1. QUESTION Father, much has been written about the engraving and chip that people will be forced to put on their bodies in the time of the Antichrist. What would you tell us about this issue, which concerns us all? The human body is one of the most magnificent wonders of God's Creation. I can say that it is unique in all of God's creation. So God wanted to be our body , in which he would place our immortal soul , His Temple , to be worshiped there by all of us, His children, as a king God the Father . The Holy Bible says that we are " the temple of the living God ". Satan cannot win a man's soul unless he first wins his body. That is why he tries in a thousand ways to contaminate our body, so that it ceases to be " God's temple " and can thus dominate it . Until now, Satan has been trying to dominate man by using his human weaknesses. Thus he made man susceptible to many and various great sins such as immorality , drugs , murder , witchcraft , and many others. However, every time that man repented of his mistakes and God forgave him, the binds and his plans. So Satan was looking for another way to control completely the mind of man, and to be able to better direct , control and dominate man's thoughts , desires and feelings . found the way . With the artificial intelligence of computers and a series of specific specialized vaccines, it will interfere with the chain of the human genetic code , the DNA, and change it . Thus, the now mutated human DNA instead of acting under Divine Intelligence , as God created it, will now act under the orders of artificial intelligence , which will be directed by the satanic staff of the Antichrist! In fact, in order to better control each person individually, some elements of the code in the mutated human DNA will form the necessary basis to create an identity, an exclusive identity, with a personal number , which will be unique for each person. This personal number on the DNA of each person will now be indelible , permanent and irrevocable. This number of man, with the number 666 preceding it, will indicate to whom this man belongs and with it he will be registered in the central supercomputer of the Antichrist, the famous " Beast ", with which all the rest of his computers will be connected satanic antichrist state. In order for all computers to easily read this human number, a shortcut icon will be created on the surface of the human body, on the forehead and on the hand . Every human activity , such as saving , buying , selling , and in general every action , will be completely controlled and dependent on his specific personal number . It will be his official ID . Without that number, that person simply wouldn't exist . plan in the first phase is to turn the human body into a mobile transceiver , just like a mobile phone is , so that he can easily dominate it. 2. QUESTION How will man be transformed into a mobile transceiver, "a mobile phone"? To build a house one needs two things. The materials that will be needed for the construction and the appropriate technicians that will work to build and perfect it. As for the materials needed to build the new human mutant DNA, Satan made sure to slowly and cunningly collect them gradually in the human body. He transferred them to our body through what we eat , drink and breathe , which he had previously contaminated with various invisible to the eye materials , of high nanotechnology . Then, a series of 7 specially specialized vaccines will play the role of 7 specialized technicians who will undertake to make the new mutated human DNA, with the materials that have already entered the human body. The purpose of the 7 vaccines will be to weaken and in the end cancel the possibility of man to become, through the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit, the " temple of God ". The most important of the seven vaccines will be the seventh . The seventh vaccine will be the crown of nanotechnology , since it will be introduced , without any reversal , into the final mutated human DNA, the element that will incorporate the necessary code on which the number - seal of each person will be written. I must repeat that restoring human DNA to its original state will now be impossible, therefore those who take the satanic " sealing " will be captive for life to the most destructive decision for their existence. This number will not be something visible that can be removed from the human body but something invisible since it will be one with the DNA of the person , that is, his very life . This number will then be connected to a supercomputer, the famous " Beast ", which will be operated by the Antichrist himself and his people, who will also exercise absolute power. With the help of artificial intelligence , which will have developed to such a strong point that it is now deified by people, the Antichrist and his demonic staff will be able to control , dominate and direct thoughts , decisions , desires and the feelings of each person. Every form of different thought or reaction will be made known through the technical intelligence of the " Beast " and the demonic staffs of the Antichrist, will decide the death or, at best, the erasure of the existence of the particular human transceiver . 3. QUESTION Who are they who will help satan carry out his plan to destroy man? Lucifer in recent years has managed to place many satanic people devoted to him in key positions of the world's threefold power , i.e. politics , science and religion . Thus Lucifer will be able to rule: 1. Politics, through the bankers who control the money and determine the political decisions. 2. Science, through satanic scientists who make weapons, infectious viruses and other satanic constructs capable of destroying man and God's Creation. 3.Religion , through religious leaders subordinate to him, which he slowly took care to raise to leadership positions in the church. His religious leaders are willing to obey , implement and promote easily and without resistance , his antichrist plans and laws. In fact, they are the only ones who can easily, under the pretext of the virtue of " obedience ", seduce the multitude of the people, as their leaders and " shepherds ". One of the most important actions of Lucifer will be to convince all these religious leaders to unite, for the sake of so-called universal love and peace , in a universal religious unity, the " World Church ". Thus, in order for the Antichrist to be believed and accepted in the Christian world, he will use, as the Apocalypse of John says, as his partner the False Prophet , the satanic man who will lead the Universal Church at that time . He, as the leader of the Church, will try to convince all Christians to receive the final sealing of the supposedly real "Christ", i.e. the Antichrist . 4. QUESTION Has this all started? Yes , but they are still in the early stages. We are now in the experimental phase of vaccines. Before the appearance of those seven special and specialized vaccines, which will build the new mutant DNA of humans, a series of experimental vaccines will first be tested on millions of people with uncontrolled and dangerous side effects. Some of these, because they will interfere with the chain of the genetic code of human DNA, will cause the natural self-defense of DNA, resulting in new powerful diseases. These will be, for a long time, incurable . Doctors will not be able to easily find a cure for these diseases, resulting in millions of people dying. Before the final stamping, which will be done on the human DNA itself , there will first be a global effort to give all people a personal number . This number will not be the actual " engraving ", but a protector of it, in order to acquaint man with the final " engraving-seal ". a document at first , on cards and other legal papers, and then, to make it more functional in government services, so that it can be easily found and read by the computers of the technical services, it will become digital . So, all governments will give all their citizens a personal number , with which they will be able to carry out all their necessary activities , which will concern either their relationship with the state , such as identity cards, taxation and others, or their survival , such as buying and selling. Then, with the help of artificial intelligence , all the numbers of these people will be connected to a central global supercomputer , the " Beast ". Thus, within the "Beast" all the people of the world will be registered and recorded , with all their personal information . As a pretext, for this great world argument, they will tell the whole world that it is the only way to better ensure world peace and the suppression of all illegal and terrorist acts. However, their ultimate secret goal and purpose is to know and precisely control all the people who will have to pass to the next and final stage of the final " sealing ", with which the Antichrist will now know all subjects of. 5. QUESTION How can we Christians react to all this? Is there an antidote that can neutralize the power of these satanic constructs? The days we live in are very wicked indeed. Tests to make the new mutant human DNA have begun . Artificial intelligence is advancing at full speed and humans are unaware or want to be unaware and indifferent to what is happening. Lucifer managed to convince people that he cares about their health, so that they would easily accept his experiments. Whether we will make ourselves the Temple of God or the temple of Satan is our choice . It is up to us whether we will remain united with God the Father, as His children, or whether we will run away from Him and join the camp of Lucifer. We are free to choose but also to shoulder the consequences of our decisions . Those of us who choose to remain faithful to Christ and His holy Church must be ready to take up the cross of confession , even martyrdom . Our era will highlight the greatest saints of the Church. Regarding all those high nanotechnology materials that are sneakily and unknowingly introduced into our bodies, like satanic poison , with what we eat , drink and breathe to contaminate us, I should emphasize that there is an antidote . As every poison has its antidote , so our holy Church has the appropriate antidotes for them . The problem, however, with the antidotes available to our Church is that they presuppose two basic spiritual elements on the part of people, so that their " power " can be activated . They presuppose " faith " and " trust " in God, something, however, that you no longer easily find among Christians. The main antidote proposed by our holy Church is Holy Communion , that is, Christ himself. The energy of these dangerous high nanotechnology materials is neutralized with the Holy Communion , which will not only act therapeutically but also deterrently , since it will not allow artificial intelligence to intervene in the chain of human DNA, to " engrave " and make the mutation of those initial elements which the divine intelligence with infinite " Wisdom " has defined! In the case of Holy Communion, the penetrating power of the Holy Spirit is decisive. The Holy Spirit himself intervenes to preserve the Divine Will ! Sanctification is also a powerful antidote , especially the " great Sanctification of Epiphanies ", because it does not allow Satan and the artificial intelligence controlled by him to carry out his projects and plans. The sign of the Holy Cross has always been the great fear of demons. Our Church has many stories, mainly from the lives of our saints, that the honest Cross abolished the power of the poison with which the holy martyrs were watered to die. Whenever they made the sign of the Cross, the poison lost its power and could not cause the death of the holy martyr. Of course, we must not forget that these holy Christians had deep faith and great love for our Christ, since for His sake they gave up everything, in order not to betray and deny Christ! The daily prayer to God and especially to the Holy Spirit , when it is done with deep repentance and humility for our mistakes but also divine love in our heart for God our Father, is also a very powerful medicine against every satanic attack. Heartfelt prayer greatly attracts divine Grace, and creates a divine protection around the body and soul of the praying person. This divine protective armor prevents any form of satanic communication that attempts to offend the human body and soul , with the powerful spiritual interference it causes. Another great and important action of the holy prayer is that it will enlighten the mind of the humble person and will reveal to him, with the grace of the Holy Spirit, the truth of his choices and of the events that will happen. This awesome power of prayer to reveal the truth to the one who prays, will prove to be a very important help to the Christians of the last days, where the Antichrist and his followers will dominate everywhere. The man who is faithful to God, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, will be able to feel and in many cases even see the truth about a person, whether it is God's or Satan's. This will help many devout Christians to discern which spiritual leaders of the Church are following the true Christ and which are the Antichrist ! chaff will be separated from the wheat and the unworthy church leaders will be revealed , as well as the holy church fathers and teachers, so that Christians will know who they should trust and follow and who they should not. The straw will constitute the ecclesiastical leadership of the " World Church ", which will belong to the Antichrist and will be managed by his friend and associate the False Prophet , as the Apocalypse of John states. The wheat will consist of holy ecclesiastical men who will staff the " Catacomb Church " of the end times. Praying Christians by God's revelation will recognize who will be the chaff and who the wheat, so that they will know who will be those holy fathers and teachers whom they should hereafter trust and follow. 6. QUESTION How close are all these things that you have told us in such detail? All this has begun and will culminate in the very near future. Satan is of course in a hurry to take over the reins of world power through his own son the Antichrist . That is why he moves insidiously, with great guile and covertly, at all levels of power, in order to immediately become the " world leader ". God, however, still for a while, does not allow it , because people are ignorant of the whole truth , so that they can choose freely and on their own, the one they will believe and follow. great mercy to man, who does not want any human soul to perish in the darkness of Hades and hell, will allow three great events to occur that will help the whole world first to ponder and then to decide freely the most important choice in human history. One fact has to do with everything that will happen from here on out with human health , which will continue to undergo multiple catastrophic operations due to some experimental pharmaceutical preparations that will promise life and health but will cause a multitude of side effects, even death . The second event will be related to the unrestrained desire of some satanic leaders , who in their attempt to lead the whole world, will cause a global conflict with incalculable global disasters . The third event will be the revolution of nature itself in the satanic Christian states but also in the whole world that reacts to the true God, as a last attempt of the horse nature to awaken the man hypnotized by Satan, so that he comes to his senses, repents and to stop his impending destruction. In short, I can say that: a chain of very large natural disasters will change the very structure of the Earth, while the specter of hunger, thirst, disease, and despair will overshadow the entire planet. Therefore, if a man becomes concerned and realizes his mistake, through all that will happen, immediately everything will change for the better and the destructive course of himself and nature will stop. If, however, he persists in his selfish course and lets Satan be his lord and god, and willingly accepts Satan's mark and seal, then greater and more terrible world-catastrophic events will occur, causing death and incalculable numbers of people. These terrible world events are mentioned in the Apocalypse of Saint John. 7. QUESTION Who is this Antichrist, who will disrupt the life of the whole world? He is the son of Satan, who will be born from a woman in intercourse with Lucifer himself during a satanic ceremony. He will live in secret at first and from there he will direct the world leaders devoted to him, whom he himself raised to power. At the right time, he will ascend to political power. The charm of his satanic thinking, his rhetorical skill, and his imposition on all the leaders and peoples of the earth will be so strong that it will charm the entire planet. As a first act of impressment, the Antichrist will stop all the wars, which he has so far secretly directed. He will be proclaimed " prince of peace " and all the heads of state will hand over to him the power of their peoples. From that moment on the Antichrist will dominate me with absolute power over everything and with the help of perfected artificial intelligence, it will control everyone and everything. With the help of demons and artificial intelligence, he will even perform various artificially believable miracles, which he himself will project to the whole world to convince them that he is a god. That he is the real Christ who came to earth to save all people. The world church, which will already be ruled by his personal friend and satanic man, the False Prophet, will accept him as a man of God, as a prophet, and as a savior of the world. Then it will be officially disputed that our Lord Jesus Christ is the true Messiah of the world and that title of Messiah will be given to the Antichrist. the greatest and most ruthless persecution of the true Christ and Christians will reach its climax. All the religions of the world will recognize his supernatural powers and will accept him as their savior and god, therefore they will accept to take of their own will his own satanic seal, with which they will secure eternal faith in him and obedience. However, the real Christians who, with the help of God, will remain faithful to the one and true Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, will not accept this sealing, even if they have to give their own lives. For their faith, God will intervene miraculously, to protect them and give them the necessities for their survival. The Christians at that time will get their strength with the help of the Holy Spirit from the study of the Holy Scriptures, Holy Communion, and the wishes of their holy spiritual fathers. For this reason, the Antichrist and his followers will fight these three forces. They will attempt to rewrite the Holy Scriptures as they see fit. They will persecute on trifling occasions the reverend those spiritual fathers who oppose them. They will fight the Holy Communion in every way, so that people do not partake, until the moment when they will definitively abolish it and all the other " Mysteries " of the Church. The awesome power of Holy Communion is well known to Lucifer and his demons. He knows that as long as it is held in the holy Churches and reverently attended by the people, he and his demonic plans will not be successfully promoted and he will not be able to come as a world leader and messiah. The sign of his coming will be the abolition of Holy Communion. For this reason, from now on we will all see and live the great and terrible war that Lucifer will start against the Holy Communion, through his own politicians, scientists, and also, unfortunately, church leaders. To begin with, the immaculate Christ in Holy Communion will be accused by politicians and scientists of being able to contaminate and transfer diseases to the people. The confirmation of these satanic accusations through the condescension of little-faithful priests will mark the official beginning of the great persecution of Christ and His holy Church. Changing the way Christians attend will be the second sacrilegious step against the Holy Communion and the transformation of the Holy Communion into a solid form will constitute the third satanic effort of the spirits of darkness. In the last and most powerful attack against the Holy Communion, before its final cessation which will take place with the appearance of the Antichrist, it will be disputed that the Holy Communion is the Body and Blood of Christ but will be considered a " substitute ". We have entered, my child, into a strange period that I could confidently describe as the beginning of the eschatological times. It is the period when even the elect will go astray, as the Bible says. I wish that the Holy Spirit will enlighten us all so that we can understand the cunning of Satan and that we all remain faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ, the true Messiah of the world

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Από το βιβλίο του π. Σεραφείμ Ρόουζ

 

Τα τελώνια

Την ώρα αυτή (την τρίτη ημέρα), η ψυχή διέρχεται από λεγεώνες πονηρών πνευμάτων που παρεμποδίζουν την πορεία της και την κατηγορούν για διάφορες αμαρτίες, στις οποίες αυτά τα ίδια την είχαν παρασύρει. Σύμφωνα με διάφορες θεϊκές αποκαλύψεις υπάρχουν είκοσι τέτοια εμπόδια, τα επονομαζόμενα «τελώνια», σε καθένα από τα οποία περνά από δοκιμασία κάθε μορφή αμαρτίας.

Η ψυχή αφού περάσει από ένα τελώνιο, συναντά το επόμενο, και μόνον αφού έχει διέλθει επιτυχώς από όλα τα τελώνια μπορεί αν συνεχίσει την πορεία της χωρίς να απορριφθεί βιαίως στη γέννα.

Το πόσο φοβεροί είναι αυτοί οι δαίμονες και τα τελώνια τους φαίνεται στο γεγονός ότι η ίδια η Παναγία, όταν πληροφορήθηκε από τον Αρχάγγελο Γαβριήλ τον επικείμενο θάνατο Της, ικέτευσε τον Υιό Της να διασώσει την ψυχή Της από αυτούς τους δαίμονες και απαντώντας στην προσευχή Της, ο ίδιος ο Κύριος Ιησούς Χριστός εμφανίστηκε από τους Ουρανούς για να παραλάβει την ψυχή της Πάναγνου Μητρός Του και να την οδηγήσει στους Ουρανούς.

Φοβερή είναι πράγματι, η τρίτη ημέρα για την ψυχή του απελθόντος, και για το λόγο αυτό η ψυχή έχει ιδιαίτερη ανάγκη τότε από προσευχές για την σωτηρία της.

Σύντομα, μετά τον θάνατο, η ψυχή πράγματι βιώνει μια κρίση, τη Μερική Κρίση, ως τελική συγκεφαλαίωση του «αοράτου πολέμου» που έχει διεξαγάγει ή που απέτυχε να διεξαγάγει, στην επίγεια ζωή κατά τω πεπτωκότων πνευμάτων. Συνεχίζοντας την επιστολή του προς τον αδελφό της αποθνήσκουσας γυναίκας, ο Όσιος Θεοφάνης ο έγκλειστος γράφει:

«Λίγο μετά το θάνατο, η ψυχή αρχίζει έναν αγώνα για να καταφέρει να διέλθει από τα τελώνια. Στον αγώνα της η αδελφή σου χρειάζεται βοήθεια! Θα πρέπει να στρέψεις όλη σου την προσοχή και όλη σου την αγάπη γι’ αυτήν στο πως θα την βοηθήσεις.

Πιστεύω πως η μεγαλύτερη έμπρακτη απόδειξη της αγάπης σου θα είναι να αφήσεις την φροντίδα του νεκρού της σώματος στους άλλους, να αποχωρήσεις και, μένοντας μόνος σου οπουδήποτε μπορείς, να βυθιστείς σε προσευχή για την ψυχή της, για τη νέα κατάσταση στην οποία βρίσκεται και για τις καινούριες, απροσδόκητες ανάγκες της.

Συνέχισε την ακατάπαυστη ικεσία σου στον Θεό για έξι εβδομάδες και περισσότερο. Όταν πέθανε η Οσία Θεοδώρα, το σακούλι από το οποίο πήραν χρυσό οι άγγελοι για να τη γλιτώσουν από τα τελώνια ήταν οι προσευχές του πνευματικού της πατέρα. Έτσι θα γίνει και με τις δικές σου προσευχές. Μην παραλείψεις να κάνεις όσα σου είπα. Αυτό είναι η πραγματική αγάπη.»

Το «σακούλι» από το οποίο πήραν «χρυσό» οι άγγελοι και «εξόφλησαν τα χρέη» της Οσίας Θεοδώρας στα τελώνια έχει συχνά παρανοηθεί από κάποιους επικριτές της Ορθόδοξης διδασκαλίας. Μερικές φορές συγκρίνεται με τη λατινική έννοια του «πλεονάσματος χάριτος» των αγίων. Στην περίπτωση αυτή, τέτοιοι επικριτές ερμηνεύουν κατά γράμμα τα Ορθόδοξα κείμενα.

Σε τίποτε άλλο δεν αναφέρεται το παραπάνω απόσπασμα παρά στις προσευχές της Εκκλησίας για τους αναπαυθέντες και ειδικότερα στις προσευχές ενός αγίου ανθρώπου και πνευματικού πατέρα. Είναι σχεδόν περιττό να πούμε ότι όλες αυτές οι περιγραφές έχουν μεταφυσική έννοια.

Η Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία θεωρεί τη διδασκαλία περί τελωνίων τόσο σημαντική, ώστε έχει συμπεριλάβει σχετικές αναφορές σε πολλές από τις ακολουθίες της, μερικές εκ των οποίων αναφέρονται στο κεφάλαιο περί τελωνίων. Ειδικότερα, η Εκκλησία θεωρεί ιδιαιτέρως απαραίτητο να συνοδεύει με αυτήν τη διδασκαλία κάθε τέκνο της που αποθνήσκει.

Στον «Κανόνα για την Αναχώρηση της Ψυχής», που διαβάζεται από τον ιερέα στο νεκρικό κρεβάτι κάθε πιστού, υπάρχουν τα παρακάτω τροπάρια:

«Καθώς φεύγω από τη γη, αξίωσέ με να διέλθω ανεμπόδιστα από τον άρχοντα του αέρα, το διώκτη και βασανιστή, εκείνον που ως άδικος ανακριτής στέκεται πάνω στους φοβερούς δρόμους». (4η Ωδή)

«Ω Πανένδοξε Θεοτόκε, οδήγησέ με εις τους Ουρανούς, στα ιερά και πολύτιμα χέρια των αγίων αγγέλων ώστε, προστατευμένος μέσα στα φτερά τους, να μην αντικρύσω τη ρυπαρή, αποκρουστική και σκοτεινή μορφή των δαιμόνων». (6η Ωδή)

«Ω Αγία Θεοτόκε, Εσύ η Οποία γέννησες τον Παντοδύναμο Κύριο, απομάκρυνε από εμένα τον άρχοντα των φοβερών τελωνίων, τον κυβερνήτη του κόσμου, όταν φθάσει η στιγμή του θανάτου μου, ώστε να Σε δοξολογώ αιωνίως». (8η Ωδή)

Κατ’ αυτόν τον τρόπο, τα λόγια της Εκκλησίας προετοιμάζουν τον αποθνήσκοντα Ορθόδοξο Χριστιανό για τις δοκιμασίες που θα συναντήσει μπροστά του.

Οι σαράντα ημέρες

Κατόπιν, έχοντας επιτυχώς διέλθει από τα τελώνια και υποκλιθεί βαθιά ενώπιον του Θεού, η ψυχή για διάστημα τριάντα επτά επιπλέον ημερών επισκέπτεται τις ουράνιες κατοικίες και τις αβύσσους της κολάσεως, μη γνωρίζοντας ακόμα που θα παραμείνει, και μόνον την τεσσαρακοστή ημέρα καθορίζεται η θέση στην οποία θα βρίσκεται μέχρι την ανάσταση των νεκρών.

Σίγουρα δεν είναι παράξενο ότι η ψυχή, έχοντας διέλθει από τα τελώνια και παύσει μια για πάντα κάθε σχέση με τα επίγεια, εισάγεται στον αληθινά άλλο κόσμο, σε ένα τμήμα του οποίου θα παραμείνει αιωνίως. Σύμφωνα με την αποκάλυψη του Αγγέλου στον Άγιο Μακάριο Αλεξανδρείας, η ειδική επιμνημόσυνη δέηση υπέρ των απελθόντων την ένατη ημέρα μετά τον θάνατο (πέραν του γενικού συμβολισμού των εννέα αγγελικών ταγμάτων) πραγματοποιείται επειδή μέχρι τότε παρουσιάζονται στην ψυχή τα θαυμάσια του Παραδείσου, και μόνον κατόπιν αυτού, για το υπόλοιπο των σαράντα ημερών, της παρουσιάζονται τα μαρτύρια και τα φρικτά της κολάσεως, πριν τοποθετηθεί την τεσσαρακοστή ημέρα στη θέση στην οποία θα αναμένει την ανάσταση των νεκρών και την Τελική Κρίση.

Θα πρέπει και πάλι να τονίσουμε ότι οι αναφερόμενοι αριθμοί αποτελούν γενικό κανόνα ή «μοντέλο» της μεταθανάτιας πραγματικότητας, και αναμφισβήτητα δεν ολοκληρώνουν όλες οι ψυχές των απελθόντων την πορεία τους ακριβώς σύμφωνα με τον «κανόνα». Γνωρίζουμε σαφώς ότι η Οσία Θεοδώρα, στην πραγματικότητα, ολοκλήρωσε το «γύρο της κολάσεως» ακριβώς την τεσσαρακοστή ημέρα, σύμφωνα με τη γήινη μέτρηση του χρόνου.

Η κατάσταση των ψυχών μέχρι την Τελική Κρίση

Μερικές ψυχές βρίσκονται (μετά τις σαράντα ημέρες) σε μια κατάσταση πρόγευσης της αιώνιας αγαλλίασης και μακαριότητας, ενώ άλλες σε μια κατάσταση τρόμου εξαιτίας των αιωνίων μαρτυρίων τα οποία θα υποστούν πλήρως μετά την Τελική Κρίση. Μέχρι τότε εξακολουθεί να υπάρχει δυνατότητα αλλαγής της κατάστασής τους, ιδιαιτέρως μέσω της υπέρ αυτών προσφοράς της Αναίμακτης Θυσίας (μνημόσυνο στη Θεία Λειτουργία), και παρομοίως μέσω άλλων προσευχών.

Τα οφέλη της προσευχής, τόσο της κοινής όσο και της ατομικής για τις ψυχές που βρίσκονται στην κόλαση, έχουν περιγραφεί σε πολλούς βίους Αγίων και ασκητών καθώς και σε Πατερικά κείμενα. Στο βίο της μάρτυρος του 3ου αιώνα Περπετούας, για παράδειγμα, διαβάζουμε ότι η κατάσταση της ψυχής του αδελφού της Δημοκράτη της αποκαλύφθηκα με την εικόνα μιας στέρνας γεμάτης νερό, η οποία ήταν όμως τόσο ψηλά που δεν μπορούσε να τη φτάσει από τον ρυπαρό, καυτό τόπο όπου ήταν περιορισμένος.

Χάρη στην ολόθερμη προσευχή της Περπετούας επί μία ολόκληρη ημέρα και νύχτα ο Δημοκράτης έφτασε τη στέρνα και τον είδε να βρίσκεται σε έναν φωτεινό τόπο. Από αυτό η Περπετούα κατάλαβε ότι ο αδελφός της είχε απελευθερωθεί από τα δεινά της κολάσεως.

Στο βίο μιας ασκήτριας που πέθανε μόλις τον 20ο αιώνα αναφέρεται μια παρόμοια περίπτωση. Πρόκειται για τη Οσία Αθανασία (Αναστασία Λογκάτσεβα), πνευματική θυγατέρα του Οσίου Σεραφείμ του Σάρωφ. Όπως διαβάζουμε στο βίο της:

«Η Αναστασία είχε έναν αδελφό που τον έλεγαν Παύλο. Ο Παύλος κάποτε ήταν μεθυσμένος και κρεμάστηκε. Κι η Αναστασία αποφάσισε να προσευχηθεί πολύ για τον αδελφό της. Μετά το θάνατο του, η Αναστασία πήγε στο μοναστήρι Ντιβέγιεβο, του Οσίου Σεραφείμ, για να μάθει τι ακριβώς έπρεπε να κάνει, ώστε να βελτιωθεί η κατάσταση του αδελφού της, ο οποίος έδωσε τέλος στη ζωή του με τρόπο δυσσεβή και ατιμωτικό…

Ήθελε να συναντήσει την Πελαγία Ιβάνοβνα και να ζητήσει τη συμβουλή της… Η Αναστασία επισκέφθηκε την Πελαγία. Εκείνη της είπε να κλειστεί στο κελί της σαράντα μέρες, να προσευχηθεί και να νηστέψει για τον αδελφό της και κάθε μέρα να λέει εκατόν πενήντα φορές: «Υπεραγία Θεοτόκε, ανάπαυσον τον δούλον σου.»

Όταν συμπληρώθηκαν οι σαράντα ημέρες, η Αναστασία είδε ένα όραμα. Βρέθηκε μπροστά σε μία άβυσσο. Στο βάθος της ήταν ένας βράχος από αίμα. Πάνω στο βράχο κείτονταν δύο άνδρες με σιδερένιες αλυσίδες στο λαιμό τους. Ο ένας ήταν ο αδελφός της.

Η Αναστασία διηγήθηκε το όραμα στην Πελαγία και κείνη της είπε να συνεχίσει την νηστεία και την προσευχή.

Τελείωσαν κι άλλες σαράντα ημέρες με νηστεία και προσευχή κι η Αναστασία είδε το ίδιο όραμα. Η ίδια άβυσσος κι ο βράχος πάνω στον οποίο βρίσκονταν οι δύο άνδρες με αλυσίδες στο λαιμό τους. Αυτή τη φορά όμως ο αδελφός της ήταν όρθιος. Περπατούσε πάνω στο βράχο, έπεφτε και ξανασηκωνόταν. Οι αλυσίδες ήταν ακόμα στο λαιμό του.

Η Πελαγία Ιβάνοβνα, στην οποία κατέφυγε και πάλι η Αναστασία, της είπε να επαναλάβει την ίδια άσκηση για Τρίτη φορά.

Όταν τελείωσε και το τρίτο σαρανταήμερο της νηστείας και της προσευχής, η Αναστασία ξαναείδε το ίδιο όραμα. Η ίδια άβυσσος, ο ίδιος βράχος. Τώρα όμως πάνω στο βράχο ήταν μόνο ένας άνδρας, άγνωστός της.

Ο αδελφός της είχε απελευθερωθεί από τα δεσμά. Δε φαίνονταν πουθενά. Ο άγνωστος άνδρας ακούστηκε να λέει: «Είσαι τυχερός εσύ. Έχεις πολύ ισχυρούς μεσίτες στη γη.»

Η Αναστασία ανέφερε στην Πελαγία Ιβάνοβνα το τρίτο όραμά της και εκείνη της απάντησε:

«Ο αδελφός σου λυτρώθηκε από τα βάσανα. Δεν μπήκε όμως στη μακαριότητα του Παραδείσου.»

Πολλά παρόμοια περιστατικά αναφέρονται σε βίους Ορθοδόξων Αγίων και ασκητών. Σε περίπτωση που κάποιος έχει την τάση να ερμηνεύει κατά γράμμα τέτοια οράματα, ίσως θα πρέπει να παρατηρήσουμε ότι βεβαίως οι εικόνες με τις οποίες εμφανίζονται τέτοια οράματα, συνήθως σε όνειρα, δεν «φωτογραφίζουν» κατ’ ανάγκη τον τρόπο ύπαρξης της ψυχής μετά τον θάνατο.

Πρόκειται περισσότερο για εικόνες οι οποίες μεταβιβάζουν την πνευματική αλήθεια της βελτιώσεως της καταστάσεως της ψυχής στον άλλο κόσμο χάρη στις προσευχές εκείνων που παραμένουν στον κόσμο τούτο.


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