Christ. Forgive us all sins, lawlessness and the fall. By them we are from our youth even to the present sinner. Yes, with your prayers, who received grace and believed mercy, glorifying the trinity of the one god, father and son, and the holy spirit, now and forever and ever. Holy is your heart. In the name of the father and son and the holy spirit, when you think about the feat of the holy righteous blessed matrona of moscow, you begin to understand the special meaning of human suffering. But the true meaning of suffering was discovered by the savior himself through his death on the cross. Innocent from all points of view from the point of view of the law of that time, the custom of the rules of the innocent was sentenced to death and crucified along with the robbers to death the most shameful cruel, terrible and shameful death was precisely the lot of the robbers atrepya, which tormented the people of a society that was universally contemptible. Thats the feeling. It was to everyone who was crucified on crosses, because in the eyes of the crowd there was no difference, everyone understood that strict roman law and the justice of the procurator legally sentenced everyone , including the innocent savior, to this death. And what happened . Through suffering through the cross , through humiliation , the divine glory was revealed to the world. The cross is not only an object of worship. But the cross is the power that saves person. And all this through an innocent death and through innocent suffering, which the Lord Jesus Christ took upon himself to save the world , so when you think about the life path of the matrona of moscow, you understand that her whole life was a cross. She was born blind, already extremely limited in her abilities. But more than that, she was immobilized. She was deprived of everything that is vital for every person. Well, what can you expect from this unfortunate woman, except that she can be, at best, the subject of our condolences. And matrona became a lamp to the world. Gods great servant of all those glorious and great who lived in her time, someone remembers, and someone curses, and someone turns away, but for someone its just some stories from our not quite so beautiful history of those times. And matrona is an object of worship an object of love of a huge number of people what should you think about . Need to think about that. What is human sorrow and human suffering . Which does not accompany with weakening. Indignation a robot on god and on others on oneself , human sorrow is perceived as a kind of destiny bestowed by god on a person so that he goes his own special path in life cross of the lord, the innocent underwent incredible sorrow, even death. The matron , a man of good life who had never done any harm to anyone, was subjected to this terrible test. From whom from god himself what could be the first murmur . What did i do . I have never done anything wrong to anyone. Yes, what my parents were guilty of and so on, but there was nothing like that. The matron accepted this cross as a kind of blessing. She identified herself with gods life within this sorrow, she gained the great power of prayer and love for people. Isnt this a repetition of what the lord did, of course, it is impossible, even the greatest feat and the most kind and holy person can be compared with a sacrificial the feat of the savior, but the imitation of that feat was undoubtedly present in the life of the holy matrona or maybe thats why we keep such a prayerful memory of her . Maybe thats why we resort to her cancer with the confidence that she will help and does help. Perhaps it was precisely because she lived this old steppe life without ever turning away from the lord, without blaspheming him, but with thanksgiving to god, accepting this heavy lot. And within this sorrow it reached such great holiness that even during her lifetime it was recognized by many many people who even then they came to her for help and advice with requests for prayer. Here is this wonderful example of the holy righteous matrona , who for us people of the older generation is almost a contemporary. Here is an example of a person living in the capital of a huge state. In the most difficult times of atheistic persecution, a humble example who surrendered to obedience to the will of god to a russian woman who, through her suffering, with her resigned perception of sorrow, acquired love for people in her heart. Yes, such that thousands have reached out to her and are reaching out today. Example the holy righteous matrona of moscow is a very vivid and powerful example of how the cross of christ, the symbol of suffering, becomes an instrument of salvation. Or maybe it is also a sermon to all of us. Maybe this is an appeal to all who mourn . Who today is in a difficult state of mind, they are rare physical ones who are looking for an answer to a question . Why, lord, but why do the neighbors live better, but why is everything so bad for me, but why do i have sports, but why is my soul in such a difficult state, lord, help me for what for what . Help here memories of matrona this is the answer to all of us who are looking for an answer to the question from the lord. And why did he get all this, and why do others not have this . Why . I mourn while someone else rejoices, never compare yourself to anyone else. Everyone has their own way, after all , the blind matrona, who became the servant of all russia , gods servant, did not compare herself with others. Suffering opens up the possibility of walking along two paths, the path of life or the path of death. The way of death is weakening. This is grumbling against people against god, this is alienation from people. Its permanent dissatisfaction with your life. Its a constant feeling of envy. And another way. The way of acceptance, sorrow, as the will of god after all, sorrow, especially such that is associated with illness. It does not depend on us from our will from our desire. She seems to be sent from above. And now, when it becomes very difficult for those who are sick, it is especially difficult for those who really want to compare themselves with Healthy People living, as it were, a full life and then say, how unhappy i am or how unhappy i am. For these, especially people , you need to remember the great feat of life saint matrona that she never complained. She never judged anyone. She never envied anyone, what they say they see, hear. And im lying here, i cant see or hear. The examples of the saints are given to us so that we ourselves become stronger. You can pray to come to this convent to ask mother matrona to enter the institute to help you enter an apartment to exchange something else. We know that people come with such requests, we know that matrona helps. Well , maybe first of all, you need to pray her, so that she would give us inner spiritual strength, the strength of faith, the strength of the ability to overcome the sorrows of illness without experience for the salvation of the soul. Im not into ruin. And then the holy matrona will become real. For us, an example that gives everyone the opportunity in the most difficult life circumstances. Do not lose faith, keep thanks to the lord and stand your life in accordance with gods plan for us. With the prayers of the holy righteous matrona of moscow , may the lord strengthen all the suffering , sick, blind, ailing all those who sometimes, after hearing a difficult diagnosis from doctors, he loses all hope. Here it is for all the prayer book. Therefore, my words today, first of all, to those who are physically suffering, who are in illness in cramped circumstances, when relatives begin, as it were, to cool their relationship with such a person and some kind of heavy loneliness begins to accompany pray to the holy righteous matrona, she will be with you because she went through all this during her earthly life, and your grief is the closest grief to her. And your lifes hard circumstances are very close and understandable for her. And maybe thats why people come to this abode in such a multitude, because matrona hears when they turn to matrona. And offering his holy prayer in the throne of god helps all those who ask. Through the prayers of the holy righteous matrona , may the lord keep us all, we believe in unity in love and in compassion for each other. Especially to those who are in sorrow, amen on victory day on the first moscow red square, the main parade of the country, a solemn march will be held over 10,000 military personnel from different types and branches of the military, including a unit involved in a special military operation and 125 units of various types of weapons and equipment military parade dedicated to the seventyeighth anniversary of the victory in the great patriotic war on may 9 , 10 00 moscow time, live