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History of exorcism
exorcism, as a ritual, has been conducted since the ancient era. In different cultures, people believed that the devil's power constantly breaks into a person's life, because exorcism was considered a daily action. exorcism - the procedure for expelling demons and other supernatural beings from a person possessed by them with the help of prayers, rituals.
In theological science, exorcism is the expulsion from the human body of evil spirits, minions of the Prince of Darkness, with the help of a certain religious ritual. This phenomenon is very ancient and goes back to the very origins of Christianity.
In the Gospel, the exorcism of demons is given a fairly significant place. Jesus Christ, wandering in Galilee, repeatedly cast out unclean spirits from the afflicted. One of the most famous biblical stories concerning the practice of exorcism tells how Jesus cast demons out of a certain man and instilled them into a herd of pigs. Animals, unable to bear the "neighborhood" with the spirits of malice, rushed into the abyss. "What is your name?" - the Savior asked the evil spirits before the exile. “My name is legion” (that is, many), the demons answered. Thus, in the Holy Scriptures for the first time it is mentioned that a person can be possessed by many demons at once.
The ability to cast out demons is a gift from God, which is given on the steps of asceticism and perfection. Holy ascetics lead a strict lifestyle, being in fasting and constant prayer. At the same time, having passed the path of internal warfare, with the help of God, they resisted their passions and therefore are able to pray for another person who is not yet able to do this.
It is possible to distinguish true ascetics who have a gift from self-important people by the following sign: whether a person is looking for fame and recognition of people and whether he thinks of himself as worthy of receiving a gift. The fathers also warned that even those who have the gift of healing and casting out demons can become proud and fall. As for the most obsessed person, he, of course, cannot fast and pray in a state of strong influence. But for those who are not possessed by an evil spirit, but only succumb to the enemy's suggestion, fasting and prayer are necessary.
A selection of books from the site's library on the topic of demons and possession:
- Hieromonk Anatoly (Berestov) "Orthodox sorcerers - who are they"
- Hieromonk Anatoly (Berestov) "Black clouds over Russia, or a ball of sorcerers"
- Abbot N "From what UFOs, psychics, occultists, magicians want to save us"
- Abbot Mark "Evil spirits and their influence on people"
- From the book "Notes of Nikolai Alexandrovich Motovilov, servant of the Mother of God and St. Seraphim"
- Archpriest Grigory Dyachenko "The Spiritual World. Stories and reflections leading to the recognition of the existence of the spiritual world"
- Publishing house "Palomnik" "On the evil machinations of the enemy of salvation and how to resist them"
- Publishing House "Danilovsky Blagovestnik" "The Devil and His Present False Miracles and False Prophets"
- Publishing house "Satis" "Orthodox Church about anomalous phenomena, or what you need to know about the devil"
- Priest Rodion "People and Demons" (Images of the temptation of modern man by fallen spirits)
- Priest Parkhomenko K. "Invasion and expulsion of the devil"
At the report
(From the personal archive of Hieromonk Panteleimon (Ledin))
Fragment of a newspaper publication about a famous St. Petersburg priest
“The service has begun. People huddled together to hear better about. Joseph. It was quiet and good... Suddenly there was a wild, downright bestial howl. It lasted so long and on such a high note that it seemed that a living being was so incapable of screaming. "Maybe it's a siren?" I thought and looked around. Behind me stood a woman in a black headscarf. Her face was meaningless, her eyes stopped... And then it began! I was at the very epicenter of the frenzy. There were screams from all sides. Nearby, a woman furiously banged her head against a ledge. "Men, help!" - there was a cry. An elderly overweight woman had a seizure: some terrible force twisted and scattered her arms and legs - she could not be restrained. She bellowed and fought off someone invisible, her face was covered with sweat.
I didn’t want to believe that all this was really and seriously happening, but there could be no doubt - I saw the genuine suffering of people. . The demons obviously did not like this temple. “I dragged it here again,” a hoarse male voice escaped from the woman. I have already begun to understand that she has nothing to do with it, this is the demon sitting in her, and she scolds her. By the end of the service, the demons were completely “furious” “Do not conjure, Oska, do not conjure!” they yelled. From all corners of the church, hoarse, sloppy voices spewed swear words. Father Joseph began to sprinkle the parishioners and the sick with holy water. When it hit the face of the demoniac woman standing next to me, she turned off and began to fall on her back ... One girl could not come to her senses, and the assistants asked for help. Joseph to read over it additionally. The priest began to read. We were standing one and a half meters from the demoniac. Suddenly, everyone smelled a strong smell of burnt sulfur. "Look, there's smoke coming out of her nostrils!" someone shouted. We really saw a thin black trickle of “The devil is coming out!” someone whispered...”
To Father Fr. N. a group of believers came for spiritual advice and a request for prayers. After talking with the elder, they wanted to take a blessing on the way back. “Let's pray,” he stopped them, and only after praying “For travelers” did he bless them to leave. After their departure, the demon, through the sick woman standing nearby, yelled: “Why did you pray? He ruined everything for us! “Ours” have already met them at the turn of the highway with slandered land in order to make an accident.
I anoint the sick with oil, yelling at the whole camp:
- Burns, burns! I burn all! Let go, that's enough, what are you?! One demon spoke through the mouth of a sick woman:
- That's it, I'm going out, I won't go to A-ka (sorceress), I found a girl, I'll go into her: beautiful, white, smokes and drinks
Me: - And the Lord will allow?
There was a screech and cries: it is hateful for the enemy to hear about his weakness and that without the will of God he can do nothing
Saturday coincided with the Feast of the Nativity of Christ. They served at night, and at 2 pm a prayer service for the sick. There was a new one among the others, I went up to her to check her reliquaries. Bes spoke:
- Get away, and so tired
- What were you doing?
“I worked all night and was very tired, move away!” I walked around the whole city, even in the cathedral I was ...
- Why?
- He turned everyone there against each other: in the altar everyone quarreled
- I thought you were sleeping at night
- What are you?! At night, we have the most work: fights, drunkenness, murders, debauchery ... Without us, nothing happens. And we enter at night: when they fall asleep without a cross, prayers, drunk ...
At the prayer service I bring the reliquary to the sick:
- N. demon: “What, have you lost your mind? How much can you go out? And so nothing was left of me, all terrible, shabby...”
- Me: "Come out, let's look at you"
- N. bes: “What are you doing! Everyone will run away from fear, no one will go to church... It's too early for me to leave. What do you think, if I go out, it will be easier for me? And how other demons will beat me, choke me! Not the way I n soul, worse”
- N. demon: “I'm tired of your crosses! Do not you understand? That N. is bad, even if he took pity on her, a fool, brainless. Why is she listening to you, you fool? She has become completely stupid: she prays, bows, cries about sins, ugh (spitting) fool! I hate you, you and her. If I go out, I'll do this to you... you can't even imagine...”
The Orthodox calendar for 1997 was published with my article “Who, who lives in the tower?”
The reaction of demons through the mouth of the sick:
- I would tear you apart from N for this calendar. Everything about our intrigues ... reveal everything!
- Where did the bishop look? Is he out of his mind? Yes, we will arrange this for him ... How dare he miss this?
- I'm amazed, how can you miss this? Who printed it?
One of our patients was allergic to dill, parsley, etc. She absolutely could not eat salads, because. a rash and swelling began, and the meal ended in hospitalization. Doctors, however, could not understand why the body's reaction to this, and not to something else. After several months of going to our temple, she calmly ate any salad. The devil often spoke through her mouth: “ I hate this bastard, I want meat!“Thus, the enemy pushed the patient to break the fast, but after the impact of the shrine and incantations, he could not manifest himself the way he wanted.
A man, about forty-five years old, came to us from afar, from the Urals. Confusedly he asks: “Check me, father, I’m very sick, I’m drying up, and you, they say, can say whether I need to report or not.”
- What do you think?
- I do not know. What is a report?
I put reliquaries on him and suddenly his stomach swells terribly and begins to “shake”, as if someone is beating in it. He looks at me in surprise and, pointing his finger at my stomach, asks:
- What is it?
- Bes. This is the shrine, and here it is
- Which? - a man in amazement
- We'll find out tomorrow. And what is a report, and who is sitting ..
After the Sabbath prayer service, at which he was very ill: all the intestines turned out with vomiting, much became clear and understandable to him. He left differently, not the same as he came: what he had to experience and go through changed his concepts of life, gave him “spiritual volume”. And his demon was a “behemoth” and had been sitting for a long time.
Some places where lectures are held(short list):Russia
Vladimir region Kaluga region |
Arkhangelsk region
Vercola. Artemiev Verkolsky Monastery
Ershovka. John the Theologian Monastery (2005)
Key Island. Kiysky Cross Monastery (1656)
Koryazhma. Koryazhma Nicholas Monastery (1535)
Monastery. Life-Giving Trinity Anthony Siysky Monastery (1520)
Oshevenskoye. Alexander-Oshevensky Monastery (1600)
Severodvinsk. Nicholas Korelsky Monastery (1395)
Solovetsky Islands. Solovetsky Zosima-Savvatievsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Calvary-Crucifixion Skete (1714)
Solovetsky Islands. Solovetsky Zosima-Savvatievsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Holy Ascension Skete
Solovetsky Islands. Solovetsky Zosima-Savvatievsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1429)
Solovetsky Islands. Solovetsky Zosima-Savvatievsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Holy Trinity Skete (1620)
Solovetsky Islands. Solovetsky Zosima-Savvatievsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. St. Andrew's Hermitage (1702)
Solovetsky Islands. Solovetsky Zosima-Savvatievsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Savvatievsky Skete (1750)
Solovetsky Islands. Solovetsky Zosima-Savvatievsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Filippovskaya Hermitage
Astrakhan region
Astrakhan. John the Baptist Monastery (1688)
Astrakhan. Trinity Monastery (1603)
Astrakhan. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1597)
Belgorod region
Belgorod. Marfo-Mariinsky Monastery (1993)
Withers. Holy Trinity Kholkovsky Monastery (1620)
Bryansk region
White Shores. John the Baptist Belo-Berezhskaya male hermitage
Berezhok. Karachevsky Resurrection Monastery
Bryansk. Peter and Paul Convent
Bryansk. Gorno-Nikolsky Diocesan Monastery
Bryansk. Svensky Dormition Monastery (1288)
Katashin. Nicholas Katashinsky Monastery (1699)
Kvetun. Cholnsky Spassky Monastery (1700)
Klintsy. St. Nicholas Klintsovsky Convent (1900)
Odrino. Nikolo-Odrin Convent
Pokrovskoe. Klimovsky Intercession Monastery (1765)
Bee. Kazanskaya Bogoroditskaya Ploschanskaya male hermitage (1613)
Sevsk. Holy Trinity Sevsky Monastery
Sevsk. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1636)
Sevsk. Exaltation of the Cross Sevsky Convent (1802)
Vladimir region
Akinshino, tract. Epiphany Monastery. Holy Kazan Skete (2001)
Alexandrov. Holy Assumption Monastery (1508)
Arsaki. Smolensk-Zosimova Hermitage
Bogolyubovo. Holy Bogolyubsky Convent (1158)
Vvedenskoye. Pokrovskaya Svyato-Vvedenskaya Island Women's Hermitage
Vladimir. Knyaginin convent (1200)
Vladimir. Mother of God-Nativity Monastery (1900)
Vladimir. St. Alexis Konstantin-Eleninsky Monastery (1362)
Volosovo. Nikolo-Volosovsky diocesan convent (1300)
Vyazniki. Annunciation Monastery (1641)
Vyazniki. Vvedensky Monastery
Gorokhovets. Znamensky Convent (1598)
Gorokhovets. Nicholas Trinity Monastery (1644)
Gorokhovets. Sretensky Convent (1658)
Kideksha. Boris and Gleb Monastery (1399)
Kirzhach. Annunciation Convent
Kirzhachsky district, Filippovskoye village, St. Nicholas Church (Archpriest Stakhy Minchenko - perspicacious)
Kovrov. Znamensky Convent (1917)
Lukyantsevo. St. Lucian's desert for men (1594)
Matveevka. Skete of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on Kolpi of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra (1995)
Mahra. Holy Trinity Stefano-Makhrishchi Convent
Mstera. Epiphany Monastery
Moore. Spassky Monastery (1096)
Moore. Resurrection Monastery
Moore. Trinity Convent (1643)
Moore. Annunciation Monastery (1553)
Unbelievable. Holy Dormition Kosmin Monastery (1492)
New. St. Nicholas Convent (1826)
Serapion Desert. The community-skete of the Serapion Hermitage of the Murom Annunciation Monastery (1850)
Spas-Kupalishe. Compound of the Bogolyubsky Convent (1881)
Suzdal. Rizopolozhensky Monastery
Suzdal. Trinity Monastery
Suzdal. Alexander Monastery (1899)
Suzdal. Spaso-Evfimievsky Monastery (1352)
Suzdal. Vasilyevsky Monastery (1899)
Suzdal. Intercession Convent (1364)
Timoshkino, Blagoveshchensky Pogost. Holy Annunciation Monastery (1501)
Khmelevo. Sorrow Monastery (1902)
Yuriev-Polsky. Holy Vvedensky Nikonovsky Monastery)
Yuriev-Polsky. Michael the Archangel Monastery (1250)
Volgograd region
Dubovka. Holy Ascension Convent
Serafimovich. Ust-Medveditsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1665)
Vologodskaya Oblast
Great Ustyug. John the Baptist Monastery
Great Ustyug. Michael the Archangel Monastery (1212)
Vologda. Gorny Assumption Convent
Goritsy. Resurrection Goritsky Monastery (1544)
Dubrovskoe. Vladimirskaya Zaonikieva Hermitage
Green Coast. Krasnoborskaya Holy Trinity Philip of the Irap Desert
Stone island. Spaso-Stone Transfiguration Monastery (1260)
Kirillov. Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
Kornilyevo. Kornilyevo-Komel Monastery
Morozovitsa. Trinity Gleden Monastery
Popovka, tract. Spaso-Evfimiev Syamzhensky Monastery (1420)
Priluki. Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery (1371)
Totma. Spaso-Sumorin Monastery (1554)
Ferapontovo. Ferapontov Monastery (1408)
Youthful. Holy Trinity Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery
Voronezh region
Belogorye. Belogorsky Resurrection Monastery
Voronezh. St. Alexis Akatov Monastery (1620)
Vyazniki. Shatrishchegorsk Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Divnogorye. Holy Dormition Divnogorsk Monastery
Kalach. Unknown cave monastery
Kostomarovo. Kostomarovsky Spassky Monastery
Novomakarovo. Seraphim of Sarov, monastery (1995)
Stadnitsa. Zemlyansky Znamensky Convent (1866)
Tolshi. Tolshevsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Convent
Ivanovo region
Antushkovo. Descent of the Cross, monastery (1776)
Borok. Borkovskaya Trinity-Nikolaev Hermitage (1765)
Introduction. Nikolo-Shartom Monastery (1300)
Dunilovo. Holy Dormition Convent (1650)
Ermolino. Holy Resurrection Men's Yermolinsk Hermitage
Zolotnikovskaya hermitage. Zolotnikovskaya Assumption Hermitage (1651)
Ivanovo. Holy Dormition Monastery
Ivanovo. Holy Vvedensky Convent (1907)
Kineshma. Assumption Convent (1730)
Kuznetsovo. Assumption-Kazan Monastery
Mugreevsky. Svyatozerskaya Iberian Hermitage
Privolzhsk. St. Nicholas Convent (1998)
Reshma. Makariev Reshem Monastery (1400)
Sergeevo. Resurrection Fedorovsky Monastery (1897)
Timiryazevo. St. Nikolo-Tikhonov Lukhsky Monastery (1498)
Shuya. All Saints Edinoverie Convent (1880)
Irkutsk region
Irkutsk. Znamensky Monastery (1689)
Caucasian republics
Kizlyar. Exaltation of the Holy Cross, monastery
Sovkhoznoe. Holy Trinity Convent
Kaliningrad region
Kaliningrad. Nicholas Convent (1998)
Kaluga region
Baryatino. Mother of God Nativity Maiden Hermitage (1796)
Krasnoyarsk region
Krasnoyarsk Territory, Yeniseisk, Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Krasnoyarsk, Church of the Archangel Michael (microdistrict Vetluzhanka)
Krasnoyarsk. Dormition Monastery (1879)
Krasnoyarsk. Annunciation Convent (1995)
Kurgan region
Upper Techa. Vvedensky Convent (1742)
Dalmatovo. Dalmatovsky Holy Dormition Monastery (1644)
Chimeevo. Holy Kazan Chimeevsky Monastery
Kursk region
Kursk. Trinity Monastery (1600)
Kursk. Znamensky Monastery (1816)
Rylsky district, with. Suburban Slobodka, st. Mirnaya, 2. Rylsky St. Nicholas Monastery (1505)
Liberty. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Root Hermitage (1597)
Sudzhansky district, with. Gornal. Gornalsky St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery (1672) - hegumen father Pitirim (Plaksin) conducts reprimands
Leningrad region (St. Petersburg)
Moscow region. Resurrection Novodevichy Monastery (1714)
Petrogradsky district. St. John's Stauropegial Convent (1900)
Strelna. Holy Trinity Sergius Primorsky Hermitage (1734)
Central District. Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra (1873)
Central District. Resurrection Smolny Novodevichy Convent (1748)
Leningrad region
Armored car. Anthony-Dymsky Holy Trinity Monastery
Vladimirovka. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Konevsky Monastery (1393)
Zelenets. Trinity Zelenetsky Monastery (1564)
Koltushi (Pavlovo). Andrew the First-Called Alexander Nevsky Lavra, skete (1998)
Kurkovitsy. Pyatogorsk Monastery (1890)
Leninskoe. Constantino-Eleninsky Monastery (2006)
Makaryevskaya hermitage, tract. Makaryevskaya Pustyn (1550)
Lights. Lintul Monastery (1896)
Oyat. Vvedeno-Oyatsky nunnery
Padano, tract. Vvedensky Padansky Monastery ()
Senno. Trinity Skete of the Assumption Tikhvin Monastery ()
Old Ladoga. St. Nicholas Monastery (1250)
Old Ladoga. Old Ladoga Holy Dormition Convent (1150)
Old freedom. Alexander-Svirsky Monastery (1484)
Carefully. Nicholas Storozhensky Monastery ()
Tervenichi. Pokrovo-Tervenichsky Convent (1991)
Tikhvin. Tikhvin Mother of God Assumption Monastery (1560)
Tikhvin. Vvedensky Monastery (1560)
Cheremenets. John the Theologian Cheremenets Monastery (1500)
Lipetsk region
Dace. Trinity Monastery (1850)
Dace. Znamensky Monastery (1700)
Zadonsk. St. Tikhon Transfiguration Convent
Zadonsk. Zadonsky Nativity-Bogoroditsky Monastery (1620)
Lebedyan. Trinity Monastery (1621)
Roschinsky. Peter and Paul Hermitage (1703)
Sezenovo. Sezenovsky John-Kazan Convent (1838)
Troekurovo. Troekurovsky St. Demetrius Hilarion Convent (1857)
Tyunino. Bogoroditsko-Tikhonovsky Tyuninsky Convent
Moscow region (Moscow)
Basmanny. John the Baptist (Ivanovsky) Monastery
Gagarinsky. St. Andrew's Monastery, former (1648)
Danilovsky. Simonov Monastery (1379)
Danilovsky. St. Danilov Monastery
Donskoy. Donskoy Monastery (1686)
Meshchansky. Mother of God-Nativity Monastery
Meshchansky. Sretensky Monastery
Printers. Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery (1623)
Tagansky. Novospassky Monastery (1490)
Tagansky. Intercession Monastery (1635)
Tverskoy. Vysokopetrovsky Monastery (1315)
Khamovniki. Novodevichy Convent
Khamovniki. Conception Monastery
Yakimanka. Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy (1908)
Moscow region
Akatovo. Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery
Anosino. Anosin Borisoglebsky Monastery (1810)
Bityagovo. Serafimo-Znamensky Skete (1912)
Prominent. St. Catherine's Monastery (1664)
Resurrection (Avdotyino). Nikolo-Berlyukovskaya Hermitage
Dedenevo (Novospasskoe). Savior Blachernae Monastery (1861)
Dzerzhinsky. Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery
Dmitrov. Boris and Gleb, monastery (1472)
Egorievsk. Holy Trinity Mariinsky Monastery (1903)
Zvenigorod. Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery (1398)
Zosimov desert. Trinity-Odigitrievskaya Zosimova Pustyn (1915)
Istra. New Jerusalem Monastery (1656)
Kashira. Alexander Nikitsky Monastery (1823)
Kolomna. Novo-Golutvin Monastery
Kolomna. Brusensky monastery
Kolomna. Staro-Golutvin Monastery (1374)
Kolotskoye. Kolotsk Assumption Monastery
Kolychevo. Kazan Monastery
Kurovskoy. Guslitsky Monastery
Lugovoi. Nikolo-Peshnoshsky Monastery (1361)
Lukino. Exaltation of the Cross Jerusalem Monastery (1865)
Maklakovo. Alexander Monastery
Mozhaisk. Ferapontov Luzhetsky Mozhaysky Monastery (1408)
New Life. Ascension David's Hermitage (1682)
Pavlovsky Posad. Intercession-Vasilyevsky Monastery (1874)
Radovitsy. Nikolo-Radovitsky Monastery
Semenovskoe (Borodinsky c / o). Spaso-Borodino Monastery (1838)
Sergiev Posad. Spaso-Bethana Monastery, former (1783)
Sergiev Posad. Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra (1337)
Serpukhov. Bishop's Convent (1360)
Serpukhov. Vysotsky Monastery (1374)
Serpukhov. Crucifixion of the Lord, monastery (1718)
Change. Paraclete-Tarbeev Hermitage (1858)
Old Bobrenevo. Bobrenev Monastery (1381)
Stupino. Holy Trinity Belopesotsky Monastery
Stupinsky district, with. Ivan-Teremets, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin (nearest station "Shugarovo")
Teryaevo. Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery (1479)
Faustovo (Red Hill). Krasnokholmskaya Novo-Solovki Marchugovskaya Hermitage
Khotkovo. Intercession Khotkov Monastery (1308)
Nizhny Novgorod Region
Arzamas. Nicholas Convent
Arzamas. Vysokogorsky Ascension Monastery (1716)
Arzamas. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1556)
Arzamas. Alekseevsky Novodevichy Convent (1634)
Balakhna. Intercession Monastery
Belbazh. Trinity Belbazh Convent (1708)
Vorsma. Ostrovoezersky Trinity Monastery (1688)
Vyksa. Iberian Icon of the Mother of God, monastery (1863)
Diveevo. Serafimo-Diveevsky Trinity Monastery (1842)
Green Mountains. Spaso-Zelenogorsk Convent (1653)
Makaryevo. Trinity Makariev Zheltovodsky Monastery (1435)
Small Pizza. Malopitsky Sorrowing Convent (1850)
Nizhny Novgorod. Caves Ascension Monastery
Nizhny Novgorod. Holy Cross Monastery (1846)
Nizhny Novgorod. Annunciation Monastery (1221)
Ponetaevka. Seraphim-Ponetaevsky Monastery
Sarov. Holy Dormition Sarov Hermitage (1664)
Teteryugino. Nicholas Amvrosiev Dudin Monastery (1350)
Uspensky. Vysokovsky Koverninsky Dormition Monastery (1829)
Frolishchi. Holy Dormition Monastery of the Florishchev Hermitage
Yuryevo. Trinity Monastery on Pyana
Novgorod region
Borovichi. Holy Spirit Iakovlev Borovichi Monastery (1327)
Buregi. Buregsky monastery (1730)
Valdai. Iversky Monastery (1653)
Velikiy Novgorod. Derevyanitsky monastery
Velikiy Novgorod. Anthony Monastery (1100)
Velikiy Novgorod. Spirits Monastery (1162)
Velikiy Novgorod. Zverin Monastery (1148)
Velikiy Novgorod. Tithe Monastery (1327)
Veliky Novgorod (Yuriev). Yuriev Monastery (1030)
Veliky Novgorod (Yuriev). Peryn Skete (995)
Knitting. Nikolo-Vyazhishchi Stauropegial Convent
Kosino. Nikolsky Kosinsky Monastery (1220)
Desert desert. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the former Rdeisky monastery, church (1898)
Recon desert. Recon desert
Village. Holy Trinity Michael-Klopsky Monastery (1400)
Old Russa. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Syrkovo. Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God Syrkov Monastery (1548)
Khutyn. Varlaamo-Khutyn Convent (1192)
Novosibirsk region
Kozikha. Michael the Archangel, monastery (1997)
Novosibirsk. John the Baptist Monastery (2001)
Novosibirsk. New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, monastery
Omsk region
Achair. Achair convent in the name of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (1913)
Bolshekulache. St. Nicholas Monastery
Vyatka. Basil the Blessed, monastery
Tatyanovka. St. Seraphim Monastery (1991)
Oryol Region
Bolkhov. Trinity Nativity of the Virgin Optin Monastery (1706)
Asphyxiant. Holy Spirit Monastery
Nikolskoye. Mary Magdalene Convent (1884)
Eagle. Holy Dormition Monastery (1679)
Eagle. Holy Vvedensky (Christ Nativity) Monastery (1686)
Eagle. Holy Dormition Monastery. Skete of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (2006)
Orlovsky district, Saltyki village, Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God (1871-1886)
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With. Stanovoy Kolodez, Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin
Frolovka. Skete of St. Kuksha
Penza region
Vadinsk. Tikhvin Kerensky (male) monastery (1850)
Kolyshleysky district, with. Treskino, Holy Nativity Monastery (hegumen Kronid conducts the rite of reprimand)
Penza. Trinity Convent (1692)
Penza. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1689)
Scanovo. Trinity-Scan Monastery
Perm region
White Mountain. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery (1894)
Obvinsk. Dormition Obvinsky Monastery (1686)
Permian. Assumption Convent (1873)
Permian. Holy Trinity Stefanov Monastery (1790)
Solikamsk. Ascension Trinity Monastery (1589)
Pskov region
Kunyinsky district, village. Bolotovo, Church of the Intercession of the Virgin (1450)
(information about the report is being specified)
Verbilovo. Verbilovsky Monastery (1670)
Vladimirets. Holy Vvedensky Convent (1780)
Elizarovo. Spaso-Eleazarovsky Convent (1447)
Krypetskoe. John the Theologian Krypetsky Monastery (1485)
Nikandrov Desert. Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos of Nikandrov Hermitage (1585)
Island. Siman Spaso-Kazan Monastery
Pechory. Assumption Pskov-Caves Monastery (1472)
Pskov. Snetogorsk Convent (1311)
Pskov. Mirozh Monastery (1156)
Pskov. Panteleimon Monastery
Pskov. Church of Sts. Konstantin and Elena (Krasnogorskaya St., 26) (1681) (rank of fathers previously held
schiigumen Panteleimon (Roman Ledin)) - at present, schiigumen Panteleimon does not reprimand!
Pushkin mountains. Dormition Svyatogorsk Monastery (1569)
Tvorozhkovo. Holy Trinity Tvorozhkovsky Monastery
Republic of Adygea
Victory. Michael-Athos Trans-Kuban Hermitage (1877)
Republic of Bashkortostan
Sterlitamaksky district, Roshchinsky village, Church of Michael the Archangel
Usa-Stepanovka. Assumption St. George Monastery
Ufa. Annunciation Monastery (1852)
Ufa. Church of Our Lady of Kazan (district Inors)
Republic of Karelia
Murom. Murom Holy Dormition Monastery
Paley Island. Paleostrovsky Nativity Monastery (1410)
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery. St. Nicholas Skete (1750)
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery. Skete of Gethsemane (1906)
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery. Konevsky Skete
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery. Skit of All Saints. Chapel of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery. Resurrection Skete (1846)
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery. Ilyinsky Skete (2006)
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery. Skete of St. Alexander Svirsky with the church of Alexander Svirsky (1855)
Sortavala, oh. Balaam. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery. Skete of All Saints (1793)
Sheltozero. Annunciation Iono-Yashezersky Monastery
Komi Republic
Ulyanovo. Ulyanovsk Trinity Stefanov Monastery (1860)
Mari El Republic
Kilemary. Mother of God-Sergius Hermitage (2000)
The Republic of Mordovia
Drakino. Intercession Monastery
Insar. Insar Convent in the Name of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga (1909)
Zubovo-Polyansky district, with. Pokrov-Selishchi, St. Varsonofevsky Monastery
Makarovka. John the Theologian Makarovsky Monastery
Pokrovskiye Selishchi. St. Varsonofievskiy Monastery
Sanaksyr. Nativity of the Theotokos Sanaksar Monastery (1659)
Uchkhoz. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1655)
Republic of Tatarstan
Drozhzhanovsky district, the village of Staroe Chekurskoye, the Church of the Archangel Michael (Father Oleg conducts the rite of reprimand)
Yelabuga. Elabuga Kazan-Bogoroditsky Convent (1857)
Kazan. Holy Dormition Zilant Monastery (1625)
Kazan. John the Baptist Monastery (1650)
Kazan. Zilant Monastery
Kazan. Kizichesky Vvedensky Monastery (1685)
Kazan. Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery (1579)
Kazan. Nikolsky Cathedral
Makarievskaya hermitage. Makaryevskaya male hermitage (1691)
Raif. Raifa Bogoroditsky Monastery (1613)
Sviyazhsk. Dormition-Bogorodichny Monastery
Sviyazhsk. John the Baptist Monastery
Seven lakes. Sedmiozerskaya Bogoroditskaya Hermitage (1630)
Republic of Udmurtia
Noria. Malo-Diveevsky Seraphim Convent
Perevoznoe. Assumption convent. Church of the Ascension (1910)
Rostov region
Rostov-on-Don. Holy Iberian Convent (1903)
Ryazan Oblast
Vysh, Shatsky district. Holy Assumption Vyshensky Convent (1625)
Dmitrievo, Skopinsky district. St. Demetrius Monastery (Holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica) (1631)
Iberdian. Iberdsky Alexander Nevsky Sophroniev Monastery
Cadom. Holy Merciful Bogoroditsky Convent (1797)
Mikhailov. Holy Intercession Convent (1999)
Poshchupovo, Rybnovsky district. John the Theologian Monastery (1150)
Ryazan. Kazan Convent (1550)
Ryazan. St. Nicholas Cherneevsky Monastery
Ryazan. Spassky Monastery (1450)
Ryazan. Trinity Monastery (1208)
Solotcha. Ryazan region. Nativity-Bogoroditsky Monastery
Starocherneevo, Shatsk district
Samara Region
Novokashpirsky. Kashpirsky Simeonovsky Annunciation Monastery (1712)
Samara. Samara Iversky Monastery
Samara. Resurrection of Christ, Cathedral (1992)
Syzran. Ascension Monastery (1675)
Saratov region
Saratov. St. Nicholas Monastery
Saratov. St. Alexis Monastery (1848)
Khvalynsk. Trinity Monastery (1880)
Khvalynsk. Cheremshan Monastery (1871)
Sverdlovsk region
Upper Sinyachikha. Alapaevsky Monastery of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia (1995)
Verkhoturye. Intercession Convent (1622)
Verkhoturye. Spaso-Nikolaev Monastery (1604)
Yekaterinburg. Monastery of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers at Ganina Yama
Yekaterinburg. Exaltation of the Holy Cross, monastery (1995)
Yekaterinburg. Novo-Tikhvinsky Monastery
Yekaterinburg. Monastery in the name of the All-Merciful Savior (1988)
Kamensk-Uralsky. Transfiguration Monastery (1861)
Kamyshlov. Holy Intercession Convent
Kostylev. Holy Kosminskaya desert for men (2000)
Nizhny Tagil. Sorrow Monastery
Sredneuralsk. Sredneuralsky convent in honor of the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary "The Conqueror of Bread"
Stavropol region
Pyatigorsk. Holy Dormition Second Athos Monastery (1904)
Stavropol, per. Fadeeva, d. 1, Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1847)
Smolensk region
Boldino. Trinity Gerasimo-Boldinsky Monastery (1530)
Vyazma. Arkadievsky monastery
Vyazma. Monastery of John the Baptist (1534)
Roslavl. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Smolensk. Ascension Monastery (1697)
Smolensk. Abraham Monastery (1200)
Smolensk. Trinity Monastery
Tambov Region
Michurinsk. Bogolyubsky Monastery (1858)
Tambov. Ascension Monastery (1690)
Tambov. Kazan Mother of God Monastery (1677)
Tambov. Trigulay. Tambov St. John the Baptist Trigulyaevsky Monastery (1725)
Tver region
Bezhetsk. Annunciation Convent (1869)
Volgoverkhovye. Olginsky Monastery (1902)
Vyshny Volochek. Kazan Monastery (1872)
Kashin. Dmitrovsky Monastery
Kashin. Sretensky Monastery (1650)
Kashin. Nicholas Klobukov Monastery
Mogilevka. Dormition Mogilev Monastery (1634)
Orsha. Ascension Orshin Convent
Ostashkov. Zhitenny Smolensky Monastery (1716)
Ostashkov. Znamensky Convent (1673)
Rigadischi. Rigodishchensky Mother of God-Nativity Monastery (1893)
Savvatyevo. Savvatiev deserts (1390)
Sloboda. Antoniev Krasnokholmsky Monastery (1461)
Staritsa. Staritsky Dormition Monastery (1110)
Tver. Nativity of Christ, monastery (1400)
Tver. Nicholas Malitsky Monastery (1584)
Tver. Dormition Zheltikov Monastery (1394)
Torzhok. Resurrection Convent
Torzhok. Boris and Gleb Monastery (1038)
Toropets. St. Tikhon Convent
Toropets. Trinity Nebin Monastery
Worker (Terebeni). Nikolo-Terebensky Convent
Stolobny Island (Lake Seliger). Nilo-Stolobenskaya hermitage (1594)
Tomsk region
Tomsk. Bogoroditse-Aleksievsky Monastery
Tula region
Anastasovo. Mother of God-Nativity Anastasov Monastery (1673)
Belev. Holy Cross Monastery
Belev. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1525)
Venev Monastery. St. Nicholas Assumption Convent (1300)
Kind. Intercession of the Holy Mother of God Dobry Monastery
Zhabyn, the tract. Vvedenskaya Makarievskaya Hermitage
Kolyupanovo. Holy Kazan Convent
Fern. Kazan Monastery
Tula. Assumption Monastery
Tula. Holy Mother of God Shcheglovsky Monastery (1859)
Tula (Burners). Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God
Tyumen region
Abalak. Abalaksky Znamensky Monastery
Tyumen. Trinity Monastery
Tyumen. Bogorodichno-Rozhdestvensky Eliinsky Convent
Shantalyk. John the Vvedensky Mezhdughirsky Monastery
Yaroslavskaya oblast
Avraamievsky Epiphany Monastery (1261)
Adrianov Sloboda. Adrianov-Assumption Monastery (Adrianov-Belskaya Hermitage) (1543)
Belogostitsy. Georgievsky Belogostitsky Monastery (1650)
Borisoglebsky. Borisoglebsky Monastery
Bykovo. Intercession Convent
Varnitsy. Trinity-Varnitsky Monastery
Nekrasovskoe. Nikolo-Babaevsky Monastery
Pereslavl-Zalessky. Trinity Danilov Monastery (1505)
Pereslavl-Zalessky. Feodorovsky Monastery (1304)
Pereslavl-Zalessky. Goritsky Assumption Monastery
Pereslavl-Zalessky. Nikolsky Women's Monastery
Pereslavl-Zalessky. Nikitsky Monastery (1100)
Deserts. St. Isaac's Nativity-Bogoroditsky Monastery (1659)
Rostov. Spaso-Yakovlevsky Dmitriev Monastery (1389)
Rostov. Nativity Monastery (1394)
Rostov. Petrovsky Monastery (1250)
Rybinsk. Sofia Monastery (1860)
Sloboda. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Gennadiev Monastery (1647)
Solba. Nikolo-Solbinsky Convent
Tolga. Vvedensky Tolga Convent (1314)
Uglich. Epiphany Monastery
Uglich. Resurrection Monastery (1674)
Uglich. Alekseevsky Convent (1371)
Ulema. Nikolo-Uleiminsky Monastery (1406)
Yaroslavl. Kazan Monastery (1610)
Yaroslavl. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1186)
Yaroslavl. Kirillo-Afanasievsky Monastery (1615)
CIS countries
Abkhazia
Ukraine
Vinnytsia region
Bar. Intercession Monastery (1600)
Dnipropetrovsk region
Verbovskoe. Holy Sign Convent (1901)
Novomoskovsk. Samara Nicholas Monastery
Donetsk region
Nikolskoye. Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilyevsky Monastery (1998)
Svyatogorsk. Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra. All Saints Skete ()
Svyatogorsk. Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra (1547)
Transcarpathian region
Mukachevo. Nicholas Monastery (1600)
Zaporozhye region
St. Elizabethan Convent Address: Ukraine, Zaporizhia region, with. Zhovtneve.
Holy Assumption Convent Address: 601600, Vladimir region, Alexandrov, st. Soviet, 15
Upper Tokmok. Monastery in the name of the Archangel Michael (2009)
Melitopol. Monastery of Saint Sava the Sanctified (1996)
Kiev region
White church. Mary Magdalene Monastery
Kyiv. Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (1051)
Kyiv. Trinity Monastery (Kitaevskaya Hermitage) (1767)
Kyiv. Archangel-Mikhailovsky Zverinets Monastery ()
Kyiv. Vydubitsky monastery (1070)
Kyiv. Epiphany Fraternal Monastery (1760)
Kyiv. Ascension Florovsky Convent
Kyiv. Mikhailovsky Golden-Domed Monastery (1108)
Kyiv. md. Bortnichi, Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Kyiv. Catherine's Greek Monastery (1738)
Kyiv. Pokrovskaya Goloseevskaya Hermitage (1631)
Kyiv. Panteleimon Convent in Feofaniya (1803)
Kyiv. Trinity Ionin Monastery (1871)
Kyiv. Intercession Convent (1889)
Kyiv. Church of St. Michael Metropolitan of Kiev at the Central Clinical Hospital
Princes. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Crimea
Alushta, Reserve. Cosmo-Damian Alushta Monastery (1856)
Balaclava. George the Victorious, monastery (891)
Bakhchisaray. Dormition Monastery
Inkerman. Inkerman St. Clement Monastery
Inkerman. Sophia of the Wisdom of God, monastery
Simferopol. Holy Trinity Convent
Topolevka (Educational). Toplovsky St. Paraskevievsky Monastery (1858)
Shuldan, Mt. Shuldan, monastery (900)
Lviv region
Lvov. Church and monastery of St. Onuphrius (1550)
Odessa region
Odessa. Archangel Michael Convent (1835)
Odessa. Iversky Odessa Monastery
Odessa. Eliinsky Odessa Monastery
Odessa. Panteleimon Odessa Monastery (1876)
Odessa. Holy Iberian Monastery
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district, with. Vypasnoe, Church of the Archangel Michael
Tatarbunarsky district, with. Borisovka, Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Poltava region
Mgar. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Mgarsky Monastery (1619)
Poltava. Exaltation of the Holy Cross, monastery (1689)
Komsomolsk-on-Dnepr. St. Nicholas Cathedral
Sumy region
Akhtyrka. Akhtyrsky Holy Trinity Monastery (1654)
Akhtyrsky district, town Chupahovka, Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God. (?)
Reporting is carried out by father Michael, he is also perspicacious. The miraculous icon of the Mother of God "Akhtyrskaya" and "Chupakhovskaya Prayer" is kept in the temple
New Sloboda. Mother of God-Christmas Molchensky Monastery
Putivl. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Molchansky Convent (1575)
Sosnovka. Mother of God-Christmas Clay Hermitage
Ternopil region
Kremenets. Epiphany Monastery (1600)
Pochaev. Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra
Pochaev. Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra. Holy Spirit Skete
Kharkov region
Water. Borisoglebsky Convent
Krasnokutsk. Peter and Paul Monastery (1650)
Lozovaya. Michael the Archangel, church
Kherson region
Belozersky District, town. Chernobaevka. Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (information about the report is being specified)
Cherkasy region
Bakaevka. Intercession Krasnogorsk Convent
Chigirin. Holy Trinity Convent (1627)
Chernihiv region
Gustyn. Holy Trinity Gustynsky Monastery
Danevka. St. George's Monastery (1654)
Nizhyn. Holy Vvedensky Convent (1700)
Nizhyn. Nizhyn Monastery of the Annunciation (1700)
Novgorod-Seversky. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (1033)
Osich. St. Nicholas Krupitsky Baturinsky Monastery
Chernigov. Trinity-Ilyinsky Monastery (1069)
Chernigov. Yelets Holy Dormition Convent
Chernivtsi region
Storozhinetsky district, with. Davydovka (father Todor - conducts exiles)
Belarus
Bogushi. Vvedensky Convent (2000)
Brest. St. Afanasievsky Monastery (1996)
Brest. Holy Nativity-Bogoroditsky Convent
Brest region, Zhabinkovsky district, with. Khmelevo. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Vitebsk. Holy Spirit Monastery
Vitebsk. Holy Kazan Church of the Holy Trinity-Markov Monastery (1760)
Gomel. Gomel in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Monastery (1905)
Domashany. St. John the Theologian Convent (1997)
Zhirovichi. Dormition Monastery (1470)
Kazimirov. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, convent
Stern. St. John-Kormyansky Convent (1760)
Lyady. Lyadensky Holy Annunciation Stauropegial Monastery. (1792)
Minsk. St. Elizabeth Convent (1997)
Minsk region, Smilovichi, church ...
Mogilev. Nikolsky Monastery (1636)
Pinsk. St. Barbarian Monastery (1521)
Pinsk. Epiphany Fraternal Monastery (1635)
Polotsk. Epiphany Monastery
Polotsk. Spaso-Evfrosinievskiy women's monastery (1125)
Talochin. Intercession Convent (1769)
Georgia
Mtskheta. Monastery of Nina of Cappadocia (339)
Latvia
Jekabpils. Jekabpils Monastery of the Holy Spirit (1675)
Riga. Riga Trinity-Sergius Convent (1892)
Lithuania
Vilnius, st. Aushros-Vartu, 8-1. Holy Spirit Monastery (1597)
Moldova
Transnistria, Kamensky district, with. Khrustovaya. Church of the Archangel Michael (1839)- conducted by mitred archpriest Valery Galayda
Sakharna, Rezinsky district. Monastery of the Holy Trinity
Uzbekistan
Tashkent, st. March 8, 7. Holy Trinity-Nikolsky Convent (1893)
Far Abroad
Greece
Meteora. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
Meteora. St. Charalambius, monastery
Meteora. Nicholas Ugodnik, monastery
Meteora. Barbarians, monastery (1400)
Mosfiloti. Monastery of Saint Thekla (1780)
Unsorted by country
Ayia Napa. Ayia Napa (1500)
Vardzia. Monastery of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1156)
Vask-Narva (Syrenets). Ilyinsky Skete of the Pyukhtitsky Monastery (1871)
Bethlehem. Monastery of St. George the Victorious (550)
Gelati. Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1100)
Gorno Nerezi. Monastery of St. Panteleimon (1164)
Jerusalem (Ein Karem). Gorny Convent (1871)
Jerusalem - Mount of Olives. Olivet Savior-Ascension Convent (1886)
Jerusalem - New City. Monastery of St. Modesta (500)
Judean Desert, Wadi Kidron. Savva the Sanctified, Lavra (478)
Judean Desert, Wadi Haritun (Nakhal Tekoa). Sukkah Lavra (345)
Kamany (Comany). John Chrysostom, monastery
Katskhi. Katskhi Spaso-Ascension Monastery (1027)
Kuremäe. Assumption Pyukhtitsky Convent (1891)
Larnaca. George the Victorious, monastery
Loutraki. Monastery of Saint Patapios (1952)
New Athos. New Athos Monastery of the Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot (1875)
Palokki. Lintul Convent (1945)
Pen. Monastery of the Holy Mother of God
Sinai peninsula. Monastery of St. Catherine (330)
Troodos. machairas
Troodos. Monastery of Saint Barbara
Troodos. Holy Royal and Stauropegial Monastery of the Kykkos Icon of the Mother of God (1081)
Troodos. Stavrovouni
Wusi-Valamo. New Valaam Monastery (1945)
Gorge Wadi Kelt. George Khosevit, monastery (450)
Cetinje. Peter Cetinski, monastery (1600)
Chirchik. Holy Trinity-Georgievsky Chirchik Monastery (1896)
If you know other temples, churches, monasteries where REPORTS are held, please let us know: [email protected]
In our troubled times, people often suffer from spiritual ailments, which can only be cured by fervent prayer. Unfortunately, all people violate the commandments of God, sin willy-nilly, do not repent, and therefore the Lord calls them to Himself with the help of illnesses, various sorrows.
Well, if a person comes to his senses, repents and turns to God with fervent prayer, then the disease will be taken away from him. But more often it happens that people do not want to repent of their sins to the last, then disaster befalls them.
In such cases, the unfortunate begin to seek salvation everywhere, someone goes to grandmothers, sorcerers, psychics, and someone goes to church. With various mental and bodily ailments, Father Herman's reprimand sometimes helps. It is worth talking about what it is in more detail.
Now many people talk about damage or possession, but few people know what it is. This phenomenon is often mentioned in the Gospel, for example, about a boy who was tormented by demons, threw himself into fire and water, and no one could heal him.
Or the story of a possessed man, in which there was a whole legion of demons, the unfortunate one was bound in chains. They were healed by Christ with one word of His, also from Mary Magdalene He cast out seven demons. But many are wondering if such ailments are currently happening?
The lives of some saints also mention cases of demon possession of people who were healed by these saints. For example, Saint Tryphon healed the demon-possessed daughter of the ruler, etc. This means that all this really happened, and such an ailment as demon possession actually exists. How are the unfortunate now healed from such terrible misfortunes?
In our time, of course, there are demon-possessed people, but finding those who will really help them is a big problem. Modern medicine tends to consider such people crazy. They are usually placed in a psychiatric hospital and given injections of strong psychotropic drugs for a long time. Of course, this does little good for poor people, rather the opposite.
Important! Possession is allowed from God to people who often sin, violating the commandments of God, but are in no hurry to repent and correct their lives.
The symptoms of anxiety are usually the following:
- disgust from Holy things, fear of them, intolerance;
- terrible screams when approaching the church;
- compulsive actions;
- causing harm to yourself or loved ones;
- fainting or convulsions like epileptic seizures.
The Gospel describes a case of a demon-possessed youth who, at the approach of Christ, fell and began to shake with a convulsive attack. The Savior told His disciples that "this kind is driven out only by prayer and fasting."
Corruption is also a spiritual disease, but it came to a person from other people, usually unfriendly. It also helps against this disease. Damage symptoms are slightly different, they occur suddenly:
- causeless fear, severe anxiety;
- prolonged incurable physical illness;
- distortion of true things, hallucinations;
- sudden death.
Some are skeptical about this phenomenon, saying that in our time of the development of science there should not be such prejudices. Orthodox also often deny this fact, saying that Grace protects believers and praying people from everything bad.
However, even the saints write that corruption can be allowed from God as a punishment for unrepentant sins, for perseverance in a passionate life. Therefore, only the Lord Himself can deliver from this. A reprimand from corruption by prayers can be done with the help of a clergyman.
Important! If you suspect damage or possession, in no case should you turn to grandmothers, sorcerers, witches, psychics, because this can only aggravate the condition. For a while, a person will be able to get relief, but then it will be even worse.
The Lord Himself said that demons cannot be cast out by the power of demons. This disease can be overcome only by fasting, prayer, repentance and correction. The true way out of such a deplorable situation is a reprimand in the church. It is worth explaining in more detail what it is.
Order of exorcism
To the question of what a report is, there is an answer in the Gospel. Christ cast out demons with just one word. The Gospel says: "This kind is driven out only by prayer and fasting." Of course, rarely does anyone cope with this illness on their own, even if they pray fervently. We need a prayer from the outside of a righteous person, preferably a priest.
There is a special prayer in the breviary, it is called "the forbidding prayer of St. Basil over those suffering from demons." But many believe that not all priests can read it, but only highly spiritual people. Most often, the exorcism of the possessed is the prerogative of monastics, because the demon, having emerged, can harm low-spirited priests.
A similar case was described in the Acts of the Apostles, when someone decided to try to exorcise an evil spirit from a possessed person. In response, the demon said: “I know Christ, Paul too, but who are you?!” and, having thrown himself, began to choke the newly minted exorcist.
That is why not all priests take up the exorcism of demons, but only those who are enlightened, prepared and having a blessing from above for this. In addition, there is another problem: it is very difficult to bring the possessed to church, and even more so to reprimand.
For this purpose, ropes and even chains are often used to bind the possessed with their help and bring him to the temple for reprimand.
During the very process of exorcism, the possessed behave extremely restlessly and even aggressively, often commit obsessive and monotonous actions. They emit terrible screams (often not human, but animal), throw themselves on the floor, on the walls, and sometimes they jump to the ceiling.
Often demons speak with the voices of the possessed, uttering curses on the clergy and various curses. And sometimes the demoniacs spin in place, cannot stand still, telling those standing nearby that they are disturbing them. Some possessed people run away from the prayer service, hide, and it is simply impossible to find them anywhere. They obey demons who "save" them from this rank.
Due to the fact that some are simply impossible to bring to church (there have been cases when even four healthy men could not keep a demon-possessed woman), it is possible to order an absentee chastisement procedure in the church.
Alcohol addiction also refers to possession, because a person cannot independently abandon this passion. Some drunkards even see demons that force them to drink. And during the exorcism of the demon, in some cases, “green snakes” were physically visible. Therefore, such unfortunate people also need a reprimand from drunkenness.
Important! After passing the rank of exorcism from a person, repentance in the former sinful life, correction must necessarily follow. The former possessed must become a church person, begin to pray in the mornings and evenings, and often partake of the Sacraments of Penance and Communion of the Holy Mysteries. Otherwise, the disease may return, but in a more terrible form.
Christ warns about this in the Gospel, saying that when a demon comes out of a person, wanders through deserted places, and then sees his place in a person unoccupied. Then he returns to the unfortunate, taking with him seven most fierce demons.
Exorcism in the Lavra
Crowds of people flock to the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra every day in order to get to a reprimand from Fr. Herman. Who is Father Herman? This is a hieromonk, the most famous exorcist in Russia. Father German Chesnokov has been exorcising demons from people for a long time. People from all over the country come to Father Herman for a prayer service, bring their loved ones, ask him for advice, spiritual help. And yet this holy man has not refused anyone! He listens to everyone, consoles, gives advice, only positive reviews are left about him. How to get to Father Herman?
Any person in the monastery will tell you how to get to a reprimand to Father Herman. The Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra is located in Sergiev Posad near Moscow. The reprimand of the demoniac Father Herman is held in the gate church of St. John the Baptist. Finding this temple is very easy - you need to climb into the arch above the entrance to the monastery.
All the locals know the schedule of reprimands from Father Herman - this procedure begins at one in the afternoon every day. Prayer at Father Herman's always has the same schedule, seven days a week.
Absolutely everyone is allowed to visit Father Herman for the rank of exorcism, there are no restrictions for anyone. This procedure is free, they only ask to donate to the temple as much as they wish.
Before the beginning of the rite, it is necessary to leave the names of those reporting in the shop: the priest will commemorate them in prayer. There is a video on the Internet that was filmed during this prayer service.
The service begins with a sermon from the priest. It is always about the same, there are brochures and audio recordings of this sermon. On it, he says that the obsessed are often to blame for their misfortune, tells for what sins this attack is sent from above. Batiushka tirelessly insists that you need to go to church, take communion more often, avoid mortal sins, and correct your life. After all, without this it is impossible to get rid of obsession.
Father Herman's reprimand lasts about two hours, the sermon before that about half an hour. He himself is a very kind, bright person, has a subtle sense of humor and philanthropy. Reviews about Father Herman are only positive.
Many thank him for healing their own or loved ones, ask for advice on the Internet. But it is clear that the priest does not use websites and social networks, so he cannot answer.
Herman's father's report (this can be seen on the video) consists of:
- preliminary sermon;
- water blessing prayer;
- reading the prohibition prayer from demons;
- sprinkling with holy water;
- anointing with consecrated oil;
- kissing the cross.
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You can also order a correspondence, at a distance, reprimand in the Lavra. In addition to the rite of exorcism in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, there are similar procedures in other monasteries and temples of the country. In the Sanaksar monastery, demons are also cast out, and you can also ask about the nearby parishes and monasteries, where they perform the rites of reprimanding the possessed.
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There is a lot of controversy these days about reporting. On the one hand, one can often hear (especially among the common people) a recommendation to undergo a reprimand in connection with a variety of problems: a person drinks, studies poorly, does not want to go to church, has a serious illness, experiences failures in his personal life, etc. - in everything, the intrigues of demons are seen, from which they offer to get rid of the presence at the reprimand. On the other hand, one can hear an extremely critical and skeptical attitude towards this ordination, which is perceived as absolutely unnecessary and alien to the Church.
What is a report? How to treat her? And who should attend?
With the advent of the Son of God into the world, demons lost their former power over people. From the Gospel we learn that not only the Savior cast out unclean spirits from people possessed by them, but also His disciples. "God! and the demons obey us in your name” (Luke 10:17), the apostles exclaimed in surprise, returning from the sermon. And after His Resurrection, Christ promised those who believe in Him as one of the signs: “In my name they will cast out demons” (Mark 16:17). According to the Monk Nilus of Sinai, "pronouncing the name of God puts the demons to flight." Moreover, the cross of Christ has become an unbearable torment for the demons. Therefore, the spell and exorcism of dark power in the name of Jesus Christ and the sign of the cross is a primordial phenomenon in the Church.
In the middle of the 2nd century, St. Justin the Philosopher addressed the pagans with the following testimony: The Savior “was born according to the will of God and the Father for the sake of people who believe in Him and for the destruction of demons. Now you can learn this from what is happening before your eyes. For many of our Christians have healed and are still healing many demon-possessed people all over the world and in your city, conjuring in the name of Jesus Christ, crucified under Pontius Pilate, while they were not healed by all other exorcists, conspirators and sorcerers - and thus they conquer and drive out the demons that have taken possession of the people.
As can be seen from the above words, even pagans knew about the existence among Christians of special persons who conjured those possessed by the name of Jesus Christ and thereby cast out evil spirits from them. In the early centuries of Christianity, this was one of the ministries of the Church. Exorcists, that is, spellcasters of evil spirits, received a special blessing from the bishop for this. It is not right to take up this matter without authorization, since the 26th canon of the Council of Laodicea says: "Those who are not made from bishops should not be conjured either in churches or in houses."
Over time, a special rank was formed, in which prayers are collected for the expulsion of demons by the power of the name of Jesus Christ. In the breviary, it is called “A prayer service for the weak, overwhelmed by unclean spirits,” and in the common people it is called a reprimand. This rite of passage brings real results. Here's a story that happened not too long ago. The young man Alexei, for reasons incomprehensible to those close to him, became extremely aggressive, now he was extremely intolerant of his wife and small child, he began to beat the baby, who was not even a year old. Although before that he had been quite supportive of Christianity, now Alexei met every word about faith with extreme hostility. Relatives were very upset by such a drastic change. One of his relatives maintained relations with the inhabitants of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, repeatedly talked with the monks about what had happened, and it was decided to invite the sufferer to reprimand. When they brought him, Alexei did not even want to get out of the car, reacting to every word with amazing aggression. Another time, the relatives went to the trick - they offered to attend some event together, which took place in the museum of the Lavra; This time, by special agreement, the car was allowed inside the monastery. The mother of the sufferer went to the temple, where the reprimand was taking place, ordered a commemoration with the name of her son, and after the event at the museum, Alexei was offered to go for his mother. When they went into the temple itself, Alexei managed to squeeze forward, from where it was already difficult to get out due to the crush itself. After involuntary participation in prayer singing, the sufferer experienced severe weakness, and after a few days it was already a different person - there was no trace of the previous aggression, he even stopped smoking and drinking, he became attentive and affectionate towards his wife and child, now he treated the Church reverently .
It is obvious that in this case, church service with the intense prayer of loved ones helped the suffering person to get rid of real obsession. By the way, in a similar way, some psychics, having become interested in the phenomenon of reprimand and deciding to experience it for themselves, successfully parted with their “miraculous” abilities - for someone, the reprimand served as the first step towards life in the Church.
At the same time, it is worth saying a few words about the often incorrect, almost magical attitude towards reprimand. Nowadays, there is often an unhealthy heightened interest in this rank. They go on their own and bring with them relatives and friends, all those who at least in some way saw themselves and them subject to evil power, damage or the evil eye. One elderly woman I knew kept asking how to take her son, who was over twenty, to a reprimand, and when asked about the reason, she explained that he did not want to study, drinks beer, ignores the temple and gets annoyed when his mother offers him to drink holy water. But after all, all these symptoms can express the personal lack of spirituality of a person who at one time was not instilled with faith, and he himself is not interested in that. It is understandable that an unbeliever is irritated when he is forced to drink holy water or go to the temple - this can not always be identified with possession.
Some, on the advice of others, report "just in case", according to the principle "who knows, maybe someone has put a spell on me, and a report will help right away." Both old and young are in a hurry to remove all slander and evil eye from themselves in a simple and uncomplicated way - by being present at the reprimand. Here we meet an amazing situation - a person seems to want to avoid occult influence on himself, but he himself acts according to magical principles - he hopes for a ritual in itself, regardless of personal spiritual and moral correction. Sometimes it also happens that some frail sorcerer directs a patient who has turned to him to the priest, who is reprimanding: “He is stronger than me.” We repeat that the reprimand itself is often treated as a kind of magical action, which should in itself help the unfortunate.
Yes, the mentioned rank in necessary cases bears fruit. But often, unfortunately, we do not want to realize the truth that in order to improve the condition of our own soul, it is important not only to endure some ancient church order, but to engage in significant correction of personal spiritual life. Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria wrote: “Those who have been freed from demons become even worse later on if they do not correct themselves.” To do this, you need to seriously prepare for confession, remembering your life since childhood, make it a rule to pray regularly at home in the morning and evening, attend church services weekly, and partake of the holy mysteries of Christ as often as possible. Not only that, you need to constantly read spiritual literature, and not only the Holy Scripture, which, alas, many understand in their own way, but also the works of the holy fathers, and useful modern spiritual books, communicate with church-going people, so that the very atmosphere of life changes completely. Only a significant change in both the inner disposition of one’s soul and the external structure of life, when God and the fulfillment of His commandments will come first, and everything else will come second, can lead to the complete liberation of the soul from the influence of dark power.
It is clear that it is impossible to solve the issue of churching a relative or acquaintance with one reprimand, thereby investing in him the habit of studying or making him take life more seriously, since it is impossible to change a person by any rank without his voluntary consent and effort. If this is a real obsession, then according to the faith of relatives and friends, an effect is possible. But if this is a freely chosen, personal position of a person, then the rank itself will not help. They read prayers over such a person, sprinkled them with holy water, signed them with a cross, but he remains the same inside, because he does not want to change.
Moreover, in many situations, even with obvious obsession, it is not a scolding that is required, but something else. Every demonic obsession has its own cause, which must be eliminated. To the apostles who failed to cast out the demon from the possessed youth, the Savior said: “This kind is driven out only by prayer and fasting” (Matt. 17:21). This means that victory over evil spirits is possible only through an ascetic life, thanks to which a Christian is freed from passions and receives grace-filled help from God. This victory is realized only with a decisive correction of one's life. Let us remember that the Lord instructed the person He healed with the commandment: “You have recovered; sin no more, lest something worse happen to you” (John 5:14).
Holy people, for example, the righteous John of Kronstadt, cast out the dark force with the shortest prayer phrases, without a special rank. This means that it is not so much the formally fulfilled rule as life according to the commandments of God, in communion with His grace, that is terrible for dark spirits. And therefore, the reprimand itself for those who really suffer from unclean spirits is only an auxiliary means, a kind of additional condition that helps with full inner determination to live in harmony with God.
To one nun who asked a question about counteracting demonic obsessions, St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) wrote: “No incantational prayers are needed: they are read over each of you at holy baptism. One must surrender to the will of God and acknowledge oneself worthy of every human and demonic guidance: then the insurance will pass by itself. It is not so destroyed by anything as by deep contrition of the heart. It is not the rites themselves that protect against demons, but the acquisition of virtues. The highest virtue is humility. If pride is pleasing to demons—it is precisely because of pride that misfortunes and spiritual calamities are allowed to a person—then humility, like fire, burns and drives away the devil.
As for the actual possession, the direct infusion of an evil spirit into a person is possible only with the special permission of God and when the person himself disposed himself to this vicious and frivolous life. Once again recalling the words of the Gospel that “this kind is driven out only by prayer and fasting” (Matt. 17: 21), one can, arguing from the contrary, conclude that they enter a person for his extreme intemperance and aversion from God (the opposite of fasting and prayer). The Monk John Cassian the Roman said: “Unclean spirits do not penetrate into the bodies of those possessed by them otherwise than by taking possession of their minds and thoughts in advance. Having bared their minds from the clothes of the fear of God, the memory of God, evil spirits attack them as disarmed and deprived of God's help and God's protection, and therefore conveniently defeated, and finally arrange dwellings in them, as if in a possession presented to them.
People are frightened by possession, the apparent helplessness of a person who is in the power of evil spirits. However, few people pay attention to the inner subordination to the devil, to which we usually slide, accepting the enemy's thoughts and fulfilling his evil will.
St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov) pointed to the possibility of a dual presence of Satan in a person: sensual and moral. Sensual stay is a well-known possession, when a demon takes possession of a person and torments his soul and body. Moral stay - when a person is an executor of the will of the devil, that is, he constantly and uncontrollably sins; the demon, without possessing a person sensually, takes possession of his mind and will, unites with him in his spiritual sphere. The reader will probably be surprised to learn that the second kind of sojourn is the most dangerous, because it draws a person to eternal torment of the soul, while the first kind can be allowed by God as a special sorrow for the salvation of a person’s soul. Saint Ignatius wrote: “In a spiritual sense, this is God’s punishment (sensual obsession. – V.D.) does not at all serve as a bad testimony about a person ... Possession is much more unimportant than the acceptance of any enemy thought that can forever destroy the soul. It is important to beware of conscious submission in your deeds, words and thoughts to the will of the devil, to imitate him in your moral life.
St. Simeon the New Theologian in one of his words stated a sad fact: people first lost the image of God (in their deeds and life), and now they are losing the image of man and becoming in the image of the devil. In this sense, an unclean spirit can forever take possession of a person and easily does this if a person does not resist the internal battles of an invisible enemy. Usually this happens imperceptibly to an external observer, without manifestations of possession that shock the eye. Thus, we read about Judas the traitor: “Satan entered into Judas, called Iscariot, one of the twelve” (Luke 22:3), and the former apostle went to betray Christ. It is in vain to think that Judas became demon-possessed in the full sense of the word. But as can be consistently traced from the Gospel of John, Judas admits the devil to himself with his passion for money (see: John 12: 6), then the devil takes fuller possession of his heart (see: John 13: 2) and, finally, resolutely dwells in him, making him a direct executor of his will (see: John 13:27). Such a disastrous situation was prepared by insatiable passions, in particular, avarice and impenitence.
Every sinful passion is essentially a submission to evil spirits. Uncontrollable outbursts of anger, self-importance with contempt for others, foul language, reaching the inner need for swear words, addiction to seductive images - this and much more is the subordination of the soul to dark forces.
Actually, the soul of every person is a receptacle that does not tolerate emptiness. If you do not create the temple of God in yourself, then you will become an abode of dark forces. We have no other choice - either build an altar to God in our heart, or it will turn into an abomination of desolation. And therefore, both the stability of his soul in the earthly world and his well-being in the eternal world directly depend on the spiritual activity of a person.
