Prophecies of Orthodox monks about the end times. Predicts Schema-Archimandride Stefan of Athos

with the abbot of the monastery of St. Paul, Archimandrite Parthenios (Murelatos). Elder Parthenius, who has been laboring on Holy Mount Athos for more than 56 years, is one of the most revered in Greek world confessors.

“Many say that the end times are approaching. How can Christians be saved in the world under these conditions?

Everything goes according to Scripture. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away,” 1 says the Lord in the Gospel. And everything that was uttered by God has been fulfilled and will be fulfilled in full measure. Apostasy 2 is progressing every day. The world is sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss of a spiritual crisis. The Zionists and other forces behind the latest scandals 3 and the anti-church campaign set themselves only one task: to tear people away from God and consign His Name to oblivion on earth.

But they will never be able to achieve this! Because the Kingdom of God is not inherited. While earthly rulers succeed each other, the Heavenly Sovereign remains the same. God has ruled, rules and will rule the universe forever and ever. Neither demons nor people can take away His Kingdom.

Why are we in an economic crisis today? This is the grace of God! So that people who have forgotten the Lord come to their senses and stop sliding into the spiritual abyss.

But, unfortunately, not many see the real causes of the crisis. Instead of praying, turning to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary with a request for help - people rely on foreign assistance, economic reforms, loans ...

God left people free. Until we fall, come to our senses and turn to him with a call for help, he will not interfere. And when we ask God, he will give us what we ask for, because our Lord is not evil, but merciful and philanthropic. He always wants the best for us.

Tell me about the Jesus Prayer. What is its significance in the life of monks and laity?

– In the spiritual life, fasting, vigilance and prayer have key value. It is these three feats that unite a person with God. Also, for salvation, it is necessary to have faith and love for God.

We must remember that the Lord is everywhere, he is with us every minute, hears our every request and sigh. But we ourselves must turn to him, God does not forcefully attract anyone to himself. He told us, "If anyone wants to follow Me, deny yourself and take up your cross and follow Me" 4 . “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, push and it will be opened to you” 5. “Without Me you can do nothing” 6 .

Without the help of God, we cannot even breathe air.

We Orthodox Christians must remember: the Lord is everywhere. Our life is Christ Holy Mother of God, archangels, angels and our saints. Outside the Church there is no Tradition. There is no salvation outside the Church. Outside the Church there is nothing but hell. "Blessed is the people whose God is the Lord" 7 . Consider the history of the Jewish people. When the Jews left God, misfortunes fell upon them (captivity, wars, massacres). When they asked God for help, they received it.

The same thing is happening now. Nothing has changed since then.

– Father Parthenius, is there any hope now? Maybe through trials, through difficulties, we will be able to return to God?

Let's take the example of the Russian people. Russians were chosen by God. Having received the Orthodox faith from the Greeks, they bore great spiritual fruit. How many saints in Russia! The number of Russian saints exceeds the number of saints of all other peoples combined!

But gradually Russia moved away from God, the Russian people fell into wickedness, and the Lord, by His mercy, allowed the revolution and the atheists to come to power. How many New Martyrs suffered for Christ, how many people preferred to die, but did not betray their faith!

The godless power fell, but the Church remained alive. How could one imagine in the 1970s that the USSR would collapse, and that 600 new monasteries would be built and opened in Russia through the care of Patriarch Alexy?

The Gospel says: everything that “not my Heavenly Father has planted will be uprooted” 8 . Let's remember Hitler, Napoleon... They wanted to subjugate the whole world, ruined many human lives and achieved nothing. God does not bless such undertakings.

IS IT A WAR?
(Prophecy of Father Theodosius of the Caucasus)

Germany is defeated.

Was that a war? -
Monk, already quite weak,
The future will open to all:

In the unknown, in the appointed year
Disaster will come from the east.
From the abyss the dragon will lead
All-devouring fire
To Russia that goes out like a candle.
And then - like a locust
Follow him from outside
The whole world is subject to Satan.

And yet be saved
Russia ... But war, war -

What will be!

AFTER DACHAU
(St. Nicholas of Serbia)

“Apostasy... yes! -
Cause of God's Judgment.

In this terrible and godless age
The poor man is shaking

Not understanding one thing:
There is nothing without God.

Sinfulness - from time immemorial
Cause of droughts, disasters, wars,

Turmoil and popular riots, ”-
The new "Chrysostom" was broadcasting to everyone,

The one who was himself
An example of love and instructed

In the innocence of spiritual children...

Passed through Dachau hell.

DEAD BODY
(Mother Alipia+1988)

Troubles follow wave after wave:
Carry out the corpse - and the war will begin.

WHAT WILL IT BE?..

(Schimonahina Nila (Novikova) +1999)

What will it be, righteous God! ..
Everything that was, will be the same:

Again satanic will care
Children of the October Revolution

Sprinkle Orthodox Russia with blood,
Hang, shoot, drown in the sea.

INEVITABILITY
(Archimandrite Tavrion)

Troubles are inevitable. No doubt -
There will be harassment and persecution.

Due to apostasy in faith -
Inevitably, the mark of the beast...

A man will recoil from the truth, -
And an unprecedented war will break out

The world is maimed to the ground,
In oceans of human blood.

ELECTIONS
(Prot. Vladislav Shumov +1996)

What times will be
And there is war, and there is war!

How long can you kill!?
And the world will get tired of fighting.

And will be chosen for the people
Ruler over the entire planet.

You must know his name:
Antichrist, child of Satan.

But God is your father, the church is your mother.
Remember: Vote

It is impossible - neither "against" nor "for".
The storm is already gathering.

SWORD OF WAR
(Prot. Nikolai Guryanov)

Hanging, not sheathed,
The sword of the hanging war
Threatening with terrible misfortune,
Above Russia - a beggar and a saint.

At God's Altar
Prayer of the Russian Tsar -
In sacred quivering fire! -
God's wrath takes away from us.

While before God it is necessary
Our Tsar - Russia will stand
In the final hour of death...
Oh, how he prays for us!

How she cries!

HARD TIMES ARE COMING
(Prophecy of Elder Hilarion)

The fear of God disappears in people.
Faith is diminished in the hearts...

Shepherds and laity are one
They will. Desecrated, to the bottom
No useless words
Compassion and love will sink.

People will cry, but just can't find
They will have no fathers, no way.
Salvation will flee from them.
Love of money will be their God, -
And Christ will be betrayed again.

They will sell their souls for profit.

THERE WILL BE SUCH A WAR IN RUSSIA
(Prot. Vladislav Shumov)

Here is the price of falling away from God:
There will be such a war in Russia, -
That there is nowhere to go from her:
From the west - the Germans, from the east - the Chinese.

FROM YOUR WORDS...
(Prot. Vladislav Shumov)

Shamelessness, swearing, shameful expressions
For a sinner, they are like radiation.
It has long been confirmed by science,
What will turn into incurable flour
Words addressed to hell
Crazy sick creature.

They squirm and blow up boors in themselves
The structure of the hereditary program.
So, inevitably the memory of life is gene
It will turn out to be a change and change ...

The river of time carries away generations
To their earthly inheritance - degeneration.

DESIRE TO SAVE
(Unknown old man)

Adulterer,
Don't you remember:
Noah called people -
Only cattle came.

FOOT OF THE THRONE
(Saint John of Kronstadt)

Russia, the foot of the Throne of the Lord,
On the bones of the martyrs, pleasing
God's will, - she always got up ...
To divide it, no matter how annoying
Enemy - she will always remain
as the one Church of Christ.

RUSSIA WILL RISEN
(St. Theophan of Poltava, confessor of the royal family)

An unprecedented spiritual explosion will happen:
Pushing the powerful and proud, -
One day, surprising the whole world with yourself,
Russia will rise from the dead!

And its domes will shine again
Through the dark years of oblivion...
But the faith that used to be in Russia -
It won't be, unfortunately.

PREDICTION OF WAR IN UKRAINE

They drag us to fratricidal hell
Demons of decay, but the main thing -
They want to destroy Holy Russia,
Faith to change the Orthodox.

Let the spring shine bright
Will be inflexible to the enemy ...
This war will become bloody
Spiritual war of things.

DOLLARS
(Schiarchimandrite Iona Ignatenko)

"Here it is, the world's conceited lie," -
Say tired and gloomy
The old man, in his hands unusually holding
Dollar bills.

"To the sinful world - the grass does not grow -
Dollars would only ... In the end
The wind will one day avenge them
Like leaves on the road."

ABOUT WARS, HUNGER
(Hieromonk Anatoly +2002, buried in Kyiv)

Disasters are not far away.
Gold is cleansed by fire.
In hunger - just one prosphora
The Lord will nourish the faithful.

TRINITY
(Rev. Lavrentiy Chernigovsky)

In their immensity boundless,
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, -
Always - one, always - inseparable,
One soul, one Holy Russia.

The promises of the righteous are not false:
No matter how much blood you shed to your enemy,
But it is impossible to separate their brotherhood,
How can the Trinity never be divided!

RESTRUCTURING IN THE WEST
(From the book "The Last Fates of Russia and the World")

1
The fall of countries is not prepared in a year ...
Oh, how the reckless West rejoices
Someone else's trouble, not understanding only
That "perestroika" has come for them too.

2
All the gold of the world does not saturate the bosom
The risen second Babylon.

All the same, the angel will bring everyone out of the house again, -
Opposing the new Sodom.

And the clean becomes unclean
Under the yoke of wicked Satanists.

3
All that has seen, the sky will shudder,
Seeing what is happening on demand
Antichrist - where is everything before the collapse
It will choke on lack of will and debauchery.

DELAYED TIME
(Archbishop Averky,
work "Modernity in the light of the Word of God")

In the future, we - this is clearly visible -
Nothing good to come:
Slowly, persistently and ingloriously
The world is heading towards its death.

God will delay the end of the world,
The righteous hearing the voices
In the midst of the thick, universal black night,
For maybe half an hour...

THE FATE OF THE Tsar AND THE FATE OF RUSSIA
(according to St. Anatoly Potapov)

I will say this, since the main thing was asked:
The fate of the Tsar is the fate of Russia.

Everything is connected, and we need to understand:
When the Tsar is happy, then Russia is also happy.

And if disorder, and even more so -
The Tsar will cry - and the Motherland will cry.

When will madness rise on the Throne,
Then Russia will no longer be ...

What is a body without a head? - the sighted one will answer:
The corpse is ugly - abandoned, stinking.

So is Russia outside the tsar's will -
A stinking corpse, I tell you, no more.

ABOUT GRIEF
(St. Nektarios of Optina)

We live, still unfamiliar with sorrow:
What is our sorrow? - insect bites
Compared to unsatisfied blood
The last - on the world going sorrow ....

And the world - now too soon - will collapse at once,
Belted with iron and paper.

THIRD WORLD
(St. Lavrenty of Chernigov)

No wonder Revelation says:
The earth will burn, and everything on it will burn.

In the all-encompassing omnipotence of fire
Both stone and armor will melt.

Hail and everything will be wiped off the face of the earth.
Fire and dust reach to heaven.

In the times of the last, fatal
Few will survive.

And it will be through prayers and groans -
For extermination, not repentance
Coming to us
Third world.

IN HELL
(St. Barsanuphius of Optina)

Crazy age, - the old man remarked directly, -
The people are in such a hurry to hell - as if from a temple
On a holiday day; and to paradise (it's easy to see),
As if in a temple - on an ordinary day,
On a weekday...

THE BIRTH OF THE ANTICHRIST
(St. Nil the Myrrh-streaming)

And the time is drawing near when
The fiend of hellish fornication -
From an evil and malicious harlot,
But virgin in appearance - in due time
Deadly, I warn you -
It will be incarnated without the male seed.

Hey, I say...

REPENTANCE
(St. Seraphim Vyritsky)

Our people are not beyond death, -
As long as repentance is alive in him ...

And again a brother will rise up against his brother,
When it doesn't exist at all.

ABOUT CHINA
(schema Macarius)

Pray, threaten, cry out - now what is the need?
Who is friend, who is enemy? - we are alien to the whole world ...

And if someone is destined to be afraid, -
We are most afraid of the Chinese.

FLOOD
(St. Nektarios of Optina)

Everything will be so, nothing else will happen, -
What happened under the pious Noah.

In what sins is everything, and what to fear -
Everyone knew, but they didn't lift a finger.

And only one showed the will to act
A family that rejected the sin of Sodom.

The mad ones betrayed oblivion
All God's commandments about salvation.

Blind eyes, petrified souls...
So it will be in the Coming Coming!

CARNAL MULTIPLE-CAREFULNESS
(St. Nil the Myrrh-streaming)

Indulging their unbelief,
carnal care,
Preparing near Gehenna,
Humility will replace...

Such is already at the door of the century,
That a person will become dead
And to the thought of your salvation,
And to the horror of condemnation.

TREASURY OF GOLD
(St. Nil the Myrrh-streaming)

All sinners will come to this
Despair, finished bargaining
The last one, as if in front of you
Seeing an unpaid debt.

It's coming, payback is coming
For sin, for accepted flattery:
Alchba, treasure of gold -
The Antichrist is exactly what it is.

He, - impudently, without delay
In the hour that was allowed to appear, -
So far - only flesh in the distance,
And mentally - for a long time between us.

UNCLEAN FRUIT
(St. Nil the Myrrh-streaming)

So that this bad, unclean fruit
In the delayed year came
To the unfortunate ones who accepted the seal, -
Irreversibly impoverish
The world must - whatever you want to call it -
With the unanimity of love
And chaste, simple,
A humble life of purity.

Before that - how to fall at his feet,
Power must disappear everywhere, -
And so - as the worst of evils -
Anarchy of cities and villages;
And how the fall is the result -
Anarchy in the Church, God sees.

Retaining from the environment
Take only - sewage

The fruit will appear in the world...

TO YOUR END
(Fr. Ioannikii)

1
And here it is - very close, close, -
The future - do not breathe from the stench.

You can't make up for curses, beggar,
Lack of water, warmth and food.

So do not blame the bitter orphanhood:
What kind of leadership are we!

And yet, "give back to the king,"
But don't expect better from them.

Save yourself, my dear children,
While the Lord grants the Liturgy.

It's so close, folks.
You will go to the temple, but there will be no service there.

But people are so lazy, so careless,
As if they will live this life forever.

Everything is heavier, more unbearable burden.

And time is reaching its end.

ON READING REVELATION
(St. Barsanuphius)

Avoids the troubles of the universe, -
Who reads the Apocalypse.

And only those who know, notice
The end that the Lord allowed
And all events are in the future
It will ripen without distortion.

EXECUTION
(Mont. Alipiya Kyiv)

Times like these are coming
That there will be an execution, not a war, -
Blind to salvation and deaf
For the stench and for their corruption.

Accustomed to lying to the truth
Everyone will run
To the place from the place, but on the way
They can't find shelter.

Will a calm syllable describe
All these mountains along the roads
Bodies doomed to rot...
And who will bury them?

1848
(St. Macarius of Optina)

Looming over the world and country
Year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.

Above Optina, falling from a height,
The whirlwind tore down all the roofs and crosses.

Macarius regarded this with spirit:
The wrath of God on an apostate world;

Europe would know at this hour:
Their demonic - will be with us! ..

And the saint saw through the ashes of demolished roofs
Revolutionized Paris.

HATRED
(St. Barsanuphius of Optina)

Everywhere sin, everywhere wretchedness,
Christianity is hated everywhere.

It is a yoke to those who live carefree,
It prevents them from sinning freely.

But what's in store for them? - famous road
Aspiring to arrange life without God,

Attracting blind generations
Only to degeneration and disappearance.

And waiting for Russia - whether you like it or not
Invasion of antichrist hordes.

In their world, satanically equal,
There is no place for Orthodox Russia.

War on Russia - as the foundation of Tverd -
Will go for the first time
And in the second
And in the third...

1917 "CENTURY OF SILENCE"
(St. Nektarios of Optina)

There was a war, the faces of the saints were gloomy ...
A brother lived in the skete, who eagerly collected books.

The inhabitants of the future did not know
But for picking up a brother they reproached him.

And so the old ascetic enlightened them,
Interceding for the monk Nectarios:

“Books will not be available soon, do not be strict:
Spiritual hunger is already on the threshold.

“... There is a figure "" six "" - the past number.
Following - menacingly "" seven "" harsh came,
And the age of silence has come. And thunderstorms
The unseen is entailed ... ", -
And he fell silent, and flow down his cheeks
Humble suffering tears.

ABOUT EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
(St. Nectarios)

He spoke, as if by duty,
That the godless power came for a long time,
That it is vain to hope for the past,
What for children are mentors of faith
Father and mother should be - and an example,
But they will have to be sent to school.

"WILL NOT"
(St. Nectarios about the Eighth Council)

Thinking for a moment,
He said about the unification of churches.

“There won’t be, - rivers to avoid disputes, -
Since there were already seven cathedrals,
Familiar to us for the heart and for hearing;
There are seven sacraments - the gifts of the Holy Spirit,
Serving for the salvation of man,
And the number "eight" - the next century ...

Of the heterodox - rare, only a select few
The Lord will vouchsafe the title of the Orthodox.

"EDUCATION"
(St. Macarius of Optina)

Rejecting church teaching,
We took "enlightenment" from the West.

And the young, now rushing for a century,
They eat non-Orthodox milk,

And, as if possessed by an illness,
Some poisonous muddy spirit.

COLD WAR PREDICTION
(St. Nektarios of Optina)

According to human, not according to God's will,
Blowjob three decades and more;

One in the future, everything is not minutes -
Walls have been erected between nations.

And the earth - until time - bloodless,
It will be filled with teeth grinding.

VISION OF O. NEKTARIUS
(according to N. Pavlovich)

Like a breath from the mountain worlds -
The saint once had a vision.

The sky and the pines that rustled in the sky,
The air prayed for in a beggarly cell,
Skit - God-loving humble village -
Everything suddenly disappeared, disappeared in an instant.

He sees: the saints who trampled hell,
All stand in a circle
In the sky, already touching its top,
So that there is almost no space left,
In anger ready to collapse on us ..

A prophetic voice touched the rumor:

You will immediately see the end of the world, -
This small gap will only be filled.

ABOUT CONFIDENCE
(St. Nektariy Optinsky)

How much will he have to push,
Who wants to live up to the Antichrist.

Many in the world of spiritual fall -
From proud ignorance.
Know, as you embark on this path of the Cross:
Sorrow of the world throughout the heavens
It will, and remember Peter's words:
"Righteous if barely saved..."

Near - zausheniya, persecution, deprivation.
presumptuous temptation
Will they be able to?

ONLY ONE PRIEST...
(St. Nektarios of Optina)

And faith in us is not hot,
And it doesn't shine like a candle
And it glows like a candle.
And the church is already a reality or a dream? -
Was in the boundless horizon
And it became like a ring.

Look: all evil, all hellish rabble
On the right faith goes
One invasion...
Then - one of the whole church
The priest will be faithful to her
With only one layman.

RUSSIA
(St. Theophan the Recluse)

1. ORTHODOXY. AUTOCRACY. PEOPLE.

What is Russia more magnificent than ours!
In her plans, deeds grandiosity.
Keep it holy orthodoxy,
And in it - Autocracy, Nationality.

These beginnings will lead over the abyss;
From the ashes with them, reborn, you will rise.
People! If you stain them with treason, -
You will cease to be the Russian people.

2. SPIRITUAL EXHAUST

Yet we do not live with our minds,
Adopting customs
Alien; take from abroad
The abominations are all pagan.

We had the gift of heavenly faith,
They lived under God, comforted.
Now, having inhaled the infernal fumes,
We're spinning around like crazy.

TSAR'S WILL
(St. John of Kronstadt)

Not by the will of man, but by His will
The Lord does not plant a kingdom of kings.

Keeper of Russia to this day - as of old,
One after God is only Father-Tsar.

While his will is over many wills -
The Antichrist does not dare to appear until...

And the Sovereign, given by God, will descend from the throne, -
And the mystery of iniquity will appear to us.

WHILE THE KING IS RULING YOU...
(St. John of Kronstadt)

O Russia, sufferer for all,
Open your ears, turn away sin
Cast out the hypocrite...
You will be God's, as of old,
As long as you are ruled by the King
The holy faith lives on.

On those who do not want to comprehend
This - the Lord is an iron scourge -
Rulers above you
Send, - administering a quick judgment.
Those - the Russian land will be flooded
Bloody tears.

Monasticism in the End Times
(Hegumen Nikon (Vorobiev) 1894 - 1936

Holy people directly tell us
That there will be no former monasticism, -
And the appearance is only visible to everyone,

Without doing spiritual things at all.

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

Elder Vladislav (Shumov)

Cards will be introduced in Moscow, and then famine.

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

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

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

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

In Russia, the communists will still come to power.

As soon as you find out that such and such a priest has been driven out of the church, cling to him for the duration of the persecution.

Japan and America will sink together.

All of Australia will also be flooded.

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

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

The southern half of China will be flooded by the waters of the Indian Ocean. And then the Chinese will reach Chelyabinsk. Russia will unite with the Mongols and drive them back.

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

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

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

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

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

Afghanistan is in for an endless war.

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

Blessed old woman Pelageya of Ryazan

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

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

When the Lord allows the Antichrist to appear, then the majority of the clergy will immediately convert to another faith, and the people will follow them!

The Antichrist will sacrifice many nations that Satan will prepare for this, turning them into ruminant cattle!

There will be no food, no water, unspeakable heat, remorse by animals, at every step there will be strangled men hanging.

Most people in the world from hunger will accept the seal from the Antichrist, very few will not. This seal will forever seal those who accept it for the grace of repentance, that is, they will never be able to repent and will go to hell!

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

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

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

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

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

There will be three great miracles:

The first miracle - in Jerusalem - the resurrection from the dead of the holy patriarch Enoch and the holy prophet Elijah on the third day after they were killed by the Antichrist!

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

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

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

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

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

Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina

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

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

Reverend Anatoly of Optina

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

Rev. Theodosius (Kashin)

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

Reverend Cyril (White)

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

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

Schema-Archimandrite Stefan (Athos)

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

Elder Matthew Vresfensky

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

Elder Vissarion (Optina Pustyn)

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

Elder Nikolai (Guryanov)

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

Prophecies of the Holy Fathers from Greek texts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elder Anthony

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

Paisios Athos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blessed Jerome

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

At all times there were people with a special spiritual vision, who looked at the world not with physical, but with spiritual eyes. For these farsighted elders there were no barriers and deadlines, the boundaries of time and space moved apart for them, the secrets of heaven and earth were revealed. “It must be said that we, the last representatives of the human race, should be grateful to God for allowing us to see and even participate in the most terrible war between good and evil, about which so many prophecies and predictions have been written about more than anything else. And about predictions it should be noted; they are left by our saints even more than the prophecies of Holy Scripture. Many predictions were made by the saints, who already lived close to the end times, who, as it were, were in a hurry to warn the world about the coming tragedy. Especially valuable warnings were given by Rev. Seraphim of Sarov and Rev. Nile the Myrrh-streaming. In them we will find explanations and interpretations of the prophecies, and even valuable additions to them, which more clarifies the overall terrible picture. Of particular importance to us are the predictions relating to our Russia with its special lot in God's dispensation. The ancient fathers of the Church in brief statements tried to emphasize that the future end times would be difficult, but God's mercy to those who suffered would be special. Thus, in the Fatherland, compiled by Ignaty Brianchaninov, the conversation of the elders is cited: “Once upon a time, the holy fathers of the Egyptian skete spoke prophetically about the last generation of Christians. “What have we done? they said. One of them, the great Abba Ischirion, answered: "We have fulfilled the commandments of God." Then they asked: “What will those who come after us do?” "They," said Abba, "will have a work half against us." Then they asked him: “And what will those who come after them do?” Abba Ischirion answered: “They will by no means have monastic work: but sorrows will be allowed to them, and those of them who stand will be higher than us and our fathers.” The same was said by St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem (386): “Therefore, the Lord, knowing the great power of the adversary and condescending to the pious, says: then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains (Matthew 24:16). But if someone realizes in himself that he is really strong and can resist Satan, then (without losing hope in the strength of the Church) let him become such and say: who will separate us from the love of God. and so on. Who is the blessed one who, according to piety, will then be a martyr for Christ, for above all the martyrs I place the martyrs of that time. Also Rev. Nifont, Bishop of Cyprus, predicted: “My son, the saints will not be impoverished until the end of time! But in last years they will hide from people, and will please God in such humility of wisdom that they will appear in the Kingdom of Heaven above the first miraculous fathers. And such a reward will be for them because in those days there will be no one before their eyes who would work miracles, and people themselves will perceive the zeal and fear of God in their hearts, for at that time the rank of bishop will be inexperienced and will not become love wisdom and reason, and will only care about self-interest. Like them, the monks will be from the possession of large estates, from the vain glory their spiritual eyes will be darkened, and they will be neglected God-loving with all their hearts, but the love of money will reign in them with all its might. But woe to the monks who love gold: they will not see the Face of God!” However, many ancient prophecies do not have a Russian translation or have not even been preserved, but are revealed there, in retelling, summarized in a general narrative. Such a list from the prophecies of one Russian learned monk is given by the archbishop. Seraphim of Chicago and Detroit (1959), it gives a brief history before the enlightenment of Russia and then the actual prophecy about the future begins, since predictions were written before the baptism of Russia for more than a hundred years. “The scepter of the Orthodox Kingdom falls out of 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 150-200 years before the baptism of Russia), will accept Christianity with all their heart, the commandments of Christ and seek, according to the instructions of Christ the Savior, first of all the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. For this jealousy this people will love. The Lord God will add everything else to him - large expanses of land, wealth, state power and glory. In a thousand years, even this God-chosen people will waver in faith and in standing up for the Truth of Christ, will become proud of their earthly might and glory, will stop worrying about seeking the City of the future and will want paradise not in heaven, but on sinful earth. And for this great fall, a terrible fiery trial will be sent from above to this people who despised the ways of God. Rivers of blood will spill over his land, brother will kill brother, hunger will visit this land more than once and gather its terrible harvest, almost all temples and other shrines will be destroyed or defiled, many people will die. Yet the Lord will not be completely angry with his third chosen people. The blood of thousands of martyrs will cry out to heaven for mercy. The people themselves will begin to sober up and return to God. Finally, the period of purifying trial determined by the Just Judge will pass, and holy Orthodoxy will again shine with the bright light of rebirth 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 a part of this people thoughtfully sent in advance to the dispersion. Christianity will then reveal itself in all its heavenly beauty and fullness. Most of the peoples of the world will become Christians. And then? Then, when the fulfillment of time comes, a complete decline of faith will begin all over the world, and other things predicted in St. Scripture, the Antichrist will appear, and finally the end of the world will come.” These prophecies are stated in different manuscripts and in different versions, but, basically, they all agree (S.V. Fomin "Russia before the Second Coming"). The second similar prediction, also collected from various Greek books by the Russian monk Anthony Savait, speaks of the time before Antichrist. “The end times have not yet come, and it is completely wrong to believe that we are on the threshold of the coming of the “antichrist”, because one and the last flowering of Orthodoxy is yet to come, this time all over the world, led by Russia. It will take place after a terrible war, in which either 1/2 or 2/3 of humanity will die and which will be stopped by a voice from heaven: “And the Gospel will be preached throughout the world!”<...>There will be a period of universal prosperity - but not for long. In Russia at this time there will be an Orthodox Tsar, whom the Lord will reveal to the Russian people. And after that, the world will again become corrupted and will no longer be capable of correction, then the Lord will allow the reign of the Antichrist ”(S. V. Fomin“ Russia before the Second Coming ”). "St. Hippolytus, Pope of Rome (268) wrote - “... many who will listen to the Divine Scriptures, have them in their hands and ponder them, will avoid deceit (Antichrist) After all, they will clearly understand his intrigues and the lies of his deception: they will avoid his hands and hide themselves on the mountains and crevices of the earth, and with tears and a contrite heart will seek that Lover of mankind, who will snatch them from his nets and save them from his painful temptations in an invisible way, right hand He will cover them with His, because they worthily and justly fell down to Him. Do you see what kind of fasting and prayer the saints will observe then? Pay attention also to what a difficult time and days will befall all those who will be in cities and villages. They will then move from east to west and back from west to east; they will weep a lot and mourn bitterly; and when the day has just dawned, they will wait for the night in order to rest from their occupations. When night falls on (them), they will, due to continuous earthquakes and air hurricanes, try to see the light of day as soon as possible and how, at last, to achieve at least a heavy death. Then the whole earth will mourn for a mournful life, the sea and the air will mourn, the sun will mourn, the wild animals will mourn together with the birds, the mountains and hills and field trees will mourn - and all this is thanks to the human race because everyone deviated from the Holy God and believed into a deceiver, having taken the image of this wicked and enemy of God, instead of life-giving cross Savior. The churches will also mourn the great tribulation. For (then) there will be no offering, no incense, no service pleasing to God; but the buildings of the churches will be like huts intended for the storage of fruits; in those days neither will the honest body and blood of Christ be lifted up. Public worship will cease, the singing of psalms will cease, the reading of the Scriptures will not be distributed: and darkness will come for people and weeping for weeping and groans for groans. Then they will throw silver and gold along the roads, and no one will collect them, and everything will become disgusting. In fact, everyone will try to run away and hide and, however, will not be able to hide anywhere from the fury of the enemy, as those who wear his mark, they will be easily detected and recognized. Outward fear and within trembling (will be) night and day. As in the street, so in the houses (there will be) corpses, both in the street and at home - thirst and hunger; on the street - turmoil, at home - sobs. The beauty on the face will disappear; in fact, people will have his features, like those of the dead; the beauty of women will be destroyed and the lustfulness of all people will disappear. “Blessed are those who then overcome the tyrant, and they should be considered more glorious and great than the first martyrs. Indeed, the former martyrs were victorious over his (Antichrist's) bodyguards; these will overcome the devil himself, the son of perdition. And having become conquerors (over him), what great rewards and crowns they will receive from our King Jesus Christ. Saint Cyril (386 or 387), Archbishop of Jerusalem: “... The martyrs of that time, in my opinion, are higher than all martyrs. The former martyrs fought with some people, but the martyrs under the Antichrist will wage war with Satan himself. St. Andrew, Archbishop of Caesarea: “And go make war with the rest. - And when the best and chosen church teachers and those who despise the earth retire into the wilderness due to disasters, then the Antichrist, although he is deceived in them, will raise up a battle against those who are militant to Christ in the world in order to triumph over them, finding them easily caught, as if sprinkled with earthly dust. and engaged in the affairs of life. But many of these will overcome him, for they sincerely loved Christ.” “But there is a third reason, and, one might say, an unreasonable reason why the grace of the All-Holy Spirit sometimes deigns to leave even a God-bearing person. And this is already allowed by the Lord God Himself - to test people who have only become extremely strong in the grace of God as an extraordinary feat for extraordinary and rewards for that: as it was for the Lord Jesus Christ Himself from God the Father, when on the Cross I abode His Divinity perfectly impassive, that is, who did not feel the sufferings of His flesh, the Divine Sufferer involuntarily deigned to cry out. Eloi! Eloi! lama sawahwani? - What means. My God! My God! why did you leave me? So, the same temptation will be allowed to the whole universe at the time of Antichrist, when all the saints God's people and the holy Church of God of Christ, consisting only of them alone, will, as it were, be left from the protection and help of God. The wicked will triumph and be exalted over them to the point that the Lord God the Holy Spirit Himself, seeing from afar their invisibly heavy suffering, predicted from ancient times: “Oh, where is the faith and patience of the saints!” Similar immeasurable temptations are allowed and will be allowed until that time on the holy great saints of God and the saints of God to tempt their immensely great faith in Christ and to crown them with incomprehensibly great and incredible rewards for the human mind during the time of Past Life and the life of the Future Age (see Apocalypse 20, 4-6, let him who reads understand!) To the brother’s question: “As now the saints have multiplied all over the world, will it be, will it also be at the end of this age?” - St. Nifont (| 11.8.1460), Patriarch of Constantinople, replied: “My son, until the very end of this age, the prophets of the Lord God will not fail, as well as the servants of Satan. However, in the last time, those who will truly work for God will safely hide themselves from people and will not perform signs and wonders among them, as at the present time, but will follow the path of work, diluted with humility, and in the Kingdom of Heaven will turn out to be great Fathers, glorified signs; because then no one will perform miracles before the eyes of men, which would inflame people and induce them to strive with zeal for exploits. Those who occupy the thrones of the priesthood all over the world will be completely unskilled and will not know the art of virtue. The same will be the primates of the monastics, for all will be cast down by gluttony and vanity, and will serve for people more as a temptation than a model, therefore virtue will be neglected even more; the love of money will then reign, and woe to the monks who grow rich in gold, for such will be a reproach to the Lord God and will not see the face of the living God. A monk or a layman who gives his gold in excess, if he does not depart from such extortion, will be immersed in deep tartar, because he did not want to sacrifice (his gold) to God through good deeds to the poor. Therefore, my son, as I said before, many, being possessed by ignorance, will fall into the abyss, deluding themselves in the breadth of the wide and spacious way. Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), regarding these words of St. Nifont of Tsaregradsky wrote: “What a profound instruction, what a consolation for us in these prophetic words of the standard-bearing and spirit-bearing Father! Because of the multiplication of temptations, because of their universality and domination, because of the oblivion of the gospel commandments and the neglect of them by all mankind, it is necessary for those who want to be saved to withdraw from human society into external and internal solitude. Because of the drying up of grace-filled leaders, because of the multiplication of false teachers who have been deceived by demonic delusion and are drawing the whole world into this deception, it is necessary to live, diluted with humility, it is necessary to live according to the gospel commandments in the most exact way, it is necessary to combine prayer with weeping for oneself and for all mankind, caution is necessary from any infatuation with excitement, thinking to do the work of God with human forces alone, without God acting and doing his work. Save, save your soul, said to the remnant of Christians, said by the Spirit of God. Save yourself! Blessed if you find one faithful worker in the work of salvation: this is a great and rare gift of God in our time. Beware, wishing to save your neighbor, lest he drag you into a perilous abyss. The latter happens every hour. Retreat is allowed by God: do not try to stop it with your weak hand. Remove yourself, protect yourself from it: and that is enough for you. Familiarize yourself with the spirit of the times, study it in order to avoid its influence as far as possible. “Now there is almost no true piety,” says St. Tikhon (Zadonsky) already a hundred years before this. “Now it’s just hypocrisy.” Be afraid of hypocrisy, firstly in yourself, then in others: be afraid precisely because it is in the nature of the time and is capable of infecting anyone at the slightest deviation into frivolous behavior. Do not strive to show people, but in secret for your salvation, before the eyes of God, and your behavior will be cleansed of hypocrisy. Do not condemn your neighbors, leaving judgment on them to God, and you will be cleansed your heart from hypocrisy. Pursue hypocrisy in yourself, drive it out of you; turn away from the masses infected by it, acting both intentionally and unconsciously in its direction, covering the service of the world by serving God, the search for temporary blessings by the search for eternal blessings, covering up with the guise of holiness vicious life and a soul wholly devoted to passions. "Before the Second Coming of Christ<...>Christianity, spirituality and reasoning will become impoverished to the extreme between humanity<...>“The opponents of the Antichrist will be considered rebels, enemies of the public good and order, will be subjected to both covert and open persecution, torture and execution.” “In times of sorrows and dangers, visible and invisible, prayer is especially needed: it, being an expression of the rejection of arrogance, an expression of hope in God, attracts God's help to us.” “At the onset of great tribulations in the time of the Antichrist, all those who truly believe in God will cry out an intensified prayer to God. They will cry out for help, for intercession, for the sending down of Divine grace to strengthen and guide them. The own forces of people, although faithful to God, are not enough to resist the combined forces of outcast angels and people who will act with frenzy and despair, foreseeing their imminent death. Divine grace, having overshadowed the chosen ones of God, will make the seduction of the deceiver invalid for them, his threats unthreatening, his miracles contemptible; it grants them courageously to confess the Savior who has accomplished the salvation of men, and to denounce the false messiah who has come to destroy men; she will raise them to the scaffolds, as royal thrones like a wedding feast." The Lord "even at the very time of the Antichrist will guide His servants and prepare for them places and means of salvation, as is testified in the Apocalypse". Rev. Lawrence (Proskura, 1868 February 20, 1950), Schema-Archimandrite of the Chernigov Trinity Monastery: “Immediately (upon the reign of the Antichrist) persecution will begin on Jerusalem land, and then the last blood will be shed in all places of the globe for the Name of our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Of you, my children, many will live to see this terrible time.<...>Christians will be put to death or exiled to desert places, but the Lord will help and nourish His followers.<...>In those days there will still be strong fighters, pillars of Orthodoxy, who will be under the strong influence of the heartfelt Jesus prayer. And the Lord will cover them with His Almighty grace and they will not see those false signs that will be prepared for all people. I repeat once again that it will be impossible to go to those churches, there will be no grace in them. Hieromonk Nektarios of Optina (between February and October 1917): “And in the last times the world will be girded with iron and paper. The days of Noah are a type of our days. The Ark is the Church, only those who will be in It will be saved. Need to pray. By prayer, by the word of God, all filth is cleansed.” “It is time for prayers. Say the Jesus Prayer while you work. First with the lips, then with the mind, and, finally, she herself will pass into the heart ... "One sister, listening to this conversation, asked:" What to do? I don't want to live until then." “And you are young, you can wait,” said the old man. "How scary!" “And you choose one of two: either earthly or heavenly.”<...>The sister asked: “So it’s all dead?” “No, if the believers are washed with blood, then they will be counted among the martyrs, and if they are not believers, they will go to hell,” answered the priest. And until the number of fallen angels is filled, the Lord will not come to judge. But in the last time, the Lord will also count the living, written in the book of Life, among the angels of the missing count of those who have fallen away.<...>The priest talked with one hierodeacon (George) about the end times, bitterly shed tears, saying: "Many clergy will perish under the Antichrist." And George says: “How can I not die? Am I a deacon? And the father said, “I don’t know.” The deacon's father began to cry, falling at his feet, asking him to pray for him so that he could escape hell, and he prayed and answered: “All right. This is how it happens: he fell ill in the head, and then he himself fell ill, died and entered the Kingdom of Heaven. And this prediction came true. We knew this deacon at the Kyiv Lavra, he was very virtuous and the singing monk suddenly fell ill in the head and soon died. Batiushka often lamented and prayed tearfully, or told something with tears. The sisters reassured him, to which he objected: “Yes, how can one not cry when the abyss of human souls is full.” The father had strong love to everything for which the Lord gave him<даром>prayers of heart and insight. “The abyss will be pulled out on the earth,” the priest said, “and the “sirks” (demons) will all climb out and will be in people who will neither be baptized nor pray, but only kill people, and murder is original sin. It is interesting to seduce people with this sin more. Amen". Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) writes: “St. Athanasius the Great says that one of the signs of the approaching coming of the Antichrist will be the transition church government from the hands of archpastors to the hands of secular dignitaries. The sign is very true! This cannot take place otherwise than when the clergy lose their essential spiritual significance, its energy, generated by a decisive renunciation of the world. Officialdom has destroyed the essential significance of the Hierarchy in the Church, the connection between pastors and flock has been destroyed, and peacefulness, an insatiable desire for vain honors, for the accumulation of capital, has destroyed Christians in pastors, leaving in them only contemptible hated policemen because of their hatred for the people, because of their abuse and immorality. . Hieroschemamonk Kuksha (Velichko) (1875-1964): “The end times are coming. Soon there will be an ecumenical Council called "Saint". But it will be the same "Eighth Council, which will be a gathering of the godless." On it, all faiths will unite into one. Then all posts will be abolished, monasticism will be completely destroyed, bishops will be married. The new-style calendar will be introduced in Universal Church. Be carefull. Try to visit God's temples while they are still ours. Soon it will be impossible to go there, everything will change. Only a select few will see it. People will be forced to go to church, but we will not have to go there under any circumstances. I beg you, stay in Orthodox faith until the end of your days and be saved!”

Elder Kirill (Pavlov) spoke: "Today is a number, tomorrow is a card, the day after tomorrow is a seal."

Metropolitan Inokenty of Beijing(† 1931) wrote: “There were few true worshipers of the Lord at all times. Even His true disciples left the Lord Himself, and He Himself predicted that in the last times love would dry up, and people would be at enmity not only against each other, but against Himself God. The truth has never had numerous followers who have always been and will be persecuted. Not glory and wealth await them in this world, but the way of the cross. Only in this way can they reach the Kingdom of God. Whoever believes in God has nothing to fear from sons this world, if Christ is in us, who can be against us!

Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov (†1867) : "The opponents of the Antichrist will be considered rebels, enemies of the public good and order, will be subjected to covert and open persecution, torture and execution...".

From a vision Gregory, student of St. Basil the New: “After this, the Lord separated many from those who were left hand and behold, the evil ones came; they were worse than others. Their eyes are darker and gloomier than the others, on their foreheads each of them had the signatures of Satan, in their HANDS THEY HELD PLATES ON WHICH THEIR REJECTION WAS WRITTEN ... ".

Archpriest Nikolai Rogozin spoke: "After Misha "marked" they will give antichrist passports with sixes, in no case should they be taken."

Now living children teacher Kuksha of Odessa they also remember that the priest warned about the cards that there would be another eighth wicked Ecumenical Council on which the new style will be "accepted", fasting will be "abolished" and monks will be "allowed" to marry.

St. Andrew of Caesarea He speaks: "And the number of the beast will begin to spread everywhere, in buying and selling them. Yes, those who do not accept this, violent death will come from the impoverishment of the necessary."

Elder Tavrion of Batozsky(†1978) predicted: “The ancient Israeli symbol (the mark of the Antichrist) will be distributed everywhere, meaning the fulfillment of the apocalypse, and they will give numbers and passports. will be thirty". This warning has been said Hieroschemamonk Seraphim (Stoyanov).

Elder Kirill (Pavlov): "Then the Antichrist will offer to unite states and religions and make one banking system with the acceptance of inscriptions already on the body. And again the choice: inscription or suffering in an even worse version than now."

Elder Anthony said: "Oh, this mind! With one knife it cuts bread, and with another it will deprive a person of life. And the fallen mind is a tricky thing, there is no such meanness and disgust that the fallen mind could not justify, there is no reason why everything It will justify personal numbers, and passports, and 666! Whatever, love your Lord! They will betray themselves, their wife and children, their flesh. But a traitor of the last time, this is a traitor to his seed, ready to devour everything and destroy for the sake of a moment of earthly life, unwilling to come to mind and understand that he betrays, first of all, himself, betrays not into the hands of earthly despots, but to eternal torment in the underworld".

A group of four young men were talking about the topic of identity cards. They had four different opinions... After that, the four brothers were asked whether they should obey their confessor, and if so, what happens when the confessors have different opinions? Paisios Athos answered: "Everyone must obey his confessor, in everything that does not contradict holy scripture and tradition...".

Saint Isaiah spoke: "Understand the time. Do not expect prosperity in the general church composition, but be pleased with the fact that it is given in particular to be saved to people who want to be saved." "Save and save your soul", - said to the remnant of Christians, said by the Spirit of God. “Beware that no one deceives you” (Mt. 24:4)

Rev. Barsanuphius of Optina spoke: "He who reads the Apocalypse before the end of the world will be truly blessed, for he will understand what is happening. And understanding, he will prepare himself. Reading, he will see in the events described in the Apocalypse, those or other events contemporary to him."

Rev. Seraphim Vyritsky spoke: “In the most difficult times, it will be convenient to be saved who, to the best of his ability, begins to strive in the Jesus Prayer, ascending from the frequent invocation of the name of the Son of God to unceasing prayer.”

Famous Elder Paisius Svyatogorets(† 1994) said that the Apocalypse is already being fulfilled today, but, unfortunately, not everyone sees this.

Saint John Chrysostom spoke: "While Noah was crying unceasingly, 'Repent!' "People, mockingly, laughed at the construction of the ark until the water came and destroyed them all; so now some laugh at the words about the end. By the coming of the Antichrist, voluptuous lusts will multiply in people, and they will shamelessly incline to gluttony and fornication."

Elder Anthony:"The first freedom - which the demon needs, without which all others will crumble - is the freedom of religion, the so-called religious tolerance. Thousands and thousands of Catholic destroyers of Orthodoxy will be sent into the Church itself, among the clergy. The second freedom, which is also cultivated in every possible way, is freedom moral depravity. Fornication is not fornication, but sexual freedom (see how the enemy hides his action behind beautiful, at first glance, words: not fornication, but sex, not theft, but expropriation, and so on in everything)".

"The habitation will be done according to God,- He speaks Saint Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), - very difficult in terms of the vastness, generality of the Retreat. The multiplied apostates, calling themselves and appearing in appearance "Christians!!!", the more convenient it will be to persecute true Christians; multiplying apostates will surround true Christians with innumerable machinations, will oppose innumerable obstacles to their good intentions salvation and service to God, as St. Tikhon of Zadonsk. They will act against the servants of God and the violence of power, and slander, and malicious intrigues, and various seductions, and fierce persecution ... In recent times, the true monk will hardly find any distant and unknown shelter in which to serve God with some freedom and not be carried away by the violence of the Apostasy and the apostates in the service of Satan."

Hieromartyr Hermogenes on the interpretation of the Apocalypse writes: “Blind Christians will not see this, although even children can understand everything, how the authorities will mock openly and clearly. As for true Christians, the authorities will know all of them, because it will take everyone under state control - they will give everyone an identity card , and their verification will be carefully carried out ... But some will not be touched immediately due to freedom of conscience (freedom of religions). In the first case, they will act morally, but then, when they drive everyone to the fate of sinful Babylon and God's wrath is already close, a special decree will be issued; to eradicate those who go against, not as for religion, but as criminals of the people, because the people have become defiled.

St. Andrew of Caesarea He speaks: "The forerunner of the Antichrist, acting with the help of demons ... will try to impose on everyone the inscription of the pernicious name of the apostate and deceiver on the right hands to stop doing right and good deeds, as well as on the forehead, in order to teach the deceived to be bold in seduction and darkness. But his those who are imprinted on their faces with divine light will not be received."

Elder Kirill (Pavlov) He speaks: "Three sixes, indicated by numbers or in their linear image on a barcode, are only a label, a visiting card of the coming Antichrist. The "number of the beast" and "the number of man" is formed from the personal number of a person (or they will call him something else), t because it is it that makes it possible to "buy and sell" and only it can be counted by groups of six-digit numbers. All other possible additions and variations: stars and symbols of Kabbalah, passports, cards, etc., are all secondary. The main thing is personal number - numeric name - identifier".

Rev. Nil Athos spoke: “The following will be written on the seal: “I am yours” - “Yes, you are mine.” “I go by will, and not by force.” “And I accept you by your will, and not by force.” These are four sayings or inscriptions will be depicted in the midst of that accursed seal." “Then he (the Antichrist) will seize power over the world, become the manager of the world, and begin to rule over the feelings of man as well. people, who have already become vessels of the devil, will have the utmost confidence in the Antichrist, will make him the universal ruler and autocrat, since he will be the instrument of the devil in his last attempt to exterminate Christianity from the face of the earth.

St. Hippolytus, Pope(† 30.1.268) says: “Then the whole earth will mourn for a mournful life, the sea and the air will mourn, the sun will mourn, wild animals will mourn together with birds, mountains and hills and field trees will mourn - and all this thanks to the human race because everyone deviated from the Holy God and believed in the deceiver, accepting the image of this ungodly and enemy of God instead of the life-giving cross of the Savior.

The Church will also mourn the great sorrow. For (then) there will be no offering, no incense, no service pleasing to God; but the buildings of the churches will be like huts intended for the storage of fruits; nor will the precious Body and Blood of Christ be lifted up in those days. Public worship will cease, the singing of psalms will cease, the reading of the Scriptures will not be distributed: and darkness will come for people and weeping for weeping and groans for groans. Then they will throw silver and gold along the roads, and no one will collect them, and everything will become disgusting. In fact, everyone will try to run away and hide, and yet, they will not be able to hide anywhere from the fury of the enemy, as those who wear his sign, they will be easily detected and recognized.

Holy torment. Hermogenes writes: "The second unforgivable sin will already be all over the world during the reign of the Antichrist, when some people will receive his sensitive seal on their foreheads or on their right hands. After this seal, there will be no forgiveness for anyone. God's wrath and all Nature will arm themselves, and they will suffer still here, on earth as in hell."

Elder Kirill (Pavlov) He speaks: “Therefore, as soon as a person realizes that he was assigned a number, he should not show his consent, i.e. he should not put his signature and receive a certificate, and if he already signed, he accepted it, and now he only realized his big mistake, then let him write three statements with a renunciation (to the Ministry of Taxes, at the place of work and at the place of residence. But the main thing is that he repents as soon as he can, and confesses this sin before a true confessor. Let, as said, all his life he tries to bring Petrovo repentance".

St. Cosmas Etalos predicted a third world war. He describes it as short and scary, that it will start on the territory of Dolmatia (Serbia). Elder Matthew Vresfensky predicted: "After the resurrection of Russia, there will be a third world war and it will begin in Yugoslavia".

Yugoslavia in 1999 was turned into a real testing ground for developing technologies for building a "new world order". The course and results of this dirty war waged by the mercenaries of the world government from NATO countries are known to the whole world. systematically destroyed Orthodox shrines Serbian people - chapels, churches were blown up, monasteries were destroyed, cemeteries were desecrated, and during the days of Lent, bombs and rocket warheads that destroyed shrines and residential apartments were equipped with inscriptions: "Happy Easter!"

Rev. Lavrentiy Chernigovskiy predicted: "There will be a world war. 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. There will be very few people left and the third world war will no longer be for repentance, but for extermination."

Rev. Seraphim Vyritsky predicted: "The time will come when Russia will be torn apart. First, it will be divided, and then wealth will be robbed. The West will contribute in every possible way to the destruction of Russia and give up its eastern part to China before the time comes. The Far East will be taken over by the Japanese, and Siberia by the Chinese, who will move to Russia, marry Russians, and in the end, by cunning and deceit, they will take the territory of Siberia to the Urals ... ".

In the initial Greek texts it is said about the great northern country, since the name of Russia was not yet known. There was talk of a great battle between the "Israelis" (i.e. Orthodox Christians) and the "Ismaelites" (i.e. southern, Muslim peoples who will start a great campaign against Christians). When it seems that there is no salvation for Christians from nowhere, the “King of the Greeks” (in the sense of Orthodoxy) will suddenly arise and “with great fury” will crush the enemies. For a short time, peace and prosperity should reign on the whole earth, a short silence predicted in the Apocalypse, after which the end of the world should already be.

Elder Anthony spoke: "The eve of the coming of the Antichrist is chaos in the life of almost all countries. Those who, by virtue of their religion, are waiting for the coming of a false mission, will prosper. First of all, these are Jews and Muslims."

Elder Anthony spoke: "The third result is Europe. What else could make it unite if not a global war. And now we can already consider that this is one country, from Turkey to Norway. Everything will be one - the government, money, laws. Everything is coordinated with America, so that with a general unification, there was no friction ... He (the Antichrist) will come, and here everything is already ready, the centralization is complete, the whole people is counted, each has its own number and card, and everything is in it, down to views and worldview.

Elder Paisios predicted: "In Constantinople there will be a war between Russians and Europeans, and much blood will be shed."

St. Theophan the Recluse spoke: “The Lord has punished and will continue to punish us with the West... but he doesn’t understand us. We are stuck in the mud of the west up to our ears, and everything is 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.”

Prediction Saint Methodius of Patara: “The Christian tribe will rise and fight with the infidels, and I will destroy with my sword, and I will drive their wives into captivity, and beat their children, and the sons of Ishmael will go under the sword into captivity and involuntary oppression, and the Lord will give them their malice, as if they have done to the Christians, and they will find evil sevenfold, and the Lord will kill and smite them with the hand of a Christian, and there will be a Christian kingdom, and the Christian kingdom will be exalted above all kingdoms.

“The Murins believe that a certain Autocrat of the holy city of Jerusalem and all the Turkish Caesarian kingdom will accept his power with his sword; this midnight Autocrat is the King and Grand Duke Moscow, this Megametian nasty heresy and ungodly law will destroy, and consume, and destroy to the end.

Elder Paisius of Athos spoke: "Greece will not play a leading role in this war, but Constantinople will be given to her, not because the Russians will revere us, but because there will be no best solution, and agree jointly with Greece, and difficult circumstances will put pressure on them. The Greek army will not have time to approach there, as the city will be given to it."

In the near future, as the wise elders of Athos believe, the all-devouring flame of the Third World War will engulf Europe and Asia, Hellas and Turkey, Russia and the Arab countries of the Middle East, Israel and America.

prophetic vision monk Daniel: "At the disobedient, a voice descended from heaven:" Go out to the right lands of the Seven Hills, and you will find a man, standing at the pillars of the pillars, righteous with gray hair and offering prayer, poverty, with a sharp look, a meek mind, an average verst, having a sign on the gum nose, in the middle of the leg Take him and crown him with the Tsar - that is your master, the friend of Miy is and does My will.

And two life-giving angels will take him up, and they will lead him into Hagia Sophia, and they will crown his Tsar, and they will give weapons to his right hand, saying to him: be of good cheer and conquer your enemies.

And we will take the weapon from the Angel and will strike the Ishmaelts, and the Ethiopians, and Phrygi, and the Tartars, and every generation. For he will divide Ishmaelta into three: he will defeat the first part with weapons, he will baptize the second, and he will marry off the third with great fury until his single womb returns ... ".

Rev. Anatoly (Potapov): "The fate of the Tsar is the fate of Russia. The Tsar will rejoice - Russia will also rejoice. The Tsar will cry - Russia will cry too ... If there is no Tsar, there will be no Russia ... Just as a man with a severed head is no longer a man, but a stinking corpse, so and Russia without the Tsar will be a stinking corpse."

Prophet monk Abel, who predicted the murder of Emperor Paul I, Alexander I - the ruin of Moscow by the French and predicted the martyrdom of Nicholas II, predicted the last Tsar. His appearance will not cause any doubts and disagreements among people, so they will not argue: “Here is the King, or there”, but everyone will say: “Here he is!”. The prophet Abel also left an indication of the name of this Tsar - two rulers with that name sat on the Russian throne, but not on the throne of kings

In the Old Russian translation of Greek predictions about the last Tsar, it is said about the end of his earthly path: “When the son of perdition appears, the King will ascend to Calvary, where the Tree of the Cross is above. And he will remove his crown from his head, lay on the Cross and raise his hands to Heaven and hand over the Kingdom to God. And the Cross will ascend with a crown to Heaven. A cross to Heaven with a crown, then the King will betray his spirit, and then all power and seniority will be destroyed, and the pernicious son will be clothed".

Holy torment. Hermogenes: "They will be like the sand of the sea, this is Gog and Magog. They are secretly preparing the way for the Antichrist. They have one goal - to create an anti-Christian society, which will then be transferred under the authority of the Antichrist. He will give them the positions of rulers for a very short time - 3.5 years."

Rev. Lavrentiy Chernigovskiy: "The Antichrist will come from a prodigal maiden - a Jewess of the twelfth tribe of fornication. Already as a boy he will be very capable and smart, especially since then, when he, being a boy of 12 years old, walking with his mother in the garden, will meet with Satan, who, having come out of the abyss itself will enter him. The boy will tremble with fear, and Satan will say: "Don't be afraid, I will help you."

St. Nil Athos: "... He (the Antichrist) will be born from a virgin of evil and in a virgin of fornication, i.e. from an evil harlot, although by outward signs she is a virgin. Yes, evil will be incarnated (i.e. the Antichrist will be born) without any male seed. He will be born with seed, but not with the sowing of men, but with the poured out seed he will be incarnated.”

Rev. Lavrentiy Chernigovskiy: "The Antichrist will be crowned as a king in the magnificent temple of Jerusalem with the participation of the clergy and the Patriarch. At his coronation, when the "Creed" is read, he will not allow it to be read correctly, where the words "Jesus Christ, the Son of God" will be; he will renounce this and recognizes only himself, and at the same time the Patriarch will exclaim: “This is the Antichrist!” - and for this the Patriarch will be put to death.

At the coronation, the Antichrist will be wearing gloves, and when he takes them off to cross himself, the Patriarch will notice that he does not have nails on his fingers, but claws, and this will serve to greater confidence that this is the Antichrist ... And for this lawlessness the earth will cease to give birth, everything will crack from lack of rain, it will give such cracks that a person can fall into them.

Rev. Ephraim Sirin He speaks: “For the tormentor will use such a method that everyone will have to bear the seal of the beast, and in this only case will they be able to buy food and everything they need for themselves; and he will appoint overseers to carry out his commands. Notice, my brethren, the excessive wickedness of the beast and his tricks how he begins from the womb, so that when a person is brought to the extreme by a lack of food, he is forced to accept his seal, i.e., evil marks, not on any member of the body, but on the right hand, and also on forehead, so that a person would no longer be able to print the sign of the cross with his right hand and also mark on his forehead holy name Lord's or glorious and honest cross Christ and our Savior. For if anyone is not sealed with the seal of the beast, he will not be captivated by his dreamy signs. Moreover, the Lord does not depart from such, but enlightens and draws them to himself.

In 1948 Abbess Domnitskaya with two cell attendants (born 1923) went to Rev. Lawrence of Chernigov for tea, and at dinner he said: "You and I, mother, will not live to see the Antichrist, but these (pointing to his nieces) will live."

"And all the weak people will follow Satan, and when the earth does not give a harvest, people will come to him with a request for bread, and he will answer:" The earth will not give birth to bread. There is nothing I can do.The prophets Enoch and Elijah will descend from Heaven, who will also tell everyone that the Antichrist has come: “This is the Antichrist, do not believe him.” And he will put to death the prophets, but they will rise and ascend into Heaven."

St. John Chrysostom: "The Antichrist will come to human perdition in order to offend people. He will be terrible in all respects: both by his power, and cruelty, and lawless commands. And then Elijah will come to support the believers ...".

Rev. Ephraim Sirin: “After the fulfillment of three and a half years of the power and action of the unclean, and when the temptations of the whole earth are fulfilled, the Lord will finally come, like lightning flashing from Heaven, our Holy, Most Pure, Terrible, Glorious God will come with incomparable Glory in the forerunner of His Glory of the ranks of the Archangel and Angelskikh: “Arise, dead ones, behold, the Bridegroom has come!” The tombs will be opened and in the twinkling of an eye all the tribes of the earth will awaken and look at the holy beauty of the Bridegroom... The tormentor with his demons, bound by Angels, as well as all who have received his seal, all the ungodly and sinners will be bound and brought before the judgment seat. a sentence of eternal damnation, into unquenchable fire. All those who have not received the seal of the Antichrist and all who hide in the caves will rejoice with the Bridegroom for the boundless ages of ages."

"And the beast that was and is not, is the eighth, and out of the number of seven, and will go to destruction"(Rev. 17:11). "Eighth, and out of seven" means that the world kingdom (eighth) will be formed on the basis of the European Union (seventh). It will be among the seven that existed before it and at the same time already new - the eighth. BUT St. Andrew of Caesarea writes: "The Beast is the Antichrist; he is the eighth, because after the seven kingdoms he will rise to deceive and desolate the earth; from the seven he is, as having come from one of these kingdoms".

"And he had ten horns" (Dan. 7:7). The Antichrist will appear among the "ten kings", their power will be short, for it is said that they are "kings for one hour", and then they will betray the power and the kingdom to the Antichrist (Rev. 17:13). A Jew from the tribe of Dan, born in the new Babylon - USA, he will appear among the "ten kings", unite the world under his rule and be crowned in Jerusalem as the king of the universe.

St. Cyril of Jerusalem: "You know the signs of Antichrist: do not remember them alone, but generously inform everyone!".

Rev. Lavrentiy Chernigovskiy: “You need to be vigilant and careful, since the Antichrist is already close ... Look how many different prophetic indications for the end of our century and not one for the next century! Is it not for the fact that he will not exist! Our time is special .. .".

Rev. George, the Hermit Zadonsky: “Many will believe in him,” said one blessed monk, “and they will praise him as a mighty God. Those who have God will always see the truth in themselves by pure faith, and will know him. "But those who have a mind in the things of this life and love the earthly - this will be incomprehensible: they are tied for the essence in the things of life. If they hear the word, they have no faith, but rather, this verb will disgust them."

The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night; for when they say, "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them, just as the pain of childbirth comes upon a woman who is pregnant, and they will not escape,- He speaks Apostle Paul Christians (1 Thess. 5:1-3).

"What the Word of God foretold must come to pass,- writes St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), - our sacred duty is to revere the unfathomable fates of the Lord God and, understanding the deep meaning of what is happening, to pay all attention, the most intense attention, to the assimilation of oneself to Christ, as the Holy Fathers said: “save, that he may save his soul.”.

Priest Dimitry Dudko: "When the antichrist will come he will not even reject the Church, he will only lull our conscience to sleep".

"The time will come,- spoke Rev. Lawrence, - when inactive (closed) churches will be restored, equipped not only outside, but also inside. Domes will be gilded, both temples and bell towers. And when everything is finished, the time will come when the Antichrist will reign. And do you see how insidious everything is being prepared? All temples will be in the greatest splendor, as never before, and it will be impossible to go to those temples. But do not be discouraged: the Lord will not leave his children... There is no need to be afraid! There will be churches, but an Orthodox Christian will not be able to go to them, since the Bloodless Sacrifice of Jesus Christ will not be offered there, and there will be all the “satanic” gathering ... I repeat once again that it will not be possible to go to those churches, there is no Grace in them there will be... Christians will be put to death or exiled to the wilderness. But the Lord will help and nourish His followers."

Elder Anthony: "...First of all, all kinds of technical disasters - the system of existence created by man, in fact, is satanic, because it absolutely contradicts the Laws of God, it will begin to break down. Airplanes will fall, ships will sink, nuclear power plants and chemical plants will explode. And all this will be in the background terrible natural phenomena that will occur throughout the earth, but especially strongly - in America. These are hurricanes of unprecedented strength, earthquakes, severe droughts and, conversely, flood-like downpours. A terrible monster, modern Sodom - New York, will be wiped off the face of the earth. Not Gomorrah - Los Angeles will remain without retribution ... Modern Sodom, New York, on fire ... an infernal furnace, ruins and innumerable victims ... They, trying to create a new semblance of the Tower of Babel, a kind of prosperous state without God, are outside His Law, and they will be His first victims."

Pre-revolutionary interpretation of the Apocalypse: "There is no doubt that Babylon the Great - the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth, intoxicated with the blood of the Saints and the blood of Jesus' witnesses - is an apostasy at the end of time; the beast carrying it is the kingdom of Antichrist. In this kingdom, both the king and the nobles there will be apostates and Jews from the tribe of Dan. Freemasonry is capable of saddling any beast. This skill cannot be denied to it. In particular, it skillfully takes the reins of control of the beast when it is a product of the political turmoil that it also caused. The angel explains to the seer and says him: "The waters that you saw where the harlot sits are people and peoples, tribes and languages ​​(Rev. 17:15). But the woman that you saw is a great city that reigns over earthly kings» (Rev. 17:18) " . AT modern times this role is attributed to the great and world trade center.

St. Hippolytus, Pope of Rome: “Blessed are those who then overcome the tyrant, and they should be considered more glorious and great than the first martyrs. Indeed, the former martyrs defeated his bodyguards (Antichrist); these also defeat the devil himself, the son of perdition. And having become conquerors ( over it), what great rewards and crowns they will receive from our King Jesus Christ.

St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem: "Then the martyrs, in my opinion, are higher than all the martyrs. The former martyrs fought with some people, but the martyrs under the Antichrist will wage war with Satan himself."

New Martyr Ambrose (Sarapulsky): "We should rejoice that the Lord has led us to live at such a time when it is possible to suffer for Him. Each of us sins all our lives, and a short suffering and a crown of martyrdom will atone for all kinds of sins."

Rev. Anatoly Optinsky the Younger: “And now, as a result of the impoverishment of piety, heresies and schisms will go on in the Church, and then, as the Holy Fathers predicted, there will be no experienced and skillful in spiritual warfare on the thrones of hierarchs and in monasteries. From this heresies will spread everywhere and deceive many. Enemy the human race will act with cunning to incline even the elect to heresy ... Heretics will take power over the Church, they will place their servants everywhere, and piety will be neglected.

St. John of Shanghai: "The Antichrist will provide the opportunity for the life of the Church, will allow her worship, promise the construction of beautiful churches, provided that he is recognized as the supreme being and worshiped. the characteristic mood of the people. The frankness of confession will disappear."

GLORY TO OUR GOD FOREVER. AMEN.