The article lists the holy places in Russia, healing people and helping to live with faith, hope and love.

Orthodox believers worship miraculous icons, asking them for a speedy recovery and resolution of everyday problems.

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List of holy springs

Source of Seraphim of Sarov in Diveevo

Seraphim of Sarov is the founder of the Diveevsky Monastery, which houses the Sarov spring. Healing water helps with various ailments, as well as improves health.

In the monastery, you can pray and venerate the icon of Seraphim of Sarov. It is also recommended to come to the morning Liturgy, which takes place every Sunday. You can stay at the monastery or at the hotel.

Women who want to have children, suffering, homeless and weak people go to St. Seraphimushka. The elder never refused help, especially to those who keep the word of God, constantly go to Church and live according to the commandments.

Source of St. Sergius of Radonezh (Gremyachiy Klyuch waterfall)

The source is located in the village of Vzglyadnevo, and the Orthodox call this place "Malinniki".

The Monk Wonderworker Sergius of Radonezh is the intercessor of Rus', the protector from misfortunes and deceit of enemies.

Many believers make a pilgrimage to him, asking for intercession and help, as well as protection from witchcraft.

It is important to know: he should pray when a relative is in custody, hospital or on the road. Also, Sergius of Radonezh heals the possessed and gives them the strength to fight their passions.

The monk heals from ailments, admonishes children and protects them from evil people, helps in childbirth.

Spring ring in the Ivanovo region

The healing spring is named after St. Alexander Nevsky, who was famous for his purity of thoughts and righteous life. Nearby is the Temple, in which there are Holy relics.

The source saved people from terrible misfortunes, epidemics of cholera and plague. Alexander Nevsky protects and covers entire settlements of the Orthodox, helps them in hard work, intercedes with God for the sick.

You can come to the spring at any time and take a dip in the font. Many parishioners bring clean bathing clothes (nightgowns, long T-shirts) with them to take with them.

Water from the source has healing properties, relieves stomach diseases, gastritis, duodenal ulcers. But we must remember that everything is given according to the Orthodox faith.

Spring of St. David in the village of Telezh

The source is located 30 km from the village of Novyi Byt in the Moscow region, in a monastery.

On the territory of the monastery there is a small chapel named after St. David, who helps people, prays to God for the sins of others.

He lived for many years in a monastery, led an ascetic and solitary life. They pray to Reverend David for children and ask for help in raising them. Also, you can pray to wives for your husband, for the restoration of the family.

Visiting the source is allowed from 8 am to 9 pm. People come here to get married or baptize a child.

Source of the Healer Panteleimon in the village of Kalozhitsy

The healer Panteleimon heals demon-possessed, possessed people, as well as those who practice magic, the occult, or resorted to the help of sorcerers.

You can take a dip in the spring and take some water with you. The water is springy and has a pleasant taste.

Arriving home, you should sprinkle the corners of the apartment with water from the source and put the Icon of Panteleimon on the iconostasis.

Spring in honor of the Smolensk icon of the Mother of God "Hodegetria" (Vologda region)

The source is located along the Vologda–Kirillov route.

On the territory there is a chapel where you can put candles and venerate the icon. Near the spring there is a font where you can take a dip.

Also, the Miraculous stone, located near the source, is considered a Shrine. The Smolensk Mother of God should pray for healing from ailments and intercession. She is the patroness of all Orthodox families and orphans.

They pray to her and ask for the appearance of children, and she also heals women's diseases. The Mother of God "Hodegetria" is the patroness of the entire Vologda region.

Holy spring of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh

Saint Mitrofan of Voronezh spent much time in solitary prayer. Now this place is a source - a sacred place.

Many believers received healing from chronic and inflammatory diseases there. Also, St. Mitrofan heals infertile couples who do not have children.

Headaches, pain in the back and joints - everything goes away, one has only to plunge into the holy water.

Saint Mitrofan cures pneumonia, colds, and even relieves fever. It is necessary to give the sick person some water from the source and wipe his body with a cloth dipped in it.

Holy key (Spoon) in the city of Iskitim

In the small village of Lozhok, Novosibirsk Region, there is a Holy Spring. During the war there was a camp with prisoners, and a spring opened at its location.

It is said that the prisoners “opened” it with their prayers. Now many believers from different cities and villages make pilgrimages here to gain strength.

Those who come in faith receive healing. The holy key helps people with skin diseases, gives strength, strengthens in faith, and cures diseases associated with the stomach.

Miraculous spring in the village of Aleshnya

Located in the Bryansk region, the water heals purulent, open, incised wounds, postoperative sutures, and has an anti-inflammatory effect.

You can wash your face with holy water if there are problems with the skin of the face, or, for example, make homemade ointments based on natural herbs.

The holy spring has a strong bactericidal effect on trophic ulcers caused by diabetes.

Also, water lowers blood cholesterol levels and reduces blood pressure. Families with sick children often visit here.

List of Orthodox churches and monasteries (miraculous icons and relics of saints)

Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Stogovo

Once, miraculously, the icon of St. Nicholas appeared right in a haystack. The area and the village began to be called Stogovo. In the 17th century, a Temple was built, into which believers flock daily to venerate the miraculous icon.

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, like Seraphim of Sarov, led a hermit life for many years. The Lord gave Saint Nicholas the gift of helping people. And now the Saint, hearing the prayers of the Orthodox, intercedes before God and asks for intercession for the entire Russian people.

Note: Saint Nicholas should pray if there are problems with buying a home, before a long trip, during a protracted illness. The saint helps orphans, mothers raising children alone, and gives consolation to the terminally ill.

The miracle worker protects people from witchcraft and sudden death, families from divorce and children from evil eye and intent. The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is a truly prayerful place, here you can bow to the relics and venerate the icon. It is located at the address: Moscow region, Sergiev Posad district, the village of Malinniki.

Holy Mount Pyukhtitsa (Crane Mountain)

Although this is not Russia, but Estonia, it is still a very popular place for pilgrims.

Even guidebooks mention this great place. On the Holy Mountain, which was called Zhuravlina, there is a Temple named in honor of the Assumption of the Mother of God.

The miraculous appearance of the image of the Mother of God converted many to the Orthodox faith and gave strength to fight against unclean spirits. Now Orthodox parishioners pray before the miraculous image in the Pyukhtinsky Assumption Monastery and ask her for deliverance from illnesses, help with childlessness and help in difficult life circumstances.

Also, unmarried girls ask for a good groom and a successful marriage. In this Temple, they get married and honor the icon of the Assumption Mother of God as their intercessor.

Monastery of Alexander-Svirsky

The monastery, located in the Leningrad region, near the town of Lodeinoye Pole, is the monastery of St. Alexander-Svirsky.

The saint of God, the Monk Alexander, lived almost all his life in a monastery and always helped people. He, by the will of God, built a Temple in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos. Now pilgrims visit holy places and venerate the relics of the Holy Elder.

The Monk Alexander of Svirsky possessed the gift of enlightenment and instruction. Both ordinary people and the clergy came to him for advice - he never refused anyone to help. They pray to him when there are unresolved problems or difficult life circumstances, when a person does not know what to do in this or that matter.

Assumption Cathedral in Moscow

The Assumption Cathedral is located in the Moscow Kremlin. Today, worship services are held there on certain days. But for those wishing to bow to the shrines, the entrance is always open.

In the Assumption Cathedral there is the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, which helps the peasants to grow a good harvest, is an intercessor for those who work on the land, and protects Orthodox Christians from infidels and persecution.

Also, in the Cathedral there is the Nail of the Lord and the staff of St. Peter. Saint Peter protects people from hunger and poverty, helps to find a job, to buy housing. Saint Peter should be prayed during Lent - he helps to cope with temptations and gives strength to resist evil.

Alexander-Oshevensky Monastery

The monastery is located in the village of Oshevenskoye, Arkhangelsk region. There are many Shrines on the territory of the monastery: stones with footprints of St. Alexander, the Holy Spring and the lake, as well as the Halui River, which goes underground in one place and exits in another.

There is also a well dug by Alexander Oshevensky himself.

They pray to St. Alexander at the onset of war, as well as for safe trips and travels. Alexander Oshevensky heals people with blood diseases.

"Quick Acolyte" Icon of the Mother of God

It is located on the Holy Mount Athos in the Dohiarsky monastery.

The miraculous power of the icon heals the blind and puts the crippled on their feet, helps with difficult childbirth, saves them from cancer, saves from captivity and covers children during the war.

Women pray to the holy icon of the Mother of God to restore peace in the family, prosperity and the resolution of internecine strife. The Holy "Skoroshlushnitsa" intercedes before God for the weak and sick, lonely old people, and the disabled.

Also, "Skoroposlushnitsa" helps with natural disasters, floods, fires. She shelters with her Grace and saves from sudden death.

Savva Storozhevsky (Savva Zvenigorodsky)

Wonderworker Savva Storozhevsky, Russian ascetic of the faith of Christ, patron of all those who suffer and defender of the fatherland. The monastery, named after Savva Storozhevsky, is located in the suburbs of Moscow.

Everyone who prays to the Miracle Worker receives healing: he helps with cancer, chronic pain, kidney and liver disease.

In addition, Savva Storozhevsky should pray to resolve any conflict situations. The seer elder always helped people and gave advice, he was a mentor to all sinful parishioners.

The Monk Sergei of Radonezh often communicated with the Wonderworker and shared his spiritual experience with him.

Matrona of Moscow

Holy Matronushka is the patroness of all women who want to have children. They pray to her, asking her to protect her family from ruin, to be healed of an illness, to get rid of an addiction - the old woman Matrona always responds to prayer!

Often they pray to her that the child would study well at school, they ask for help and admonition before entering the university. In front of the icon, you can ask for blessings for marriage or divorce, for the purchase of a home or a car.

Small children should also be applied to the Miraculous Icon - Matronushka covers from sudden illnesses and early death.

Temple of the Matrona of Moscow, located on Taganka, in Moscow. There are always long queues here, and sometimes pilgrims wait for 5-6 hours to venerate the Shrine. You can come and pray at the Temple from 6 am to 8 pm.

Temple of St. Panteleimon

A small Temple, named after the Holy Hierarch Panteleimon, is located in Moscow, on Nikolskaya Street, but the relics of the Healer are in the Penza Intercession Cathedral.

Saint Panteleimon was a true companion, patron of all the sick and needy. Having sold all his property, he began to help people, healed them and set them on the right path.

The Great Martyr Panteleimon heals incurable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, restores after a stroke or an accident, protects pregnant women from premature birth, and protects babies from sudden death.

Pokrovo-Tervenichesky Convent

It is located in the Leningrad region, in the small village of Tervenichi. The patronesses of the convent are the Holy Martyrs - Faith, Hope and Love.

On the territory there is a shrine - the Tervenic Icon of the Mother of God, as well as a healing spring. Pilgrims can stay at the monastery, work in the courtyard, or pray with the sisters. Divine services are held every day, the schedule can be found on the official website.

The Tervenic Icon of the Mother of God blesses all women who decide to spend their lives in a monastic skete. She protects from devilish temptations, shelters from non-believers, wars and attacks on the Orthodox faith, saves people from spiritual death, instructs with the Word of God.

Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Chimeyevo

The appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God took place on a river in a remote Siberian village in the Kurgan region, in the Urals.

The miraculous icon protects Orthodox Christians from demonic attacks, children from witchcraft, and men from death in war.

The Kazan Mother of God is the intercessor of all Christians before God! She asks every day on her knees for Russia and the Orthodox people. Thanks to her prayers, the Lord shows mercy and sends down grace.

St. Nicholas Monastery "Holy Caves" in the village of Pokrovka

The monastery is located in the Orenburg region, in the village of Pokrovka. In the "Holy Caves" there is a miraculous source that heals those suffering from mental illness.

Thousands of believers come to the Nikolsky spring, asking St. Nicholas for a miracle. Nearby there is a bath, where everyone can completely plunge into the Holy water.

Before this, you need to read the Akathist to Nicholas the Wonderworker, and then cross yourself 3 times. The Orthodox faith is the most powerful weapon against evil. It lifts the spirit of every person, strengthens faith in God and helps to do good deeds.

A sincere prayer addressed to God from the bottom of your heart will always be heard!

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In the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra are stored relics of nine saints:

The face of holiness	Saint's name	Temple	Type of storage
reverend	Sergius of Radonezh	Trinity	in cancer
reverend	Maxim Grek	Dukhovskaya	in cancer
reverend	Anthony (Medvedev)	Dukhovskaya	in cancer
saint	Innokenty of Moscow	Uspensky	in cancer
saint	Macarius (Nevsky)	Uspensky	in cancer
saint	Serapion of Novgorod	Nikonovskaya	under wraps
saint	Joasaph of Moscow	Nikonovskaya	under wraps
reverend	Dionysius of Radonezh	Nikonovskaya	under wraps
reverend	Micah of Radonezh	Mikheevskaya	under wraps

Explanations to the list of holy relics of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra.

Reverend	- the face of holiness for the saints of the monastics.
saint	- the face of holiness for saints from the episcopal (episcopal) rank.
Cancer	- a vessel for storing the relics of saints. Usually made in the form of a coffin. Cancer can be opened for worship.
under wraps	- a form of storage of relics in deafly sealed shrines. The relics under a bushel are not opened for worship. Most often, the relics remain in the ground and an empty tombstone without an opening lid is placed above them.
Crypt or lower church	- one or more underground vaulted rooms located under the altar and choral parts of the temple and serving for burial and exposure for veneration of the relics of saints and martyrs.

Relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

Without belittling the significance of any of the saints whose relics rest in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, but solely for the purpose of revealing the theme of the Lavra, we note some facts from the history of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

Saint Sergius of Radonezh died on September 25 (October 8, New Style), 1392. Holy humbly bequeathed to put his body not in the church, but in the general monastery cemetery, along with others. However, the authority of Sergius and the love of the brethren for him forced them to seek advice from Metropolitan Cyprian, who ordered to bury Sergius in the Trinity Church. This was the beginning of the posthumous veneration of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

Uncovering the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

July 5 (New Style 18), 1422, 30 years after the death of Sergius, in connection with the construction of a new stone remains of the saint on the site of the old wooden Trinity Church, they were removed and appeared in incorruptible form. This day is celebrated as day of finding the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The wooden coffin, in which the body of the monk was in the ground for the first 30 years, is kept as a shrine in the Dormition Cathedral of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Now it is closed with a glass sarcophagus, because, kissing it, many believers tried to bite off a piece of the shrine.

Canonization of Sergius of Radonezh.

The official procedure for the canonization of saints in the Orthodox Church until 1547, when the first Makaryevsky Cathedral was held, there was none. But the veneration of Sergius of Radonezh had already arisen, and since 1439 attempts began to somehow consolidate his status as a saint. However, it was not possible to do this for almost 10 years, both for political reasons - the capture of Grand Duke Vasily the Dark, and for internal church reasons - the absence of an official metropolitan in Rus'. Nevertheless, already in 1448, princely letters appeared in which Sergius of Radonezh was mentioned as a locally revered saint. The exact date of the national canonization of Sergius is also not known. It is assumed that this happened between 1449 and 1452, and the document testifying to this is the letter of Metropolitan Jonah to Dmitry Shemyaka.

In connection with the canonization of Sergius of Radonezh, it is necessary to mention the opinion Saint Maximus the Greek who openly expressed doubts about the holiness of Sergius. The reason for the doubts was that Sergius, like the Moscow saints, "kept cities, volosts, villages, collected duties and dues, had wealth."

In 1585 the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh are transferred from a wooden shrine to a gilded silver shrine, made to order of Ivan IV the Terrible. The tsar himself is already dying by this time (18 (28 new style) March 1584).

In 1737 By order of Empress Anna Ioannovna, a silver canopy is placed over the shrine with the relics of the saint.

During the entire pre-revolutionary period, the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh left the Lavra 3 times:

• 1709 - during a fire, the relics were carried to Krasnogorskaya Square in front of the Lavra.
• 1746 - during a fire, the relics were taken to the outskirts of the city.
• 1812 - during the war with Napoleon, the relics were taken to the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.

Opening of the relics of Sergius of Radonezh.

January 20 (February 2, New Style), 1918 The Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR adopted a Decree on the separation of the church from the state and the school from the church. The decree entered into force three days later on January 23 (February 5, new style), 1918, and was repealed by a resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of October 25, 1990. Especially for the implementation of this decree in People's Commissariat of Justice(NKJU) department V was organized (later became department VIII), headed by comrade P.A. Krasikov. An interesting fact is that one of the members of the commission for the preparation of the decree and even a possible initiator was the priest (!) Mikhail Galkin, rector of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Petrograd.

By this decree, the Bolsheviks launched a nationwide anti-religious campaign, which resulted in the looting and closing of most religious institutions of all denominations, and its apotheosis was the physical destruction, imprisonment, and expulsion of the clergy. An important element of this campaign was the opening and removal of the relics of the saints from the churches.

The opening of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh took place on Friday, April 11, 1919, on the eve of Lazarus Saturday.

Before that April 1, 1919 the General Meeting of the Council of Workers' and Peasants' Deputies of Sergiev Posad was held, at which the communist faction made a proposal to open the relics of Sergius "believing that the relics of Sergius are a means of vulgar exploitation of the unconscious masses and the ground for malicious agitation of the black clergy" (quote from the minutes of the meeting).
April 4, 1919 The Moscow Provincial Executive Committee approved the decision of the Sergius Council of Deputies dated April 1, 1919, on the opening of the relics of St. Sergius.

However, even before this meeting, it was clear that the relics of St. Sergius would be opened, since dozens of autopsies that had already been made were widely reported in the Soviet press and it was clear that this was elevated to the rank of state policy.

Anticipating the impending events on the Week of the Cross, the professor of the Moscow Theological Academy (located in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra) and the rector of the academic Intercession Church Hieromonk Bartholomew preached a sermon about the possible threat of opening the relics of Sergius and urged those praying to sign an appeal for the preservation of the relics. The next day, the same Hieromonk Bartholomew delivered an even more fiery sermon in which he said that the Antichrist had appeared in Russia and that “Christ is now being crucified in Russia a second time”. The monks of the Lavra began to collect citizens' signatures for the preservation of relics. In total, about 5,000 signatures were collected, which probably accounted for almost the entire literate population of Sergiev Posad, since in total about 20,000 people lived in the city at that time. (July 10, 1935, Bartholomew was shot in the Butyrka prison.)

But it was already impossible to stop the machine of communist anti-religious terror.
11 April in the executive committee of Sergiev Posad (Sergiev Posad was then renamed Sergiev), representatives of the volosts and the clergy invited to the opening of the relics began to gather. The invitees were not informed about what exactly would happen, but some guessed.

In order to avoid possible unrest, the company of cadets, located in the Lavra, occupied all the bell towers of the Lavra, the gates and put up posts on the walls. The keys to the premises of the Lavra were confiscated from the monks.

The people began to gather on Krasnogorskaya Square in front of the entrance to the Lavra. Mounted police lined up behind them.

After 5 p.m., representatives of the authorities and those invited enter the monastery and go to the assembly hall of the Theological Academy. Archimandrite Kronid, the abbot of the Lavra, also comes here.

Chairman of the Executive Committee O.G. Vanhanen informs Kronid that the relics will be opened and it is desirable that this be done by the representatives of the clergy themselves. Kronid refuses to personally open the relics and reports that the relics will be opened by the dean of the laurels, hieromonk Jonah.

Everyone goes to the Trinity Cathedral. A lot of people have gathered. Believers delegated from the crowd were also admitted here in front of the Lavra. Equipment for film and photography is being installed.

At 20:50, the opening of the relics of Sergius of Radonezh begins.
At 10:50 p.m., the autopsy ends.

The whole procedure is filmed on a movie camera under the direction of director Lev Kuleshov. Unfortunately, the quality of the filming was poor and not all the moments of the autopsy are visible. Among believers, this fact was interpreted as one of the miracles of the saint.

Footage from this film is available online: Opening of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

After the opening of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh, they were left in their original place and, together with the Trinity Cathedral, moved to the formed historical and art museum.

Head of Sergius of Radonezh.

The story of the opening of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh contains another interesting and important point:
Priest father Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky, professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, from the mother-in-law of one of their commissars Sergiev Posad, it became known about the impending opening of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The events that followed this are not known for certain and have been preserved only in the form of a family tradition of the descendants of P. Florensky. According to one version, it is assumed that Florensky, being concerned about the safety of the relics of St. Sergius, reported the information received to the governor of the Lavra Archimandrite Kronid (K.P. Lyubimov) and Count Yu. A. Olsufiev, member of the Commission for the Protection of Monuments of History and Antiquities of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Then they secretly entered the Trinity Cathedral and separated the head (skull) of the saint, which they replaced with the head (skull) of Prince Trubetskoy buried in the cathedral. The head of Sergius of Radonezh was hidden in the sacristy, from where Count Olsufiev then moved it to an oak ark and transferred it to his home.

When exactly the chapter was separated, before the opening of the relics or after, it is not known exactly, since there are no documents and there should not have been. The oral testimonies of the descendants of Pavel Florensky are somewhat contradictory. Presumably, the separation of the head of the saint from the main body of relics could take place from a few days before the opening of the relics until the end of March 1920, when the authorities planned to transfer the relics from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra to one of the Moscow museums. However, the very fact of the separation of the head is not disputed.

Olsufiev kept the ark with the head of the saint in his house, and in 1928 he buried it in the garden and left for Moscow. Unfortunately, the subsequent history of the preservation of the holy relic becomes even more ambiguous, and for this reason I will confine myself to stating that in 1946 the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh were reunited with the head.

All participants in the secret branch of the head of St. Sergius of Radonezh were subsequently arrested and shot:

• Archimandrite Kronid (Konstantin Petrovich Lyubimov) - was shot on December 10, 1937 at the Butovo training ground. In 2000 he was canonized as a saint.
• Pavel Alexandrovich Florensky - shot on December 8, 1937 near Leningrad
• Yuri Alexandrovich Olsufiev - was shot on 03/14/1938 at the training ground in Butovo

A documentary film was made about the history of the preservation of the head of Sergius of Radonezh Fifth mark. The secret of Sergiev Posad.

Evacuation and return of the relics of Sergius of Radonezh.

In the autumn of 1941, the relics, along with other valuables of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, were evacuated to the city of Solikamsk. In 1946, before Easter, part of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra was returned to the Moscow Patriarchate, including the relics of St. Sergius with a reliquary and a canopy. But the Trinity Cathedral still remained part of the Sergiev Posad State Historical and Art Museum-Reserve, and the relics were temporarily located in the Assumption Cathedral of the Lavra. Currently, the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh rest in their historical place in the Trinity Cathedral.

Probably, there is no such point on the map of our Motherland that would not be famous for saints, monasteries, healing springs or a revered icon. Unfortunately, today even pious Orthodox can live for many years in their native city, but do not know all the shrines of this place, preferring to visit only their parish.

With this article, we open a cycle dedicated to the shrines of different cities. Let's start with our beloved city, the heart of our country - Moscow.

Relics of saints in Moscow

In Orthodoxy, "holy relics" are the remains of Christians who have been canonized as saints, righteous, blessed, etc.

« The Church venerates the relics of the saints as temples of the Holy Spirit, in which God lives by His grace even after the bodily death of the saint. » - Reverend Justin.

Metropolitan Macarius (Bulgakov) wrote that the incorruption of relics is " their removal by the miraculous power of God from the universal law of corruption, as if into a living lesson for us about the future resurrection of bodies».

1. Pokrovsky convent, relics of Blessed Matrona of Moscow

Probably, we can say that she is one of the most revered Moscow saints, to whom the flow of people does not decrease. It is better to go to the relics of the Matrona of Moscow on weekdays and not on major church holidays. The monastery opens at 7 am, but even if you come to the opening, be prepared to stand for 1.5-2 hours. On weekends and holidays, the queue time can increase up to 4-5 hours. Arriving at the monastery, you will see two lines - one to the relics of the blessed Matrona, the second - to the venerated icon. The line to the relics moves faster. Very often, believers come in families and take places in two lines at once, usually first they worship the relics, and then go to the icon, so you can reduce the waiting time in line. In the monastery you will see many people with flowers, this is because during her lifetime Matrona of Moscow loved flowers very much and people with flowers often came to her. It is customary to buy an odd number of flowers, as Matrona said before her death: “Everyone, everyone, come to me and tell me about your sorrows as if alive, I will see you, and hear, and help you.” The flowers are given to the nun, in front of the relics of the Matrona, they are consecrated on the relics and distributed by flowers to those who wish. A pious custom has developed to brew flower petals and drink it like tea for various ailments. In front of the revered icon of the blessed Matrona, you can see, on the right and left on the fences, packages in which believers put notes with their needs. Then the nuns will pray before the relics of the holy blessed Matrona for help in resolving needs and sorrows.

A little advice to all believers who go to the relics: use the time in line for prayers, buy an Akathist to the Blessed Matrona of Moscow, read it several times and the time will fly by. Don't talk! Think that you are in a holy place where people go with prayer and often with great sorrows, do not provoke them to irritation with your worldly talk. Use this time for prayer and spiritual reflection.

2. Danilov Monastery, relics of St. Daniel of Moscow

Address: st. Danilovsky Val, 22

The relics were found in 1652; at present, the shrine is located in the Church of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils, on the second floor. Access to them is open from 7 am to 8 pm. As a rule, there is no queue for them, except perhaps on weekends during visits by organized pilgrims.

3. Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo (Elokhovsky Cathedral), relics of St. Alexis of Moscow

Address: st. Spartakovskaya, 15

Cancer with the relics of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', is located to the right of the Royal Doors. During worship, access to them is closed, after it you can venerate the shrine. There may be lines, but they are small. To the left of the royal gates is the venerated miraculous Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

In addition, the temple houses the burial place of Patriarch Alexy II.

On Sunday evenings, an akathist to St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', wonderworker, is read in front of the shrine with his relics.

4. Church of St. Nicholas in Klenniki, the relics of the righteous elder Alexy, presbyter of Moscow (Alexey Mechev)

Righteous Elder Alexy served in the same church, suffered during the persecution at the beginning of the 20th century, and died in 1923. Known for his love, deep faith and unceasing prayer, which helped and continues to help all believers.

The relics of Elder Alexy are in the lower church, access to them is open during the day.

Every day, twice a day, a prayer service is served at the shrine with relics to the holy righteous Alexy, Presbyter of Moscow:
- in the morning on weekdays - the beginning of the prayer service at 7:45.
- on Sundays and feast days, when two Divine Liturgies are celebrated, a moleben is served after the early Liturgy.
- in the evening - a prayer service at the end of the evening service.
Weekly (on Tuesdays, after vespers) - a prayer service with an akathist.

5. Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat (St. Basil's Cathedral)

Opening hours: from November to April - from 11:00 to 16:00, from May to October - from 10:00 to 17:00, except Tuesday and the first Monday of the month.

Please note that divine services are performed regularly on Sundays at 10 am, after which the akathist to St. Basil is read.

In the Cathedral are the relics of two Moscow blesseds, Vasily and John, who, during their lifetime, were given the gift of healing, clairvoyance and miracles. Until now, believers receive healing through prayers at the relics of these saints. Both are considered patrons of Moscow.

Blessed Basil, Wonderworker of Moscow, Holy Fool for Christ's sake

The well-known Moscow blessed, holy fool for Christ's sake, who lived during the time of Ivan the Terrible, became famous for many miracles and healings.

Blessed John of Moscow (John the Big Cap), For Christ's sake Holy fool, Moscow miracle worker.

The relics are in the limit in the name of bliss. John, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, Moscow wonderworker, in the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, on the Moat.

6. Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin

In the temple are the relics of the Right-Believing Prince Dimitry Donskoy, the Right-Believing Prince Dimitry of Uglich and Moscow, and the Martyrs Prince Michael and Boyar Theodore of Chernigov.

Please note that the cathedral is a museum, services are held irregularly (on patronal feasts and on Radonitsa). In the summer, it is open for visiting from 9.30 to 18, the rest of the time - from 10 to 17. Thursday is a day off

Saint Tsarevich Dimitri and the faithful Prince Dimitri of Donskoy are revered as protectors and patrons of the entire Russian state.

7. Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin

The temple is the tomb of the patriarchs and metropolitans, in total there are 19 tombs. Of these, the relics of the holy Moscow wonderworkers Peter, Jonah, Philip and Hermogenes rest in shrines, the rest are hidden.

The cathedral is a museum, services are held irregularly. You can venerate the relics of the saints only on the days of worship.

8. Donskoy Stauropegial Monastery, St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'

He was the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia after the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917. Suffered from the Bolshevik during the persecution of the faith. The relics were found in 1992.

9. Sretensky Stauropegial Monastery, Hieromartyr Hilarion (Trinity), Archbishop of Vereya

A prominent church leader who suffered for his faith during the persecution of the Soviet authorities.

10. Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Stary Simonov

Under a bushel are the relics of St. Alexander Peresvet and Andrey Oslyabi, monks who, with the blessing of St. Sergius of Radonezh, participated in the Battle of Kulikovo.

As long as our people know, honor and love their saints, they will pray for us and our God-protected country.

All Moscow Saints, pray to God for us!

"I will see you, and hear, and help you"

After the death of Mother Matrona, according to her will, she was buried at the Danilovsky cemetery in order to “hear the service” (one of the few functioning Moscow churches was located there).

More than thirty years after the death of mother, she became one of the holy places of Orthodox Moscow, where people came from all over Russia and from abroad with their troubles and illnesses.

The blessed one predicted: “After my death, few people will go to my grave, only those close to me, and when they die, my grave will be empty, except occasionally someone will come ... But after many years people will learn about me and go in crowds for help in their sorrows and with requests to pray for them to the Lord God, and I will help everyone and hear everyone.

On March 8, 1998, the relics were exhumed and delivered to the Danilov Monastery in Moscow, then transferred to the temple on the territory and placed in a special tomb (raku).

The Pokrovsky Monastery today carefully preserves the relics of the Matrona of Moscow, to which hundreds of believers flock every day. There is no such day when the territory of the monastery is empty. Long queues line up from people who have come from different parts of the country to venerate the relics of the saint, bring fresh flowers, pray and ask Matronushka for help.

The relics of the blessed one do not leave the monastery in Moscow and are available to believers every day. But residents of other regions are not deprived of the opportunity to bow to the righteous old woman. Icons and shrines with relics of the Matrona of Moscow are regularly delivered to various cities of Russia. As a rule, the arrival of a shrine becomes a big event in the life of Orthodox believers. Huge queues line up at the temples, and hymns are read and sung daily in front of the image of the Matronushka.

Shrines of the Intercession Monastery

In addition to the relics, there are two icons of St. Matrona in the Pokrovsky Monastery: one large one is on the wall of the main church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, the other is in the church itself. In both images, armfuls of fresh flowers do not dry out, the flow of people does not stop.

Here is how the feelings of believers in front of the icon are described in various sources: “What is surprising, approaching the icon with a request, you immediately feel an inner answer, whether the saint has accepted the question, or you still need to think about it. When a prayer, a request is accepted, an amazing relief comes to the soul, when not, a slight rejection is felt very clearly.

But this does not mean that Saint Matrona does not want to help. You just need to think hard - do you really need what you are asking for? Are you waiting for help in a bad, sinful deed? Mother Matrona taught to surrender oneself to the will of God. Giving to the believers, she said: "People are like children in a sleigh." They take a child in a sledge, and there is no care. The Lord Himself will take care of everything!”

Matrona strengthens all those who seek help in faith, teaches them to trust the Lord Jesus Christ, closing their physical eyes, open to this world, with an inner spiritual eye to listen to His will. In a sense, to become blind to the world here, the earth, so that the world opens to the soul - the spiritual, the heavenly.

Intercession Stauropegial Convent

The relics of the Matrona of Moscow, as well as the found remains of other saints of Christianity, are a particularly revered object. Even at the 7th, held in 787, the dogma was fixed, according to which the relics of saints must be placed in the altars of temples and especially revered. The Church believes that the Holy Spirit dwells in the relics of the saints, as in temples.

Finding relics

The relics of the Matrona of Moscow were found in 1998 on March 8 at exactly 24:00. Their removal took place in a solemn atmosphere. With the blessing of the patriarch (at the head of the MP was Alexy II) in Moscow, where since 1952 there was the grave of the old woman Matrona (Danilov cemetery), representatives of the higher clergy of the Moscow Patriarchate, the honest remains, or relics of the saint, were transferred from the cemetery to the Danilov Monastery. Many people gathered, according to the testimony of the majority, goodness was poured in the air. The relics of the Matrona of Moscow were in a coffin, which was installed in a church erected in the name of the righteous Simeon, who spent 37 years on the pillar in prayers and fasting (which is why he is called Simeon the Stylite). The temple where the relics were placed is over the gate.

A simple peasant woman who became a saint

Who is she - the holy old woman? In a simple peasant family (of the very elderly Nikonovs, the father's name was Dmitry, the mother was Natalya), who lived in the Tula province, in the village of Serbino, Epifansky district, in 1881 a fourth child was born, a blind girl. The life of the saint mentions that her parents wanted to be away from her and leave her in an orphanage. But in a dream, the mother saw a large white bird without eyes, not blind, but without eyes, sitting on her chest. Considering the dream to be prophetic, the parents took the child home. It is known that even in childhood Nikonova Matrona had the gift of healing and prediction.

Signs of holiness and originality

Father Vasily, who baptized the girl, was the first to tell about her God's chosenness - when the baby was lowered into the font, a fragrant column rose above her. She also had a divine sign on her body - there was a tubercle in the shape of a cross on the child’s chest (therefore, the little Matrona refused to wear a pectoral cross, citing the fact that she already has her own), which was also discovered during exhumation. The girl received her name in honor of the Matrona of Constantinople, an ascetic who lived in the 5th century. There were other signs - the girl did not breastfeed on fasting days - Wednesday and Friday, she slept all the time. Spiritual vision, which Matrona was awarded in abundance, compensated for her physical deficiency - she was not deprived of sight in the usual sense of the word, Matrona had no eyes at all, her eyelids were tightly fused. The whole district soon learned about the gift of divination and healing, and crowds of people began to arrive at the house where the young saint lived.

Destitute and holy

At the age of 14, she met with the righteous John of Kronstadt. In the presence of a large number of people, he spoke very highly and figuratively about the divine gift and the future role of the girl in Orthodoxy. The seven pillars are the seven Ecumenical Councils. The righteous figuratively called Matrona the eighth pillar. At the age of 17, Matrona lost her legs. This event was predicted by herself. The revolution, which deprived Matrona of her home, the old woman predicted long ago. Wandering through other people's houses and apartments (and the wanderings continued for 50 years), Matrona never complained, and the fame of her holy deeds grew and grew. There is a myth about a visit to St. Stalin, and there is even an icon depicting this scene. But this is only a beautiful legend that speaks of the faith of the people in the power of the saint.

The death of the old woman

Matrona also predicted her death, as well as a pilgrimage to the temples where the relics of the Matrona of Moscow would be stored, that is, she predicted daily many hours of queues at the altars where her remains would rest.

And so it happened. Staritsa Matrona is the most revered saint in Moscow. Crowds of people began to go to her grave at the Danilovsky cemetery, which became a place of unofficial pilgrimage. There was a need for the canonization of the blessed old woman Matrona and the acquisition of her relics. The very communion to the face of the saints took place on May 2, 1999 in the Intercession Stauropegial (a monastery reporting directly to the patriarch, bypassing the authorities of the dioceses)

First canonization

The act of canonization was read by the head of the Moscow Patriarchate (Alexy II). In this monastery, the most visited monastery in the capital, there is a reliquary containing the relics of the Matrona of Moscow. There are several other places in Moscow that contain fragments of the holy, honest remains of Blessed Matrona Nikonova. People who come here with the most vital questions and requests are ready to stand in queues for many hours in winter and summer, in the heat and cold - so great is the faith in the miraculous power of the locally revered saint. The relics of the Matrona of Moscow in Moscow, or rather their particles, are still in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ. Here, next to the icon of the Matrona, a particle of her relics rests.

Other Moscow churches of the repose of the relics of the saint

The relics of the Blessed Matrona of Moscow also rest in the church of the Holy Blessed Princess Euphrosyne of Moscow, located at the address: Nakhimovsky Prospekt, Vlad. 6.

In the two churches listed above, along with particles of the relics of Matrona, there are the remains of other great Christian saints - Alexander Nevsky, Bishop of Hippo, St. Tikhon of Moscow and some others. In Shubino, in the church of the saints, who are known in Russian church books as brothers-wonderworkers and healers (the unmercenary brothers Kosma and Damian), who lived in the 3rd-4th centuries, there is an icon and relics of the Matrona of Moscow. Moscow has another place where exactly the same icon is kept with a particle of the honest remains of the Matrona - this is the temple in Filippovsky Lane (Resurrection of the Word). It is so called because there is a well-known church holiday the Resurrection of the Word (from the word "to be known" - "to be famous"), which is dedicated to the church built on Golgotha ​​by St. Constantine. And in Moscow there is one place where the relics of the Matrona of Moscow rest in a worthy environment - next to the remains of the Great Martyr and Holy Martyr Panteleimon. This is the Compound (since 1992), where the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Endov is located, which is an architectural monument of the 17th century and is made in the style of Moscow patterns, characterized by intricate shapes and an abundance of decor. In addition, the remains of the old woman are in the church of St. Gregory of Neocaesarea in Derbitsy, located at the address: Moscow, Bolshaya Polyanka, 29a. In Alekseevskaya Novaya Sloboda (at 15 A. Solzhenitsyn Street), in the church of St. Martin the Confessor, a special shrine is kept - the funeral shirt of the saint herself. The image, painted with the blessing of the Matrona herself, and the icon of the Mother of God "Seeking the Lost" are in the Intercession Monastery.

Special reverence and popular love

There are more than 30 churches of St. Matrona in Russia, her relics are delivered to many Russian cities - Krasnoyarsk and Lipetsk, Vologda, Novokuznetsk and Perm. In 2004, the Holy Synod resolved the issue of the general church glorification of the holy blessed Matrona of Moscow. The general church canonization took place in October of the same year. In 1999, she was canonized as a locally venerated Moscow saint. Today, the Matrona of Moscow is perhaps the most beloved of all the saints of the 20th century. People call her Matronushka, she is incredibly loved by Muscovites, and this love and faith in the sacred power of the old woman can only be compared with the love of the inhabitants of the northern capital for Xenia of Petersburg, whom they also call Ksenyushka. Not only residents of the metropolis rush to the relics of the Matrona of Moscow, hundreds of cases are known when, having only two hours of time left between trains, people rushed to Matronushka for help, which came immediately and was already waiting for them upon returning home. The memorable day of the blessed Matrona in the church calendar is May 2.