Prophecies of Orthodox saints about the future of Russia and the world. The main predictions of the holy elders about Russia

Three fierce yokes. Evil is growing...

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

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

Monk-seer Abel, 1796

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Before the end of times, Russia will merge into one great sea with the other lands and Slavic tribes, it will form one sea or that huge universal ocean of the people, about which the Lord God spoke from ancient times through the mouth of all the saints: “The formidable and invincible Kingdom of All-Russian, All-Slavic - Gog and Magog , before whom all nations will stand in awe.” And all this is the same as two and two are four, and certainly, like God is holy, who from ancient times foretold about him and his terrible dominion over the earth. With the united forces of Russia and other nations, Constantinople and Jerusalem will be captured. When Turkey is divided, almost all of it will remain with Russia...”

Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, 1825-32.

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

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

Constant reverence for the destinies of God is necessary for correct spiritual living. One must bring oneself into this reverence and submission to God by faith. The Providence of Almighty God is vigilantly vigilant over the destinies of the world and every person, and everything that happens is done either by the will or by the permission of God...

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

Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov, 1865

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

Venerable Ambrose of Optina, 1871.

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

How many signs the Lord showed over Russia, delivering it from its strongest enemies and subduing its peoples! And yet, evil is growing. Will we really not come to our senses? The West has punished us, and the Lord will punish us, but we don’t understand everything. We got stuck in Western mud up to our ears, and everything was fine. We have eyes, but we don’t see, we have ears, but we don’t hear, and we don’t understand with our hearts... Having inhaled this hellish frenzy into ourselves, we spin around like crazy, not remembering ourselves.”

“If we don’t come to our senses, God will send foreign teachers to us to bring us to our senses... It turns out that we too are on the path of revolution. These are not empty words, but a deed affirmed by the voice of the Church. Know, Orthodox, that God cannot be mocked.”

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

Saint Theophan the Recluse, 1894

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Holy Righteous Father John of Kronstadt. 1906–1908

Everyone is going against Russia

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

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

In the Church we no longer have living prophets, but we do have signs. They are given to us for the knowledge of times. They are clearly visible to people who have a spiritual mind. But this is not recognized in the world... Everyone is going against Russia, that is, against the Church of Christ, for the Russian people are God-bearers, the true faith of Christ is preserved in them.”

Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, 1910

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

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

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

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

There will be a storm. And the Russian ship will be destroyed. But people also save themselves on chips and debris. And yet not everyone will die. We must pray, we must all repent and pray fervently... A great miracle of God will be revealed... And all the chips and fragments, by the will of God and His power, will gather and unite, and the ship will be recreated in all its glory and will go its way, intended by God..."

Reverend Anatoly of Optina. 1917

And Russia will be saved. Much suffering, much torment. Everyone must suffer a lot and deeply repent. Only repentance through suffering will save Russia. All of Russia will become a prison, and we must beg the Lord a lot for forgiveness. Repent of sins and be afraid to commit even the slightest sins, but try to do good, even the smallest. After all, the wing of a fly has weight, but God has precise scales. And when the slightest good outweighs the balance, then God will show His mercy over Russia...

But first, God will take away all the leaders so that the Russian people will look only to Him. Everyone will abandon Russia, other powers will abandon it, leaving it to its own devices. This is so that the Russian people trust in the Lord’s help. You will hear that in other countries there will be unrest and something similar to what happened in Russia (during the revolution - ed.), and you will hear about wars and there will be wars - now the time is near. But don't be afraid of anything. The Lord will show His wonderful mercy.

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

Schieromonk Aristoklius of Athos. 1917-18

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

Venerable Nectarius of Optina, 1920

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

“The monarchy and autocratic power will be restored in Russia. The Lord chose the future king. This will be a man of fiery faith, a brilliant mind and an iron will. First of all, he will restore order in the Orthodox Church, removing all untrue, heretical and lukewarm bishops. And many, very many, with few exceptions, almost all will be eliminated, and new, true, unshakable bishops will take their place... Something that no one expects will happen. Russia will rise from the dead, and the whole world will be surprised.

Orthodoxy will be reborn and triumph in it. But the Orthodoxy that existed before will no longer exist. God Himself will place a strong king on the throne.”

Saint Theophan of Poltava, 1930

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

Venerable Seraphim Vyritsky, 1943

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

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

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

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

In Russia there will be prosperity of faith and the former rejoicing (only for a short time, for the Terrible Judge will come to judge the living and the dead). Even the Antichrist himself will be afraid of the Russian Orthodox Tsar. Under the Antichrist, Russia will be the most powerful kingdom in the world. And all other countries, except Russia and the Slavic lands, will be under the rule of the Antichrist and will experience all the horrors and torments written in the Holy Scriptures

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

Venerable Lavrentiy of Chernigov. Late 1940s

Russia is waiting for God!

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

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

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

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

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

Russia withstood its temptation because it had within itself the faith of martyrdom, the mercy of God and His election. But the West doesn’t have this and therefore won’t stand it...

Russia is waiting for God!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All enemies of Orthodoxy will be destroyed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now is the beginning of events, difficult military events. The engine of this evil is the Jews. The devil is forcing them to begin to destroy the seed of Orthodoxy in Greece and Russia. This is for them the main obstacle to world domination. And they will force the Turks to finally come here to Greece and begin their actions. And although Greece has a government, it actually doesn’t exist as such, because it has no power. And the Turks will come here. This will be the moment when Russia will also move its forces to push back the Turks.

Events will develop like this: when Russia comes to the aid of Greece, the Americans and NATO will try to prevent this, so that there is no reunification, a merger of the two Orthodox peoples. More forces will rise - the Japanese and other peoples. There will be a great massacre on the territory of the former Byzantine Empire. There will be about 600 million people killed alone. The Vatican will also actively participate in all this in order to prevent the reunification and increasing role of Orthodoxy. But this will result in the complete destruction of Vatican influence, to the very core. This is how God’s Providence will turn...

There will be God's permission for those who sow temptations to be destroyed: pornography, drug addiction, etc. And the Lord will so blind their minds that they will destroy each other with gluttony. The Lord will allow this on purpose to carry out a great cleansing. As for the one who rules the country, he will not be around for long, and what is happening now will not be for long, and then immediately there will be war. But after this great purge there will be a revival of Orthodoxy not only in Russia, but throughout the world, a great surge of Orthodoxy.

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

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

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

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

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

On the other hand, the prophetic tradition has existed from time immemorial among the ascetics of Orthodoxy. Of course, the holy fathers did not rely on fundamental analysis and latest achievements computer science, but only on Faith in the Lord...

Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, 1825-32

Saint Theophan the Recluse, 1890s

“How many signs the Lord showed over Russia, delivering it from its strongest enemies and subduing its peoples! And yet, evil is growing. Will we really not come to our senses? The Lord has punished us and will punish us with the West, but we don’t understand everything. We got stuck in Western mud up to our ears, and everything was fine. We have eyes, but we don’t see, we have ears, but we don’t hear, and we don’t understand with our hearts... Having inhaled this hellish frenzy into ourselves, we spin around like crazy, not remembering ourselves. If we don’t come to our senses, God will send us foreign teachers to bring us to our senses... It turns out that we too are on the path of revolution. These are not empty words, but a deed affirmed by the voice of the Church. Know, Orthodox, that God cannot be mocked.”

Holy Venerable Seraphim Vyritsky, early 20th century

“The time will come when not persecution, but money and the charms of this world will turn people away from God and many more souls will perish than during the times of open fight against God. On the one hand, they will erect crosses and gild domes, and on the other, the kingdom of lies and evil will come. The True Church will always be persecuted, and it will be possible to be saved only through sorrows and illnesses. The persecution will take on the most unpredictable and sophisticated character. But the salvation of the world comes from Russia.”

Schieromonk Aristoklius of Athos. 1917-18

“Now we are living through the pre-Antichrist time. God's judgment on the living has begun and there will not be a single country on earth, not a single person who will not be affected by this. It started with Russia, and then further... And Russia will be saved. There is a lot of suffering, a lot of torment... All of Russia will become a prison, and we must beg the Lord a lot for forgiveness. Repent of sins and be afraid to commit even the slightest sins, but try to do good, even the smallest. After all, the wing of a fly has weight, but God has precise scales. And when the slightest good outweighs the balance, then God will show His mercy over Russia...

Bishop John of Shanghai, 1938

“Shake off the sleep of despondency and laziness, sons of Russia! Behold the glory of her suffering and be cleansed, washed from your sins! Strengthen yourself in the Orthodox faith so that you may be worthy to dwell in the dwelling of the Lord and move into the holy mountain. Arise, arise, arise, Rus', you who drank from the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath! When your suffering is over, your righteousness will go with you, and the glory of the Lord will follow you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the radiance rising above you. Then lift up your eyes around and see: behold, your children will come to you from the west, and the north, and the sea, and the east, blessing Christ in you forever!”

Venerable Anatoly of Optina, early 20th century

“There will be a storm. And the Russian ship will be destroyed. But people also save themselves on chips and debris. And yet not everyone will die. We must pray, we must all repent and pray fervently... A great miracle of God will be revealed... And all the chips and fragments, by the will of God and His power, will gather and unite, and the ship will be recreated in all its glory and will go its way, intended by God. ..”

Saint Theophan of Poltava, 1930

Paisiy Svyatogorets, Athonite elder. 1990s

“My thoughts tell me that many events will happen: the Russians will occupy Turkey, Turkey will disappear from the map, because a third of the Turks will become Christians, a third will die in the war and a third will go to Mesopotamia... What will happen in Constantinople Great War between Russians and Europeans, and a lot of blood will be shed. Greece will not play a leading role in this war, but Constantinople will be given to it. Not because the Russians will revere the Greeks, but because best solution it will not be possible to find... The Greek army will not have time to get there before the city will be given to it.”

Joseph, Athonite elder, Vatopedi monastery. year 2001

“Now is the beginning of events, difficult military events... The devil will force the Turks to finally come here to Greece and begin their actions. And although Greece has a government, it actually doesn’t exist as such, because it has no power. And the Turks will come here. This will be the moment when Russia will also move its forces to push back the Turks. Events will develop like this: when Russia comes to the aid of Greece, the Americans and NATO will try to prevent this, so that there is no reunification, a merger of two Orthodox peoples... There will be a big massacre on the territory of the former Byzantine Empire. There will be about 600 million people killed alone. The Vatican will also actively participate in all this in order to prevent the reunification and increasing role of Orthodoxy. But this will result in the complete destruction of Vatican influence, to the very core. This is how God’s Providence will turn... There will be God’s permission so that those who sow temptations are destroyed: pornography, drug addiction, etc. And the Lord will so blind their minds that they will destroy each other with gluttony. The Lord will allow this on purpose to carry out a great cleansing. As for the one who rules the country, he will not be around for long, and what is happening now will not be for long, and then immediately there will be war. But after this great purge there will be a revival of Orthodoxy not only in Russia, but throughout the world, a great surge of Orthodoxy.”

I foresee the restoration of a powerful Russia, even stronger and more powerful on the bones of such martyrs, remember how a new Rus' will be erected on a strong foundation - according to the old model! Strong in your faith in Christ God and the Holy Trinity! And according to the behest of Holy Prince Vladimir, it will be like a single Church! Russian people have ceased to understand what Rus' is...

Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt, 1907:

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

Saint Theophan of Poltava, 1930:

“The Monarchy and Autocratic power will be restored in Russia. The Lord has chosen the future King. This will be a man of fiery faith, a brilliant mind and an iron will. He, first of all, will restore order in the Orthodox Church, removing all untrue, heretical and lukewarm bishops. And many, very many, with few exceptions, almost all will be eliminated, and new, true, unshakable bishops will take their place... Something that no one expects will happen. Russia will rise from the dead, and the whole world will be surprised. Orthodoxy in it (Russia) will be reborn and triumph. But the Orthodoxy that existed before will no longer exist. God Himself will place a strong King on the Throne.”

Holy Venerable Lawrence of Chernigov:

“Russia, together with all the Slavic peoples and lands, will form a Mighty Kingdom... It will be nourished by the Orthodox Tsar, God’s Anointed One. All schisms and heresies will disappear in Russia. Jews from Russia will go to Palestine to meet the Antichrist, and there will not be a single Jew in Russia... In Russia there will be prosperity of the Faith and the former rejoicing. Even the Antichrist himself will be afraid of the Russian Orthodox Tsar. Under the Antichrist, Russia will be the most powerful Kingdom in the world. And all other countries, except Russia and the Slavic lands, will be under the rule of the Antichrist and will experience all the horrors and torments written in the Holy Scriptures.”

Prophecies of Elder Hieromonk Seraphim (Vyritsky) (Eternal Life" No.18-19, 1996, No.36-37, etc. 1998):

“...Many countries will then take up arms against Russia, but it will survive. This war that tells Holy Bible and prophets, will become the reason for the unification of humanity. People will choose a unified government - this will be the threshold of the reign of the Antichrist. Then persecution of Christians will begin in these countries, and when the trains leave from there for Russia, you must be among the first, since many of those who remain will die.”

Holy Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, 1831 (“Soulful reading”, edition 1912):

“... anti-Christianity, as it develops, will lead to the destruction of Christianity on earth and partly of Orthodoxy and will end with the reign of the Antichrist over all countries except Russia, which will merge into one with the other Slavic countries and form a huge ocean of people, before which all others will be in fear tribes of the earth. And this is as true as two and two are four.”

Holy Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, 1832 (From the archives of documents of the State Archive of the Russian Federation: fund 109, file 93; Moscow, 1996, pp. 20-21):

“When the Russian Land is divided and one side will clearly remain with the rebels, while the other will clearly stand for the Sovereign and the integrity of Russia, then, your love for God, your zeal for God and for the time - and the Lord will help the just cause of those who stood for the Sovereign and the Fatherland and the Holy Church.

But not so much blood will be shed here as when the right-wing side of the Sovereign receives Victory and delivers them (the rebels) into the hands of justice. Then no one will be sent to Siberia, but everyone will certainly be executed, and here even more blood will be shed, but this blood will be the last, cleansing blood.”

Holy Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, 1832:

“Russia will merge into one great sea with the other lands and Slavic tribes, it will form one sea or that huge universal ocean of the people, about which the Lord God from ancient times spoke through the mouth of all the Saints: “The terrible and invincible Kingdom of All-Russian, All-Slavic - Gog and Magog, before which All nations will tremble.

And all this is the same as two and two are four, and certainly, like God is holy, who from ancient times foretold about him and his terrible dominion over the earth. With the united forces of Russia and other (peoples), Constantinople and Jerusalem will be captured. With the division of Turkey, almost all of it will remain with Russia...”

Holy Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, 1832 (Published Moscow, 1979, pp. 601-602):

“...The Lord revealed to me that there will be a time when the bishops of the Russian Land and other clergy will deviate from preserving Orthodoxy in all its purity, and for this the Wrath of God will strike them. I stood for three days, asking the Lord to have mercy on them and asking it was better to deprive me, poor Seraphim, of the Kingdom of Heaven, rather than punish them.” But the Lord did not bow to the request of the poor Seraphim, and said: “I will not have mercy on them, for they will teach the doctrines and commandments of men, but their hearts will stand far from Me!”

There are predictions of the elders about the future of the whole world, where the future of Russia and predictions regarding our country in particular are mostly positive. The prophecies of the elders - holy people - speak of future catastrophes, crises in world politics and economics, as well as how to overcome all this. Predicting the future is part of those miracles that all famous saints and prophets, such as Seraphim of Sarov, Sergius of Radonezh, Nectarius of Optina and others, could perform.

In the elders' predictions about the future of the world and the fate of Russia, one can identify a single information line, which suggests that we are on the threshold of various changes that will be carried out through disasters and various complications. But some terrible prophecies have already lost their power, they have not come true - from this we can conclude that it is still possible to change the future, it is not 100% planned and there is a possibility of averting the threat of destruction of most of humanity, which can be understood from the prophecies of the holy elders .

First of all, it should be understood that there are several groups of holy elders who created their prophecies. The main ones are the holy elders of the Athos Monastery in Greece and the elders of the Optina Pustyn Monastery in Russia. Also, elder monks from other Orthodox monasteries Christian faith created their own prophecies.

The Athonite elders are hermits from the holy Mount Athos, which is located in Greece, but access to which is allowed only to men, and even then not to everyone. Hermits on Mount Athos built monasteries and live theresecluded from the whole world, preaching Orthodoxy. This monastery has stood on Mount Athos for more than a thousand years.Mount Athos is considered holy and is located on the Chalkidiki peninsula. This complex of rock monasteries is the center of Eastern Christian monasticism. Here are ancient monasteries that preserve miraculous icons and relics of saints.

Optina elders are monks living in the holy monastery of Optina Pustyn in the Kaluga region.The Optina Pustyn Monastery has been operating for 7 centuries and is known throughout Russia. Optina monks have a special weight in the Russian Orthodox Church. The elders from this monastery adhered to especially strict canons of hermitage, therefore they became rank of saints who have the gift of seeing the future of humanity and the fate of an individual, and also have the gift of bodily and spiritual healing. Fourteen elders fromOptina Pustyn,who lived at different times in the monastery.

Predictions of Elder Abel the Seer from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Abel the Mystic was the first of the elders who gave the first prediction about the future of Russia. Under his supervision, the icon of the Birth of the Virgin Mary was painted, on which words of prophecy about the fate of Russia were carved. After the big war in 2024, Russia will be ruled by great king, and Russia will be reborn. But there may be inaccuracy in the dates - ahead of date they wrote in a different way, or the monk himself encrypted the date so that it would not be found out before the event occurred. Many scientists believe that Abel's prediction about Russia dates back to the period 2008 - 2016.

Predictions of the Athonite Elders
The holy elders from Mount Athos predicted the reign of the false ruler Atichrist over the entire earth. The Lord will allow the Antichrist to come to earth so that it becomes clear who will renounce God for the sake of the material benefits that the Antichrist promises. People will lose faith in their own strength. After this S will come good day.

Predictions of Elder Nektarios of Optina

Elder Nektary from Optina Pustyn could accurately predict any dates, including the date of death, and also read a letter without opening it. According to him, it will begin cold war, manyChristians will flee their homes to save their lives. Russia will lose some of its lands, but will return others and become the spiritual center of the whole world.

Prediction of Elder Christopher of Optina

Georgia and Ukraine will separate from Russia, but will soon regret it. Armenia, on the contrary, will be close to Russia, because it understands that without Russia the country will perish. There will be a time, according to the elder, that persecution will begin against the Russians, but in general nothing threatens Russia, because it is under the protection of the Mother of God. In his visions, Christopher Optina predicted that Russia would never be defeated or disappear, because the Mother of God herself protects our country. Rus' will remain Orthodox, despite the influence of other religions. In case of danger, people will turn to the faith of the Orthodox Church to ask God for help.

Predictions of St. Seraphim of Sarov

“Before the end of times, Russia will merge into one great sea with the other lands and Slavic tribes, it will form one sea or that huge universal ocean of the people, about which the Lord God spoke from ancient times through the mouth of all the saints: “The terrible and invincible Kingdom of All-Russian, All-Slavic - Gog and Magog , before whom all nations will stand in awe.” And all this is the same as two and two are four, and certainly, like God is holy, who from ancient times foretold about him and his terrible dominion over the earth. With the united forces of Russia and other nations, Constantinople and Jerusalem will be captured. When Turkey is divided, almost all of it will remain with Russia...”

TaroTaro wishes you success and prosperity.

Four centuries ago, when Russia was close to death at the hands of external enemies and internal turmoil, in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, a nationwide repentance of the Russian people took place, and the holy Patriarchs Job and Hermogen performed the rite of absolution of their people, the rite of repentance. This repentance helped defeat civil strife and expel foreigners from the Russian land. Then our ancestors learned from bitter experience that true peace in the Russian state can only exist under the autocracy of God’s anointed - Tsar. They accomplished the great feat of conciliar unity in Christ and signed the Charter of the Moscow Zemstvo Council of February 21, 1613. The fathers who compiled the Charter, expressing the conciliar will of Russia, made a vow for themselves and for their descendants: to faithfully serve Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov, the “ancestor” of rulers in Rus' from generation to generation. And in order to prevent the turmoil from recurring, the compilers of the Charter wrote: “And whoever goes against this Council resolution, let him curse himself in this century and the future, do not bring blessings on him from now to eternity.”

Betrayal of the Tsar by the people and thereby renunciation from the Council Oath of 1613 began in 1905. The natural continuation of this was the murder of the Tsar and the fall of the monarchy in Russia. The end of autocracy has come, the end Tsarist Russia. Because of our renunciation, we were subject to the curse of our ancestors.

FAMOUS PROPHECIES OF THE HOLY ELDERS ABOUT THE FATE OF RUSSIA

Answer The persecution and torment of the first Christians may be repeated... Hell is destroyed, but not destroyed, and the time will come when it will make itself felt. This time is just around the corner...

In the Church we no longer have living prophets, but we do have signs. They are given to us for the knowledge of times. They are clearly visible to people who have a spiritual mind. But this is not recognized in the world. Everyone is going against Russia, that is, against the Church of Christ, for the Russian people are God-bearers, the true faith of Christ is preserved in them.

Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, 1910

How to understand the prophecies about Russia of Grigory Rasputin?

The last prophecy was made in October 1916, shortly before his death. "There was Russia - there will be a red hole. There was a red hole - there will be a swamp of the wicked who dug a red hole. There was a swamp of the wicked - there will be a dry field, but there will be no Russia, but there will be no hole."

Father, if possible, could you reveal to us the spiritual meaning of these words of Grigory Efimovich.

Answer from Father Oleg Molenko:

I first learned about this prophecy from you in this matter, but my heart immediately accepted it. It is very consonant with the prophecy of another great saint of the Russian land, Elder Theodosius of Jerusalem, also in Min-Vody, who said that Russia has no earthly future, but only a heavenly one.

As for the words of Grigory Rasputin directly, they are true and do not cause me any doubt. Their meaning is as follows: There was Russia - there will be a red hole - i.e. was Orthodox country, but will become a death pit for the Bolsheviks and Communists who declared themselves Reds. The swamp of the wicked are all those who, after the communist rule in Russia, will come to power: Yeltsin, Putin. The field is dry - this is the state of the new Russia after the violence of the wicked rulers. This is the unrepentant state of its population, without tears, crying and proper repentance. Next is a conditional prophecy: If there is no Russia, there will be no death pit.

Predictions

Predicting the future is now the province of futurists like Francis Fukuyama. Their “prophecies” are usually based on the most complex fundamental analysis and the latest information technologies. However, in most cases, their “foresights” do not come true. On the other hand, the prophetic tradition has existed from time immemorial among the ascetics of Orthodoxy. Of course, the holy fathers did not rely on fundamental analysis and the latest achievements of computer science, but only on Faith in the Lord... Below are some predictions of the holy fathers about Russia and beyond.

Accurate predictions of saints about Russia for 2016

There are many predictions regarding the fate of the world and the future of modern, new Russia. Most of the prophecies made different people at different times, predict the same events in the first quarter of the 21st century.

The visions of psychics and clairvoyants, the predictions of saints about the future of Russia for 2016 are almost absolutely similar in one thing: new Russia, having survived the horrors and devastation, like the Phoenix bird will be reborn, rise from the ashes and show the world its greatness. The Lord will have mercy on our Motherland, and at a time when terrible disasters will fall on many powers, Russia will be saved.

Fools were loved in Rus', they were called God's people, and even the rulers listened to the words of the holy fools. They said that through the mouth of a baby and a holy fool the truth speaks, and if the fool says something wrong, then there is no point in being offended by him. In essence, foolishness was a special calling, the only way to participate in the social and political life of the state.

It may seem strange to us that the implementation of the rights and freedoms that every citizen in our country has today took such an exotic form. But, once upon a time, attempts to express one’s point of view and reach out to those in power could easily cost a person his freedom, or even his life. So I had to thinking people become holy fools in order to tell people the truth under the guise of a “fool.”

It is noteworthy that most of the information that these thinkers uttered was about the future of Russia. These predictions of saints about the future of Russia for the coming 2016 speak of the end of times and the end of the world, of disasters, terrible large-scale wars and the salvation of Russia.

The strong predictions of the saints about Russia relating to 2016 relate primarily to problems of faith. Thus, St. Seraphim of Sarov noted that “before the end of times, Russia will merge into one great sea with other Slavic lands and tribes...”.

Father Aristoklius of Athos said that: “The end will be through China, and Russia will be saved.” Many, many clairvoyants and saints are making prophecies about the salvation of our country when the last times come. It is said that we are now living on the eve of these last times before the Third World War and the reign of the Antichrist.

Saint Aristocles of Athos in his faith speaks about salvation: “After all, even the wing of a fly has weight, but God has precise scales. And when the slightest good outweighs the balance, then God will show His mercy over Russia.” “The Cross of Christ will shine over the whole world, because our Motherland will be magnified and will be like a beacon in the darkness for everyone.”

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