A Prophesy by St. Anatoly the Younger

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A Prophesy of Future Lawlessness by St. Anatoly the Younger (+1922)

From a letter of the Optina Elder [and New Martyr] St. Anatoly the Younger

Orthodox Life, #3, 1993

And from that heresies will spread everywhere and deceive many people. The enemy of the human race will act with cunning in order to draw into heresy, if possible, even the elect.

He will not begin by crudely rejecting the dogmas of the Holy Trinity, the divinity of Jesus Christ and the virtue of the Theotokos, but he will begin imperceptibly to distort the teachings and statutes of the Church and their very spirit, handed down to us by the Holy Fathers through the Holy Spirit.

Few will notice these wiles of the enemy, only those more experienced in the spiritual life. Heretics will seize power over the Church and will place their servants everywhere; the pious will be regarded with contempt. He (the Lord) said, by their fruits ye shall know them, and so, by their fruits, as well as by the actions of the heretics, strive to distinguish them from the true pastors.

These are spiritual thieves, plundering the spiritual flock, and they will enter the sheepfold (the Church), climbing up some other way, using force and trampling upon the divine statutes. The Lord calls them robbers (cf. St. John 10:1). Indeed, their first task will be the persecution of the true pastors, their imprisonment and exile, for without this it will be impossible for them to plunder the sheep.

Therefore, my son, when you see the violation of patristic tradition and the divine order in the Church, the order established by God, know that the heretics have already appeared, although for the time being they may conceal their impiety, or they will distort the Divine Faith imperceptibly, in order to succeed better in seducing and enticing the inexperienced into the net.

The persecution will be directed against not only pastors but against all servants of God, for all those ruled by heresy will not endure piety. Recognize these wolves in sheep’s clothing by their proud dispositions and love of power. They will be slanderers, traitors, everywhere sowing enmity and malice; therefore the Lord said that by their fruits you will know them. True servants of God are humble, love their neighbor and are obedient to the Church.

Monastics will be greatly oppressed by the heretics and monastic life will be scorned. Monasteries will become scarce, the number of monastics will decline, and those who remain will endure violence. These haters of monastic life, however, having only the appearance of piety, will strive to attract the monks to their side promising them protection and worldly goods, and threatening those who oppose them with expulsion.

These threats will cause great despair among the fainthearted, but you, my son rejoice that you have lived until that time, for then the faithful who have not shown any other virtues, will receive crowns merely for standing firm in the faith, according to the word of the Lord (cf. St. Matthew 10:32).

Fear the Lord my son. Fear to lose the crown prepared (for you), fear to be cast by Christ into the outer darkness and eternal torment. Stand bravely in the faith, and if necessary, endure persecution and other sorrows, for the Lord will be with you... and the holy martyrs and confessors, they will look upon you and your struggle with joy.

But woe to the monks in those days who will be bound with possessions and riches, who because of love of peace will be ready to submit to the heretics. They will lull to sleep their conscience, saying, “We are preserving and saving the monastery and the Lord will forgive us.” The unfortunate and blind ones do not at all consider that through heresy the demons will enter the monastery and then it will no longer be a holy monastery, but merely walls from which grace will depart.

God, however, is mightier than the enemy, and He will never leave His servants. True Christians will remain until the end of this age, only they will choose to live in secluded, deserted places. Do not fear sorrows, rather fear pernicious heresy, for it strips us of grace and separates us from Christ. This is why the Lord commanded us to consider the heretic as a pagan and a publican.

And so my son, strengthen yourself in the grace of Jesus Christ. Hasten to confess the faith, to endure suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (cf II St. Timothy 2:13), Who has said, Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life (Rev.2:10).

To Him, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, be honor, glory, and dominion unto the ages of ages. Amen.

[Eleni]

Hi Orthodoxy.....

It is so amazing how accurate and true these prophecies fit our time!
Many people do not want to know about them..or they simply push them aside and go on living their lives!

I know that we should not always be on the watch for the ''signs of the times'' but with prayers and fasting seek to know God and attend Church with humility and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to always have us in faith and remember us at all times...Our prayers to the Saints and the Most Holy Theotokos can very much benefit us in our most sad moments....although we do not Worship them,we ask for their intercession because of their lives on earth as mere humans.....we ask for their prayers because we feel that our lives in Christ is not complete(I do not speak for all)we sin everyday and know we do wrong....we look toward the icon and see Heaven and it reminds us of the Future to come....
Sorry for talking too much....It may be in the wrong thread....

I will post aprophecy.......

YOU WILL LIVE TO SEE ANTICHRIST!

Accompanied by two keleinitsy [female cell-attendants or "lay-sisters"], the igumenya [abbess] of the Domnitskaya Convent came to have tea with batiushka [father (dim. aff.)] Lavrentii. During dinner, he said:

"You and I, matushka-igumenya [abbess-mother (dim. aff.)], will not live to see antichrist; but, these – your keleinitsy, – will live to see him!"

That was in 1948. Both nuns had been born in 1923. Monakhinya [nun] N. was the one who told the story.

I NEED TO SEE

Whenever Fr. Lavrentii would sit down at table to dine, while waiting for everyone to gather together, he would say:

"I am not hungry, but I need to see you all, and to speak with you a little concerning what lies ahead for all of you."

Then he would weep and say:

"If you but knew what fate awaits men and what lies ahead for you. If you but knew how people suffer in hell!"

AND HOW HE WILL RECOIL!

Batiushka Lavrentii would say:

"Do not be astonished when you hear that people are praying in every which way in the churches. When those in their golden-caps [archi- and proto-hieratical mitres] forbid the reading of the Psaltyr' – and, later, of the hours – then will the Lord endure but a little; and, O how He will then recoil from them! The Second Coming is now no longer far-distant!"

(Recorded from the words of Sister M.)

REMEMBER THIS!

"This happened when my father was yet alive," I. M. would recall, concerning her conversation with batiushka Lavrentii. "We were extremely poor incapable of regaining our senses after the destruction of the war. I went to see starets Lavrentii, in order to ask him to bless me, that I might secretly wear a podriasnik [an under-cassock]; but he said to me:

"'Not all who are in the world will perish; nor will everyone in a monastery be saved! Do you understand? It is not yet time.'

"Again I began to implore him [to grant me his permission] to enter a women's monastery, for it is so extremely difficult for one to save oneself in the world, but batiushka said to me:

"'Monks and schema-monks in the monasteries will attain unto the seventh Heaven; but if you only knew what awaits those virgins who live in the world! The Lord will tell those schema-bearers to make way for these secret ones who did not live in a monastery. And these latter will exceedingly precede the former! Do you understand that, before God, the secret ones will be superior to those in the monasteries? Do you understand?' the starets asked.

"'I understand nothing,' was my reply.

"'Then remember this, at least!' batiushka said."

IF ONE LIVES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF LOVE

A certain pious widow had a dream:

"I saw, as it were, batiushka Lavrentii of Chernigov in the Trinity Convent, with its inhabitants. There were many sisters there, and the choir was chanting: 'Rejoice, O Tsaritsa'. Then, suddenly, the starets rose up in the air, but there were only a few matushki with him – seven or eight, all totalled! I ran to ask him: why had so few nuns risen up, but upon uttering these words, I awoke, without having received an answer.

"When I came to see Fr. Lavrentii, he said:

"'It is as you dreamed it! Had they lived in accordance with the Law of Love, then everything would have been fine. If someone has a piece of bread, it is in order that he might share it with another, who would then offer up a prayer for him. Thus, both would receive their largesse, and all would have been saved! But, with us, it is just the opposite: the one who has the piece of bread stirs up great rows. That is why there are so few who are lifted up, because there is no love!'

"Thus did batiushka explain to me the meaning of my dream."

FEW ARE SAVED

The venerable Fr. Lavrentii of Chernigov would frequently repeat that souls go to hell just like people come out of a church on a feastday; but they go to Heaven like people go to church on a weekday. Batiushka would frequently sit and weep: he pitied the people who were perishing.

"How many people there are, who are packed in the inferno like herring in a barrel," starets Lavrentii would say. His spiritual children would console him, but he would reply, through his tears:

"You do not see. If you could but see... How pitiful it is! And in the last days, hell will be filled with young people."

TWIRL THIS AROUND YOUR MOUSTACHE

"And I say unto you, and with great regret do I say it, that you will be buying houses, and killing time by adorning large and lovely monastic buildings. But you will have no time for prayer, although you made a vow of non-possession!

"It will not be difficult to be saved during the last days, but wisely so. The one who overcomes all these temptations, the same will be saved! Such a one will be among the first. The former will be like unto lamps; the latter will be like the sun. You have other dwellings prepared for you. So listen, and twirl this around your moustache!"

Thus did the venerable starets, gazing into the future with his perspicacious mind, admonish his many, many spiritual children.

A FRIGHTFUL TIME

"Not long before antichrist is enthroned, even those churches that have been closed will be repaired and restored – not only their exteriors, but their interiors, as well. They will gild the cupolas of bell-towers and cathedrals, alike; and when they have completed the main one, then will the time have come for antichrist to be enthroned. Pray that the Lord might lengthen that time, that we might be encouraged and sustained: it is a frightful time that awaits us. The restoration of the cathedrals will continue up to the very moment that antichrist is crowned. We will have unprecedented splendour," starets Lavrentii of Chernigov would say.

"Do you see how craftily and insidiously all this is being prepared?" batiushka would continue, tearfully. "All the cathedrals will be exceedingly splendid, as never before, but you must not attend these cathedrals, for the Bloodless Sacrifice of Jesus Christ will not be offered there. Remember: there will be churches, but Orthodox Christians must not attend them, as the entire 'synagogue of satan' (Apoc. 2.9) will be gathered there! I repeat yet again that one must not attend those cathedrals: there will be no grace in them!"

THE VENERABLE ONE CONCERNING ANTICHRIST

"Antichrist will be crowned king in a splendid rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, with the clergy and the Patriarch of Russia participating [in his coronation]. There will be free ingress and egress from Jerusalem for everyone, but do not attempt to go there then, as everything will have been done so as to "deceive." (Matt. 24.24) He [antichrist] will be exceedingly learned in all satanic wiles and will show great signs. The entire world will hear and see him. He will "stamp" his people with satan's seal; he will hate Orthodox Russia," the venerable starets Lavrentii of Chernigov would say.

THERE IS NO NEED TO BE AFRAID

To a certain deacon who is yet alive, but who is now quite aged, batiushka Lavrentii forthrightly said:

"You will live to see the time when antichrist comes to power. Do not be afraid, but tell everyone that this is he – and that there is no need to be afraid! There will be a war, and where it passes, there will be none left alive! But, prior to that time, the Lord will send minor ailments to the weak and they will die, for during antichrist's time there will no longer be any death. The Third World War will not be for repentance, but for annihilation; but the Lord will leave the strongest alive, that they might confront him [antichrist].

THE SUPREME "PEACE-MAKER"

The venerable starets Lavrentii of Chernigov spoke frequently of antichrist, saying:

"There will come a time when they will fight and fight, and a world war will break out. And in the very thick of it, they will say:

"'Let us choose for ourselves a single king over all the inhabited earth.' And they will elect him! They will elect antichrist as the universal king and supreme "peace-maker" of the world. It will be necessary to listen carefully; it will be necessary to exercise caution! As soon as they begin to vote for one single man in all the world, know that it is none other than himself, and that it is forbidden [to Orthodox Christians] to vote [for him]."

ALL [MY] WORDS ARE TRUE!

Batiushka Lavrentii was sitting in the choir-loft, speaking of the last days and of the end of this world, relating the details of antichrist's enthronement over those who have fallen away from God... And priests Nikifor, Grigorii and Vasilii Ganzin objected to Fr. Lavrentii that he had also spoken differently concerning these things. But he replied to them:

"Fathers and brothers, there is one thing that you neither know nor understand: I speak not only of Russia, but of the whole world! All my words concerning future events are true, because the Holy Spirit has revealed them to me by [His] grace."

FOR A SHORT WHILE

Schema-archimandrite Feofan related that Batiushka Lavrentii would joyfully say, with a smile:

"The Russian people will repent of deadly sins: that they allowed Jewish impiety [to hold sway] in Russia; that they did not defend God's Anointed Tsar', the Orthodox churches and monasteries, and all that is holy and sacred in Russia. They despised piety and came to love demonic impiety. But there will be a spiritual upheaval! And Russia, together with all the Slavic nations and lands, will constitute a mighty Tsardom. She will be governed by an Orthodox Tsar', by God's Anointed One. Because of him, all schisms and heresies will vanish away in Russia. There will be no persecution of the Orthodox Church. The Lord will have mercy on Holy Rus' because the dreadful time preceding that of antichrist has already taken place in her. Even antichrist himself will fear the Russian Orthodox Tsar'-Samoderzhets [Tsar'-Autocrat]. But all the other nations, save only Russia and the Slavic lands, will be ruled by antichrist and will undergo all the horrors and torments written of in Holy Scripture. In Russia, however, there will be rejoicing and a blossoming of faith – but only for a short while, for the Dread Judge will come to try both the living and the dead."

CONCERNING ANTICHRIST'S PERSON IN THE HOLY PLACE

"Blessed and thrice-blessed is the man who will not desire to do so and, hence, will not see the God-abominated person of antichrist. Whosoever will see him and hear his blasphemous words promising all earthly blessings, the same will be seduced and will go forth to worship him. And they will perish, along with him, as far as eternal life is concerned; they will burn in eternal fire!"

We asked the venerable one: "How shall this be?" And he answered us with tears, [saying]:

"The abomination of desolation will stand in the holy place and will show-forth the foul seducers of the world who, working false miracles, will deceive all such men as have fallen away from God. And, after them, antichrist will appear! The entire world will see him at one and the same time."

To the question: "Where in the holy place – in church?" venerable Lavrentii said:

"Not in church, but in the home! Beforetimes, a table used to stand in the corner wherein the holy icons were. Then, however, that space will be occupied by seductive instruments for the deception of men. Many who have departed away from the Truth will say: we need to watch and hear the news. And it is in the news that antichrist will appear; and they will accept him.

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[Lounger]

The following prophecy is found in Fr. Nilus Sotiropoulos' book, "The Coming Sharp and Two-Edged Sword" (Athens, 1973) and Bishop Gregory of Messenia's "What will we and our children see?" (Kalamata, 1975). For a 950-year-old prophecy, it is remarkably clear and accurate about the events of the 20th century. [Vladimir Moss'] commentary is in brackets:

1. A Great European War (The First World War, 1914-18).

2. The Defeat of Germany (1918) and the Overthrow of Russia (the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917).

3. The Defeat of the Hagarenes by the Greeks (The originally successful invasion of Asia Minor by the Greeks, leading to the Battle of Saharya, 1921).

4. Reinforcement of the Hagarenes by the Western powers, Italy, France and England, and the Defeat of the Greeks by the Hagarenes (The Turks repel the Greeks and take Smyrna, 1922).

5. Slaughter of the Orthodox Peoples until 1935 (The exact date leaves no doubt: this is the Bolshevik persecution of the Russian Church).

6. An Invasion of Foreign Armies from the Adriatic Sea (The Italian Invasion of Albania in 1939).

7. Woe unto those who dwell upon the earth and the sea. Hades is ready for... Hagarenes and Barbarians. A new European War (The Second World War of 1939-45).

8. The Union of Orthodox Peoples with Germany (Treaties of Nazi Germany with Soviet Russia in 1939, Romania in 1940, and Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in 1941).

9. The Defeat of France by Germany (1940).

10. The Rebellion and Separation of India from England (1947. Who could have predicted such an event in 1053? Only a God-inspired prophet.)

11. England will be restricted to the Saxons only (The first so-far unfulfilled prophecy. English withdrawal from the European Union? Or rejection of immigrant populations?)

12. Victory by the Orthodox, Defeat of the Hagarenes, and general slaughter of the Hagarenes by the Orthodox Peoples. (Conquest of Turkey by Russia, as prophesied by, among others, SS. Methodius of Patara, Andrew the Fool-for-Christ, Tarasius of Constantinople, Cosmas of Aitolia, the Emperor Leo the Wise, and on the tomb and column of St. Constantine the Great?).

13. Anxiety of the world. General hopelessness on the earth. (Expectation of a world war resulting from the invasion of a NATO country?)

14. Battle of Seven Powers for Constantinople and Slaughter for Three Days and Nights. Alliance of the Six Powers against the Seventh Power, Russia, and Slaughter for Three Days and Nights. (Six NATO countries intervene on Turkey's side? Two three-day battles with a short interval in between could be the same as the eight-day battle described by St. Nilus the Myrrh-gusher: "All the nations of Europe will be armed against Russia. The Tsar will summon all his European and Asiatic peoples. The belligerents will meet in an immensely wide plain where a terrific battle will be fought and will last eight days. The result of the battle will be a victory of the West over the Russians." Cf. St. Cosmas of Aitolia: "In Constantinople shall be shed so much blood that a three-year-old calf will float in it... You will see people fly in the sky like blackbirds and throw fire upon the people. Those living then will run to the graves and cry out: 'Come out, you dead, so that we, the living, can get in'.")

15. Cessation of the War by an Angel of Christ God and Handing over of the City to the Greeks. (As prophesied by all the above-mentioned saints.)

16. Submission of the Latins to the Unerring Faith of the Orthodox. The Orthodox Faith is exalted from the East to the West. The Roman Papacy ceases. The announcement of one Patriarch for the whole of Europe for five or also fifty years. In the seventh there is no wretched man; nobody is banished. Returning to the arms of the Mother Church rejoicing. Thus shall it be, thus may it be. Amen. (Cf. St. Agathangelus: "Then honey and milk will flow in everything; the sea storms will cease, and for full fifty years shall peace reign; truth shall triumph, and the sky shall rejoice in true glory; the Orthodox Faith shall be uplifted and shall spring from East to West in order to blessed and praised, the barbarians shall be overcome with fright and, wholly trembling, shall flee headlong speedily, abandoning the world's metropolis. Then God shall be glorified, and man shall see the works of His omnipotence. Let it be so, and it shall be so. Amen.")