And when the slightest outweighs the good in the cup, then God will show His mercy over Russia...”

“If at least a few faithful Orthodox remain in Russia, God will have mercy on it,” predicted Father Nektary in the early 1920s, who remained the only elder of Optina Pustyn after the death of Father Anatoly Jr. And he added with a smile: “And we have such righteous people.”.

And the elder also said: “In the last times the world will be girded with iron and paper.”.

In 1919, Elder Anatoly predicted what is little by little coming true today before our eyes: “Inactive churches will be repaired and equipped not only outside, but also inside. The domes of both churches and bell towers will be gilded. Renovations of the temples will continue until the adversary's arrival - the splendor will be unprecedented. And when everything is finished, the time will come when the Antichrist will reign. Pray that the Lord will continue this time for us to strengthen, because a terrible time awaits us. In this last time, true Christians will be exiled, and let the old and weak at least grab the wheels and run after them. Many of you, my children, will live to see it..."

As a sign of this time, Elder Anatoly points to the possibility of free entry into and exit from Jerusalem (he did not bless his spiritual children to make such a pilgrimage), as well as the appearance of massive false signs. The earth will stop giving birth, will part and give way to cracks. The lakes will begin to dry up and there will be no water in them.

Two months before the start of the First World War, Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fedorovna visited Optina Pustyn. The next day, Her Highness left for Shamordino. Returning in the evening, under the pretext of fatigue, she locked herself in her cell. After some time, the Grand Duchess, alone, without an escort, quickly walked through the old man's forest. Elder Nektarios silently opened the door of the hut for her. They talked for a long time in private. What they talked about remained a mystery... The hour of parting had come. Surrounded by the Optina fathers, Elizaveta Feodorovna slowly walked towards the ferry. Having crossed to the other side of the Zhizdra, she looked back and crossed everyone with a wide cross. The monks, as one, bowed to her. Everyone had a presentiment of what they would soon have to endure...

“Russia is lost, but Holy Rus' is alive”, - the Grand Duchess will say in the fall of 1917, and when she is offered to go abroad, she will remain to share with this land everything that is assigned to endure from the Lord.

The meeting with Elder Nektarios was not accidental. Several decades later, in 1981, when Russia will pass their way of the cross, both of them will be glorified by the Russian diaspora: the Grand Duchess as the Passion-Bearer, and Elder Nektarios - in the Cathedral of the Reverend Fathers of Optina. The basis for the canonization of the new martyrs and confessors of Russia will be the fragrant relics of the one who, secretly from everyone, came to the porch of the Optina elder to receive his blessing and offered up prayers for him until her last breath...

“The abyss will stretch out on the earth,” Elder Barsanuphius predicted, “and the “sirki” (demons) will all come out and be in people who will neither be baptized nor pray, but will only kill people, and murder is the original sin. It is interesting to deceive people more with this sin. And yet the hour will come when we will remember this time, which today seems so unbearable, and yet extremely favorable for salvation, for it contains the real possibility of Repentance and Action.”.

This is what the Optina elder Nektary answered to the nun Nektary, who asked the priest in 1924 “about the end of the world”: « ... It is not useful for people to know the time of the second coming. "Watch and Pray", - “said the Savior, which means there is no need to predict events, and in due time everything will be revealed to the faithful.”.

These words are thought-provoking... In an Orthodox country, the prophecies of elders enjoying unconditional authority, if they were widely published, could be used by the destroyers of the state in their political manipulations. How? Take, for example, the statement on television on June 20, 1991, by a supporter of B. N. Yeltsin, that the day of the election of the President of the RSFSR - June 12 - was determined based on the prophecies of what had become last years fashionable Nostradamus.

“My heart bleeds when I think about our dear fatherland, Russia, our mother, where is she rushing, what is she looking for? What are you waiting for? - Elder Anatoly Jr. wrote in 1918. - Enlightenment rises, but is imaginary; it deceives itself in its hope; the younger generation does not feed on the milk of the teachings of our Holy Orthodox Church, and becomes infected with some foreign, muddy, poisonous spirit; and how long will this last? Of course, in the destinies of God’s Providence it is written what should be, but it is hidden from us due to His ineffable wisdom. But it seems that the time is coming, according to the father’s prophecy: “He who saves, let him save his soul!”.

Elder Nektarios echoes him: “We need, leaving European customs, to love Holy Rus' and repent of the past passion for it, to be firm in the Orthodox faith, to pray to God, to bring repentance for the past.”.

The Monk Nikon shared the same opinion: “Beneficent Europe taught us external arts and sciences, but internal kindness takes away and shakes the Orthodox faith; attracts money to itself".

In 1918, Elder Anatoly Jr. said:

" 1. God will take away all the leaders so that the Russian people will look only to Him.

2. Everyone will abandon Russia, other powers will abandon it, leaving it to itself - this is so that the Russian people will trust in the help of the Lord.

3. You will hear that riots will begin in other countries and the like in Russia, and you will hear about war, and there will be wars - the time is already near.”.

And then the elder said that “The Cross of Christ will shine over all the worlds, because our Motherland will be magnified and will be like a beacon in the darkness for everyone. There will be some kind of unusual explosion, and a miracle of God will appear. And life will be completely different on earth, but not for very long.”.

The words of Elder Nektarios: “Reserves will not save you, because famine will not begin immediately. Every year it will become more and more difficult, harvests will fall, everything less land will begin to process. We need to try to be closer to the ground. In big cities life will be very difficult. There will be such a famine that people will break into their houses to find food. They will break glass windows, break doors, kill people for food. Weapons will be in the hands of many, and human life will be worth nothing.”.

Reverend Nikon:“At the coming of the Antichrist there will be such a famine that there will be no grain. It will be necessary to prepare linden leaf, nettle and other herbs, dry and then brew - this decoction will be enough for nutrition"

The elders prophesied that by the end of time there would be a sea in the place of St. Petersburg. Moscow will partially collapse, there are many voids underground. When they were asked about Optina Pustyn, the elders said:

There will be nothing left of the desert. One hut, there will be one more. There will be war and destruction, but the hut will remain. I won't see it, but you will. There will be that road and only one hut left, and there will be nothing near it. When there is a war, everything will be destroyed.

The time will come when the Chinese will attack us, and it will be very difficult for everyone.

Father Nikon gave the following prayer to one of his spiritual children: “Lord, Thy will be done in me, a sinner, on all paths of life, help me to remain faithful to You to the end. Holy Mother of God, save me, a sinner. Holy Apostle John the Theologian, be my mentor, be my representative and prayer book before the Lord and His Most Pure Mother. Amen".

Three fierce yokes. Evil is growing...

“About the fate of the Russian state, there was a revelation to me in prayer about three fierce yokes: Tatar, Polish and the future one - the Jewish one. The Jew will scourge the Russian land like a scorpion, plunder its shrines, close the churches of God, execute the best people Russians. This is God’s permission, God’s wrath for Russia’s renunciation of the holy king.

But then Russian hopes will be fulfilled. On Sofia, in Constantinople, the Orthodox cross will shine, Holy Rus' will be filled with the smoke of incense and prayers and will flourish, like a heavenly crimson.”

Monk-seer Abel, 1796

“One day there will be a king who will glorify me, after which there will be great unrest in Rus', a lot of blood will flow because they will rebel against this king and the autocracy, but God will glorify the king...

Before the birth of the Antichrist, there will be a great long war and a terrible revolution in Russia, beyond any human imagination, for the bloodshed will be terrible. There will be the death of many people faithful to the fatherland, the plunder of church property and monasteries; desecration of the Lord's churches; destruction and plunder of the wealth of good people, rivers of Russian blood will be shed. But the Lord will have mercy on Russia and lead it through suffering to great glory..."

“I, poor Seraphim, am destined by the Lord God to live much more than a hundred years. But since by that time the Russian bishops will be so wicked that they will surpass the Greek bishops in their wickedness during the time of Theodosius the Younger, so that they will not even believe in the most important dogma of the Christian Faith - the Resurrection of Christ and the general resurrection, then therefore the Lord God is pleased until the time of me, the wretched one. Seraphim, to take from this premature life and then to resurrect the dogma of the Resurrection, and my resurrection will be like the resurrection of the seven youths in the Okhlonskaya cave during the time of Theodosius the Younger. After my resurrection, I will move from Sarov to Diveevo, where I will preach worldwide repentance.”

“To me, poor Seraphim, the Lord revealed that there would be great disasters on the Russian land. The Orthodox faith will be trampled upon, the bishops of the Church of God and other clergy will depart from the purity of Orthodoxy, and for this the Lord will severely punish them. I, poor Seraphim, prayed to the Lord for three days and three nights that he would rather 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 honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me”...

Any desire to make changes to 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 completely destroyed, because in it alone Orthodoxy and the remnants of Christian piety are predominantly preserved... We have the Orthodox faith, the Church, which has no blemish. For the sake of these virtues, Russia will always be glorious and terrible and insurmountable to its enemies; having faith and piety, the gates of hell will not prevail against these.”

“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 formidable 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...”

Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, 1825-32.

“The European peoples have always envied Russia and tried to do harm to it. 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, we must believe 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...

The current retreat has been allowed by God: do not try to stop it with your weak hand. Stay away, protect yourself from him: and that’s enough for you. Get acquainted with the spirit of the time, study it in order to avoid its influence if possible...

Constant reverence for the destinies of God is necessary for correct spiritual living. One must bring oneself into this reverence and submission to God by faith. The Providence of Almighty God is vigilantly vigilant 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 God's Providence for Russia. The Holy Fathers of the Orthodox Church (for example, Saint Andrew of Crete in his interpretation of the Apocalypse, chapter 20) predict extraordinary civil development and power for Russia... But our disasters should be more moral and spiritual.”

Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, 1865

“If in Russia, for the sake of contempt for the Commandments of God and for the sake of weakening the rules and regulations of the Orthodox Church, and for other reasons, piety becomes impoverished, then the final fulfillment of what is said in the Apocalypse of John the Theologian must inevitably follow.”

Venerable Ambrose of Optina, 1871.

“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 presented as the last word of enlightenment...

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 West has punished us, and the Lord will punish us, 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.”

“Evil is growing, malice and unbelief are raising their heads, faith and Orthodoxy are weakening... Well, should we sit back? No! Silent shepherding - what kind of shepherding? We need hot books that protect against all evil. It is necessary to dress up scribblers and oblige them to write... Freedom of ideas must be suppressed... Unbelief must be declared a state crime. Material views are prohibited under penalty of death!”

Saint Theophan the Recluse, 1894

“Our Lady saved Russia many times. If Russia has stood until now, it is only thanks to the Queen of Heaven. And now what hard times we are worried! Now universities are filled with Jews and Poles, but there is no place for Russians! How can the Queen of Heaven help such people? What have we come to!

Our intelligentsia is simply stupid. Stupid, stupid people! Russia, in the person of the intelligentsia and part of the people, became unfaithful to the Lord, forgot all His blessings, fell away from him, and became worse than any foreign, even pagan, nation. You forgot God and abandoned Him, and He abandoned you through His fatherly providence and gave you into the hands of unbridled, wild tyranny. Christians who do not believe in God, who act together with Jews, who do not care what faith is: with Jews they are Jews, with Poles they are Poles - those are not Christians, and will perish if they do not repent ... "

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

“How many enemies our Fatherland has now! Our enemies, you know who: the Jews... May the Lord end our misfortunes, according to His great mercy! And you, friends, stand firmly for the Tsar, honor, love him, love the Holy Church and the Fatherland, and remember that Autocracy is the only condition for the prosperity of Russia; There will be no Autocracy - there will be no Russia; the Jews, who hate us greatly, will take power!”

“But 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 being carried out over Russia. She is forged by troubles and misfortunes. It is not in vain that He who rules all nations skillfully and accurately places on His anvil those subjected to His mighty hammer. Be strong, Russia! But also repent, pray, cry bitter tears before your heavenly Father, whom you have angered immensely!.. 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 out in this crucible.

But do not be afraid and do not be afraid, brethren, let the seditious Satanists console themselves for a moment with their hellish successes: judgment from God will not touch them and destruction will not sleep from them (2 Peter 2.3). The right hand of the Lord will find all those who hate us and will avenge us righteously. Therefore, let us not give in to despondency, seeing everything that is happening in the world today...”

"I foresee a recovery powerful Russia, even stronger and more powerful. On the bones of the martyrs, as on a strong foundation, a new Rus' will be erected - according to the old model; strong in your faith in Christ God and the Holy Trinity! And according to the behest of Holy Prince Vladimir, it will be like one Church! The Russian people have ceased to understand what Rus' is: it is the foot of the Throne of the Lord! Russian people must understand this and thank God for being Russian.”

Holy Righteous Father John of Kronstadt. 1906–1908

Everyone is going against Russia

“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 just around the corner...

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

In the Church we no longer have living prophets, but we do have 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 is going 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

“Heresies will spread everywhere and deceive many. The enemy of the human race will act by cunning in order, if possible, to persuade 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 begin to distort the teachings of the Church transmitted by the Holy Fathers from the Holy Spirit, and its very spirit and statutes, and these tricks of the enemy will be noticed only by a few, the most skilled in spiritual life .

Heretics will take power over the Church, they will place their servants everywhere and piety will be neglected... Therefore, my son, when you see violations of the Divine order in the Church, paternal tradition and the order established by God, know that heretics have already appeared, although, perhaps, and they will hide their wickedness for the time being or will distort the Divine faith unnoticed in order to achieve even more success, seducing and luring the inexperienced into the net.

Persecution will be not only against shepherds, but also against all servants of God, for the demon who leads heresy does not tolerate piety. Recognize them, these wolves in sheep's clothing, by their proud disposition and lust for power...

Woe will be in those days for the monks who have pledged their property and wealth and, for the love of peace, are ready to submit to heretics... Do not be afraid of sorrow, but fear the destructive heresy, for it exposes you from grace and separates you from Christ...

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..."

Reverend Anatoly of Optina. 1917

“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. Much suffering, much torment. Everyone must suffer a lot and deeply repent. Only repentance through suffering will save Russia. 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...

But first, God will take away all the leaders so that the Russian people will look only to Him. Everyone will abandon Russia, other powers will abandon it, leaving it to its own devices. This is so that the Russian people trust in the Lord’s help. You will hear that in other countries there will be unrest and something similar to what happened in Russia (during the revolution - ed.), 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 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.”

Schieromonk Aristoklius of Athos. 1917-18

“Russia will rise up and will not be materially rich, but rich in spirit, and in Optina there will be 7 more lamps, 7 pillars. If at least a few faithful Orthodox Christians remain in Russia, God will have mercy on her. And we have such righteous people.”

Venerable Nectarius of Optina, 1920

“You are asking me about the near future and about the coming end times. I am not speaking about this on my own, but what was revealed to me by the elders. The coming of the Antichrist is approaching and is already very close. The time separating us from his coming can be measured in years, at most in decades. But before his arrival, Russia must be reborn, albeit for a short time. And the king there will be chosen by the Lord Himself. And he will be a man of ardent faith, deep intelligence and iron will. This is what was revealed to us about him, we will wait for the fulfillment of this revelation. Judging by many signs, it is approaching; unless because of our sins the Lord will cancel it and change His promise.”

“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.”

Saint Theophan of Poltava, 1930

A thunderstorm will pass over the Russian Land.
The Lord will forgive the sins of the Russian people
And the Holy Cross with Divine beauty
On God's temples will shine again.
Abodes will be reopened everywhere
And faith in God will unite everyone
And the bells ring throughout our Holy Rus'
He will awaken from the sleep of sin to salvation.
Formidable adversities will subside
Russia will defeat its enemies.
And the name of the Russian, great people
How thunder will roar throughout the universe!

Venerable Seraphim Vyritsky, 1943

“The Russian people will repent of their mortal sins, that they allowed the Jewish wickedness in Russia, that they did not protect the Anointed One of God - the Tsar, Orthodox churches and monasteries, the host of martyrs and confessors of saints and all Russian sacred things. They despised piety and loved demonic wickedness...

When a little freedom appears, churches will be opened, monasteries will be repaired, then all false teachings will come out. In Ukraine there will be a strong uprising against the Russian Church, its unity and conciliarity. This heretical group will be supported by the godless government. The Metropolitan of Kiev, who is unworthy of this title, will greatly shake the Russian Church, and he himself will go into eternal destruction, like Judas. But all these slander of the evil one in Russia will disappear, and there will be a United Orthodox Church of Russia...

Russia, together with all the Slavic peoples and lands, will form a powerful Kingdom. He will be cared for by the Orthodox Tsar, God’s Anointed One. All schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia. Jews from Russia will go to Palestine to meet the Antichrist, and there will not be a single Jew in Russia. There will be no persecution of the Orthodox Church.

The Lord will have mercy on Holy Rus' because it had a terrible and terrible time before the Antichrist. The great regiment of confessors and Martyrs shone forth... They all pray to the Lord God, the King of Powers, the King of Those Who Reign, in the Most Holy Trinity, the glorified Father and Son and Holy Spirit. You need to firmly know that Russia is the lot of the Queen of Heaven and she cares about her and especially intercedes for her. The entire host of Russian saints and the Mother of God ask to spare Russia.

In Russia there will be prosperity 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 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. 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 choose one! Install one king! They will choose a king who will be born of a prodigal virgin of the twelfth generation. And the Antichrist will sit on the throne in Jerusalem.”

Venerable Lavrentiy of Chernigov. Late 1940s

Russia is waiting for God!

In 1959, the magazine of the Canadian branch of the Orthodox Brotherhood, St. Job Pochaevsky "Orthodox Review" published the vision of one elder, which he told to the Canadian Bishop Vitaly (Ustinov), who later became the Metropolitan of the ROCOR. This old man saw the Lord in a subtle dream, who said to him:

“Behold, I will exalt Orthodoxy in the Russian land and from there it will shine throughout the whole world... The Commune will disappear and scatter like dust from the wind. It was launched in order to make Russia one people with one heart and one soul. Having purified him with fire, I will make him My people... Behold, I will stretch out My right hand and Orthodoxy from Russia will shine to the whole world. The time will come when children there will carry stones on their shoulders to build temples. My hand is strong and there is no such power either in heaven or on earth that could resist it.”

In 1992, the book “The Last Fates of Russia and the World. A brief overview of prophecies and predictions." In particular, it contains the following prediction made in a conversation by one of the modern elders in September 1990: “The last days of the West, its wealth, its depravity have approached. Suddenly disaster and destruction will befall him. His unrighteous, evil wealth oppresses the whole world, and his depravity is like the depravity of a new and worse Sodom. Its science and technology are the madness of a new, second Babylon. His pride is apostate, satanic pride. All his deeds are for the benefit of the Antichrist. “The synagogue of Satan” took possession of him (Ap. 2:9).

The fiery wrath of God is upon the West, upon Babylon! And you, lift up your heads and rejoice, sufferers of God and all the good, humble, who endured evil in trust in God! Rejoice, long-suffering Orthodox people, stronghold of the East of God, who suffered according to the will of God for the whole world. To you, for the sake of those chosen in you, God will give strength to fulfill the great and final promise of His Only Begotten Son about the last preaching of His Gospel in the world before the end of the world, as a testimony to all nations!

The arrogance and gloating of the West about the current disasters of Russia will turn into even greater wrath of God on the West. After “perestroika” in Russia, “perestroika” will begin in the West, and unprecedented discord will open there: civil strife, famine, unrest, the fall of authorities, collapse, anarchy, pestilence, famine, cannibalism - unprecedented horrors of evil and depravity accumulated in the souls. The Lord will give them to reap what they sowed for many centuries and with which they oppressed and corrupted the whole world. And all their wickedness will rise up against them.

Russia withstood its temptation because it had within itself the faith of martyrdom, the mercy of God and His election. But the West does not have this and therefore cannot stand it...

Russia is waiting for God!

The Russian people need only a leader, a shepherd - a Tsar chosen by God. And he will go with him to any feat! Only the Anointed One of God will give the highest and strongest unity to the Russian people!”

Archbishop Seraphim, Chicago and Detroit (1959): “The Lord recently, during my first pilgrimage to Palestine, deigned me, a sinner, to become acquainted with some new, hitherto unknown prophecies that cast new light on the fate of Russia. These prophecies were accidentally discovered by a learned Russian monk in ancient Greek manuscripts kept in an ancient Greek monastery.

Unknown Holy Fathers of the 8th and 9th centuries, that is, contemporaries of St. John of Damascus, in approximately the following words, these prophecies were captured: “After God’s chosen Jewish people, having betrayed their Messiah and Redeemer to torment and shameful death, lost their chosenness, the latter passed to the Hellenes, who became God’s second chosen people.

The great Eastern Fathers of the Church honed Christian dogmas and created a coherent system Christian doctrine. This is the great merit of the Greek people. However, to build a harmonious social and state life on this solid Christian foundation, the Byzantine statehood lacks the creative strength and capabilities. The scepter of the Orthodox Kingdom falls from the weakening hands of the Byzantine emperors, who failed to realize the symphony of Church and state.

Therefore, to replace the decrepit spiritually chosen Greek people, the Lord Provider will send his third God-chosen people. This people will appear in the North in a hundred or two years (these prophecies were written in Palestine 150–200 years before the Baptism of Rus' - Archbishop Seraphim), will accept Christianity with all their hearts, will try to live according to the commandments of Christ and seek, according to the instructions of Christ the Savior, first of all The Kingdom of God and His Truth. For this zeal, the Lord God will love this people and give them everything else - large expanses of land, wealth, state power and glory.

Due to human weakness, this great people will more than once fall into great sins and for this they will be punished with considerable trials. In a thousand years, this chosen people of God will waver in faith and, in standing for the Truth of Christ, will become proud of their earthly power and glory, will cease to care about seeking the future City and will want paradise not in heaven, but on sinful earth.

However, not all of those people will follow this disastrous broad path, although a significant majority of them will, especially their leading layer. And for this great fall, a terrible fiery trial will be sent from above to this people who have despised God’s ways. Rivers of blood will spill across his land, brother will kill brother, famine will visit this land more than once and gather its terrible harvest, almost all temples and other shrines will be destroyed or desecrated, many people will die.

Part of this people, not wanting to put up with lawlessness and untruth, will leave their native borders and scatter, like the Jewish people, throughout the world (isn’t this said about us, Russian foreigners? - Archbishop Seraphim).

Yet the Lord is not completely angry with His third chosen people. The blood of thousands of martyrs will cry to heaven for mercy. The people themselves will begin to sober up and return to God. The period of cleansing testing determined by the Just Judge has finally passed, and holy Orthodoxy will once again shine with the bright light of revival in those northern expanses.

This wondrous light of Christ will illuminate from there and enlighten all the peoples of the world, which will be helped by the providentially sent in advance into dispersion of a part of this people, which will build centers of Orthodoxy - temples of God - throughout the world.

Christianity will then reveal itself in all its heavenly beauty and completeness. Most of the peoples of the world will become Christians. For some time, a prosperous and peaceful Christian life will reign throughout the sublunary...

And then? Then, when the fulfillment of times comes, a complete decline in faith and everything else predicted in Holy Scripture will begin throughout the world, the Antichrist will appear and, finally, the end of the world will come.”

All enemies of Orthodoxy will be destroyed

In 2001, a group of Samara priests and laity, led by their archpastor, Archbishop Sergius, visited the Holy Mountain. Impressions from this pilgrimage were published in the first issue of the Orthodox almanac “Spiritual Interlocutor” for 2002. Often during meetings with Svyatogorsk inhabitants the conversation turned to the fate of Russia

In particular, in the Greek monastery of Vatopedi, the Samara bishop was especially received by the 85-year-old elder monk Joseph (Joseph the Younger), a disciple of the famous Joseph the Hesychast who died in Bose. This ascetic now lives in a cell not far from the monastery and takes care of the monastery. O. Kirion, who accompanied the bishop as a translator, after this meeting said this:

“The old man has grace written on his face. He told us about the fate of the world and the terrible events to come. The Lord tolerated our iniquities for a long time, as before the great flood, but now the limit of God’s patience has come - the time has come for cleansing. The cup of God's wrath is overflowing. The Lord will allow suffering to destroy the wicked and those who fight against God - all those who caused modern unrest, poured out dirt and infected the people. The Lord will allow that they, with blinded minds, will destroy each other. There will be many victims and blood. But believers do not need to be afraid, although there will be sorrowful days for them, there will be as many sorrows as the Lord allows for cleansing. There is no need to be horrified by this. Then there will be a surge of piety in Russia and throughout the world. The Lord will cover his own. People will return to God.

We are already on the threshold of these events. Now everything is beginning, then the God-fighters will have the next stage, but they will not be able to carry out their plans, the Lord will not allow it. The elder said that after an outburst of piety the end of earthly history will be near.”

The elder did not deprive other Russian pilgrims of his conversation.

“We pray,” he told them, “that the Russian people will return to their normal state that was before the destruction, because we have common roots and are worried about the situation of the Russian people...

Such a deterioration now - general state worldwide. And this state is precisely the limit after which the wrath of God begins. We have reached this limit. The Lord only endured out of His mercy, and now He will no longer endure, but in His righteousness He will begin to punish, because the time has come.

There will be wars and we will experience great difficulties. Now the Jews have seized power all over the world, and their goal is to eradicate Christianity. The wrath of God will be such that all the secret enemies of Orthodoxy will be destroyed. The wrath of God is sent specifically for this purpose to destroy them.

Trials should not terrify us; we should always have hope in God. After all, thousands, millions of martyrs suffered in the same way, and the new martyrs suffered in the same way, and therefore we must be prepared for this and not be horrified. There must be patience, prayer and trust in God’s Providence. Let us pray for the revival of Christianity after all that awaits us, so that the Lord will truly give us the strength to be reborn. But we must survive this harm...

The tests began a long time ago, and we must wait big bang. But after this there will be a revival...

Now is the beginning of events, difficult military events. The engine of this evil is the Jews. The devil is forcing them to begin to destroy the seed of Orthodoxy in Greece and Russia. This is for them the main obstacle to world domination. And they 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. More forces will rise - the Japanese and other 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 for those who sow temptations to be 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.

The Lord will give His favor and grace just as it was in the beginning, in the first centuries, when people walked to the Lord with an open heart. This will last three or four decades, and then the dictatorship of the Antichrist will quickly come. These are the terrible events we must endure, but let them not terrify us, because the Lord will cover His own. Yes, indeed, we experience difficulties, hunger and even persecution and much more, but the Lord will not abandon His own. And those who are placed in power must force their subjects to be more with the Lord, to remain more in prayer, and the Lord will cover His own. But after the great cleansing there will be a great revival..."

The pilgrims also heard about another amazing revelation. George, a novice of the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery, told them about it, with the blessing of his elders:

“The vision was revealed this year to one inhabitant of Holy Mount Athos on the day of the murder royal family- July seventeenth. Let his name remain a secret, but this is a miracle that can amaze the whole world. He consulted with the elders of Athos, thinking that perhaps this was spiritual delusion, but they said that this was a revelation.

He saw a huge, huge ship thrown onto the rocks in the semi-dark darkness. He sees that the ship is called “Russia”. The ship is tilting and is about to crash off a cliff into the sea. There are thousands and thousands of people on the ship who are in panic. They already think that the end of their life must come, there is nowhere to wait for help. And suddenly the figure of a horseman appears on the horizon, he rushes on a horse straight across the sea. The closer the rider is, the more clearly it is clear that this is our Sovereign.

He, as always, is dressed simply - in a soldier's cap, in a soldier's uniform, but his insignia is visible. His face was bright and kind, and his eyes said that he loved the whole world and suffered for this world, for Orthodox Rus'. A bright beam from the sky illuminates the Emperor, and at that moment the ship smoothly descends onto the water and sets its course. On the ship one can see the great jubilation of the rescued people, which is impossible to describe.”

The prophecy of this Athonite elder was remembered quite recently, when the Russian SU-24 airliner was shot down in the skies over Turkey. This Greek monk, who has gained respect throughout the world, has long foreshadowed a military confrontation between Russia and Turkey. Therefore, it is no coincidence that Paisius Athossky’s predictions about Russia 2018 are now of interest to many people in our country.

In fact, this Athonite elder predicted more than one event concerning our state, which has already come true:

A little history

Paisiy was born on July 25, 1924 in Greece. After graduating from school, he, like an ordinary guy, went to serve in the army. In 1950, he became interested in religion and went to the Kutlumush Monastery. Here he lived almost his entire life, engaged in religious practice. In May 1978, the monk moved to the Athonite cell, where he began to receive a huge number of people. He died near Thessaloniki in 1994. Orthodox Christians all over the world continue to come to the grave of this famous elder, which is located in the Theological Monastery. In 2015, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate canonized Paisius the Holy Mountain. At the same time, the reverend monk was included in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Terrible predictions for Russia

The elder's prophecy regarding the Middle East looks quite frightening. With his words, he did not try to intimidate anyone, but only indicated what consequences await humanity that has forgotten God. The immorality of people, the cynicism of politicians and the selfishness of the West will lead to unprecedented bloodshed in the East. His prophecy literally goes like this:

“When the Turks block the Euphrates, wait for the arrival of an army of two hundred million at sunrise.”

Until recently, these words seemed like fiction. Today, the predictions of Paisius of Athos are already coming true. Turkey is indeed building a dam on the Euphrates River, and its commissioning is scheduled for 2018. According to a further prediction that Svyatogorets made back in the nineties of the last century, a terrible war will begin between Russia and Turkey. As a result of this confrontation between Christians and Muslims, a third of the Turks will convert to Christianity, another third of the Turkish population will die, and the rest will be forced to leave their homeland. Back in 1991, Paisius mentioned the fall of Constantinople and the destruction of the Turkish state. The bloodshed will be so large-scale that three-year-old bulls will “swim” in a sea of ​​blood. Schemamonk said the following verbatim about these events:

“During the battle, the Mosque of Omar will be destroyed, which will be the beginning of the restoration of Solomon’s Temple. China's army of two hundred million will cross the Euphrates and come to Jerusalem."

Western European countries will also take part in the war, but they will oppose Russia. Constantinople will be handed over to the rightful owner of this city - Greece, although it will not fight.

The events of recent times indicate that the elder’s words are already coming true. The Russian Federation is already at war in Syria with Islamic State. Türkiye is also indirectly present in this conflict. The situation in this country is quite tense and it is unclear what it will lead to, especially after the strengthening of the power of leader R. Erdogan after the attempted military coup. Western countries, Israel and the United States also do not remain aloof from the flaring fire of war. Everything suggests that the Third World War may begin in this region. Soon a new redistribution of the world will begin.

What awaits Russia in the future?

The Athonite elder predicted that Russia would become the leader in the defense of Orthodoxy and the Russian-speaking population. He is echoed by other elders of Athos, who claimed the beginning of a new era. In this new time in the territory Russian Federation a new leader must emerge, sent by God to save the world from destruction.

Other predictors of the world also spoke about the appearance of the savior of mankind, such as:

• Nostradamus;
• Edgar Cayce;
• Vanga.

Approximately identical forecasts regarding the emergence of a new world leader can be explained quite simply. To obtain the necessary information, the media use various practices:

1. prayer;
2. meditation;
3. immersion in trance.

Thus, a slowdown in human brain oscillations is achieved, and he gains access to the Earth’s Noosphere. In a state of altered consciousness, various information comes to him from the information field depending on the request.

It is also worth noting that almost all the Athonite elders, speaking about the new leader, mentioned joint prayer and repentance. That is, we all must admit to the collective unconscious (God) that we are not able to find a worthy leader and ask him to be revealed from above. It is necessary that a psychologically significant image understand our request and give the new ruler the strength to restore order throughout the world.

Athonite elders about Ukraine

At one time, Paisius of Athos spoke about the confrontation between two fraternal peoples. He also mentioned attacks in Ukraine on the Russian Orthodox Church.

Many monks from Mount Athos also predicted the development of events in Ukraine. They warned this country about the dangers of its choice. So Elder Parfeniy did not stop talking about the insincerity of the European Union. He argued that Ukraine would plunge into crisis and the situation would be much worse than in Greece. The hardworking and sincere Ukrainian people are alien to the sins of Sodom, which are legalized in Europe.

Elder Tikhon, who lived in the Trinity Monastery fifty years ago, predicted a conflict in Ukraine. The cause of the war, in his opinion, will be overseas forces. Those who unleashed the bloodshed in Ukraine will ultimately be the losers. Soon there will be a renewal of power in Russia and the conflict in Donbass will end quickly.

The Greek elders are confident that Ukraine will cope with all problems and get out of this situation if it builds its future together with its Slavic brothers - the Russian and Belarusian peoples.

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In a world where there is a constant flow of information about global terrorism from TV and computer screens, I really want to find a reliable support that supports the desire for good in any normal person. The Athonite elders give such hope to many. These spiritual fathers dedicated their lives to saving humanity from the filth of current civilization. Sometimes they make predictions for the future. Moreover, some of them have already come true. For example, the predictions of the Athonite elders about the collapse of the USSR, made long before the tragic event, aroused surprise and distrust.

However, this cup did not pass over the peoples of the powerful superpower. She sank into oblivion. Let's see what the noble fathers said about the fate of the world in the near future.

Preliminary Note

It is necessary to note the incredible interest of the current public in all kinds of prophecies and forecasts based on clairvoyance. The Athonite elders attract the attention of many people. Their words are listened to with awe and hope. Especially lately. After all, the political crisis, aggravated economic problems, is already visible to the naked eye. And not only in countries former USSR. There is a serious decline in the standard of living of the population throughout the planet. Everyone feels it in their wallet, so to speak. Unfortunately, some specialized services take advantage of this keen interest in the prophecies of Holy Men for their own interests. They cover up their own, deeply politicized information dumps with the name of the Athonite elders.

This is done in order to influence relatively ongoing events. Other authors of materials who want to attract the public to their resources are included in this work against their will. Therefore, it is quite difficult to separate the chaff from the grains of propaganda. It is recommended to read such materials with your soul, trying to understand their content from the point of view of a person who loves all of humanity. But the Athonite elders, deeply religious people, cannot reason differently. Their worldview does not allow it.

Predictions about humanity and morality

The elders’ reasoning about where the peoples of the world are going under the leadership of current leaders is interesting. Paisius the Svyatogorets said long ago that true faith is drying up. Her priests, who have sold out, are being turned into a tool. They profit from parishioners, and do not bring the word of God to the suffering. The times will come when man will not be able to find refuge from the horrors of reality in the Holy Temple. There, under the guise of the teachings of Christ, they will instill in him devilish plans in order to throw the unfortunate man into the fiery crucible of profit and war. Morality will disappear as such. Every sin is accepted as normal.

You and I see that this is already happening. After all, they are trying to show sodomy (Paisiy Svyatogorets put it this way) as an acceptable activity for people. And they do this not only secular authorities some countries. They are indulged by priests and religious leaders. The Athonite elders in their speeches pay a lot of attention to the thirst for profit, cultivated in modern society. These, in their opinion, are attempts to lead people away from God. After all, in an effort to constantly receive more and more without working, peoples betray their holy covenants. People are supposed to pray earnestly so that the Lord will protect them from temptations. There is no happiness in material enrichment. This idea is instilled in people in order to turn them into cattle. Let them forget about morality and conscience. Then it will be easy to control the crowd. Hang a carrot in front of the donkey, he will go where the shepherd points.

About the end of times and Armageddon

The decline of morals, departure from God, deception and love of money are only the forerunner of more terrible catastrophes. They talked a lot and with great pain about the upcoming Armageddon. State power will weaken in countries. They will plunge into chaos. There will be no one to stop criminals, punish thieves and murderers. And people will stop growing grain and producing food, because they will turn away from God. Many nations will die of hunger. There will be nothing to eat, nowhere to get bread. But they won’t remember what the Lord commanded to work. New devilish trends will strike the church. People will begin to listen to priests speaking on behalf of the Antichrist.

The prophecies of the Athonite elders also concerned military actions. They even pointed out signs that would be visible to everyone, foreshadowing Armageddon. Thus, Paisius of Athos told his students that a big war would happen in the Middle East, in which the forces of light and darkness would fight. There is an old prophecy that China will send an army of two hundred million to the Middle East. She will cross the Euphrates. But before that, the river will “dry up.” Elder Paisios taught that one should not take literally what was written several hundred years ago. As soon as the Turks block the Euphrates, it will “dry up.” That is, there will be much less water downstream. This is a harbinger of Armageddon. Many people will die in that war. There will be nowhere to hide. Only the true will become protection from the angry flame of this catastrophe.

Athonite elders about Russia

In a world where power will pass to the Antichrist and his army, a believer will have only one hope. The Athonite elders saw her in Russia. It is in this country that the Lord will not be forgotten. False prophets and clergy who have sold themselves to the Antichrist will not be able to shake the true faith of this people. It is from here that salvation will come for all humanity. Only people should pray diligently and support each other. This is the difference between Russians and other peoples. They will never forget that the truth lies in compassion. Numerous tempters will not be able to force the Russian people to abandon their brothers and plunge into selfish love of money. The time will come when the spirit of the people will rise, outraged by the deeds of the Antichrist throughout the world. Rus' will rise. And it will be headed by the Orthodox Tsar.

Many elders, worried about the fate of people, considered it their duty to help believers. After all, their hearts and souls suffer from seeing the terrible events happening everywhere in the world. Thus, Elder Pansophius of Athonite compiled a special prayer book. It contains texts with which one should turn to the Lord for protection from evil and temptations. Only through the prayers of the true Orthodox will Rus' survive, the elders said. And with her the whole world will be saved. But efforts will be required from each person. Together we need to care about blessings for Rus'. This country was appointed by the Lord for a most important mission. But she won’t be able to cope with it without believers.

Conflicting Predictions About Putin

Reading the words that are attributed to the holy men about the President of the Russian Federation, one should understand the significance of his personality for the modern political process. After all, this man has been occupying the minds of ordinary citizens in all countries for many years. He is reviled by governments and the media, but admired by ordinary people (and vice versa). It was as if the whole world was focused on this man. The Athonite elders also talked about Putin. All known information can be divided exactly along the confrontation boundary, clearly visible in public opinion. Thus, the Athonite elder Afanasy, as follows from the media, anathematized the president. He considered him a usurper acting to the detriment of Russia. Allegedly, it was V.V. Putin who instigated a war in which brothers kill each other.

It should be noted that the anathema of the Athonite elders is not a completely real thing. Think for yourself, would a Christian, sincerely and with all his soul devoted to the Lord, begin to release aggression into the world? Isn't he thereby helping the Antichrist gain power? Such materials should be treated with caution. Moreover, there are others that are different in content. Thus, Elder Gabriel of Athos said that V.V. Putin took upon himself a huge and heavy cross. Even if he has some mistakes or sins, the Lord will forgive everything. Putin is a sincere person who cares for Rus' and the people. And simple people should help him with passionate prayer. Athonite Elder Afanasy, despite the obvious condemnation of the decisions of the President of the Russian Federation, agrees with the role ordinary person in saving Russia. He said that he placed all his hopes on the people. The Orthodox Russian people will not lie, they will not go against their conscience.

Athonite elders about Ukraine

Elder Parthenius warned against the insincerity of the European Union. In his opinion, if Ukraine joins it, it will be much worse in this country than in Greece. Wars and lawlessness are happening everywhere in the world. But the main thing is that the sins of Sodom are welcomed by rulers and states. Is it on the path of the Orthodox with people who welcome such things? A lot of efforts fell to the lot of the Ukrainian people. He is kind and sincere, and does not wish harm to anyone. That’s why the elders see great power in him. Ukraine will cope with its problems and emerge victorious. People will begin to honor God in their souls. The elders also said that the Slavic people should be together. However, demonic forces separated them for a long time. Everyone should strive to unite the Orthodox. This is their only strength. Whoever among the Ukrainians goes against this will become a servant of the Antichrist, the elders said. And so there is a lot of evil in the world. It is possible to overcome it, survive, and protect the world only together. And Ukrainians are the same Slavic people as Russians and Belarusians. They need to join hands and unite against sin.

Even Elder Parfeniy warned Ukraine against the debt trap. He gave the example of Cyprus, where Mount Athos is located. Until it joined the European Union, it was a prosperous, strong country. They ruined Cyprus and plunged its people into poverty. There is nothing good about debt. Today you have everything, but tomorrow you will have to give away more than what you received.

Note that there are other predictions of the Athonite elders about Ukraine. They talk about victory over Russia. However, even politicians now admit that there is no war between the fraternal countries. So is it worth reading propaganda materials? People are perspicacious at heart. How can they believe that their relatives have taken up arms against them? After all, many families are separated by a border for more than twenty years, but hearts cannot be torn apart so easily. Will those who love begin to kill?

About Russia and Ukraine

You know, all the elders talk about the same thing. The world is gradually approaching the border where people will have to choose which side to take. This is not about the conflict that struck Ukraine. They talked about souls and faith. Today the planet is engulfed in global processes. They affect every person and occur on many levels: in the economy, politics, and the spiritual sphere. The last one is the most subtle and dangerous. Therefore, everyone considered it their duty to warn people about the Antichrist. He will come to earth in human form. Dad will support him. He will point the believers to him as the messiah. The Antichrist will plunge humanity into chaos and sin, and will push it towards vices and a decline in spirituality. We see all this with our own eyes. And this war is not going on on the battlefields, but in souls. Whom to support, consider as righteous and messenger of the Lord? This is something everyone decides for themselves, judging according to their conscience.

The elders talk about this, that you need to strengthen your faith. It is necessary to firmly know that the Lord will not abandon someone who has not bent his soul and has not been tempted either by gold or by demonic pleasures. You may ask, what does Russia’s relationship with Ukraine have to do with it? Thus, the peoples of these countries found themselves on the first line of the front between light and darkness. As they say, everyone will be rewarded according to their deeds. Nothing else. Therefore, the elders insist on sincere prayer, so that the Lord will show the right path. Is it possible for a brother to go against his brother? But this is precisely what the servants of the Antichrist are pushing people to do. Everything will become clear in time. The repentance of those who made a mistake and succumbed to sin will be cruel. One should strive for peace, believe in Jesus, and support Orthodoxy. It will save you in a world storm.

About America and other “partners”

There are prophecies of the elders regarding the consequences of Armageddon. It is said that two thirds of humanity will die in a bloodbath. The Antichrist will not want to give up his power. He will raise an army against Rus', which will have to fight almost alone for the Lord. By the way, everyone is confident that the Orthodox people will survive and save others. And at the end of this war, America and Japan will go under water. Elder Vladislav (Shumov) told about this. And Australia will sink to the bottom of the sea. After all, it is in these lands that the Antichrist will find many supporters. The cataclysm will also affect Chinese lands. Some of them will be flooded. Then China will want to fight with Russia for territory. And on the other side Germany will attack. But Rus' will survive. People who now live outside the borders of the state will help her. Everyone in the world who considers themselves Russian will unite to restore the greatness of the Motherland.

About Greece and Turkey

Paisius of Athos spoke about a big war in the Middle East. In his opinion, Turkey faces big problems. After all, Serbia was divided to please this state. Muslims were allowed to create their own country, separate from the Orthodox. The same fate will befall Turkey. The European Union will point out to her the need to allocate land for non-Muslims. will go to Greece, but will lose. The elder claimed that the Orthodox would win this battle. And Constantinople will be given to Greece. Not because her army will be powerful. No, it will be beneficial for everyone. The Russians will take the city, but will lose it to the Greeks. Because this will be useful for the whole world for political reasons. The Turks will have to flee. They will go to Mesopotamia. Orthodoxy will eventually become the faith and hope of the majority of peoples. Even the Chinese will join him.

About World War III

We have already talked about Armageddon and we will repeat it again. The fact is that any listener who listens to the prophecies of the elders understands them through the prism of his own worldview. Therefore, it is recommended to listen and read their words several times, trying to penetrate the deeper meaning. By the way, some residents of Ukraine perceived the idea of ​​​​the victory of the people as a harbinger of the collapse of Russia. Is it so? Do the elders talk about this? Everyone never tires of repeating that it is necessary to seek the truth in the soul and strengthen the Orthodox faith. Joseph of Athos went further in his advice. The elder told people to study themselves. They looked not at events, but at their own role in them. Are you acting according to your conscience?

Everything in this world is done by people. Without the support of the people, no ruler will retain power. What's inside a person? How can he deal with the devil? The elder speaks about this in detail in his research. Humility comes to those who have achieved enlightenment. And it lies in self-knowledge! If people follow this road, no Antichrist will be able to deal with them. Third World War happens in everyone's soul. Some have previously won, others are still fighting, and others have given up. And there are no allies in this war except the true faith. And Orthodox people are invincible. For they never truly abandoned faith in the Lord. You ask, when will this battle come? Isn’t she already walking in our hearts? Look at the news today. Tell yourself, whose side are you on? Were you able to win the first fight? Congratulations!

Predicting the future today is the lot of futurologists. Their “prophecies” are usually based on the most complex fundamental analysis and the latest information 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 formidable 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 us foreign teachers 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... 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 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.”