The aerial toll houses

THE 20 AERIAL TOLL HOUSES The Journey of the Soul After Death According to Orthodox Tradition The Orthodox tradition has preserved a profound description of the condition of the soul after death. One of the most detailed accounts is found in the Life of Saint Basil the New, where Blessed Theodora describes to Gregory the journey of her soul after leaving the body. In this account, the soul is accompanied by angels and passes through twenty aerial toll houses, where demons accuse it of different categories of sins. It is important to understand that the “toll houses” should not be imagined as literal customs checkpoints or buildings in the sky. They are a spiritual image of the soul’s postmortem trial and of a person’s accountability for the life they have lived. The account in question is a hagiographical text and not a dogmatic definition issued by an Ecumenical Council. 1. THE TOLL HOUSE OF WORDS Here the sins committed by a person through the mouth are examined: vain words, idle talk, obscene language, mockery, ridicule, unnecessary conversations, and words that hurt one’s fellow human being. Christ warns us that a person will give an account even for his or her useless words. 2. THE TOLL HOUSE OF LYING Here lies are brought to light: small and great lies, false promises, false testimony, and every deliberate distortion of the truth. Tradition emphasizes that truth is not merely a social virtue but a spiritual condition. 3. THE TOLL HOUSE OF SLANDER Slander and defamation are examined. A person is called to account for the times when he or she damaged someone’s reputation, spread malicious information, or spoke about someone in a way that harmed them. 4. THE TOLL HOUSE OF GLUTTONY Here excess in food and drink is examined. It is not simply about the fact that someone eats. It concerns the enslavement of a person to bodily desires and the loss of self-control. 5. THE TOLL HOUSE OF IDLENESS Laziness, negligence, and spiritual indifference are examined. Not only physical laziness, but also negligence toward one’s duties, prayer, repentance, and spiritual life. 6. THE TOLL HOUSE OF THEFT Here the taking of things belonging to others is examined. Theft of money, objects, property, or anything that belongs to another person. Tradition does not limit theft to the act of taking something. It examines the injustice behind it. 7. THE TOLL HOUSE OF LOVE OF MONEY Here the love of money is examined. Wealth itself is not the object of condemnation, but rather the transformation of money into an idol and the attachment of the heart to it. When a person loves money more than God and his or her fellow human being, love of money becomes spiritual slavery. 8. THE TOLL HOUSE OF USURY Usury and the exploitation of another person through money are examined. Tradition focuses on the injustice that may lie behind a financial transaction when one person exploits another person’s need. 9. THE TOLL HOUSE OF INJUSTICE Here the injustices a person committed during life are examined. Injustice toward one’s fellow human being, deception, dishonesty, and exploitation. The message is clear: a person cannot truly love God while deliberately committing injustice against his or her fellow human being. 10. THE TOLL HOUSE OF ENVY Envy is examined. Sorrow over another person’s happiness, jealousy of their success, the desire for them to lose what they have acquired, and the inner satisfaction when another person fails. Envy is considered a particularly dangerous passion because it can remain deeply hidden within the heart. 11. THE TOLL HOUSE OF PRIDE Here lies one of the deepest spiritual passions. Pride, vanity, self-glorification, contempt for others, and the refusal to recognize one’s dependence upon God. The Orthodox ascetical tradition considers pride to be the root of many other passions. 12. THE TOLL HOUSE OF ANGER Anger and wrath are examined. Outbursts, aggression, insults, and the cultivation of hatred toward another person. It is not merely about the emotion of anger, but primarily about the state in which a person allows anger to dominate the soul. 13. THE TOLL HOUSE OF REMEMBERING WRONGS Here resentment is examined—that is, the keeping of evil within the heart. “I will never forgive him.” This condition represents a refusal to forgive and continues to poison the soul even many years after the original event. 14. THE TOLL HOUSE OF MURDER Here the crime of taking a human life is examined. Tradition regards murder as one of the gravest forms of sin. In the spiritual interpretation, however, the destructive power of hatred and violence is also examined as a condition of the heart. 15. THE TOLL HOUSE OF SORCERY Here magic, divination, occult practices, and the search for supernatural power apart from God are examined. The Orthodox tradition rejects recourse to such practices and calls people to trust in God rather than occult powers. 16. THE TOLL HOUSE OF FORNICATION Sexual sins and the misuse of human sexuality are examined. Orthodox teaching regards the body as God’s creation and sexuality as something that should not be separated from love, responsibility, and holiness. 17. THE TOLL HOUSE OF ADULTERY Here the violation of marital faithfulness is examined. Adultery is presented not merely as a violation of a social rule, but as a betrayal of a relationship and a destruction of trust. 18. THE TOLL HOUSE OF CARNAL PERVERSION In the traditional account, there is a separate toll house for particular forms of sexual sin that the Byzantine hagiographical tradition regarded as grave. Here caution is necessary: this concerns the category as it is presented in the particular hagiographical text and should not be used to humiliate or hate any human being. Orthodox teaching simultaneously calls for repentance for sin and for love and respect toward every human person. 19. THE TOLL HOUSE OF HERESY Here departure from the truth of the faith is examined. Unbelief, apostasy, false teachings, and distortion of the faith are presented as matters for which a person is accountable. For the Orthodox tradition, faith is not merely a collection of theoretical ideas. It is a relationship with God and a life within the Church. 20. THE TOLL HOUSE OF MERCILESSNESS The final toll house concerns mercilessness and hardness of heart. Here we find one of the strongest messages of the entire account. A person is not examined only for the evil he or she did, but also for the good that could have been done and was not done. The absence of charity, compassion, and love toward one’s fellow human being reveals a heart that has moved away from the love of God. WHAT DOES THE ACCOUNT TEACH OVERALL? The story of Theodora should not be read as a “price list” of sins or as a mechanism in which demons have the authority to decide by themselves the eternal destiny of a soul. The central message is different: A person is responsible for his or her life. According to this tradition, the demons are the accusers who remind the soul of its sins. They are not the final judges. Judgment belongs to God. And precisely for this reason, the Orthodox tradition places such great emphasis on repentance, confession, forgiveness, prayer, almsgiving, and participation in the Mysteries of the Church. Father Seraphim Rose also emphasized that the teaching of the toll houses should not be understood in a crudely literal manner. He presented it as part of the broader Orthodox witness concerning human accountability after death and spiritual warfare. AND WHAT ABOUT THE “BEING OF LIGHT” IN NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES? Here we come to an extremely interesting point. Some people who report near-death experiences speak of an intense light, peace, love, or a luminous presence. From an Orthodox perspective, however, we cannot conclude merely from the appearance of light that the experience comes from God. At the same time, it is not correct to say that every experience of light is automatically demonic. Orthodox spiritual life places great importance on the discernment of spirits. The real criterion is not simply: “Was it luminous?” but: What was it that appeared? What did it teach? What did it call the person to do? Does it agree with the Gospel of Christ? Does it lead to repentance, humility, and love for God, or to self-deification and spiritual delusion? This is a much deeper criterion. THE GREAT MESSAGE The account of the toll houses was not given to terrify people. It was given as a warning concerning the life we are living now. Because the moment of death is not the moment when we begin correcting our soul. Preparation begins here. With repentance. With confession. With forgiveness. With love. With almsgiving. With prayer. With participation in the Mysteries of the Church. And above all: with Christ. For the Orthodox faith does not teach that a person is saved because he or she managed to “pass through a toll house” by his or her own strength. Salvation is the grace of God and life in Christ. Therefore, the message of the Church to the human person is not: “Fear the toll houses.” But: “Repent, love Christ, forgive, pray, and prepare your soul for eternity.” And when the time comes to depart from this life, the Christian’s hope is not found in his or her own strength. It is found in the mercy of God. “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.”

 Βεβαίως. Θα το κρατήσω ολόκληρο και στις τρεις γλώσσες: Ελληνικά → Αγγλικά → Ρωσικά, χωρίς να αλλάξω το νόημα ή τη δομή του. Επειδή το ελληνικό είναι το πρωτότυπο που μου έδωσες, παρακάτω θα έχεις το πλήρες αγγλικό και ρωσικό κείμενο, έτοιμο για copy-paste μαζί με το ελληνικό πρωτότυπο.

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THE 20 AERIAL TOLL HOUSES

The Journey of the Soul After Death According to Orthodox Tradition

The Orthodox tradition has preserved a profound description of the condition of the soul after death. One of the most detailed accounts is found in the Life of Saint Basil the New, where Blessed Theodora describes to Gregory the journey of her soul after leaving the body.

In this account, the soul is accompanied by angels and passes through twenty aerial toll houses, where demons accuse it of different categories of sins.

It is important to understand that the “toll houses” should not be imagined as literal customs checkpoints or buildings in the sky. They are a spiritual image of the soul’s postmortem trial and of a person’s accountability for the life they have lived. The account in question is a hagiographical text and not a dogmatic definition issued by an Ecumenical Council.

1. THE TOLL HOUSE OF WORDS

Here the sins committed by a person through the mouth are examined:

vain words, idle talk, obscene language, mockery, ridicule, unnecessary conversations, and words that hurt one’s fellow human being.

Christ warns us that a person will give an account even for his or her useless words.

2. THE TOLL HOUSE OF LYING

Here lies are brought to light:

small and great lies, false promises, false testimony, and every deliberate distortion of the truth.

Tradition emphasizes that truth is not merely a social virtue but a spiritual condition.

3. THE TOLL HOUSE OF SLANDER

Slander and defamation are examined.

A person is called to account for the times when he or she damaged someone’s reputation, spread malicious information, or spoke about someone in a way that harmed them.

4. THE TOLL HOUSE OF GLUTTONY

Here excess in food and drink is examined.

It is not simply about the fact that someone eats. It concerns the enslavement of a person to bodily desires and the loss of self-control.

5. THE TOLL HOUSE OF IDLENESS

Laziness, negligence, and spiritual indifference are examined.

Not only physical laziness, but also negligence toward one’s duties, prayer, repentance, and spiritual life.

6. THE TOLL HOUSE OF THEFT

Here the taking of things belonging to others is examined.

Theft of money, objects, property, or anything that belongs to another person.

Tradition does not limit theft to the act of taking something. It examines the injustice behind it.

7. THE TOLL HOUSE OF LOVE OF MONEY

Here the love of money is examined.

Wealth itself is not the object of condemnation, but rather the transformation of money into an idol and the attachment of the heart to it.

When a person loves money more than God and his or her fellow human being, love of money becomes spiritual slavery.

8. THE TOLL HOUSE OF USURY

Usury and the exploitation of another person through money are examined.

Tradition focuses on the injustice that may lie behind a financial transaction when one person exploits another person’s need.

9. THE TOLL HOUSE OF INJUSTICE

Here the injustices a person committed during life are examined.

Injustice toward one’s fellow human being, deception, dishonesty, and exploitation.

The message is clear: a person cannot truly love God while deliberately committing injustice against his or her fellow human being.

10. THE TOLL HOUSE OF ENVY

Envy is examined.

Sorrow over another person’s happiness, jealousy of their success, the desire for them to lose what they have acquired, and the inner satisfaction when another person fails.

Envy is considered a particularly dangerous passion because it can remain deeply hidden within the heart.

11. THE TOLL HOUSE OF PRIDE

Here lies one of the deepest spiritual passions.

Pride, vanity, self-glorification, contempt for others, and the refusal to recognize one’s dependence upon God.

The Orthodox ascetical tradition considers pride to be the root of many other passions.

12. THE TOLL HOUSE OF ANGER

Anger and wrath are examined.

Outbursts, aggression, insults, and the cultivation of hatred toward another person.

It is not merely about the emotion of anger, but primarily about the state in which a person allows anger to dominate the soul.

13. THE TOLL HOUSE OF RESENTMENT

Here resentment is examined—that is, the keeping of evil within the heart.

“I will never forgive him.”

This condition represents a refusal to forgive and continues to poison the soul even many years after the original event.

14. THE TOLL HOUSE OF MURDER

Here the crime of taking a human life is examined.

Tradition regards murder as one of the gravest forms of sin.

In the spiritual interpretation, however, the destructive power of hatred and violence is also examined as a condition of the heart.

15. THE TOLL HOUSE OF SORCERY

Here magic, divination, occult practices, and the search for supernatural power outside God are examined.

The Orthodox tradition rejects recourse to such practices and calls people to trust in God rather than occult powers.

16. THE TOLL HOUSE OF FORNICATION

Sexual sins and the misuse of human sexuality are examined.

Orthodox teaching regards the body as God’s creation and sexuality as something that should not be separated from love, responsibility, and holiness.

17. THE TOLL HOUSE OF ADULTERY

Here the violation of marital faithfulness is examined.

Adultery is presented not merely as a violation of a social rule, but as a betrayal of a relationship and a destruction of trust.

18. THE TOLL HOUSE OF CARNAL PERVERSION

In the traditional account, there is a separate toll house for particular forms of sexual sin that the Byzantine hagiographical tradition regarded as grave.

Here caution is necessary: this concerns the category as it is presented in the particular hagiographical text and should not be used to humiliate or hate any human being.

Orthodox teaching simultaneously calls for repentance for sin and for love and respect toward every human person.

19. THE TOLL HOUSE OF HERESY

Here departure from the truth of the faith is examined.

Unbelief, apostasy, false teachings, and distortion of the faith are presented as matters for which a person is accountable.

For the Orthodox tradition, faith is not merely a collection of theoretical ideas. It is a relationship with God and a life within the Church.

20. THE TOLL HOUSE OF MERCILESSNESS

The final toll house concerns mercilessness and hardness of heart.

Here we find one of the strongest messages of the entire account.

A person is not examined only for the evil he or she did, but also for the good that could have been done and was not done.

The absence of charity, compassion, and love toward one’s fellow human being reveals a heart that has moved away from the love of God.

WHAT DOES THE ACCOUNT TEACH OVERALL?

The story of Theodora should not be read as a “price list” of sins or as a mechanism in which demons have the authority to decide by themselves the eternal destiny of a soul.

The central message is different:

A person is responsible for his or her life.

According to this tradition, the demons are the accusers who remind the soul of its sins. They are not the final judges.

Judgment belongs to God.

And precisely for this reason, the Orthodox tradition places such great emphasis on repentance, confession, forgiveness, prayer, almsgiving, and participation in the Mysteries of the Church.

Father Seraphim Rose also emphasized that the teaching of the toll houses should not be understood in a crudely literal manner. He presented it as part of the broader Orthodox witness concerning human accountability after death and spiritual warfare.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE “BEING OF LIGHT” IN NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES?

Here we come to an extremely interesting point.

Some people who report near-death experiences speak of an intense light, peace, love, or a luminous presence.

From an Orthodox perspective, however, we cannot conclude merely from the appearance of light that the experience comes from God.

At the same time, it is not correct to say that every experience of light is automatically demonic.

Orthodox spiritual life places great importance on the discernment of spirits.

The real criterion is not simply:

“Was it luminous?”

but:

What was it that appeared? What did it teach? What did it call the person to do? Does it agree with the Gospel of Christ? Does it lead to repentance, humility, and love for God, or to self-deification and spiritual delusion?

This is a much deeper criterion.

THE GREAT MESSAGE

The account of the toll houses was not given to terrify people.

It was given as a warning concerning the life we are living now.

Because the moment of death is not the moment when we begin correcting our soul.

Preparation begins here.

With repentance.

With confession.

With forgiveness.

With love.

With almsgiving.

With prayer.

With participation in the Mysteries of the Church.

And above all:

with Christ.

For the Orthodox faith does not teach that a person is saved because he or she managed to “pass through a toll house” by his or her own strength.

Salvation is the grace of God and life in Christ.

Therefore, the message of the Church to the human person is not:

“Fear the toll houses.”

But:

“Repent, love Christ, forgive, pray, and prepare your soul for eternity.”

And when the time comes to depart from this life, the Christian’s hope is not found in his or her own strength.

It is found in the mercy of God.

“Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.”

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20 ВОЗДУШНЫХ МЫТАРСТВ

Путь души после смерти согласно православному преданию

Православное предание сохранило глубокое описание состояния души после смерти. Одно из наиболее подробных повествований находится в Житии святителя Василия Нового, где блаженная Феодора рассказывает Григорию о пути своей души после выхода из тела.

В этом повествовании душу сопровождают ангелы, и она проходит через двадцать воздушных мытарств, где бесы обвиняют её в различных категориях грехов.

Важно понимать, что «мытарства» не следует представлять как буквальные таможни или здания на небе. Это духовный образ посмертного испытания души и ответственности человека за прожитую жизнь. Данное повествование является агиографическим текстом, а не догматическим определением Вселенского Собора.

1. МЫТАРСТВО ПУСТЫХ СЛОВ

Здесь рассматриваются грехи, совершаемые человеком посредством уст:

пустые слова, празднословие, непристойные слова, насмешки, издевательства, ненужные разговоры и слова, причиняющие боль ближнему.

Христос предупреждает нас, что человек даст ответ даже за свои праздные слова.

2. МЫТАРСТВО ЛЖИ

Здесь обнаруживается ложь:

маленькая и большая ложь, ложные обещания, ложные свидетельства и всякое сознательное искажение истины.

Предание подчёркивает, что истина является не просто социальной добродетелью, но духовным состоянием.

3. МЫТАРСТВО КЛЕВЕТЫ

Здесь рассматриваются клевета и злословие.

Человек призывается дать ответ за те случаи, когда он разрушал репутацию другого, распространял злонамеренные сведения или говорил о ком-либо так, что причинял ему вред.

4. МЫТАРСТВО ЧРЕВОУГОДИЯ

Здесь рассматривается невоздержанность в пище и питье.

Речь идёт не просто о том, что человек ест. Речь идёт о порабощении человека телесными желаниями и утрате самообладания.

5. МЫТАРСТВО ЛЕНИ

Здесь рассматриваются лень, небрежность и духовное безразличие.

Не только физическая лень, но и небрежность по отношению к обязанностям, молитве, покаянию и духовной жизни.

6. МЫТАРСТВО КРАЖИ

Здесь рассматривается присвоение чужого.

Кража денег, вещей, имущества или всего того, что принадлежит другому человеку.

Предание не ограничивает понятие кражи только самим актом присвоения. Оно рассматривает несправедливость, которая стоит за этим поступком.

7. МЫТАРСТВО СРЕБРОЛЮБИЯ

Здесь рассматривается любовь к деньгам.

Осуждается не само богатство, а превращение денег в идола и привязанность к ним сердца человека.

Когда человек любит деньги больше Бога и ближнего, сребролюбие становится духовным рабством.

8. МЫТАРСТВО ЛИХОИМСТВА

Здесь рассматриваются ростовщичество и эксплуатация другого человека посредством денег.

Предание обращает внимание на несправедливость, которая может скрываться за финансовой сделкой, когда один человек использует нужду другого.

9. МЫТАРСТВО НЕСПРАВЕДЛИВОСТИ

Здесь рассматриваются несправедливости, совершённые человеком в течение жизни.

Несправедливость по отношению к ближнему, обман, нечестность и эксплуатация.

Послание ясно: человек не может по-настоящему любить Бога и одновременно сознательно поступать несправедливо по отношению к своему ближнему.

10. МЫТАРСТВО ЗАВИСТИ

Здесь рассматривается зависть.

Печаль из-за счастья другого, ревность к его успеху, желание, чтобы он потерял приобретённое, и внутреннее удовлетворение от неудачи другого человека.

Зависть считается особенно опасной страстью, потому что она может глубоко скрываться в сердце.

11. МЫТАРСТВО ГОРДОСТИ

Здесь находится одна из самых глубоких духовных страстей.

Гордость, тщеславие, самолюбование, презрение к другим и отказ признать свою зависимость от Бога.

Православная аскетическая традиция считает гордость корнем многих других страстей.

12. МЫТАРСТВО ГНЕВА

Здесь рассматриваются гнев и ярость.

Вспышки гнева, агрессия, оскорбления и культивирование ненависти к другому человеку.

Речь идёт не просто об эмоции гнева, но прежде всего о состоянии, в котором человек позволяет гневу господствовать над его душой.

13. МЫТАРСТВО ЗЛОПАМЯТСТВА

Здесь рассматривается злопамятность — сохранение зла в сердце.

«Я никогда его не прощу».

Такое состояние является отказом от прощения и продолжает отравлять душу даже спустя много лет после первоначального события.

14. МЫТАРСТВО УБИЙСТВА

Здесь рассматривается преступление лишения человека жизни.

Предание считает убийство одной из самых тяжёлых форм греха.

Однако в духовном толковании разрушительная сила ненависти и насилия также рассматривается как состояние сердца.

15. МЫТАРСТВО ЧАРОДЕЙСТВА

Здесь рассматриваются колдовство, гадание, оккультные практики и поиск сверхъестественной силы вне Бога.

Православное предание отвергает обращение к таким практикам и призывает человека доверять Богу, а не оккультным силам.

16. МЫТАРСТВО БЛУДА

Здесь рассматриваются сексуальные грехи и злоупотребление человеческой сексуальностью.

Православное учение рассматривает тело как творение Божие, а сексуальность — как нечто, что не должно быть отделено от любви, ответственности и святости.

17. МЫТАРСТВО ПРЕЛЮБОДЕЯНИЯ

Здесь рассматривается нарушение супружеской верности.

Прелюбодеяние представляется не просто как нарушение общественного правила, но как предательство отношений и разрушение доверия.

18. МЫТАРСТВО ПЛОТСКОГО ИЗВРАЩЕНИЯ

В традиционном повествовании существует отдельное мытарство для определённых форм сексуального греха, которые византийская агиографическая традиция считала тяжкими.

Здесь необходима осторожность: речь идёт о категории, представленной именно в данном агиографическом тексте, и она не должна использоваться для унижения или ненависти к какому-либо человеку.

Православное учение одновременно призывает к покаянию в грехе и к любви и уважению к каждому человеческому лицу.

19. МЫТАРСТВО ЕРЕСЕЙ

Здесь рассматривается отступление от истины веры.

Неверие, отступничество, ложные учения и искажение веры представлены как вопросы, за которые человек несёт ответственность.

Для православного предания вера — это не просто совокупность теоретических идей. Это отношение с Богом и жизнь в Церкви.

20. МЫТАРСТВО НЕМИЛОСЕРДИЯ

Последнее мытарство связано с немилосердием и жестокостью сердца.

Здесь находится одно из самых сильных посланий всего повествования.

Человек рассматривается не только за то зло, которое он совершил, но и за то добро, которое он мог совершить, но не совершил.

Отсутствие милосердия, сострадания и любви к ближнему раскрывает сердце, удалившееся от любви Божией.

ЧЕМУ В ЦЕЛОМ УЧИТ ЭТО ПОВЕСТВОВАНИЕ?

Историю Феодоры не следует читать как «прейскурант» грехов или как механизм, в котором бесы самостоятельно имеют власть решить вечную участь души.

Главное послание иное:

Человек ответственен за свою жизнь.

Согласно этому преданию, бесы являются обвинителями, которые напоминают о грехах души. Они не являются окончательными судьями.

Суд принадлежит Богу.

И именно поэтому православное предание придаёт такое большое значение покаянию, исповеди, прощению, молитве, милостыне и участию в Таинствах Церкви.

Отец Серафим Роуз также подчёркивал, что учение о мытарствах не следует понимать грубо и буквально. Он представлял его как часть более широкого православного свидетельства об ответственности человека после смерти и духовной брани.

А ЧТО НАСЧЁТ «СВЕТОВОГО СУЩЕСТВА» В ОПЫТАХ, БЛИЗКИХ К СМЕРТИ?

Здесь мы подходим к чрезвычайно интересному вопросу.

Некоторые люди, рассказывающие об околосмертных переживаниях, говорят о ярком свете, мире, любви или светящемся присутствии.

Однако с православной точки зрения нельзя заключать только по появлению света, что переживание исходит от Бога.

В то же время неправильно утверждать, что всякий опыт света автоматически является демоническим.

Православная духовная жизнь придаёт большое значение различению духов.

Настоящий критерий — не просто:

«Было ли это светлым?»

но:

Что именно явилось? Чему оно учило? К чему призывало человека? Соответствует ли это Евангелию Христову? Ведёт ли оно к покаянию, смирению и любви к Богу или к самообожествлению и духовной прелести?

Это гораздо более глубокий критерий.

ГЛАВНОЕ ПОСЛАНИЕ

Повествование о мытарствах было дано не для того, чтобы терроризировать человека.

Оно было дано как предупреждение о той жизни, которой мы живём сейчас.

Потому что момент смерти — не тот момент, когда мы начинаем исправлять свою душу.

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С покаяния.

С исповеди.

С прощения.

С любви.

С милостыни.

С молитвы.

С участия в Таинствах Церкви.

И прежде всего:

со Христом.

Потому что православная вера не учит, что человек спасается потому, что собственными силами смог «пройти мытарство».

Спасение — это благодать Божия и жизнь во Христе.

Поэтому послание Церкви человеку — не:

«Бойся мытарств».

Но:

«Покайся, возлюби Христа, прощай, молись и приготовь свою душу к вечности».

И когда придёт время уйти из этой жизни, надежда христианина заключается не в его собственных силах.

Она заключается в милости Божией.

«Господи Иисусе Христе, помилуй меня».

 THE LIGHT MUST BE TESTED.

When someone describes a near-death experience and says that a “being of light” appeared and began asking questions such as:

“What do you have to show me?”
“What have you done with your life?”

we should not immediately assume that this being is God.

Does the true God need to ask us what we have done, as though He does not already know us?

God knows the heart. He knows every thought, every action, every hidden sin, and every secret intention.

And when some people describe a mysterious “being of light” that questions them, laughs at them, or presents itself in a way that does not correspond to the revelation of Christ and the teachings of the Church, the Orthodox Christian should be extremely cautious.

Not every supernatural experience comes from God.

The Holy Scriptures warn us that Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.

Therefore, the question is not simply:

“Did you see a light?”

The question is:

WHO was behind that light?

The Christian does not test spiritual experiences by emotion, brightness, love, or supernatural appearance.

We test everything against Christ, the Holy Scriptures, and the Holy Tradition of the Orthodox Church.

Not every light is the Light of Christ.

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God.”

— 1 John 4:1

 «Tanrı Her Şeyi Bilir…»

Bir gün, Yaşlı Peder Porphyrios (Aziz Porphyrios) ve üç ruhani evladı yorgundular ve manastıra ulaşabilmek için bir taksi durdurmaya karar verdiler.

Uzaktan bir taksi göründü.

Yaşlının üç arkadaşı taksiyi durdurmaya karar verdiler.

«Endişelenmeyin,» dedi yaşlı adam, «taksi kendiliğinden duracak.

Ancak taksiye bindiğinizde şoförle konuşmayacaksınız. Onunla yalnızca ben konuşacağım.»

Ve tam olarak böyle oldu.

Araba, elleriyle işaret etmemiş olmalarına rağmen durdu. Hepsi arabaya bindi ve yaşlı adam şoföre nereye gideceklerini söyledi.

Taksi şoförü yola çıktığında, neredeyse hemen din adamlarını her türlü ağır günahla suçlamaya başladı.

Her yeni suçlama yaptığında arka koltukta oturan yaşlının ruhani evlatlarına dönerek:

«Ee çocuklar? Buna ne diyorsunuz?» diye soruyordu.

Onlar ise itaat gereği sessizce oturuyorlardı…

Taksi şoförü onların kendisine cevap vermeyeceklerini anlayınca Peder Porphyrios’a döndü ve sordu:

«Sen ne diyorsun, baba? Yazılanların hepsi doğru, öyle değil mi?»

Yaşlı adam cevap verdi:

«Oğlum, sana kısa bir hikâye anlatacağım. Bunu yalnızca bir kez anlatacağım; iki kez dinlemene gerek kalmayacak.

Belirli bir yerde (yerin adını söyledi) yaşayan bir adam vardı. Bu adamın, büyük bir araziye sahip yaşlı bir komşusu vardı.

Bir gece komşusunu öldürdü ve onu toprağa gömdü.

Daha sonra sahte belgeler kullanarak komşusunun arazisine el koydu ve onu sattı.

Peki, bu parayla ne satın aldığını biliyor musun?

Bir taksi satın aldı…»

Taksi şoförü bu hikâyeyi duyar duymaz ürperdi. Sonra yolun kenarına çekti ve bağırdı:

«Sus, baba! Bunu sadece sen ve ben biliyoruz!»

«Tanrı bunu da biliyor,» diye cevap verdi Peder Porphyrios.

«Bana bunu sana bildirmemi söyledi.

Bak, tövbe et ve hayatını değiştir».

✅ 1. Turkey is destroyed

(as prophesied by: Saint Paisios, Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, Eldress Galaktia, Metropolitan Neophytos, Saint Cosmas of Aetolia)

📌 It won’t collapse by revolution or internal conflict alone, but by external – military and spiritual – intervention (e.g. from Russia, according to Saint Paisios).

❗ It will break into pieces: Kurds, Alevis, Turkic peoples, and foreigners.

⸻

✅ 2. Cyprus regains its territories

📌 The occupied areas will be abandoned by Turkey — not handed over officially, but no longer under its control.

🕊 Morphou, Varosha, and other areas will return — without conditions, without exchanges.

🏠 Refugees will return without asking for permission.

⸻

✅ 3. Settlers and Turkish soldiers leave

🔻 The settlers will leave either out of fear, or peacefully — there will be no power to support them.

⚖️ Turkish-Cypriots who choose to stay will live in peace, with respect and freedom, but without administrative power.

⸻

✅ 4. Reunification of Cyprus – but under a divine condition

🙏 All of this will happen if the people repent.

✝️ If there is faith, humility, and gratitude, God will protect the new unified state.

📖 Saint Paisios:

“You will get it back, but if you don’t change, they’ll take it from you again — this time in another way.”

⸻

✅ 5. Spiritual and national renewal of Cyprus

🌿 Cyprus will become a light of Orthodoxy in the East.

👶 New saints will arise from the suffering of the refugees.

🕍 The churches that were destroyed will be reopened.

⸻

✅ 6. Caution – A new trap may come from the West

⚠️ After the fall of Turkey, others will try to influence Cyprus through:

• Godless laws

• Pressure for de-Christianization

• A new form of slavery (economic, ideological)

📖 Eldress Galaktia:

“The serpent flees from the East, but returns from the West with a suit and a contract.”

⸻

📌 Final Warning – and Divine Promise:

✝️ If Cyprus thanks God for her freedom,

🙌 If she rebuilds her churches and schools in faith,

🌅 Then she will become an island of peace and holiness

φαινόμενο UFO

 Σήμερα, οι σκοτεινές δυνάμεις του Σατανά ονομάζονται εξωγήινοι, ή κάτι αρνητικό ον. Είναι οντότητες του Σατάν, που τους αρέσει να βρωμίζουν το μυαλό σας. Και το έχουν κάνει με έναν πολύ όμορφο τρόπο. Είναι ένα σημάδι της πνευματικής κρίσης του σήμερα ότι οι σύγχρονοι άνθρωποι, με όλους τους περήφανους «φώτιση» και «σοφία», γνωρίζουν για άλλη μια φορά τέτοιες εμπειρίες - αλλά δεν έχουν πλέον τη χριστιανική υποδομή για να τις ερμηνεύσουν. Σύγχρονοι ερευνητές UFO, ψάχνοντας για μια εξήγηση για φαινόμενα που έχουν γίνει πολύ αντιληπτά τώρα, υπήρξαν συνεργάτες των σημερινών ψυχικών ερευνητών σε μια προσπάθεια να διαμορφώσουν μια «ενοποιημένη θεωρία πεδίου» που θα περιλαμβάνει ψυχολογικά καθώς και υλικά φαινόμενα. Όμως αυτοί οι ερευνητές πλησιάζουν μόνο το σύγχρονο «φωτισμένο» άνθρωπος και εμπιστευτείτε τις επιστημονικές παρατηρήσεις για να δώσετε απαντήσεις σε ένα πνευματικό πεδίο που απολύτως δεν μπορεί να προσεγγιστεί «αντικειμενικά» αλλά μόνο από την πίστη. Ο φυσικός κόσμος είναι ηθικά ουδέτερος και μπορεί να γίνει γνωστός σχετικά καλά σε έναν αντικειμενικό παρατηρητή. αλλά το αόρατο πνευματικό βασίλειο περιλαμβάνει καλά και κακά όντα, και ο «αντικειμενικός» παρατηρητής δεν έχει κανένα μέσο να διακρίνει ο ένας από τον άλλο, εκτός εάν αποδέχεται την αποκάλυψη που έχει κάνει για αυτούς τους ανθρώπους τον αόρατο Θεό. Έτσι, οι σημερινοί ερευνητές του UFO τοποθετούν τη θεϊκή έμπνευση της Βίβλου σε σύγκριση με τη σατανική εμπνευσμένη αυτόματη γραφή του πνευματισμού και δεν κάνουν διάκριση μεταξύ της δράσης των αγγέλων και των δαιμόνων. Πολλές πρόσφατες μελέτες του UFO από ευαγγελικούς Προτεστάντες, συλλέξτε όλα αυτά τα στοιχεία και καταλήξτε στο συμπέρασμα ότι τα φαινόμενα UFO είναι απλά δαιμονικής προέλευσης. * Είναι δύσκολο να καταλήξουμε σε ένα διαφορετικό συμπέρασμα Ορθόδοξος Χριστιανός ερευνητής. Μερικές ή πολλές από τις εμπειρίες μπορεί να είναι αποτέλεσμα απάτης ή ψευδαισθήσεων. αλλά είναι απλώς αδύνατο να απορρίψουμε μία από τις πολλές χιλιάδες αναφορές UFO με αυτόν τον τρόπο. Ένας μεγάλος αριθμός σύγχρονων μέσων και τα πνευματικά τους φαινόμενα είναι επίσης παραπλανητικά. αλλά ο πνευματισμός του mentioumistikos, όταν είναι γνήσιος, αναμφίβολα παράγει πραγματικά «παραφυσικά» φαινόμενα υπό τη δράση των δαιμόνων. Το φαινόμενο UFO, που έχει την ίδια πηγή, δεν είναι λιγότερο πραγματικό. ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ ΕΔΩ = Υπάρχει κατασκευαστής μανδύων τόσο ανθρώπινων όσο και διαβόλων. Το Stealth βομβαρδιστικό είναι η πιο προηγμένη τεχνολογία μας την οποία γνωρίζει το αμερικανικό κοινό και αναπτύχθηκε πριν από 30 χρόνια.

Η Νέα Γέννηση είναι η παραλαβή της νέας ζωής

 

Η Νέα Γέννηση είναι η παραλαβή της νέας ζωής

Είναι πώς αποκτούμε είσοδο στο βασίλειο του Θεού και στην Εκκλησία Του. Ο Ιησούς είπε, "Αν δεν γεννηθεί κανείς από νερό και Πνεύμα, δεν μπορεί να μπει στη βασιλεία του Θεού" (Ιωάννης 3: 5). Από την αρχή της, η Εκκλησία έχει διδάξει ότι το νερό είναι το νερό του βαπτίσματος και το Πνεύμα είναι το Άγιο Πνεύμα. Η νέα γέννηση συμβαίνει στο βάπτισμα όπου πεθαίνουμε με τον Χριστό, θάβουμε μαζί Του, και μεγαλώνουμε μαζί Του στη νεότητα της ανάστασης Του, ενώνοντας την ένωση μαζί Του στη δοξασμένη ανθρωπότητα Του (Πράξεις 2:38 · Ρωμαίους 6: 3- 4). Η ιδέα ότι «ξαναγεννιέται» είναι μια θρησκευτική εμπειρία που αποσυνδέεται από το βάπτισμα είναι πρόσφατη και δεν έχει καμία βιβλική βάση.

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Devil IS annoyed

Orthodoxy is beginning to attack ... because it is in the scriptures ... in fact it grows, but others have to attack because of the fact that they are falling ... God bless all my orthodox brothers and sisters ... read the Orthodox Bible Study Guide .. ALL ANSWERS IS IN ORTHODOXY! Amen DEVIL is irritated = WHY, more and more people are turning into orthodoxy today, the devil knows better, because he started attacking in different ways. Check out the YouTube channel and you will realize the hatred coming from the devil, using all the shepherd's contractions. .. attacking orthodoxy Do not make the mistake The devil has built a huge prophet on earth to speak in the name of Christ, to confuse and pull out of the Orthodox Church. and remove us from the weapons offered by ORTHODOXY The Holy Spirit will not work outside the Orthodox Church. You can say whatever you want, but on the day you die and you will be in front of the Lord's throne, than you will learn about the Truth and too late. READ ORTHODOX BOOKS, SEARCH THE TRUTH AND WILL SEE YOU

Angelica saw something , but I also think what Angelica e it was not Jesus

Christ warns us about the end of the season, about the signs. There is no real God will ever speak, as he does for the mother of God, who is praying all the time for humanity not to be lost, what bothers the evil spirit Antichrist nowadays, knowing that the last time for the Antichrist and his devils are close, he will do whatever is possible to deceive the man from many events, with the aim of the Virgin and the Holy Tau. I have read all these testimonials a few weeks ago, and it is possible that Angelica saw something , but I also think what Angelica e it was not Jesus ... Angelica should pray for discrimination because Jesus would not wear gold sandals, as he said he would not have written throughout in a golden girdle "King of kings and Lord of lords." ... His presence alone would be enough to know he was the king ... and also will not go around the hell pointing finger to the people saying "you know what you did" ... When the end comes God is not his that we will point to the finger, he will be the devil, so that with all honesty I believe that Angelica really be fooled by the devil himself, trying to direct her to the wrong road, because he has been known to appear as Jesus in the past dressed more like a ground king with gold and crowns etc, then a savior who lived on earth with humiliation and love, did not suddenly change when he ascended to heaven ... died for our sins, we Grieve of the Lost Souls in hell, go No around telling them is too late What you know he did. THE SIGURA HOPE DOES NOT BE LIKE, WHERE WE TALK FOR A VISION, A SURROUNDED SOUND AS WELL AS THAT. AND THE COVENANT WAYS THAT IT'S REFERRED TO THE PENTICCOCIANS, TO BE SURE THAT THEY WERE NOT LIVED THAN EVERY TRUE TRUTH .. EVEN UNIVERSAL. SURE MANY WONDERS IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN OUR TIME NEEDED enlightenment AND DISCRIMINATION (The ANOMOS THERE IS MUCH MORE CAREFUL AND METHODS AND USES OTHER THINGS BUT SAYS .. AND THERE BUT LEAVE THE POSITION IN THE MIKROLEPTOMEREIS WHO USUALLY GET unnoticed. NOT THIS BUT This topic) First ANY ORDODOXOS SAINT HAD WHEN APPROPRIATE EXPERIENCE DEFINITELY NOT CHASKOGELAEI (AS THE gIRL) WHEN MENTIONED IN THIS EXPERIENCE IS .. SYNTETRIMMENOS feels CHARMOLYPI .. The CHARMOLYPI IS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN HN YMATIKI CONDITION AND PROTESTANTES KATHOLIKOUS .. NOT DISCUSSED THE SPIRIT OF THAT PRESENTED AS JESUS ​​SAID The PROBABLY LIKE JEHOVAH (ANOTHER STORY HERE, ONE PAGANISTIS "GOD" worshiped BEFORE THE OLD TESTAMENT BY JEWS) NOWHERE ON THE SELF (WHO PRESENTED ON GIRL ) DO NOT WELCOME TO THE SAINT TRIADAY .. WHEN DO NOT DO THIS DOES THIS !!! WHAT CHURCH WELL YOU GIVEN, IN PROTESTANT? ... MY NATURAL WANTED AND LEAVE AND NOT LOOK FOR THE TRUTH, THE TRUE CHRIST AS LIVING WITHIN ORTHODOXY .. THIS IS PRECIOUSLY THE PROFIT OF THE DIVINE WHICH IS PREPARED FOR THE RUNNING OF THE ANTICHRIST ... WHAT IS IT TO BE They all fight because all these wicked people are going to Christ. This is happening and is presented as a Christ. All these for the sake of reward, the rewarding of the baptism is its own, and it is the same in the middle of the Bosphorus .. It is the puddle. AND THE SAME FACE THAT THE JESUS ​​OF THE VISION THE COFFEE IS AUTHORIZING PANAGIA AND HIS HOLY CLOSE THE WORLD TO BELIEVE THOSE WHO MAKES THROUGH THE COVER. IS NOT A PARAGOGUE OF THIS? SHOULD YOU EXPRESSE ANYTHE TRUE CHRIST? I WILL NEVER KEEP THE PARADISE DRAWING .. WAITING TABLES; IN THE EVENT THAT ON THE DAIMON IS MULTI ANTICTITUDE (SHOWING THE PAPA IN THE COLLECTION). THE UNIVERSE SUCKS THAT THEY ARE IN THE SHOW AND THAT IT IS ... THE MOST LOVE CHILD ... OF THE PANAGIA. ! IN NO EVENT SHOULD NOT REPORT TO ORTHODOXY .. THE ONLY TRUTH. CHRIST WAS WARNING FOR "POINTS AND WALLS" BEFORE THE AGE OF THE ANTICHRIST. ALL THOSE SPIRITUAL BROADBANDS ARE PREPARING THE CHRISTIANS FOR THE SPIRIT CHRIST.