The PROPHECIES of Starets Lavrentii
From ‘Prepodobnyistarets’ [“The Venerable Elder”], originally published in the May 1996 issue of the Russian Orthodox newspaper ‘Zhizn Vechnaya’ [“Eternal Life”]
The Second Coming of Our Lord!
Starets (Elder) Lavrentii was a Schema-Archimandrite monk at the Chernigov-Trinity Convent. With his illumining gift of clairvoyance, he served as a guide for hundreds of monastics and laity struggling to find their way through the manifest entanglements of early 20th century life. He reposed in 1950.
YOU WILL LIVE TO SEE ANTICHRIST!
Accompanied by two keleinitsy [lay-sisters], the igumeny [abbess] of the Domnitskaya Convent came to have tea with batiushka [father (dim. aff.)] Lavrentii. During dinner, he said: “You and I, matushka - igumenya [abbess-mother (dim. aff.)], will not live to see antichrist; but, these -- your kelelnitsy, will live to see him!” That was in 1948. Both nuns had been born in 1923. Monakhinya [nun] N. was the one who told the story.
I NEED TO SEE
Whenever Fr. Lavrentii would sit down at table to dine, while waiting for everyone to gather together, he would say: “I am not hungry, but I need to see you all, and to speak with you a little concerning what lies ahead for all of you.” Then he would weep and say: “If you but knew what fate awaits men and what lies ahead for you. If you but knew how people suffer in hell!”
AND HOW HE WILL RECOIL!
This was recorded from the words of Sister M. Batiushka Lavrentii would say: “Do not be astonished when you hear that people are praying in every which way in the churches. When those in their golden-caps [archi- and proto-hieratical mitres] forbid the reading of the Psalter -- and, later, of the hours -- then will the Lord endure but a little; and, O how He will then recoil from them! The Second Coming is now no longer far-distant!”REMEMBER THIS!“This happened when my father was yet alive,” I. M. would recall, concerning her conversation with batiushka Lavrentii. “We were extremely poor, incapable of regaining our senses after the destruction of the war. I went to see starets [elder] Lavrentii, in order to ask him to bless me, that I might secretly wear a podriasnik [an under-cassock, (to be a secret nun)]; but he said to me: “Not all who are in the world will perish; nor will everyone in a monastery be saved! Do you understand? It is not yet time.” Again I began to implore him [to grant me his permission] to enter a wome
... keep reading on reddit ➡Hi. Can you give a few examples of prominent starets (I only know the Russian term) who were not priests and/or monks but laymen or laywomen? From what I gather it's a rare occurrence so I'm curious how it's come about.
Thanks.
Problem solved.
Like i still like smoking but i do it mainly to reduce headaces,anxiety and beong sober is not fun anymore. What should i do?
La legge attuale, riguardo i coltelli, come prima cosa prevede la distinzione tra:
- armi proprie
- armi improprie
Tra le prime rientrano i coltelli a scatto ed i coltelli a "doppia lama" (= affilati su entrambi i lati)
Tra i secondi, parlando di coltelli, rientrano anche i semplici SAK (i victorinox, per intenderci)
Dopo questa breve spiegazione, passiamo alle condizioni di porto (stiamo parlando di coltelli a lama singola, affilati solo su un lato e non a scatto):
Non importa quanto sia grande la lama, se abbia la sicura o meno ecc, c'è sempre bisogno di un giustificato motivo, dimostrabile all'agente di turno.
So che a prima lettura uno può pensare "bhe, se hai un coltello un motivo lo avrai no? Mi sembra giusto che sia necessario un giustificato motivo" La risposta è ni
- Cioè quante volte capita che la maglia che indossiamo abbia un orrendo filo penzolante che vorremmo tagliare?
- Quante volte usiamo i denti per spezzare il nastro adesivo (con tutte le difficoltà del caso, tra cui uno strappo totalmente non preciso)
- Quante volte capita che vorremmo avere qualcosa per far leva ed aprire magari uno sportellino di un qualcosa?
- Quante volte vogliamo aprire qualcosa, una busta chiusa ecc, mentre siamo in auto?
Ecco, tutti questi NON sono giustificati motivi.
Vi starete chiedendo, "ma allora cos'è un giustificato motivo?" Non c'è una precisa risposta, il giustificato motivo va sempre accertato dall'agente di turno (con una discrezionalità immensa) e, eventualmente, dal giudice di turno.
Prima di questa legge, vi era la "legge delle 4 dita" ossia, se il coltello aveva una lama inferiore o uguale a 4 dita era legale averlo con sè senza bisogno di giustificazioni. Ritengo questa legge migliore, anche se da migliorare (es. superare le "quattro dita di chi? di un bambino? di un omone? di una donna?" usando misure precise e caratteristiche tecniche), rispetto quella attuale.
Il problema della legge 110 del 1975 (la attuale) è che ha scaricato completamente sulle forze dell'ordine la responsabilità di giudicare sul momento che il coltello portato con voi abbia una valida ragione; questo può diventare un problema nel momento in cui gli agenti si impuntano malamente nel non credere alla versione fornita solo perché non sempre se ne intendano della disciplina o perché l'onere della prova ricade nei confronti del portatore (cosa che possiede umanamente dei limiti oltre che secondo alcuni giuristi non sempre costituzionale per v
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
(Sorry this is an hour late!)
Discussion Prompts:
- We got a huge amount of information on the Russian church and the idea of an Elder. What did you think of it? Can you picture their daily life, can you picture Zosima and Alyosha’s interactions?
- Alyosha senses that Ivan is struggling toward an inner goal that makes him indifferent to the outside world. What might it be?
- What did you think of the setup of the meeting in Zosima’s cell? Will it go well?
- That ends Book 1, A Nice Little Family. Thoughts so far?
- Is there anything else you’d like to discuss from this chapter?
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> “Nevertheless I would rather bite out my tongue than be lacking in respect to the sainted man whom you reverence so highly,” he wrote in conclusion. Alyosha was not greatly cheered by the letter.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Discussion Prompts:
- Did the starets being alive when Alyosha arrived surprise you?
- We learn why the starets bowed to Dmitri, and why he wants Alyosha to find him. Any thoughts on this?
- What did you think of the starets reason for being so fond of Alyosha?
- Why do you believe the starets wants Alyosha to leave the monastery and live out in the world?
- We learn in this chapter that this is the last conversation with the starets on the final day of his life. What was your reaction to learning he’ll pass away?
- Why do you think the disclaimer of the story of Zosima’s brother being only partially recorded, and that others may have added to the story, was included?
Just another heads up that tomorrow’s chapter is another huge one. It is longer than The Grand Inquisitor chapter.
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Last Line:
> That way it will be shorter and not so tedious, although of course, I repeat, Alyosha took many things from previous conversations and interwove them.
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Discussion Prompts:
- This chapter was huge! How did you find this chapter? Were you engaged throughout, just plowing your way through it, or perhaps felt something else that you would like to share?
- The last line of our previous chapter reads: “That way it will be shorter and not so tedious, although of course, I repeat, Alyosha took many things from previous conversations and interwove them.” Do feel any sort of betrayal at the shorter and not so tedious part? I guess question 1 and 2 are a sort of combo.
- Any thoughts on the (a) Starets Zosima’s elder brother section? What did you make of this part?
- How about the (b) The Holy Scriptures in the life of Father Zosima section? Any takeaways from this section?
- The (c) Recollections from Starets Zosima’s youth, before he became a monk. The duel section? Any thoughts on this part?
- And finally, the (d) The mysterious visitor section. What did you think of this tale?
- Did you have a favorite story out of these? A least favorite? Do any of them seem more memorable to you?
- After the disclaimer in the previous chapter that this probably wasn’t really Zosima’s final conversation, but an added to remembering of it from Alyosha and perhaps others, how do you view these stories in retrospect? Are these stories really Zosima’s, just not from his final conversation? An embellished version of them? Did you take them as gospel from a dying holy man? Are you questioning their authenticity after the fact?
- Please feel free to share any other thoughts you may have on this chapter, or how all of this ties into the book as well. The prompts are just meant as simple conversation starters, but if you have something else you’d like to add to the conversation, you are always welcome to do so.
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Last Line:
> As for God’s servant Mikhail, I remember him constantly in my prayers, even unto this day.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
