The result of slanderous publications about Mother Nikolai is the same as what happens to the respected Olga Nikolaevna Chetverikova - persecution, persecution and threats. Purely Masonic persecution. For 18 years now, since 1998. The reason is because Mother Nicholas literally stands guard over the Truth and preserves the spiritual heritage of the great Russian righteous Elder Nicholas, who terribly prevents the forces of evil from completely destroying the Russian Church and Russia itself. People are set against Matushka who don’t know anything and who have never even seen her in the eyes, however, like Father Nikolai. After all, she is not a public figure and does not appear anywhere and is not justified. He endures like a monk. And they have a whole staff of hacks. One finishes, another connects. Everyone is different, no one knows her, but the texts are the same, from one dirty source. Now here's another about. Victor Kuznetsov... Another representative of the slanderers.
Do you think that many will look for the answer of Father Nicholas himself, or do they know that this answer exists?! For this you need to work hard. [We are talking about how Father Nikolai denounced all the slanderers of his cellmates, saying: “DEMONS WRITE! SATAN WRITES! WHAT A LIE! BECAUSE THEY ARE NUNS… POOR! THEY SUFFER!" - which was recorded on video on January 30, 2001 by Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov) https://vk.com/topic-54357524_28144669 ].
And those who want to figure it out are not so easy to find, because slander is replicated in thousands of copies. And we have witnessed more than once when, having been fed such lies, after publications similar to those of Victor’s father, people spat in her back and took hold of the “shafts” ... They incited all kinds of “mentally” patients who, at the grave of the Elder, tried to attack her . Only there were normal people nearby and they didn't let me in. So, this Masonic “brotherhood” has been mocking mother for many years, as it is now over Olga Nikolaevna.
The provocateur Yuri Padolko himself [who brutally beat Olga Nikolaevna Chetverikova] http://communitarian.ru/novosti/kriminal/soversheno_napadenie_na_on_chetverikovu_23042016/ ] writes: in order to squeeze Russians out of everywhere, and especially from the life of the Church, you need to provoke them, slander them, write about them lie…
And as a result, since 1998, Father has lived in the “halo” of this slander. He himself said after the first "shooting" article came out: “Masons have come to us. They won't rest until they drag me out to the cemetery without a coffin". It was they who turned his life into hell, and it was precisely such people with their "books" and "articles" that shortened the years of his life and those who were with him.
Compare: “Enot” [http://enotcorp.org/double-hearted/ ] before this attack began to spread slander against Olga Nikolaevna. And what is the result?! We all see him.
It is worth noting that it is this priest Viktor Kuznetsov who is aware of everything that happened on the Island, and yet spreads these nasty rumors, although he himself knows that this is a lie! He repeatedly communicated with A.A. Senin, the editor of the Russky Vestnik newspaper, who visited the Elder and witnessed how he treated the cell attendants. Batiushka asked Senin to write the truth about the Island, to protect the cell-attendants from persecution. Therefore, knowing the Truth, the "Russian Messenger" always defended Father Nikolai and all those close to him, and Mother Nikolai. And this one about. Viktor has been reading all the publications all these years! He knows very well what he is doing. LIE! And it was after 14 years that he suddenly decided to “write” about what happened?! According to elementary logic, he is a direct accomplice in the murder of a person’s good name and deliberately sets people on mother, incites hatred, hiding behind his priestly authority and using, again, conferences, meetings, programs. yellow media. Where he is a frequent visitor ...
Mother Nikolai was Batiushka's favorite child, his real spiritual daughter. And only the Elder blessed her to write about him, handed over his manuscripts and archives. And mother was relentless with Father, to the end, despite the fact that her life was turned into hell. When he was sick, she carried him in her arms, fed him with a spoon. Protected and helped. We are all witnesses. Over the years, he predicted to his mother what she would have to go through if she was next to him. And mother made her Christian choice, did not retreat, did not get scared. They called her on the phone and threatened that if she did not stop “interfering with them around the Island”, then let her blame herself ... And this “writer” publishes such lies about her! As the same unfortunate hacks attributed that Tsar Ivan the Terrible killed his son - now try to wash it off, prove to people. Masons have been working for centuries. And it is a hundred times more terrible that a priest lies, with a Cross on his chest... Even the laity did not collect such lies as he did.
And more importantly: he appears to everyone as a child of Elder Cyril (Pavlov). But Elder Kirill just defended Mother Nikolai, supported her in all her efforts to protect Father Nikolai. Father Cyril, it was he, who strengthened her after such terrible publications after the dormition of Father Nikolai. And he asked mother to endure and protect the memory and grave of the Elder ...
People! Turn on your heart and appreciate all the cynicism and outright arrogance of this act! It's just incredible! COMPLETE LACK OF THE FEAR OF GOD AT THE PRIEST! Condemning mother, slandering her, attributing terrible things to her, he calmly, cynically, coolly, takes her texts about Batiushka from all books. Attributes her memories to fictional characters. Does not quote the source, as it should be for normal people, with normal ethics, but CYNICALLY STEALING AND DISTORTING!!! And STEALING PAGES, FEARING NOTHING! After all, as it is written there, he is a member of the Writers' Union - and he knows perfectly well all the laws on copyright, on the piracy of other people's texts. He does not worry, because he knows the impunity of his actions. He is inside this system that allows himself to LIVE LIKE THIS...
After all, in this publication EXACTLY ABOUT BATYUSHKA IS WORTHY - ONLY MATUSHKA'S PAGES, HER FEELING HEART, HER KNOWLEDGE - WHAT THE GREAT OLD MAN WAS. HIS REAL THOUGHTS... And part of Victor's father is manure, which he collected like a fly from dirty dumps... But the question is: for whom is he trying so hard?!
Sergei Nikolaevich Efimov
"We decided to write this letter, because the slander that unfolded on the Internet around the Maloyaroslavetsky St. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky convent was inspired by anti-church, atheist circles.
Circumstances have become known that confirm that behind the "former novice" Maria Kikot is the activity of a group that is aimed at undermining the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church. In her “confession of a former novice” posted on the Internet, Maria deliberately attacks all monastic traditions, the importance of observing which the Patriarch spoke so clearly at the congress of abbots and abbesses. No wonder this "confession" came out immediately after the congress. Maria, and those who stand behind her, direct their blow against the foundations of monasticism, which Matushka Abbess Nikolay strengthens and develops in her ministry as abbot. Speaking against the revelation of thoughts as an ancient practice of monastic work (which the Patriarch recently spoke about at a meeting of abbots and abbesses), the “former novice” perverts its meaning, calling it “denunciations” (although Matushka teaches us to always repent only of our sinful thoughts). Prayer, the main monastic virtue, is blasphemed against the practice of the Jesus Prayer and keeping the mouth in the monastery. On obedience, as the basis of monastic work, the devil, through his "novices", attacks with particular fury, calling it a "cult of personality", and leading not to God, but to himself. The target for denunciation is not only Abbess Nicholas, but also spiritual elders - Schema-Archimandrite Eli, Schema-Archimandrite Vlasiy, Archimandrite Naum, as well as St. abbots".
What follows in her writing are unfounded accusations of poor nutrition, exhausting labor, lack of rest and treatment, even of the children of the orphanage. (For information: the monastery feeds all parishioners on Sundays and holidays - 150-200 people, 2-3 times a month distributes food to poor people, so why not take care of sisters and children. The monastery has a therapeutic sauna, physiotherapy and dental rooms, and a large pharmacy.) The atmosphere of the orphanage is called the barracks, and the children - sitting in the "four walls". (This year the children of the orphanage had 7 trips abroad, where they adequately represented Russian culture, and once the children went to the Crimea for a holiday).
Also, with the help of information technology, slanderers form the image of Mother Abbess as a rude, domineering and cruel tyrant. Everyone who visits the St. Nicholas Monastery knows, as all the abbesses who were brought up in this monastery, together with all the sisters of not only the Maloyaroslavets Monastery, but also of all our monasteries, love Mother, and that we all live as one big, friendly loving family.
We, as former sisters of the monastery, are surprised at what evil and perverted vision the writers of these slanders must have in order to see our native monastery and Mother, always full of love and patience with our infirmities, in such a perverted form. We think it makes no sense to answer all these diabolical lies specifically, but we cannot endure and ask for your advice on how to stand up for those high spiritual ideals that Mother has affirmed and affirms with her spiritual feat, and which brings visible fruits, evidenced by all modern spiritual monastic authorities. Many bishops ask for abbesses in their dioceses from St. Nicholas Monastery. 15 abbesses left the monastery to all parts of our country, the abbess of the Orthodox monastery of St. Paisius in America considers mother Nikolai to be her spiritual mother. Metropolitan Athanasius of Limassol, Schema-Archimandrite Blasius, Schema-Archimandrite Eli, Schema-Archimandrite Ephraim of Vatopedi, the late Elder Joseph of Vatopedi and many other spiritual people love and appreciate the monastery for its spiritual attitude and adherence to the traditions of monastic tradition.
There are 123 sisters living in the monastery, cases of sisters leaving are very rare, and this applies mainly to workers or novices. Over the past year, not a single sister left, but 13 sisters came.
It is obvious that this company is planned and directed against monasticism as a church institution, against the charitable activities of monasteries, i.e. against the Church of Christ itself. When we: abbesses, graduates of the orphanage, lay people who love the monastery, tried to insert our comments in defense, the moderators even on Pravmir either did not publish them, or immediately informed us about the closure of the forum, and then opened it.
Unexpectedly for us, the following turned out: Maria Kikot is connected with Mikhail Baranov: he is also Father Grigory, a former monk of the Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk Monastery in the village of Kozikha, Novosibirsk Region, who left this monastery 6-7 years ago. Mikhail Baranov left the monastery, slandering the abbot, monasticism and all the clergy of the Novosibirsk diocese, left for Moscow, marrying the former novice of the monastery Anastasia Sidorchuk Baranova, who in turn left the monastery in Shubinka (now called Maloirmenka of the Novosibirsk diocese). She and her husband jointly began activities against the Russian Orthodox Church and the Patriarch. In this monastery, Anastasia Sidorchuk was with Maria Kikot, and they left the monastery together: Anastasia married the monk-defiant Michael, and Maria went to St. Nicholas Monastery. It must also be said that both Mikhail himself and his wife Anastasia were in psychiatric hospitals. He and his wife are associated with the Pussy Wright group, as well as with A. Nevzorov and all the like.
We learned all this information from a girl who asked not to be named, because afraid of persecution by the enemies of the Church, which came to the Seraphim-Pokrovsky Monastery, where Abbess Nektaria, who left the Maloyaroslavets Monastery, is there. She lives in Novosibirsk, studies there as an icon painter at the Theological Institute and has been visiting this monastery for 5 years. Mother Nektaria took her to a conference dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the presence of Russians on Athos, where Mikhail Baranov saw her near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Somehow, he then found her social network page and phone number. This Mikhail wrote her a message on the “social network”, in which he offered the girl cooperation (he offered her to cooperate for money, even when she visited the courtyard of the Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk monastery, she was then 15 years old: to collect negative information about the Trinity Cathedral, the courtyard of this monastery, provide photos, etc.). Now Mikhail asked the girl for a photo from the conference - how young abbesses are sitting on the phone or talking to young abbots, boasted to her that he had held a rally the day before on Prospekt Mir in Moscow about "illegal actions of the ROC", promised to buy a good camera. He also suggested to her, as an icon painter, "to glorify any of her icons as miraculous." He created the “Dechurching” group in “social networks”. On the page of his wife, it was written that they, together with Maria Kikot, were preparing a “bomb” on the Internet. Maria, after leaving the monastery, again took up photography. The photo gallery on her website featured her photographs of nude women. Now she, living in Brazil, collects information about everyone who has left and “offended”, sometimes fabricates false comments.
From all that has been said, as well as from the “confession” itself, it is clear that this speech is not against a specific monastery or abbess, but against the traditions of monasticism established by God and time-honored, and thus against the Russian Orthodox Church itself. All this makes us pray purely for our persecutors, but “God is given up in silence”, and if we do not respond to this slander, then the enemies of the Church will triumph. We are ready to defend Mother Abbess Nicholas, our native St. Nicholas Monastery, and we are waiting for your help and support.
1. Abbess Anastasia (Kazan convent, Kaluga)
2. Abbess Michael (America, Arizona, St. Paisiev Monastery)
3. Abbess Theodosia (St. Alexis Monastery, Saratov)
4. Abbess Anthony (St. Peter and Paul Monastery, Khabarovsk)
5. Abbess Nectaria (Serafimo-Pokrovsky Monastery, Kemerovo)
6. Abbess Michael (Holy Assumption Convent, Kemerovo)
7. Abbess Varvara (St. George Convent, Essentuki)
8. Abbess Nina (Bogoroditse-Rozhdestvensky Eliinsky Monastery, Tyumen)
9. Abbess Theodosius (Christ Nativity Monastery, Vyatka)
10. Abbess Elikonida (Ioannovsky convent for women, Alekseevka village, Saratov region)
11. Abbess Macarius (Vladimir Convent, Volsk, Saratov Region)
12. Mother Paraskeva (monastery of the Kaluga Mother of God, Zhdamirovo village)
13. Mother Michael (Holy Dormition Gremyachov Monastery)
14. Mother Elizabeth (Holy Assumption Sharovkin Monastery)
15. Mother John (monastery of the Tikhvin Mother of God)."
We decided to write this letter because We are sure that the slander that unfolded on the Internet around the Maloyaroslavetsky St. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky convent was inspired by anti-church, atheist circles.
In her “Confession of a Former Novice,” Maria deliberately attacks all monastic traditions, the importance of observing which the Patriarch spoke so clearly at the congress of abbots and abbesses. No wonder this "confession" came out immediately after the congress. Maria, and those who support her, direct their blow against the foundations of monasticism, which Matushka Abbess Nicholas strengthens and develops in her ministry as abbot. Speaking against spiritual guidance (which the Patriarch recently spoke about at a meeting of abbots and abbesses), the “former novice” perverts its meaning, calling it “denunciations” (although Matushka teaches us to repent always only of her sinful thoughts and scolds the sisters not for thoughts, but for deeds). Against prayer, the main monastic virtue, blasphemy is also directed at the practice of the Jesus Prayer and keeping the mouth in the monastery. On obedience, as the basis of monastic work, the devil attacks with particular fury through his “novices” - the author of the “confession” calls it a “cult of personality”, and knowledge is not for God, but for oneself. The target for denunciation is not only Abbess Nicholas, but also spiritual elders - Schema-Archimandrite Eli, Schema-Archimandrite Vlasiy, Archimandrite Naum, as well as St. abbots".
Further in her writing follow unfounded accusations of poor nutrition, exhausting labor, lack of rest and treatment, not only of the sisters, but even of the children of the Otrada shelter. (For information: an Italian cheese factory is installed in the monastery, and the monastery feeds all parishioners on Sundays and holidays - 150-200 people, 2-3 times a month distributes food to more than 70 poor families, so why not take care of sisters and children. In the monastery has a therapeutic sauna, physiotherapy and dental rooms, and a large pharmacy.) The atmosphere of the shelter is called barracks, and the children are sitting in the "four walls". This year alone, the children of the orphanage had 7 trips abroad - these are the usual performances of the children's choir and dance group, as well as pilgrimages. Every year, the pupils of the Otrada shelter have a rest by the sea, in Greece or in the Crimea.
The slanderers form the image of Mother Abbess as a rude, domineering and cruel tyrant. But everyone who has been to the monastery knows how all the sisters, not only of the Maloyaroslavets Monastery, but of all our monasteries, love Mother. We all live like one big, friendly, loving family, no one wants to leave, because when we came to the monastery, we chose this abbess for ourselves.
We, as former sisters of the monastery, are surprised at what evil and perverted vision the writers of these slanders must have in order to see our native monastery and Mother, always full of love and patience with our infirmities, in such a perverted form. We think it makes no sense to respond specifically to all these diabolical lies, but we cannot endure and want to stand up for those lofty spiritual ideals that Mother Nicholas and our confessor Schema-Archimandrite Blasius (formerly Lavra Schema-Archimandrite Michael) affirm and which bring visible fruits, witnessed by all spiritual contemporary authorities of monasticism. Many bishops ask for abbesses in their dioceses from St. Nicholas Monastery. 15 abbesses left the monastery to all parts of our country, the abbess of the Orthodox monastery of St. Paisius in America considers mother Nikolai to be her spiritual mother. Metropolitan Athanasius of Limassol, Schema-Archimandrite Eli, Schema-Archimandrite Blasius, Schema-Archimandrite Ephraim of Vatopedi, the late Elder Joseph of Vatopedi and many other spiritual people love and appreciate the monastery for its spiritual attitude and adherence to the traditions of monastic tradition.
120 sisters live in the monastery, cases of sisters leaving are very rare, and this applies mainly to workers or novices. Over the past year, not a single sister has left, but 13 sisters have come.
Our Mother for her labors for the benefit of the Church and the state has 2 government awards (the Order of Friendship and the Order of the Holy Navy. Catherine), and six church orders.
It is obvious that this company is planned and directed against monasticism as a church institution, against the charitable activities of monasteries, i.e. against the Church of Christ itself. There is a deliberate falsification of information (how did Rimma-Regina Shams, who left in 2011, and even more so the novices who left in 1993, know what is happening in our monastery now?).
And who is the author? When Maria, after leaving the monastery, again took up photography, the photo gallery on her website displayed photographs of naked women taken by her. Now she, being in Brazil, collects information about everyone who left and "offended", sometimes fabricates false comments.
All this makes us pray purely for our persecutors, but “God is given up in silence”, and if we do not respond to this slander, then the enemies of the Church will triumph. All of us, the abbesses and nuns who lived and were brought up in this monastery, together with the sisters of our monasteries, testify that everything in the notorious “Confession of a former novice” is a lie spread by the enemies of the Church and monasticism. And if you want to know the truth, come to Maloyaroslavets (only 110 km from Moscow) and see everything with your own eyes.
We abide with Love in the Crucified and Risen Lord:
- Abbess Theodosius (St. Alekseevsky Monastery, Saratov)
- Abbess Anthony (St. Peter and Paul Monastery, Khabarovsk)
- Abbess Anastasia (Savior-Vorotynsky Monastery, Vorotynsk)
- Abbess Nectaria (Serafimo-Pokrovsky Monastery, Kemerovo)
- Abbess Michael (Holy Assumption Convent, Kemerovo)
- Abbess Varvara (St. George Convent, Essentuki)
- Abbess Theodosius (Christ-Nativity Monastery, Vyatka)
- Abbess Elikonida (St. John's Convent, Alekseevka village, Saratov region)
- Abbess Macarius (Vladimir Convent, Volsk, Saratov Region)
- Nun Paraskeva, Mother Superior of the Metochion (Monastery of the Kaluga Mother of God, settlement of Zhdamirovo)
- Nun Mikhail, elder sister (Holy Dormition Gremyachov Monastery)
- Mother Elizabeth, elder sister (Holy Dormition Sharovkin Monastery)
- Matushka Joanna, elder sister (monastery of the Tikhvin Mother of God)
Probably, there is no person in Rus', and indeed in the whole world, who has not heard about the glorious life and wondrous miracles of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. “The Conqueror of the Nations” is translated from Greek as His name. How did the marvelous Saint win and still win the hearts of all of us? Fiery faith and love for God, infinite mercy and compassion for others, constant readiness to sacrifice oneself for the fulfillment of Divine commandments.
It cannot be an accident that in her monastic vows our Mother Abbess received the name of St. Nicholas and that it was she who was chosen by the Hierarch to revive his holy monastery, to become a mother to numerous nuns and children - pupils of the orphanage. For only a big loving heart is able to bear this heavy cross.
To love means to obey. The hegumen's golden cross is very high before God, since the hegumen completely renounces himself for the sake of the brethren, suffers for them. The abbot is a wall between the novice and the devil, all arrows fly into him. If you step outside this wall, you will fall into the clutches of the devil.
In the world, Mother was called Lyudmila. Her parents were not believers, and only her grandmother kept the whole family with her prayer. Matushka's father, Dmitry Ilyin, fought courageously, defending his homeland on the fields of the Great Patriotic War. He was a tanker. Once he returned after a difficult task, just lay down to rest in his dugout, when suddenly the commander’s order was to fight again. Dmitry immediately jumped up and ran to fulfill the order, and at that moment a shell hit his dugout, and if he lingered there even for a minute, he was threatened with imminent death. Obedience saved him. Obedience - ipakoi - the highest virtue of a monk and a Christian, lost, unfortunately, in our troubled times. For the revival of this virtue, then his daughter Igumenia will fight all her life. Monks are the same warriors, only they serve not the earthly king and fatherland, but the Heavenly one. This is the Army of Christ. Matushka's mother, Vera Vasilievna, also has a heroic character, although she was not allowed to go to war, no matter how eager she was. But in the rear, she looked after the wounded in the hospital, and after the war she found a job for herself - she became a nurse in a psychiatric hospital, which required great courage, patience, endurance and love.
Mother Abbess herself never thought about monasticism. She was engaged in science, received two higher educations and led one of the Moscow laboratories dealing with the problems of artificial intelligence. But the Lord called her. The spark of God's love that fell into her heart flared up with such a flame that nothing could prevent her from completely devoting herself to the service of God. Even in the world, Mother visited churches and monasteries, sincerely and unquestioningly obeyed her spiritual father, who predicted to her that in the future she would have a lot of spiritual children. Not only he, but also other elders prophetically foreshadowed her the Abbot's service. Mother fell in love with Optina Pustyn, which opened in 1988, and her great elders - comforters of all Rus'. And the elder Ambrose himself repeatedly appeared to her in a dream, admonishing and instructing her on the path of salvation. In 1990, Mother entered the Shamorda Women's Hermitage, the favorite brainchild of Elder Ambrose, then still ruined and completely destitute. She was immediately placed as a housekeeper. Instead of quiet, solitary prayer, which all newcomers dream of, they had to make countless trips to various authorities with a request to help the new monastery. Few people at that time sympathized with the holy cause, but Mother's faith and selfless obedience won - the monastery was built and flourished. The young nun had to endure many inner sorrows. The Lord allowed Matushka to experience both slander and persecution, clearly preparing her for the new heavy cross of the priesthood.
Once Mother was praying at the Miraculous Icon of the Kaluga Mother of God, and suddenly a lamp was poured on her - the Mother of God herself marked Her chosen one, and after a while Mother was sent for obedience to Kaluga, to the diocese. The wise archpastor immediately discerned outstanding spiritual and organizational abilities in his new novice and invited her to become abbess in the devastated Maloyaroslavets monastery. Of course, Mother was then aware of her weakness and inexperience, but, true to her obedience, she went to the Elder, and the great prayer book told her: “If you will be the Abbess, do not refuse and do not be afraid of anything.” The elder remembered two great victories near Maloyaroslavets: one - in the war with the French, which saved Russia, the other - the victory of our troops in the Great Patriotic War, which raised the fallen spirit and faith of our people. “And there will be a third victory”; - the Elder said firmly. And now, when the monastery is already 25 years old, we can say that this has happened: the victory of light over darkness, truth over lies, humility over demonic pride, the victory of Holy obedience over vile self-will and selfishness.
It is difficult to describe how many sorrows and labors then fell on the shoulders of Mother. Complete poverty and ruin, lack of basic housing, destroyed temples, human malice and misunderstanding - all this brought Matushka to a severe illness, but her spirit was indestructible. Now the monastery is truly a wonderful paradise, where love and obedience reign. Love for God breeds love for neighbor. Mother and sisters took upon themselves the feat - to save many orphan girls, rejected by the world, to keep them alive, healthy and clean, to raise them to be true Christians, educated people, worthy citizens of their Fatherland, and in the future - good wives and mothers. All this is rarely possible for worldly people, but in the monastery Divine Grace helped to do what human forces could not. Come to our shelter, look at the joyful and pure faces of the children, listen to how they sing - and you yourself will understand everything. As for the monastery itself, then the faith and obedience of Mother Abbess worked a miracle.
As our Vladyka said, "... women cannot get to the Holy Mount Athos, therefore the Holy Mountain itself descended into Maloyaroslavets." Matushka searched for a true monastic Rule for the monastery for a long time and turned to ancient Athos, who always spiritually helped our Holy Russia. And so the elders began to come to the monastery - confessors of Athos, sincere spiritual friendship began with many monasteries and cells of the Holy Mountain. A miraculous list of the Icon of the Mother of God “Pantanassa” (All-Tsaritsa) was brought from the Vatopedi monastery as a gift, from which many healings and miracles have already occurred in Russia. Athosites say that Athos is not a place, but a way of life. The main work of a monk is prayer and spiritual obedience, which is the fulfillment of all the commandments of God and the main thing - about love. It would seem that the victory has been won: there are already more than 15 Abbesses from the monastery, reviving the spiritual life not only in Russia, but also abroad. But the war with the devil does not stop.
New young sisters come and again Mother, as the commander-in-chief in the war, teaches them to fight the enemy of salvation, who secretly lives in the heart of a person and is the source of sinful thoughts and deeds. Every day after the Divine Liturgy, Mother conducts spiritual studies with the sisters, revealing to them the experience of the holy fathers, teaching reasoning and knowledge of spiritual laws. If every sister defeats the enemy in her heart, then this small victory will have world significance - there will be less and less evil in this world. As St. Seraphim of Sarov said: "Save yourself, acquire the spirit of peace, and thousands around you will be saved."
“Who is a great God like our God! You are God, do miracles! And truly, whoever loves God with all his heart and serves him with all his might lives in a world of miracles. And we correlate this world with our Mother Abbess Nicholas - our beloved Spiritual Mother, about whom one great Elder told us: “Listen to Mother - she will pull you all out of hell!” We believe in this and thank God from the bottom of our hearts for this great gift.