The Mystery of Iniquity

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Catherine5
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Yes, I can tell you something about that Icon.
I had not heard it has stopped streaming Myrrh. That's quite interesting!

What is truly remarkable about this Icon is the following striking event: [the sun just came brightly through the clouds as I wrote that!]
When the negotiations were in full swing between then Rocor-L and the MP, Metropolitan Laurus made a pastoral visit to that Joy of All Who Sorrow Church in Pennsylvania. I believe that was where the miracle took place; though it may be possible that this Icon accompanied him to another Church or even a convent.
Anyhow, during the Vigil, a deacon ran to tell the Metropolitan that St Anne, and her daughter, the Mother of God, had ...are you on the edge of your chairs - assuming one hasn't already heard this!....BLOOD Streaming from BOTH THEIR EYES. The sight is quite shocking, as it was, thanks to God, recorded with a camera by an alert spiritual daughter of the anti-union priest who related the story. The blood really looks indicting, as it goes across their noses onwards down the photo. There is also a second welt of oozing blood from the lower part of the face of St Anne.
Needless to say, this phenomenon had never happened, save when the traitor Metr. Laurus was physically present together with this usually myrrh-streaming Icon.
Even a hardened person who strives against the Will of God can feel at least a flicker of guilt. So it was with Metr. Laurus.
He was visibly upset and ordered the Icon taken away, reportedly to the Synod Heaquarters where it was kept under lock and key for a time.
How long I do not have any idea. He let the Icon go free eventually to resume its travels to various parishes. In this visits, there was apparently never again such a manifestation.
Again showing his nervousness at this major Heavenly sign, Metr Laurus ordered that all those present never tell anyone about it and all photos taken of its unusual appearance be destroyed. According to that above-mentioned spiritual daughter, he threatened that the Church would be shut down if anyone passed along a whisper of this shocking occurrence. All besides this forthright woman must have been suitably intimidated by their First Hierarch's bluster, and compliantly kept their mouths shut about it.

For: the blood streaming event has remained shrouded in entire secrecy up til very recently.
I have recently corresponded with Abbess Juliana about the desperate financial situation of her St John of Kronstadt Orphanage in Santiago, Chile, and casually brought it up, sure that she must have long since known about the Blood-streaming Icon of St Anna. But she responded in surprise that that was the first mention she had heard about it.
So we can deduce clearly that if this Icon's True Story was so successfully suppressed by the Laurus clique that even such a high-profile star fighter, one of the oldest on record, too, of the battle against the MP's depredations -- who had been herself physically dragged down the stairs for that by the MP thugs-- had not caught a whiff of this astonishing event, then what about the rest of the Rocor-related world?

As a P.S. here, it would be nice if people who appreciate Mother Juliana's renowned bravery, could generously remember her Orphanage at all seasons, but especially in these luminous days of Pascha soon to arrive. There is a beautiful, very brief video on the new website of her Orphanage and Convent in Chile, to give a pictorial idea of their work there with orphaned girls.

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So the timeline goes something like this:

May 9, 2004- The Icon of Righteous Anne begins to stream myrrh.
Physical and spiritual healings take place.

November 5, 2004- Metropolitan Lauras visits the "Joy of All of who Sorrows" church in Philadelphia PA. The Icon of St. Anne begins to stream blood. The Metropolitan orders it removed and hidden until the "bleeding" ceased. Later the Icon is returned and goes on pilgrimage to other churches/monasteries.

April 8, PASCHA 2007- the Icon "dried up" and myrrhed occasionally.

May 17, 2007-Unification of Rocor with Moscow Patriarchate.

Late 2007 - early 2008- the Icon stops streamming myrrh all together.

From what can be understood from this timeline, God has given a unique sign. If it was not for the "blood" streaming incident and the myrrh stopping suddenly, this could have been seen as a positive sign.
It looks as the Eternal publically declared the unification of Rocor with the MP as against His Will!

As a result of all these things the Church of the Joy of All of who Sorrows is to cease functioning in a few years. My guess the majority of the parishoners fled back in 2007.

May God have mercy on us :(

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Truly striking timeline!
I wonder if God withdrew the Icon because the message, though loud and clear, was not gotten by anybody so to speak!
Maybe the sole purpose of the Icon's myrrhstreaming was to call attention to the bloodstreaming that would follow to indicate as you said that God did NOT smile upon the union.
Very puzzling that even now the story seems to meet with nothing but yawns even by TOC people!
I know it last went on tour toward the end of 2007 - but has not been heard from since? Perhaps now replaced by that Hawaii one in the mainstream Orthodox community.
I wonder about that parish too - what exactly caused the people to leave? Is the defunct Icon the reason why that Church will close down, or something else? Did you happen to understand any details on the grapevine to clarify this mysterious end of the parish?

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Dear Catherine,
I had visited the church of the Joy of All who Sorrows 3 years before the Union and I could tell you that the members though not many were reverent and welcoming. One year ago I heard the Pastor/Archimandrite say that within 2-3 years the church "will no longer function."
I'm leaving out a few details because a difference of opinion does not ultimately shutdown a community of believers.
I believe it took a serious and encompassing spiritual fall (union with MP) before the bloodletting (an empty church) happened.

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It's amazing to me that STILL nobody even cares about this incredible miracle.
I was just reading on another site about how some otherwise believers don't accept apparitions of the Mother of God - flat out don't believe She ever has graced believers with a gift of Her presence, such as the famous vision that St Sergius had of Her and many Saints, though I am specifically referring to another famous appearance.
This lack of belief is shocking to someone like me, but then of course there are Protestants, Mormons, and other fake "religions" who disdain to accept Her at all, squashing Her into a small dingy corner, as a mere footnote to Christian history.
But still, the true believer may ponder why the Savior Himself did not intervene to stop the union - perhaps He was too offended by it, and said "Leave them to their fate, let them find out the hard way as they never sincerely called to Heaven for direction in their decisions, but arrogantly went ahead with their plans and preparations."
Maybe His Mother, in Her kindness, tried to soften the punishment by getting a dramatic message across, hoping that souls would be moved and get out of it when there was yet time.
But like other of Her messages, it has been suppressed.
But when I saw that 2nd anniversary illustration that the rocor site had showing a [to-me] very rough-looking Savior atop Christ the Savior cathedral, it struck a bad note, as though they aren't even dealing with the real Savior, but a false counterfeit. The same one who, the rocor people claimed sanctioned their every move. What if in their rocor churches, they are invoking an imposter of the Lord?

I don't understand quite about this 2-3 extinction of that place. What are the details left out, to illuminate this? Personality conflicts between the archimandrite and his parish? Why did the people leave, were they against the union or just drifted away?
I just didn't get it, so left it til now.

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Dear Catherine,
No need to be surprised that the World cares little about miracles. Everything that is transpiring has been foretold:

II Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

II Timothy 3
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

These sacred passages speak of Apostasy and the state of man at the consumation of the World. We are in the season of apostasy and in regard with the World, it is being prepared for Antichrist. In these times, prayer and participation in the Mysteries of the Faith is a needed.

"I don't understand quite about this 2-3 extinction of that place. What are the details left out, to illuminate this? Personality conflicts between the archimandrite and his parish? Why did the people leave, were they against the union or just drifted away? I just didn't get it, so left it til now."
I do not know myself other than what the Archimandrite said. Maybe you could call the church and find out?

Fight the good fight and pray for this sinner,
Kosma

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Yes, the world is indeed in precarious shape.
[Have any ideas about what rather mystifying number 6 of Timothy supposed to indicate? It seems introduced strangely, a specific warning as opposed to the very general ones which precede it. It just isn't clear why the women are gullible and were they already sin-laden [look, change one letter and that last word becomes bin-Laden ! But I don't associate him remotely with the last times or the Anti-Christ or any other figure], or become sin-laden as a result of gullibility - or does St Paul mean burglars might abound in later times?

And yes, before I wrote my comment, I was thinking myself to call the parish and see if I could learn more, since I figured what you wrote was the extent of what you had heard.
Maybe I will, as the entire story is strange right up to its ending: the Icon just "dropped out of sight" - out of embarrassment and shame, I guess!

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