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Nikolai Guryanov, the elder of the prophecy of instruction. Nikolai Alekseevich Guryanov

In September 1997, with a small group of pilgrims after the end of the patronal feast in the Pskov Snetogorsk convent of the Nativity Holy Mother of God I went to the island of Talabsk (Zalita) to the well-known Orthodox world Elder Archpriest Nikolai for spiritual help and advice. At that time, I was expecting my whole family to move from Magadan to St. Petersburg, I wrote for a long time and could not finish the book, and therefore, on the advice of people, I went to the priest to find out when I should expect my relatives. Each of us pilgrims hoped to learn from the priest about the sore, and therefore the group gathered quickly, and we, without wasting time, set off.

It was getting dark quickly, the weather was getting worse, a piercing wind blew with rain, and waves rose on the lake. The boat in which we sailed was literally tossed on the waves. We prayed earnestly, asking God for forgiveness for our sins, considering such weather as a reproach to us and a test. But then the boat moored to the shore, we entered the island and began to search for an overnight stay. Of course, it was too late to go to the priest, and the weather did not inspire hope to meet him. Many of us thought through our questions during that night, some vain and absurd ones were abandoned, but others became more concise and cordial.

In the early morning of September 23 or 24, 1997, I don’t remember exactly, we were greeted by completely different weather - a clear, surprisingly clear sky, complete calm and a beautiful sunrise. We, having prayed and thanked God for everything, went to the priest to his house. Pilgrims were already standing there, some were just approaching the cherished gate. As experienced pilgrims told us, the priest has already risen and prays before going out to the new arrivals. We entered the courtyard, and began to wait, watching everything that was happening around. Suddenly, everything seemed to come to life: pigeons flew onto the roof of the house, and a few minutes later a white horse approached the gate of the gate, stopped, sticking its head out of the fence and, as if waiting for the priest to greet...

There were ten of us, many were with the elder for the first time, and, of course, we got to know each other, remembering everything that was happening around us to the smallest detail.

And then the door to the house opened, and the priest came out to us for a blessing and anointing with oil. In turn, we approached him with excitement and trepidation, briefly told about ourselves: who and where, and asked about our own.

I also asked when I should expect my people from the North, to which the priest replied: “Soon. They'll be here soon." After receiving the blessing to write the book and the advice to "hurry, don't rush," I stepped aside. And only one woman asked the priest not about her own, personal, but about all of us. I will never forget Father's answers.

Father Nikolai, who will be after Yeltsin? What can we expect?

After there will be a military man.

Is it soon?

- ... His power will be linear. But his age is small, and he himself. There will be persecution against Chernorizians and the church. Power will be like under the communists and the Politburo.

And then there will be an Orthodox Tsar.

Will we live, father?

You are yes.

After these words, Father Nikolai blessed the woman. Following her, each of us, standing aside with bated breath and hearing the words of the elder, once again approached him and were blessed on the way back.

I confess to you that the main thing that I remember from the words of the old man is that the new president will be a military man. Whom did we not think of at that time. Rutskoi, Lebed, someone else? But a year or two passed, and all of them remained out of their lot. Over time, the words of Father Nikolai began to be forgotten, but on December 31, 1999, at 3 pm, watching Yeltsin's "abdication" on TV, I seemed to wake up from a dream. It is surprising that on this day I was visiting another pilgrim, my old friend, who also witnessed the words of the priest. Together we recalled in detail these prophetic words of Father Nikolai, which were fulfilled exactly. Even the word "chase (a) nnaya", as if figurative and ambiguous, immediately became clear, and now it has been completely revealed.

My relatives from the north, indeed, as Fr. Nikolai, they arrived soon, 2 months after the pilgrimage to the dear father. And I still haven't finished the book. And soon the arrival of pilgrims to the priest was also limited. And earlier, after all, many deputies from Moscow, the military, and officials came to him for advice and blessings.

About the "running" ruler, I began to ask further. At a time when he had already become acting president, I went to a very famous and far-sighted abbot, who now lives in retirement in the oldest monastery in Rus'. What the abbot said shocked me even more because it exactly corresponded to the description of the new ruler given to him by the deceased elder Nikolai. I heard a lot of new things, about which I was told one on one in the cell of the monastery with great precautions that I did not understand at that time. Now it is clear to me why the abbot was so careful and asked not to be named anywhere. I will talk about this another time.

Alexander Rozhintsev,
Member of the editorial board of the almanac "Orthodox Host"
especially for the site www.blagoslovenie.ru,
Moscow, 31.12.02

12/13/2014 / Ekaterina

This is how it happens with us! they look for motes from others, but they don’t see logs in themselves ... A brother in Christ went for spiritual help, but in fact, he overheard the conversation, changed it, or, most likely, heard what he wanted, then allegedly drove to another clairvoyant Read more

07/26/2014 / Alexander

Here we are dealing with false prophecy. Read completely

07/28/2014 / website

I wouldn't judge so clearly. It is possible that Father Nikolai did not say this. It is possible that he said, but in other words, and the meaning may be different. It is possible that something has changed, and history has taken a slightly different path. There may be many options, and it is not for us to judge this. I propose to leave this prophecy "as is" and not to take on too much... God knows, and we - we can only observe.

07/21/2014 / Alexey Filatkin

Prophecy is an encroachment on the truth and nothing more... The future flows from the past and the present, and nobody knows how and what will happen, what is happening is constantly changing what is passing... To predict means to foresee, to foresee means to understand, but to foresee and understand everything Read more

07/22/2014 / site

Hello. You misunderstand the origin of the prophecies. Prophecies (true) are the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is one of the persons of the Holy Trinity, but since they are inseparable and not merged, it is easier to say that this is a gift from God. This is information that penetrates from the outside into the mind of a person, if you like, a person is shown information, sometimes with his own participation, sometimes without participation, just as information. And this is not from a person, not from his brain. And since God is outside of time and space, and in fact fills both of them, including - that He knows - how everything will end and how everything will be. At the same time, this does not mean in any way that "the going is constantly changing the passing" - it is, just if you imagined the life of the Universe as a film - what would prevent you from rewinding it to any of its moments?

06/12/2014 / Alevtina

I thought, but if Alexander Lebed did win the elections, then he could be the same shoulder strap, whose life is short. He also seems to have given up his votes in favor of Yeltsin. Or am I confused? And hegumen Tikhon (Shevkunov) supports Putin, and politics Read more

06/12/2014 / site

Everything is fine. Now it is generally unclear whether this conversation took place, and if so, who was it about. Putin has been in power for 14 years, which is a very long time for Russia. And at the expense of a century, it’s not long - then one thing comes to mind - that God forbid they can kill him. Because he is still quite young.

07/13/2012 / Alexey

THIS MOMENT SEEMS INTERESTING TO ME (HERE SOMETHING IS WRITTEN BETWEEN THE LINES): "-... His power will be linear. But his age is small, and he himself. (HERE THE PREDICTION ABOUT PUTIN ENDS). There will be persecution, against the Chernorizians and the church The power will be like under the communists and the Politburo (AND THIS IS ALREADY ABOUT THAT Read completely

05/09/2012 / Passed by

Anyone who says that the prophecies are fake and did not come true, what are you guided by?) The fact that Putin is allegedly not a military man is not true. The VChK-NKVD-KGB is not just a near-military structure, it can be said to be the heart of our army. The army must protect the security of the state, Read completely

03/31/2012 / Vyacheslav

The prophecy of Father Nikolai (Guryanov) about Putin. The author of this article, Alexander Rozhintsev, is writing to you, who heard everything said from Father Nikolai. 1. The article was written at the beginning of January 2000, was posted on the Internet later for technical, and not for some other reasons. Read completely

03/25/2012 / Vyacheslav

Zhanna Bichevskaya believes that “persecution began” against her by “her own, Orthodox” (audio broadcast) http://www.odigitria.by/category/audio/ Zhanna Bichevskaya hosted programs about Russian Tsars on the Voice of Russia radio , then they were expelled from a radio station that broadcast to 150 countries Read more

03/20/2012 / Vyacheslav

At the expense of persecution, they started the same case in the Tula region. on the priest Vasily Novikov, who has now died in November 2010. So the followers are now being called to the police http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=NQdSZ0pIORk&NR=1 The Tula prosecutor demands to recognize the priest who filmed as an extremist

05.03.2012 / dissident

Igor Fadeev, this prediction was made public in the Orthodox media a long time ago. To all readers: why did many decide that there would be persecution under the "military" ?? There, before the words about persecution, it is said that his age is small. From this we can assume that the persecution will begin just after Read completely

28.02.2012 / Igor Fadeev

And that until now, nowhere, as you put it, the prediction has not been made public, but only now before the elections, I don’t know what to call it, and then what kind of persecution of the Orthodox were we talking about, something else was observed, a complete mutual understanding of VV Putin with Clergy, Read more

28.02.2012 / website

This material is from 2002. And it has been on the site for a very long time.

09.02.2012 / Vadim

Really honest video about Putin http://youtu.be/2H635V41WP4 Read more

Sale donated ordinary people monastery land by the state is persecution? no. just sacrilege. Read completely

12/27/2011 / Valery

It turns out that the elder was wrong about the persecution of Orthodoxy by Putin! Or are you Alexander fantasizing very amusingly. Question. And what is the point of this article, nothing came true? And the monks in Rus' were not afraid to tell the truth to the rulers. And you have some anonymous monk who is afraid to tell the truth Read more

05.11.2011 / Valery

Russian people tend not to distinguish between reason and reason. This is the root of trouble. Read completely

28.10.2011 / Maxim

Let's believe our elders!!! When is it interesting that the mausoleum with Lenin the regicide from Red Square will disappear? Read completely

08.10.2011 / Sergiy

Zoran: And the law on e-government, and the Universal Electronic Card, and the control of our computer "Beast" from Brussels (when the government leaves the arena after the introduction of the UEC) - what is it? Share with us your "look from London". Read completely

09/25/2011 / Zoran

Putin returns after Medvedev? So we can expect the emperor soon! I wonder what kind of persecution is Father Nikolai said, whether Putin will persecute the Orthodox? Read completely

08/07/2011 / Valery Shipkov

Second half of 2011. After the grebe came the trepach-iphonik. Where is the king? Only my head is responsible for where my ass sits. ----------- I don't believe in prophecies. I believe in reason. Read completely

07/14/2011 / R. B. Vyacheslav

Word to Truth - Elder Nikolai Guryanov (about Russian Tsars) http://video.mail.ru/list/helenepopova/409/418.html The icon of Fr. Nikolai Guryanov http://www..shtml?print The Gracious Elder spoke about what he saw with the eyes of the soul, cleansed by suffering. Angelic Read more

07/11/2011 / Vyacheslav

Watch a film that explains Father's attitude to what is happening to us before the servants of the Antichrist delete these videos. Memories of Father Nikolai (Guryanov) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35XT3_pSagU Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXGIoaFGEaY Part 2 http://www.youtube .com/watch?v=4KJQYwAaRNE Read more

06.11.2010 / Victor

Why do you invent prophecies yourself, and hide behind an old man. Do you think the book The Tsar's Bishop is a documentary? This is all fiction, and Father Nikolai himself did not bless Nikolai Groyan to write it, but she wrote it without permission anyway. Read a book about Nikolai Guryanov "There lived an ascetic on the island", Read completely

10/17/2010 / Michael

Brothers and sisters! It is possible to treat this prophecy in different ways, but let's think about the verses from the Holy Scriptures. "And he, even though he lived 2000 years (!) and did not enjoy good, will not everything go to one place. Eccl.6: 6. He will come without noise and take possession of the kingdom with flattery. And he will rise Read completely

04.01.2010 / Vyacheslav

Brothers and sisters! Let's not look into the future and look for predictions, there is no benefit to the soul from this, but let's love each other and keep Orthodoxy in our hearts to educate children in the same spirit, repent more, pray. And it's enough to read the Gospel, the Psalter and a few saints Read completely

10/13/2009 / Yuri Pavlov

13.10.2009 OPEN LETTER. 18.09.2009 Dear Dmitry Anatolyevich! You offered to write to you honestly and openly, if the fate of Russia is not indifferent, if you sincerely wish Read more

05/14/2009 / ira

There were prophecies even 2000 years ago! And will always be! Everything can be experienced with Christ in the heart! The Lord sends trials and he gives strength! And it is necessary to give birth to Orthodox children! And grow from them the Priesthood and, God willing, eldership! - then there is nothing to fear! Read completely

04/06/2009 / Sasha

Please do not accept chips, if you accept you will go to hell Read more

03/31/2009 / sergiy

Thank God there will be a Tsar. And these demonocrats - what to say about them - you need to feel sorry for them - their king will judge. The king is coming. Thank God. Read completely

The prediction is clearly false. Nothing came close, and Putin was not a military man either. Read completely

03/21/2009 / Shmatov Valdemar

03/21/2009 Happy Lent, Orthodox. The correct link was given by Dmitry Sverchkov www.verichip.ru. What else is not clear about the international standard EAN-13 and its 666? Svetochka dated February 13, 2009 and a passer-by dated March 2, 2009, it is useful to read Eph. 5 (14-19) + the parable of the Lord about the called and the elect

Archpriest Nikolai Guryanov

Since ancient times, a special way of asceticism has been practiced in Rus' - eldership. This is a unique human ability that does not depend on age, this is a special kind of holiness. The Elder is the conductor of the Higher Will. This is a spiritual healer who observes the soul of his student and “heals” it if necessary, contributing to the development of its spirituality. Such people are gifted by God with clairvoyance, often they can predict and even show miracles. Our compatriot and contemporary, Nikolai Guryanov, was such an old man.

Nikolai Alekseevich Guryanov

In the family of a wealthy merchant from the village of Chudskiye Zakhody, the future elder Nikolai Alekseevich Guryanov was born.

Then it was the Gdovsky district of the St. Petersburg province.

His father Alexei Guryanov was the owner of a trading shop, and his mother, Ekaterina, was a rural peasant woman.

The places where Nikolai was born are special - in their vicinity a great battle once took place, the outcome of which decided the fate of our state. The legendary Battle of the Ice or the Battle of Chud in 1242.

Baby Nicholas was baptized in the temple Archangel Michael in the Kobylye Settlement, not far from which the ice battle, outstanding in its significance, took place. The childhood and adolescence of Nicholas passed at this temple.

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As a child he served in the altar. This church was loved by all the household members: the father was the church regent, his three brothers also carried the love of divine chants throughout their lives. One of the brothers, Mikhail, even defended his professorship at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

According to the legend that has come down to us, it turned out that, while still an eleven-year-old teenager, Nikolai visited the island of Zalita (Talabsk). Together with n pastoreat Church of the Archangel Michael, where at that time he was an altar boy, Nikolai went on parish business. On the way, they stopped in Talabsk and visited the blessed one living there, whose name was Michael. He was sick and had chains(chains). He was revered as perspicaciouscA.

Talabsk Island, which was renamed Zalit in Soviet times.

At the meeting, he treated the rector of the temple to a small prosphoraOuch, and a big boy and said: "Our guest has arrived." His words were a prediction that in the future Guryanov would serve on this island for many years. And so it happened. Later, many years later, while living on the island, Father Nikolai often came to the grave of the blessed one, inviting the parishioners to pray to the blessed as well. Michael.

When Nicholas was a five-year-old child, his father died. At that time, Metropolitan Veniamin was the Bishop of Gdov, the vicar of the diocese of St. Petersburg. In fact, he became a father to Nikolai. Often helping Vladyka during divine services, the teenager received from him both his spiritual wisdom and his courage. One day, the spiritual father said to Nikolai: “How happy you are that you are with the Lord ...” and gave a bishop’s cross as a blessing, which Elder Nikolai later kept as a priceless shrine.

From childhood, little Kolya was called monk. He even had his own room - cell where there were icons, spiritual books and royal portraits. Among the friends of Nicholas were children who supported his priestly aspirations and went with him procession through the village, holding crosses and icons in their hands. The boy liked to retire and often served alone. liturgy.

Youth, education

Studying at school, the young man especially loved the lessons of the teacher who taught literature. He even kept her photograph, which speaks of her veneration by the elder. This woman sowed in his soul a love of poetry, by the way. He believed that teachers should be conductors of faith. He said to his beloved teacher:

“I beg you, speak of God and the King. It is a sin for you, teachers, to remain silent ... "

From these words, it becomes clear why Nikolai Guryanov, after completing his studies at school, decided to enroll in the Gatchina Pedagogical College, and then get a higher education in his specialty in Leningrad.

His studies at the institute came at the end of the twenties, when another religious campaign was raging in the country. At this time, churches were closed and even destroyed. Nicholas could not accept such sacrilege and spoke out in defense of the temple, which was about to be closed. He talked about the fact that temple- it's not only shrine but also a cultural and historical monument. Soon student Guryanov was expelled from the institute and noted as politically unreliable.

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After leaving Leningrad, Guryanov became a psalmist in the church of the village of Remda, and also taught lessons at a rural school. The words about the role of a teacher in spreading the faith, which he once expressed to his beloved teacher of literature, he himself began to put into practice. However, he was arrested for religious propaganda, which was equated with counter-revolutionary activities. started ordeal old man: Kresty prison, then three more prisons and a correctional camp.

His first exile was appointed by the court in May 1930. He was sent to the village of Sidorovichi in the Kiev district. Having settled in Sidorovichi, Guryanov began to serve as a psalmist in the church. However, he did not even live there for a year. Someone scribbled a denunciation and in the spring of 1931 he was again arrested and exiled to Syktyvkar, from where he fled. After the capture, Nikolai was placed in a camp. There, on the construction of the railway line to Vorkuta, he experienced terrible trials and suffering. His life was threatened more than once: he was crushed by a trolley, and another time a heavy rail fell on his feet, which left his legs crippled forever.

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Father Nicholas in his youth

Nikolai Guryanov was released in 1936. Having a criminal record, he did not hope to find a job. But then there were not enough teachers, and he was accepted into the village school. Before the start of the war, Guryanov taught at a school.

He was not drafted into the army due to a leg disease. With the outbreak of war, he was forced to move to the Baltic States - first it was Riga, and then Vilnius. Metropolitan Vilensky and Lithuanian Sergius in the winter of 1942 committed the rank ordinationI Guryanov to the deacons, and a little later to the priests. In the same year, Nikolai successfully completed theology courses, and he became a priest at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Riga. His next appointment was the installer in Holy Spirit Monastery in Vilnius, where he was also a singer at kliros. In the summer of 1943, Father Nikolai was appointed to the parish of Gegobrosta in the Panevezys deanery, where he served for fifteen years. There he became etcOtoiereeat.

Father Nikolai was a seminarian at the Vilna Theological Seminary, and in 1951 he graduated from the Seminary in Leningrad. For three years he also studied at the Theological Academy.

Talabsk Island (Zalit)

In 1958, having a positive response to his petition, Nikolai Guryanov came to about. Talabsk, where he served for forty years until his death. It was a difficult time, that period of Khrushchev's rule, when anti-religious campaigns were carried out in the country. Therefore, the inhabitants of the island met the priest with caution.

Fishermen lived on the island, and all the men were in the artel. Families were left without male hands for a long time when the fishermen went fishing. Father Nikolai always bowed to the workers, so he helped women who were left without men with the housework: he could stay with the children or look after the sick and the elderly. The inhabitants of the island gradually began to trust him, and then fell in love with the future elder with all their hearts. Despite this love, at first the priest held services in an empty church: someone was afraid, but the authorities raised someone to be an atheist. Patiently, bit by bit, the old man sowed Word BOlive into the consciousness of the villagers, and these crops gave their good shoots.

The father worked hard. He improved the church of St. Nicholas: repaired it, updated its decoration, decorated it with new icons. He greened the war-scorched island land anew, turning the desert into a blooming green oasis.

Father Nikolai Guryanov's house

The feat of eldership

In the 70s, the grace-filled talent of Nikolai Guryanov, the eldership sent to him by the Lord, manifested itself especially strongly. His foresight and the fact that the elder's predictions come true became widely known, and people from all over the country began to flock to the fishing village.

Father Nikolai healed mental and physical illnesses, while calling by name people whom he had never known before meeting. In a conversation, he talked about the life circumstances of a person, gave advice, which subsequently radically changed the life of the interlocutor. He restored health to many by asking God for healing.

In those years, many pilgrims came to the elder and many of them were present at his divine services, some became guests in his house. The elder did not refuse anyone, he welcomed everyone, he had enough love and warmth for everyone.

Blessing of Father Nicholas

People remember that they received an invaluable gift from the priest - comfort, peace of mind, that their soul calmed down already at the mere sight of an old man. Filled with divine light and love for all living on earth, he shared this light and this love with those around him. Everyone who visited the elder left him with peace in his soul and confidence in his future, he left a renewed, transformed person.

On this day, Rev. Nikolay Gurianov. The Lord gave his servant long life Father died at the age of 93.

The funeral of Father Nicholas

Day of Remembrance. Pilgrimage to the tomb of the elder

Archpriest Nikolai Guryanov is revered by many people. Talabsky Island, which became his home for 40 years, is now both a monument to an amazing person and the place where pilgrims come to honor his memory on the day of his death on August 24. They pray at his grave, ask for something, thank him for his help and miracles of healing.

Cases of the miraculous help of Father Nicholas

And these miracles, which were revealed through the prayer of the elder, took place a great many. Here are just a few:

Amazing, unnatural in the understanding of modern medical science happening miraculous healing, happened to Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev). Elder Nicholas cured him of diabetes. He ordered the metropolitan to open his mouth and began to spoon sugar into it. To Pitirim’s objection that he shouldn’t have sweets because he had diabetes, the elder only repeated: “But you say you have diabetes!” From such an amount of sugar, a coma could occur. But a miracle happened. During the subsequent examination, doctors did not find any diabetes in Pitirim!
The case of the recovery of a girl who was sick with non-clotting of the blood is also widely known. Arriving with her husband and child on the island, her mother went to the gates of the house of Elder Nikolai, pressed her face against them and began to pray silently, to herself: “Father Nikolai! Save, save - my child is dying. After some time, the gates opened, and a cat came out to the surprised people, who lived in the old man's house. The animal approached the baby and began to play with her. Parents froze: after all, if the cat scratches the girl, she can die from blood loss - her blood did not clot. And so it happened. The animal scratched the girl, and blood began to drip from the wound, and then suddenly stopped. The happiness of the parents was immeasurable - the child became completely healthy.
Elder Nikolai healed not only physical illnesses. Miraculously, through his prayer, people developed an ear for music, or children began to easily assimilate previously intractable complex school subjects. And the most important thing in the miracles of the elder Nikolai Guryanov was that he always correctly saw diseases human soul and helped people to repent and return to life without addictions, many to come to faith.

Book "Word of Life"

Elder Nicholas left behind a written legacy - this is the book "The Word of Life", which has already been reprinted three times. It contains psalms that the priest collected all his life. He asked everyone to bring him everything interesting that they found in books published before the revolution. For some of the psalms, he himself wrote notes.

The Word of Life is not a collection of poems, not fiction. Everything we read in the Word of Life is evidence of God's grace. Therefore, despite the fact that it includes lines of poetry from some secular poets, the contents of the source are incomparable with secular poetry. This book is a monument of cathedral creativity.

Soulful instructions and sayings

Batiushka was laconic, so his rare statements became aphorisms. His instructions, sometimes contained in a single phrase, sometimes reflected a whole life program. Here are some of them:

“Go to the temple and believe in the Lord. To whom Church not the Mother, God is not the Father. Humility and prayer are the main things. One black robe is not yet humility.”

"Take care of your peace of mind, and there will be order in the world."

“Be always joyful, and in the most difficult days of your life, do not forget to thank God: a grateful heart does not need anything.”

“The purpose of our life is eternal life, eternal joy, Kingdom of heaven, a clear conscience, peace - and all this is in our heart.

Prayer of Elder Nikolai Guryanov

Lord have mercy,
Lord, I'm sorry.
Help me God
Bring your cross.

You passed with love
Your thorny path
You carried the Cross silently
Bursting chest.

And crucified for us
You endured a lot
Prayed for enemies
He grieved for his enemies.

I'm weak at heart
The body is also weak,
And sinful passions
I am a criminal slave.

I am a great sinner
On the earth's path
I grumble, I cry...
Lord, forgive me!

Help me God!
Give me strength,
So that my passions
Extinguished in my heart...

Help me God!
With a generous hand
Send down patience
Joy and peace.

I am a great sinner
On the earth path...
Lord have mercy,
Lord, forgive me!

Is Fr. Nicholas to the saints

Elder Nikolai Guryanov is loved and revered by believers. And, although the elder has not yet been canonized, many do not doubt that in his person we have a prayer book and intercessor for us before God. This is evidenced by the life of the priest and his selfless service to God and people. This is also evidenced by those people who were lucky enough to meet the elder, who testify that incredible warmth and light emanated from the priest.

His holiness was felt in everything - in life, in prayers, in deeds. Always taught with love. Always. And people felt his love and prayer support.

Prot. Oleg Theor.

Prophecies of the Elder

Elder Nikolai Guryanov gave several prophecies, far from unambiguous and sometimes causing mistrust. However, some of them have already come true.

About the future of Russia

When the elder was asked about the future of Russia, he predicted the government of a state that would be likened to communist power. As the elder said, the Church will again be persecuted, although this will not last long. Then the Orthodox Tsar will come to power in the country.

About the last times

About the last times, he said that everything has already been said about this in the “Revelation of John the Theologian”, and that nothing needs to be invented from oneself. Batiushka did not approve of constant talk about the end of the world, did not accept intimidation and intimidation of believers, rightly believing that fear-mongering would not lead to good.

Everyone is anxiously waiting Aantichrist and think about him, but you have to think about God. Father Nikolai said: “If we are with the Lord, the Antichrist cannot harm us.” And he also said: “Humility, meekness, gratitude to God and especially to parents are needed at all times. All this adorns a person and keeps him in end times».

About Putin

When the elder was asked about who would be in power in Russia after Yeltsin, he replied that there would be a military man. "His power will be linear."

About the royal family

The elder greatly honored Tsar Nicholas II and his family, and constantly said that Russia would not rise until it understood who Tsar Nicholas was. As a nine-year-old boy, Nicholas saw the tortures that the tsar and his household were subjected to. He told his mother that the king was killed in the morning, after the execution, although no one knew about this murder yet.

The elder constantly repeated that it was necessary to repent for the fact that the Russian people allowed the name of the tsar to be discredited and allowed to die royal family. It is necessary to pray to Tsar Nicholas, because the demons are very afraid of him, the elder insisted. It is Nicholas II who protects the Fatherland from war in today's crazy world.

Cell attendants promoting the ideas of canonization of Tsar Ivan the Terrible and G. Rasputin

Unfortunately, a group of people formed around Elder Nikolai who wanted to use his name to promote their distorted views on the “sanctity” of G. Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible, and other ideas that did not correspond to the official position of the Russian Church. On behalf of the priest, they handed out self-made icons, urging the priest's visitors to pray to these "saints". This applies to such “nuns” as V. Polishchuk and T. Groyan (“schema nun Nikolai”), about whom the Archbishop of Pskov and Velikoluksky Eusebius repeatedly warned that their tonsure was false.

When these women developed an active propaganda of their ideas around the priest, Fr. Nicholas was already very weak and ill. The cell attendants took advantage of this state of affairs, deciding for themselves who could be admitted to Fr. Nikolai, and whoever is not, taking good care of the elder's house. When friends and admirers of the priest suggested that he expel such “helpers,” he did not allow this to be done, saying that this was his cross, and humbly endured them.

A film about father Nikolai Guryanov "Quiet Light"

Elder Nikolai Guryanov is one of those great people in Orthodoxy, whose grace-filled gift of a spiritual doctor has helped many people and is now helping to become closer to God.

In September 1997, with a small group of pilgrims, after the end of the patronal feast in the Pskov Snetogorsk convent of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, I went to the island of Talabsk (Zalita) to the well-known throughout the Orthodox world, the elder Archpriest Nikolai for spiritual help and advice. At that time, I was expecting my whole family to move from Magadan to St. Petersburg, I wrote for a long time and could not finish the book, and therefore, on the advice of people, I went to the priest to find out when I should expect my relatives. Each of us pilgrims hoped to learn from the priest about the sore, and therefore the group gathered quickly, and we, without wasting time, set off.

There were ten of us, many were with the elder for the first time, and, of course, we got to know each other, remembering everything that was happening around us to the smallest detail.

- Father Nikolai, who will be after Yeltsin? What can we expect?

— Then there will be a military man.

- Soon?

- ... His power will be linear. But his age is small, and he himself. There will be persecution against Chernorizians and the church. Power will be like under the communists and the Politburo.

- And after that there will be an Orthodox Tsar.

- Will we survive, father?

- You are, yes.

Alexander Rozhintsev,
Member of the editorial board of the almanac "Orthodox Host"
especially for the site www.blagoslovenie.ru,
Moscow, 31.12.02

From the Editor: in response to one of the skeptical comments on this prophecy, Alexander Rozhintsev, who wrote it down, answered additionally:

“The author of this article, Alexander Rozhintsev, is writing to you, who heard everything said from Father Nikolai. 1. The article was written at the beginning of January 2000, was posted on the Internet later for technical, and not for some other reasons. 2. A military man is a KGB colonel, besides, he is militant in spirit, which we all already know about from Chechnya and so on. 3. The power of DRESSING, and not filthy, means that Putin will trust only the military and people in uniform and put them in power in all key positions in the state. Which is still happening. 4. But his age is small, and he himself. I want to clarify, the priest did not say “yes, and he himself,” but “like he himself,” I later remembered this more literally and accurately, I did not correct it in this text. This is an ancient prophetic comparison - to compare the visible with the secret - the invisible, the obvious, with the hidden. The growth of a person is obvious, “his age is small, like himself” does not mean the period of stay in power, but the deeds of a person, and they will be small in the eyes of God, that is, all his attempts will be small (insignificant), which means they will or destroyed or changed drastically after it. 5. "There will be persecution against the Chernorizians and the church." The persecution under Putin is the planting of TIN, it is a census, the assignment of numbers to churches and monasteries, unrest and indignation over this, as well as the expulsion of opponents of TIN from such monasteries, and so on. as well as tax bondage for the Church. In a word, everything that we have experienced and are still experiencing. The monastics especially got it, that is, the Chernorizians… 6. “Power will be like under the communists and the Politburo.” Everything is simple here - command methods, a narrow circle of decision makers (the Politburo), the United Russia party and congresses, and, finally, Putin became the chairman of the United Russia party, by the way, quite recently. He also places his party members in all places in the provinces, and so on. So everything came true, except for the last phrase: - And after that there will be an Orthodox Tsar. It remains only to live up to this. Sincerely, A.R.

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ARCHPRIEST NIKOLAY GURYANOV ABOUT PUTIN AND KATSAPII: “HIS POWER WILL BE PERFECT…”

This event happened several years ago, but even today not a day goes by that I don’t remember about it, about the prophetic words of the elder Fr. Nikolai Guryanov about the next ruler of Russia after B. Yeltsin. And it was like that.
In September 1997, with a small group of pilgrims, after the end of the patronal feast in the Pskov Snetogorsk convent of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, I went to the island of Talabsk (Zalita) to the well-known throughout the Orthodox world, the elder Archpriest Nikolai for spiritual help and advice. At that time, I was expecting my whole family to move from Magadan to St. Petersburg, I wrote for a long time and could not finish the book, and therefore, on the advice of people, I went to the priest to find out when I should expect my relatives. Each of us pilgrims hoped to learn from the priest about the sore, and therefore the group gathered quickly, and we, without wasting time, set off.
It was getting dark quickly, the weather was getting worse, a piercing wind blew with rain, and waves rose on the lake. The boat in which we sailed was literally tossed on the waves. We prayed earnestly, asking God for forgiveness for our sins, considering such weather as a reproach to us and a test. But then the boat moored to the shore, we entered the island and began to search for an overnight stay. Of course, it was too late to go to the priest, and the weather did not inspire hope to meet him. Many of us thought through our questions during that night, some vain and absurd ones were abandoned, but others became more concise and cordial.
In the early morning of September 23 or 24, 1997, I don’t remember exactly, we were greeted by completely different weather - a clear, surprisingly clear sky, complete calm and a beautiful sunrise. We, having prayed and thanked God for everything, went to the priest to his house. Pilgrims were already standing there, some were just approaching the cherished gate. As experienced pilgrims told us, the priest has already risen and prays before going out to the new arrivals. We entered the courtyard, and began to wait, watching everything that was happening around. Suddenly, everything seemed to come to life: pigeons flew to the roof of the house, and a few minutes later a white horse approached the gate of the gate, stopped, sticking its head out of the fence and, as if waiting for the priest, to greet ...
There were ten of us, many were with the elder for the first time, and, of course, we got to know each other, remembering everything that was happening around us to the smallest detail.
And then the door to the house opened, and the priest came out to us for a blessing and anointing with oil. In turn, we approached him with excitement and trepidation, briefly told about ourselves: who and where, and asked about our own.
I also asked when I should expect my people from the North, to which the priest replied: “Soon. They'll be here soon." After receiving the blessing to write the book and the advice to "hurry, don't rush," I stepped aside. And only one woman asked the priest not about her own, personal, but about all of us. I will never forget Father's answers.
- Father Nikolai, who will be after Yeltsin? What can we expect?
- Then there will be a military man.
- Soon?
- ... His power will be linear. But his age is small, and he himself. There will be persecution against Chernorizians and the church. Power will be like under the communists and the Politburo.
- And what will happen next?
- And then there will be an Orthodox Tsar.
- Will we survive, father?
- You are, yes.
After these words, Father Nikolai blessed the woman. Following her, each of us, standing aside with bated breath and hearing the words of the elder, once again approached him and were blessed on the way back.
I confess to you that the main thing that I remember from the words of the old man is that the new president will be a military man. Whom did we not think of at that time. Rutskoi, Lebed, someone else? But a year or two passed, and all of them remained out of their lot. Over time, the words of Father Nikolai began to be forgotten, but on December 31, 1999, at 3 pm, watching Yeltsin's "abdication" on TV, I seemed to wake up from a dream. It is surprising that on this day I was visiting another pilgrim, my old friend, who also witnessed the words of the priest. Together we recalled in detail these prophetic words of Father Nikolai, which were fulfilled exactly. Even the word "chase (a) nnaya", as if figurative and ambiguous, immediately became clear, and now it has been completely revealed.
My relatives from the north, indeed, as Fr. Nikolai, they arrived soon, 2 months after the pilgrimage to the dear father. And I still haven't finished the book. And soon the arrival of pilgrims to the priest was also limited. And earlier, after all, many deputies from Moscow, the military, and officials came to him for advice and blessings.
About the "running" ruler, I began to ask further. At a time when he had already become acting president, I went to a very famous and far-sighted abbot, who now lives in retirement in the oldest monastery in Rus'. What the abbot said shocked me even more because it exactly corresponded to the description of the new ruler given to him by the deceased elder Nikolai. I heard a lot of new things, about which I was told one on one in the cell of the monastery with great precautions that I did not understand at that time. Now it is clear to me why the abbot was so careful and asked not to be named anywhere. I will talk about this another time.
Alexander Rozhintsev,
Member of the editorial board of the almanac "Orthodox Host"
especially for the site www.blagoslovenie.ru
Moscow, 31.12.02

According to this prediction of Archpriest Nikolai Guryanov, after Putin (“the military man”), an Orthodox king (tsar) will rule. According to the prophecies of St. Vyacheslav (Krasheninnikov), the Antichrist and the Orthodox King (Tsar) will rule almost at the same time.

Quran scholars note that the surname Putin is directly related to the word fitna, which, along with temptation, testing and oppression in conditions of instability, turmoil, the situation of civil instability, confusion, discord, civil war:

“... Russian researchers R. Ageev and S. Romashko in their writings note: “... Research on linguistic genealogy brings results that shed light not only on the past of languages, but also on the past of their speakers. Family ties between languages, traces of language contacts are a reflection of various social and cultural (and religious. Kurs.Aut.) processes of the past, in some cases of extremely deep antiquity ... ". What can the genealogy of the Russian language with Arabic tell us on the topic under consideration with the notorious Russian lieutenant colonel from the political gendarmerie? We read from the Russian researcher N. Vashkevich in the book “Behind the Seven Seals”: “... In the legendary Babylon, confusion occurred, after which people stopped understanding each other. The original text is thought to have had a triple meaning. Now we have the opportunity to get in touch with a pattern of triple meaning. To do this, take the root of the FTN. One of the meanings: “mixing”, for example, views, which is why fitnah occurs - “rebellion, civil strife”.

The Russian word from this root is confusion .. This is approximately what is happening in our country, and what happened in the Old Testament Babylon ... "And more detailed interpretation the word "fitna" is given by the famous researcher of the Noble Quran Valeria Porokhova. She writes in her work “Hadith of the Prophet” on page 121: “Fitna” is one of the most semantic words used in the Quran:

1. its root meaning: temptation, test;
2.punishment, attack from God;
3. oppression in conditions of instability, unrest;
4.continuation of civil instability, confusion, discord, the brink of civil war…”

As we can see from this genealogy of two words: confusion and fitna, the surname of Yeltsin’s legal successor Putin is directly related to the semantic word fitna, which, along with temptation, trial and oppression in conditions of instability, turmoil, a situation of civil instability, confusion, discord, civil war. And how can one not remember the bloody massacre in Chechnya. Just like Yeltsin's war in Chechnya in 1999, which denotes the inverted numbers of Satan, so the names of his predecessor, Putin, and the bloody massacre unleashed by him in Chechnya have a deep semantic and esoteric meaning.

We will proceed from Vashkevich’s statement about the genealogical unity of the Russian “Putin” and the Arabic “Fitna”, but given the absence of the letter “p” in the Arabic alphabet, we will write the President’s name in the Arabic alphabet for greater persuasiveness and clarity. Here is how it will look like: - “fitna” - Futin is one of the most widespread semantic words according to Valeria Porokhova. This word is used in a Qur'anic verse which is a warning "against discord within the country, in which innocent civilians suffer the most, since they are the least protected." These last words were written by Porokhova in 1997, when no one yet knew about Putin as the future Head of the Russian state and few could have imagined that it was “Putin” - “Fitna” who would become the organizer of another bloody massacre in Chechnya. Fitna (Futin - Putin) is an attribute of the Antichrist. IN Muslim prayer there is such a semantic concept: "Fitnati - l - masihi - d-dajali"..

This concept includes the broad meaning of the Biblical Antichrist - Dajali with his attributes - fitnati and masihi. What does “fitnah” mean, we know from the above text ... "

PROPHECIES OF THE MONK PHILOTHEUS ABOUT 2012.

In the XII century, a monk lived in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. One dark night he was praying in his cell. Through the peals of thunder, the righteous man heard a voice that ordered him to go to the black hill, where the prince's grave was. The monk went there and saw an unusual vision: a golden cross shone in the sky, and then the Mother of God appeared.

The Virgin Mary told him to go to the skete and retire from the world. He will receive messages, he must write everything down and send it to his spiritual children. So the monk became Elder Philotheus, he took a vow of silence and built deserts on a black hill. Day and night, the monk prayed incessantly or wrote down his visions, these were pictures of the future. Once the monk Philotheus went to the temple to the liturgy gray-haired - he saw the end of the world.

The manuscript of Elder Philotheus of the 8th century lay in oblivion in family archive immigrant nobles. But in 2010 the owner translated and then decided to immediately publish the text of the manuscript. The prophecies of Elder Philotheus contain specific events. Almost everything came true except for the Apocalypse. Ascetic Kiev Pechersk Lavra recorded exactly 33 visions. Prophecies contain concrete and unambiguously described events of the future.

Of the prophecies came true - the death of the king, the tsunami in Thailand, which claimed the lives of many people. Elder Philotheus also mentions the Chernobyl disaster, the Second World War and how it will be ended through the prayers of the righteous of the twentieth century. For each of his visions, Elder Philotheus adds a clarification - the event will take place so many years before the end of the world. Knowing the dates of what has already happened, you can calculate when the end of the current era will come according to the records of Elder Philotheus.

67 years must pass from the end of the Second World War (1945+67=2012)

26 years have passed since the Chernobyl disaster (1986+26=2012)

By the date of the global flood, which is very similar to the tsunami in South-East Asia, you need to add 8 years (2004+8=2012)

Filofei's manuscript gives the impression that he himself is invisibly present at catastrophic events. The elder's prophecy describes a winter evening in a modern metropolis. The monk writes: "It's cold, but there is no snow" - an indication of modern snowless winters, which was not the case in the time of the monk. Through the centuries, the righteous sees unfamiliar objects, but it is not difficult to guess that the masts with stars are street lamps, and sheds on wheels are cars. And suddenly a huge crack appears in the ground. Most of all, this is reminiscent of a prophecy about some kind of earthquake, a break in tectonic plates. The city falls into the abyss, electric wiring burns, cars explode, buildings collapse, people panic.

FROM THE PROPHECIES OF THE OLD PHILOTHEUS:

And suddenly the ground opens up under them,
and they all fall down.
I hear human cries and groans.
The gap is growing.
Iron pillars with stars fall into it ...
Stones are falling from houses, they are killing people ...
Before my eyes, people are dying, burning alive,
falling into the bowels of the earth, they are buried under stones.
The blood freezes on the stone, everything around becomes crimson.
And I see the angel of death"

In the prophecies of the monk Philotheus there is no statement that all people will die and life on the planet will be destroyed, it is rather a warning.

WEB BOT ABOUT 2012.

The Web Bot project was launched in the late 90s, and its main goal was to help predict the situation in the stock markets. But the researchers soon noticed that the program was able to talk about other events that were not related to the economy.

This technology allows you to look into the collective subconscious of humanity. A web bot is an automatic data report created using a symmetrical language and trend analysis. It makes predictions or predictions of future events based on sudden changes in the style of language that appear all over the Internet in normal communication. This makes it possible to see certain trends and predict what the future may be like. The technology uses a system of so-called spiders that scan the entire Internet and catch keywords among information streams.

It is expected that 2012 will bring very big troubles to mankind.

This video does not claim to be absolute truth, but it has a number of interesting points that are worth paying attention to.

13 years have passed since the death of the famous elder mitered archpriest Nikolai Guryanov. He died at the age of 93 on August 24, 2002. Elder Nicholas was vouchsafed many gifts of the Holy Spirit, among them the gifts of insight, healing, and miracles. From all over Russia, believers came to the elder to Zalit Island in need of spiritual advice and prayerful help.

Nikolai Guryanov - one of the most revered elders of the Russian Orthodox Church late XX - early XXI centuries. Numerous prophecies uttered by him came true during his lifetime - predictions about the overthrow of communism in Russia, the canonization of Nicholas II, the death of the nuclear submarines "Komsomolets" and "Kursk" and many others, which he witnessed during his lifetime.

Elder Nikolai Guryanov endured harassment from the authorities, prison and camp imprisonment, and exile for confessing his faith. After he was expelled from the institute for speaking out against the closure of churches, he went to serve in the church and was arrested for this. First there was a conclusion in the "Crosses", then - a link to a camp near Kiev, and then - a settlement in Syktyvkar, in the Arctic he laid a railway. He spent the war years in the Baltics. There he took the priesthood, then moved to the fishing island of Talabsk, where he spent the rest of his life.

Thanks to the elder’s prayers, illnesses receded in people, an ear for music appeared, the mind was enlightened in the knowledge of difficult subjects during study, professional skills were improved, worldly perplexities were settled, and often the future path of life was determined.

Family and childhood

Nikolai Guryanov was born into a merchant family. Father, Alexei Ivanovich Guryanov, was the director of the church choir, died in 1914. The elder brother, Mikhail Alekseevich Guryanov, taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatory; younger brothers, Peter and Anatoly, also had musical abilities.

All three brothers died in the war. Mother, Ekaterina Stefanovna Guryanova, helped her son in his labors for many years, died on May 23, 1969, was buried in the cemetery of Zalit Island.

From childhood, Nicholas served at the altar in the church of Michael the Archangel. As a child, Metropolitan Veniamin (Kazansky) visited the parish. Father Nikolai recalled this event in the following way: “I was just a kid. Vladyka served, and I held his staff. Then he hugged me, kissed me and said: “How happy you are that you are with the Lord ...“.

teacher, prisoner, priest

Nikolai Guryanov graduated from the Gatchina Pedagogical College, studied at the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute, from where he was expelled for speaking out against the closure of one of the churches. In 1929-1931 he taught mathematics, physics and biology at school, served as a reader in Tosno.

Then he was a psalm reader at the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Remda, Seredkinsky District, Leningrad (now Pskov) Region. He was arrested, was in the Leningrad prison "Crosses", was serving a sentence in a camp in Syktyvkar, Komi ASSR. After his release, he could not get a residence permit in Leningrad and taught in rural schools in the Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region.

During the Great Patriotic War, he was not mobilized into the Red Army, as he crippled his legs in hard work in the camps. He was in the occupied territory. On February 8, 1942, he was ordained (celibate, that is, in a celibate state) to the rank of deacon by Metropolitan Sergius (Voskresensky), who was under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Since February 15, 1942 - a priest. In 1942 he graduated from theological courses, served as a priest in the Holy Trinity Convent in Riga (until April 28, 1942). Then, until May 16, 1943, he was a charterer in Holy Spirit Monastery in Vilnius.

"Talab Elder"

Since 1958, Father Nikolai began to serve in the Pskov diocese, was appointed rector of the church of St. Nicholas on the island of Talabsk (Zalita) on Lake Pskov, he was invariably until his death.

In the 70s, people from all over the country began to come to Father Nikolai on the island - they began to revere him as an old man. He was called “Talabsky” or “Zalitsky” (after the former name of the island, which was renamed in Soviet times in memory of the Bolshevik activist Zalit) as an old man.

Father Nikolai Guryanov's house

Not only church people were drawn to him, but also fallen souls, feeling the warmth of his heart. Once forgotten by everyone, at times, he did not know a minute of peace from visitors, and alien to worldly glory, he only quietly complained: “Oh, if only you would run to church like you run after me!” His spiritual gifts could not go unnoticed: he called strangers by name, revealed forgotten sins, warned of possible dangers, instructed, helped to change life, arrange it on a Christian basis, begged the seriously ill.

There is a story that Father Nikolai was asked: “Thousands of people came to you during your life, you peered attentively into their souls. Tell me what worries you the most in the souls modern people- what sin, what passion? What is the most dangerous for us now? To this he replied: "Unbelief", and to a clarifying question - "Even Christians"- answered: “Yes, even among Orthodox Christians. To whom the Church is not the Mother, God is not the Father.” According to Fr Nikolai, a believer should have a loving attitude towards everything that surrounds him.

Evidence has been preserved that, through the prayers of the priest, the fate of the missing people was revealed to him. In the 90s. the well-known throughout the country, the Pechersk elder - Archimandrite John (Krestyankin) testified about Father Nicholas that he is "the only, truly, perspicacious old man in the territory former USSR". He knew the will of God about man, he guided many along the shortest path leading to salvation.

In 1988, Archpriest Nikolai Guryanov was awarded the miter and the right to serve with open Royal Doors to Cherubim. In 1992, he was awarded the right to serve the liturgy with the Royal Doors open until the Lord's Prayer - the highest church honor for an archpriest (excluding the extremely rare rank of archpriest).

O. Nikolai was famous both in Russia and among Orthodox people beyond. So, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, on the shore of a forest lake, with his blessing, a skete was founded.

The elder also enjoyed fame and love among creative youth and the intelligentsia: Konstantin Kinchev, Olga Kormukhina, Alexei Belov and many others came to the island for a blessing for creativity. In addition, the elder became the prototype of the hero of the film "The Island", where leading role played by rock poet and musician Pyotr Mamonov.

More than 3,000 Orthodox believers took part in the funeral of Father Nicholas on the island of Talabsk (Zalit). Many admirers visit the grave of the elder. The Society of Zealots for the Memory of the Righteous Nicholas of Pskovoezersky (Nikolai Guryanov) was founded.

Instructions of Archpriest Nikolai Guryanov

Batiushka generally spoke little, apparently he was by nature silent, therefore his rare statements were aphoristic - a whole life program was contained in one phrase. That is why everything said by the elder was so vividly remembered.

1. “Our life is blessed… The gift of God... We have a treasure in ourselves - the soul. If we save it in this temporary world, where we came as strangers, we will inherit Eternal Life.”

2. “Seek purity. Don't listen to bad and dirty things about anyone... Do not stop at an unkind thought ... Flee from untruths ... Never be afraid to speak the truth, only with prayer and, first, ask the Lord for blessings.

3. “You need to live not only for yourself… Try to quietly pray for everyone… Do not push or humiliate anyone.”

4. “Our thoughts and words have great power on the world around us. Pray with tears for everyone - the sick, the weak, sinners, for those for whom there is no one to pray for.

5. “Don't be too strict. Excessive severity is dangerous. It stops the soul only at an external feat, without giving depth. Be gentle, do not chase external rules. Mentally talk with the Lord and the saints. Try not to teach, but gently prompt each other, correct. Be simple and sincere. After all, the world is such a God's... Look around - all creation thanks the Lord. And you live like this – in peace with God.”

6. “Obedience… It begins in early childhood. With obedience to parents. These are our first lessons from the Lord.”

7. “Remember that all people are weak and unjust. Learn to forgive, not be offended. It is better to move away from those who harm you - you will not be forced to be nice ... Do not look for friends among people. Look for them in Heaven - among the saints. They will never leave or betray."

8. Believe in the Lord, without a doubt. The Lord Himself lives in our heart and there is no need to look for Him somewhere… far away.”

9. "Be always joyful, and in the most difficult days of your life, do not forget to thank God: a grateful heart does not need anything.

10. “Take care of your peace of mind and there will be order in the world.”

11. “Rely, my dears, on the will of God and everything will be just the way you want it to be."

12. "Never take off the cross. Read morning and evening prayers Necessarily".

13. “You can save yourself both in the family and in the monastery just live a holy peaceful life.”

14. “Go to the temple and believe in the Lord. To whom the Church is not a mother, God is not a father. Humility and prayer are the main things. One black robe is not yet humility.”

Elder in the memoirs of contemporaries

Abbess of the Pyukhtitsky Monastery Varvara (Trofimova) recalled the elder Nikolai (Guryanov):“To father Nikolai, as to his spiritual father, we went with Mother George (now Abbess of the Gornensky Jerusalem monastery) to the island every year. Usually we drove through the Pskov-Caves Monastery. I love this ancient monastery very much and especially Father John (Krestyankin). He and Father Nikolai were very similar to each other: they were almost the same age, and they said almost the same thing. The only difference was that Fr. John spoke directly, while Fr. Nikolai was a little foolish in conversation, often giving an answer with a spiritual song. Fleeing human glory, he sometimes walked in a beret, in his mother's blouse, in galoshes. These are my favorite elders!

Simplicity and love for people, animals, plants, everything that God created, distinguished him from others ... When Father Nikolai arrived on the island, there was an empty place near his house, on the contrary - a cemetery with a broken fence and not a single tree. And he so wanted to decorate everything! And he from Kyiv, Pochaev, Vilnius, Pyukhtits collected plants, roots of bushes and flowers and planted them on the island. Father took care of the trees with love. At that time there was no running water, and the priest carried water from the lake, 100-200 buckets each. I watered everything myself: bushes, flowers, and future trees. Near the house, the priest planted chrysanthemums, dahlias, and gladioli. Now we see the fruits of his labors: arborvitae, firs, larches are green everywhere. And where there is greenery, there are birds. How many of them filled the previously empty island with their voices! For them, for the birds of God, Father Nikolai set up an “outdoor dining room”. With his pure soul, the priest was close to everything that was created by the right hand of God.

Father Nicholas was a celibate. Everyone in Vilnius knew him and commemorated him in the notes as the monk Nicholas. I asked Mother Abbess Nina (Batasheva; in the schema - Varvara) about this, and this is what she told me. Father Nikolai said that, if the Lord pleased, he would take monastic vows. Mother Nina even kept the clothes that the sisters made for Fr. Nikolai's tonsure. But during the war convent they bombed heavily, everything burned down at Mother Abbess, including this clothes. Father Nikolay reasoned that there was no God's will for his monasticism, and he did not accept tonsure.

Archpriest John Mironov, who had a half-century spiritual friendship with Elder Nikolai, said:“The courtyard of the modest father’s house-cell was like an illustration to the first chapters of the Book of Genesis: chestnuts, cypresses and other trees, many pigeons on the branches and roof sit tightly, like chickens on a perch. There are also sparrows and other small birds. And next to the chickens, cats and a dog walk peacefully. And the priest tried to take a liking to everyone, to treat them. The cat Lipushka lived with the priest for 28 years, completely humanized. Once someone hit a crow with a stone, so the priest came out, cured her, and she became completely tame. Every morning then she met the priest, croaked, flapped her wings - greeted. And everything around - both trees and flowers - everything on the island lived with father's care. Bees, midges, bugs - everything was not alien to him. The mosquito won't even hurt you. All creation was to the father's heart. He always watched carefully so that neither the flower nor the tree was damaged.

Bishop Pavel (Ponomarev; now Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus; in 1988-1992 - viceroy Pskov-Caves Monastery) told the following story:“Mother George (Shchukin) came to us in Pechory. Turns out she had a conversation with His Holiness Patriarch about her possible direction to Jerusalem. And she needed to consult with her confessor - Father Nikolai, a famous elder on the island of Zalit. But she didn’t manage to get to the island: steamships no longer run, and the ice has not yet risen ... And the housekeeper asks me: “So bless the helicopter?” ... They called the airport - it turned out to be quite affordable. After 40 minutes, the helicopter was already in the monastery. Arrived - and there is nowhere to land. Good snow just fell. They sat somewhere in the garden. We see: Father Nikolai himself is coming. And the mothers run, making noise. It turns out that after the service and the meal, everyone went to their cells - and suddenly Father Nikolai began to call everyone. “Come out,” he calls. “Mothers, guests are coming to visit us: Mother Abbess of Jerusalem, Father Superior with the brethren of the monastery.” They say: “Father, are you out of your mind? Who is coming to us? Steamboats don't run. Lie down, rest." And suddenly - a helicopter, noise. But then, not only mobile phones, there was no connection with the island at all. And after all, Father Nikolai already called mother the abbess of Jerusalem, although no one knew about her future at all ... "

Archpriest Oleg Teor spoke about the elder:“I appreciated the father from the very first meeting and always revered him very much. I was surprised by his insight. He foresaw a lot and, if necessary, said what then came true. For example, there was such a case. Father Nikolai always remembered death, his preparation for it, often spoke on this topic and punished him in what to bury him. One day he promised one of his spiritual daughters that she would be at his funeral. Another, named Antonina, immediately declared: “And I will, father. I will definitely come.” And he so covertly says: “No, you will be at home.” And it turned out that this Antonina had died. And the one who was promised to attend the funeral, really was there. And my father told me that I would bury him. And so it happened.

Now I also feel his prayerful support. It happens that when I remember him, help comes to me. Father Nicholas also had the gift of healing. His prayer was very effective. One of his spiritual daughters became so seriously ill, the doctors recognized the cancer. She felt very weak, her face was pale and transparent. She worked at a hard job, where she had to deal with chemicals that were harmful to her health. Doctors recommended that she move to another job. But Father Nikolai did not bless. The patient obeyed. Many years have passed, but, through the prayers of the priest, she recovered and lives to this day. When I became very ill, Father Nikolay also very confidently assured me that the Lord would heal me. And indeed, I was healed.

Father Nikolai tried to instill in his children the memory of death. He said that if people knew what was in store for them, they would behave differently. Often, for admonition and clarity, he showed the guests an icon doomsday, explaining it and recalling the retribution for sins. He taught very convincingly, with gospel words and examples. He indicated on the image where and for what sin a person will have to suffer. This sobered many and made them think and always remember the hour of death.

Archimandrite Ambrose (Yurasov) recalled:“There were two other people with me. The elder lightly hit one on the cheek, and then said: “Batiushka, bless.” - "Yes, I'm not a father!" - “Not father? Yes?" Years have passed. Now that man is hegumen. The girl who came with us took out music paper. She wondered why? She's also an artist. Doesn't sing. Note does not know. And now she is the regent in the monastery.

Archpriest Georgy Ushakov shared:“Often I saw that, even when the priest spoke to a person, his lips moved between phrases. I think he was a constant prayer book. From here came his foresight and openness to the heavenly world. During prayer, the Lord revealed to him the soul of a person and His will for him.

Archpriest Vladimir Stepanov said:“I lived then in Pskov and served as a deacon in Troitsky cathedral. Next to the cathedral is the bell tower, where the nun Archelaia lived in the 1970s. I go to visit my mother one day. We are talking about Father Nicholas. She tells me that it was very difficult for her, and she prayed to the priest: “Father Nikolai! Help me! Father Nicholas! Help me…” And so several times. On the morning of the next day, the father arrives in Pskov, comes to mother Archelaia and from the threshold says to her: “Well, why are you asking me: father Nikolai, help me, father Nikolai, help me ...”

The Lord rewarded the priest with living faith and unceasing prayer. It was often noticeable that he was doing the Jesus Prayer. I experienced the power of his prayer first hand, and more than once. One example: I had a serious problem, and in winter I walked along the lake from the highway to the elder. He listened to me, then stood up and said: "Let's pray." Batiushka kneels on his tiny kitchenette, I follow him too. A few minutes of prayer. We get up off our knees. Father Nikolai blesses me, and I clearly feel in my soul that my problem is no more. God bless!"

Priest Alexy Likhachev recalled:“Batiushka seemed a little naive to me: he kept persuading me to read morning and evening prayers every day. And I was such a diligent student that it seemed strange to me not only that the prayers could not be read - I read the Psalter rigorously. “Doesn’t he know that I do this without any persuasion?” But then at the academy I found myself in a circle of young people, connoisseurs and adherents of the Greek tradition, who, joking with our Russian piety, ironically: “Without reading this rule, you will not be saved in any way.” So the priest strengthened me in advance so as not to succumb. And one more thing: now, ten years later, I am so burdened with the construction of the temple, as well as family difficulties and domestic troubles, that sometimes I fall asleep without undressing. But the words of Father Nikolai sound today - like a reproach.

Batiushkin's language still had to be understood. He revealed to people such deep things, and even in a few words, that they had to be clothed in the form of images or symbols, which became clearer gradually, over time, filled with new spiritual meanings and twists of fate. A certain novice, who had come to the island with me, began to tell the priest about the disturbances in the monastery. He affectionately touched her neck: “Do you wear a cross?” She took out the cross from her chest. "Here you go." (She developed a mental disorder a year later.)

And the girl Valya, who asked him if she could go in for equestrian sports and dancing, father Nikolai with affection and a smile says: “Let me add some colors to you,” and takes a gray strand from her hair and, as it were, shifts it to her. . She laughs, you know. But he hinted at grief to her gray hair.

Doctor Vladimir Alekseevich Nepomnyashchikh spoke about the elder:“Outwardly, he seemed detached from everything earthly. It was felt that there was a huge distance between us, sinners, and the elder. For many who came under the blessing, the priest no longer answered questions, but only silently anointed the forehead with oil on the cross. At the same time, people felt that the need for questioning disappeared. However, with those who really had a need, Father Nikolai talked, answered their questions and even invited people to his house. He did not answer all questions, but selectively... Undoubtedly, Elder Nicholas knew the will of God and revealed it to the extent that he considered it necessary.

Andrei Lukin recalled:“From my youth I became addicted to alcohol, and by the age of 26 I realized that I could not do without it for a long time. I started looking for a way out, tried to encode - it didn’t help, it only got worse ... I began to take vows. He promised before God, on the cross and the Gospel, in the presence of a priest, about abstinence from alcohol, first for six months, then for a year and a half. This went on for six years, but the trouble was that as soon as the end of the vow came, literally on the same day I began to drink again, as passion approached and it was impossible to fight it. And in 1999, in the month of August, I came to Zalit Island to my father Nikolai Guryanov. I approached him and said: “Father, bless me not to drink for three years and not to smoke for a year (to take vows).” Father Nikolai blessed me with a big cross and said: “You will neither drink nor smoke until the end of your life.” Seven years have passed since then, and during this time I didn’t even have a thought (thank God!) either to drink or smoke. And I've been smoking for over 20 years.

And two years before this wonderful event, my wife, along with her eldest daughter, went to Father Nikolai with the question of whether I should leave my secular work and work entirely in the church or not. Batiushka, not knowing my name, said to his wife: “I bow low to Andryushenka, and I ask for your prayers.” What humility the priest has - as he called me, an alcoholic ... And he answered his wife: “There is no need to leave worldly work, but let him work as a regent.” And so it happened: “I worked”, after six months, less, I had to leave the regents. The wife also asked about her daughter: should she continue to study, since her academic success was not very important, to which the elder said: “Study, study and study. Three and four are good marks too.” My daughter graduated from high school, a specialized secondary institution, and now she is studying at a higher school, in her fourth year. Upon admission for the main subject received five, for the other four. But at school I studied for triples!

Olga Kormukhina, a famous singer, shared:“I must say that at that time I had two serious problems: smoking (I could not quit smoking, although I really wanted to) and I also liked delicious alcoholic drinks. One might say, I “got high” on fine liqueurs, rums, wines and could not do anything with myself ... Here we are approaching the house, we see: people gathered around the old man in groups; we joined them. And he runs between people and asks: “Do you drink, smoke? Do you drink, do you smoke? Do you drink, smoke?” But he doesn't ask me. I think, “This is my problem. He doesn't ask me." I want to say, but I can't. I feel like the devil has shut my mouth. I just naturally feel it. The veins in my neck are swollen and I can't say a word. But I feel that if I don't say it now, I'm done for. Just the end. And that's it! I tensed up with all my strength and prayed: “Lord! Help me!" And then she screamed: “Father! I drink, I smoke! I hate myself for this!” And he seemed to be waiting for this, ran up to me, crossed his mouth and said: “That's it. You won't be again." And indeed, it was July 19, 1997, since then I have not taken any alcohol or cigarettes.

One professor of mathematics, a Russian, came with his English friend, also a professor of mathematics, who was completely unbelieving. And the Russian prayed very much that he would believe. And the Englishman had a thought: “If this elder shows me a miracle, then I will believe.” They arrived, the priest met them, led them into the cell and immediately, from the first words, said: “What a miracle for you, son, to show?” He went to the switch and began to click: “There is light, but there is no light. There is light, but there is no light. Ha-ha-ha." They laughed, and Father Nikolai sent them home: “Go, sons, with God, while quietly.” The Englishman also laughed: they say, what miracles can be? After all, he is a scientist. They came from the island back to the mainland, and there was a crowd of people, police, workers dragging some kind of wires. “What happened?” - "So for three days there has been no light on the islands." And our scientist immediately turned the boat back.

Anna Ivanovna Trusova recalled:“I came to the island with my nephew. He defended one man who was attacked by hooligans. As a result, an unjust accusation fell on him. The investigator gave him two articles. We went to Elder Nicholas to ask for his holy prayers. Batiushka did not ask why, for what, only I suddenly saw how his eyes had changed - I had never seen such eyes in anyone in my life. He had gone far, he was not present here among us. I really trembled from this father's look. I don't know how long he prayed like that. Five minutes or more, but only then did he take a deep breath and say: “They won't judge you. Justify." So in just a few minutes, the elder begged the man.”

Ludmila Ivanova, a church photographer, recalled one incident:“One day, Father Nikolai got ready to go somewhere late in the winter in a strong blizzard. “Father, in such a cold! .. Why?” mothers were scared. “My name is,” the elder said quietly. And, despite the persuasion of women, he went into the darkness of the night. The wind howled like a fierce beast, the blizzard did not subside. The father did not return for a long time. Run, search - where? It remained to pray, trusting in the will of God. The father did not return alone. He brought a frozen man. He got lost in a blizzard, began to lose strength and even think about death. Out of fear, he prayed to the saint of God, Nicholas the Wonderworker, although he considered himself an unbeliever. Father Nicholas heard.

Hegumen Roman (Zagrebnev) told how he and a friend came to the elder on the island. The friend, who had no experience of communicating with the elders, was at a loss and did not ask the priest about anything. And so, when they were about to leave, Father Nikolai himself stopped young man: "Tell me, is this the case? At home, I wrote and wrote a charter with questions, put it in my pocket and, without resolving a single issue, you leave! Is this the case? Now you will sit in the “Rocket” and swim, and the questions are in your pocket. Come on, get it now. Otherwise, you’ll swim to Pskov, accidentally put your hand in your pocket, and your heart will skip a beat. So that it is calm, and there is a need to resolve issues. Understood?!" “My fellow traveler fell at the feet of the priest, tears ran from his eyes, asking for forgiveness and patience in resolving the written questions.”

Emilian Lashin recalled:“The man with whom I had to go to the island of Zalita was recently released from prison. He lost his mother early, and his stepmother mistreated him and his sister, and both of them began to steal, and this continued until he was imprisoned. He sat two or three times, and when he came out, he was already very ill with tuberculosis. He had no job, no money, no registration, no housing, and he could not get a job in the hospital. Then we decided to go to Father Nikolai. It was in September, at the end of the month - a difficult time for consumptives.

I remember that on that day the priest had a lot of the most diverse people ... And my “ward” stood outside the gate by a large stone and did not dare (or was no longer able) to enter. Batiushka barely glanced at him and immediately called out his name, himself went out the gate and talked for a long, long time about something with this man. And then he blessed him three times and said loudly: "Everything will be fine." Needless to say, immediately upon our return, this man was taken to the best clinic, as if suddenly forgetting about all the obstacles and arguments that the same people found just a few days ago. In this clinic, he lay for more than six months, completely cured of a terrible disease. During this time, they also issued a residence permit, and somehow miraculously constantly found funds for medicines that cost a lot of money.

Alexey Belov, a famous musician, told: “We have witnessed such a case. One day a terrible storm arose on the island and suddenly calmed down instantly. And when we approached the father’s cell, his cell attendant said that there was a tornado, the father came out, crossed himself, and everything fell apart. And then it turned out that he saved the boy from death. This boy went out fishing on a big boat, and during a tornado he could have died, crashed on this boat.

Batiushka generally saved people from death more than once. It was the same with our daughter. In infancy, she was very difficult to endure high temperatures, she began to have convulsions. And then one day the convulsions were so strong that her tongue sunk down and asphyxia began, she had already begun to turn blue. Then I shouted to myself: “Father Nikolai, help me!” And the tongue returned to its place, she breathed evenly.

The monks we met on Mount Athos had photographs of the elder. Everyone respected him greatly. When we were at the evening service in Hilandar, in a Serbian monastery, the confessor took confession from me. I decided to give him a photo of Father Nikolai, as I took a whole pack with me to give to people. He took the photo, looked at it and said: “Father Nikolai!” Then I learned that the confessors of some Athos monasteries, including Father Tikhon from Hilandar, came to the island to Father Nikolai. For me it was amazing. After all, the Holy Mountain has been the center of concentration of monastic experience for more than a thousand years. We can say that this is an “institute of elders”, many elders have grown up here, including modern ones. And from Athos, the monks went to some distant island in Russia to see the saint.

Hieromonk (now abbot) Nestor (Kumysh), spiritual child old man, shared:“My deaconship was also predicted by him. Before entering the seminary, I, as usual, came to the island, because then I already traveled regularly, I could not do without it. I talked with the elder, decided everything that was needed. In parting, he says to me: “Soon you will be a deacon.” "When?" I ask. “Next summer,” the elder replied. With that, he left. But in my soul there is bewilderment: what kind of deaconry, when I have not even entered the seminary yet? Joking, maybe, father? In fact, everything came out according to his word. As a graduate of the university, I was enrolled in the seminary immediately in the second grade ...

At the end of the second grade, I was offered to go to the fourth, bypassing the third. Without giving any answer, I left the city to live with relatives until September of the next academic year. And in early July, they unexpectedly called from the diocesan administration with a demand to immediately appear in the city to pass protege exams and undergo confession before ordination.

For the successful progress of the restoration work on the temple where I served, the philanthropist who restored it presented me with a car. “Sell it immediately,” the elder demanded categorically from me when I told him about it. But I did not listen and decided to do it after the restoration work was completed ... At full speed, my engine jammed, and the car became uncontrollable. After two or three terrible minutes, I was in a ditch with all four wheels up. By the grace of God, everything turned out well, and I got off with a fright. But since then, he did not dare to violate or somehow alter the word spoken by the elder.

I had one sin that caused me a lot of grief and worries. Periodically I suffered from recurrences of gloomy irritability and temper. It is difficult for a Christian to live with this, since nothing poisons the existence of others so much and nothing humiliates human dignity so much as the loss of self-control. But the fight against this common ailment is not easy. And then one day, upon arrival on the island, I turned to the old man with a rather stupid question, not without hidden vanity. I asked Father Nikolai what I could do in a special way for the greater pleasing of God. Without looking at me, the elder replied: “Don’t make a fuss.” Oh, how it hurts me from this word! I jumped away from the priest, as if I had been doused with boiling water. His words hit the nail on the head and deeply wounded my vanity. But what to do? For our cure, sometimes we need not sweet pills, but bitter medicines, and Father Nikolai resolutely used them where it was required. Subsequently - as I believe, not without the prayer of the priest - I discovered the main cause of the illness that tormented me and freed myself from it.

Archpriest Valerian Krechetov shared:“Batiushka kept repeating: “Everything is fine, yes, everything is fine. How happy we are that we are in the Church, that we take communion…” The elder was asked about Russia, and he answered: “Russia did not die. Oh, how good we are. Glory to Thee, Lord. The Lord does not leave us.”

Priest Alexy Likhachev recalled O last days the life of the elder and about the last meeting with him: “And here I am at the very dear person. Again, as in the first meeting, I sit at my feet. Only the father ... was already different. He dwindled, as the Lord once did. He was just like a baby. He kissed my hand: you, they say, are a priest, and I am already nobody. When I gave him modest shrines as a gift, the priest childishly asked: “What is this? Cross?" And wept tenderly. I brought him a piece of cotton wool dipped in myrrh from the icon of the Tsar Martyr. He asked three times what kind of cotton wool it was. I asked him to put a cross on the book with his poems. "Here? Here?" he asked until I pointed. In obedience to me, the father tried for about five minutes to draw this cross with his weak hand, his hand was trembling ... I also began to cry. All the spiritual things that I knew and expected were gone. Was not FOREVER. It was clearly felt that the human in the priest was already leaving. Outwardly, the unnatural pallor of the face spoke of this: not a drop of blood! His flesh was held only by the Spirit - for us, according to his love and the grace of God. And only the elder answered all the questions. He answered, closing his eyes and praying, and only in those seconds did I recognize “my father.” Even his tone became firm and authoritative.

Archpriest Boris Nikolaev recalled : “When the father was lying in the coffin, right hand he was so warm and lively that the thought crept into my head whether we were burying a living one. The fact is that Father Nikolai was close to the mountain world. The righteous at special moments, especially after Communion of the Holy Mysteries of Christ, cease to feel the difference between the heavenly world and the visible world, and can temporarily pass into another world. Father Valerian often in recent years took the priest to communion and several times noticed that the elder seemed to be dying. Breathing stopped, but the pulse continued to beat. After some time, Father Nikolai came out of his cell to the worried Father Valerian, the cell attendants and asked with a smile: “Well, what are you doing here?”.

Priest (now archpriest) Alexy Nikolin recalled about the elder’s funeral: “There were 40 serving priests, two bishops: Archbishop of Pskov and Velikoluksky Eusebius and Nikon, Bishop of Yekaterinburg at rest ... First, the priesthood said goodbye, then the laity went. The monks of the Pskov-Caves Monastery arrived, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) ... arrived with his choir. The choir of the Sretensky Monastery sang the funeral… When the funeral was over, they lifted the coffin, carried it around the temple with the canon “Sea Wave” and carried it to the cemetery.”

Archimandrite John (Krestyankin) comforted the mourners: “Do not cry! Now Father Nikolai is praying for us at the Heavenly Throne.”

08.08.2020

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