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May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 16

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

Godly people are departing

My dear little children!

How orphaned you have become, and not only you, but we, too. godly people are departing for another world—those who have witnessed by their lives that they are indeed godly people. Such people are becoming rarer and rarer, and the world is becoming empty. What the next generation has to say for itself is not yet clear, but so far life does not console us with good expectations.

Life is becoming harder specifically because of the fact that the world is becoming bereft of godly people. Hold fast to your mama’s commands. These are not empty words but golden grains, which will send forth shoots into eternal joy. I pray for her and for you always, and I prayed for her while she was alive and after her repose, as soon as I learned of it. May her prayer before God for you be now even more bold than it was during her lifetime.

God’s blessing to all of you.

Only God is all-powerful

Dear in the Lord I. and L.!

I rejoice in your joy. Take care of each other, and especially preserve the traces of God’s mercy in your memory and heart, as something clearly visible in your life.

Furthermore, do not forget your spiritual experience, the spiritual warfare you have come to know, and that the enemy is powerful, but only God is all-powerful. Preserve the Lord in your life, and He will preserve you.

Kindness and God’s will

Dear in the Lord O.!

I received your letter and fulfill your request for prayer. However, judging from your letter, you are far from living according to God’s law, although you are Orthodox. Kindness in general is a good quality, but it, too, must be controlled by the light of Divine will. After all, Svetlana is living in mortal sin because of her kindness, and this will destroy her.

Furthermore: always write the name of God with a capital G, for God is the source of our life, and in our life we must have God as our core foundation.

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

5/8/2007

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Clergymen,To Those Desiring the Priestly Rank, and to Priests’ Wives. Part 3

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Clergymen,To Those Desiring the Priestly Rank, and to Priests’ Wives. Part 3
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Clergymen,To Those Desiring the Priestly Rank, and to Priests’ Wives. Part 3

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Clergymen,To Those Desiring the Priestly Rank, and to Priests’ Wives. Part 3
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)
It is necessary and important on our part to have an inner spiritual yearning and desire to fulfill God’s will in our lives. Believe me, the Lord accepts and justifies our sincere feelings. Beyond our understanding and comprehension, He leads our rickety little boat with His firm hand.

The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin

The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin

The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin

The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin
A year has passed since the repose of Russia’s righteous elder, Archimandrite John Krestiankin of the Pskov-Caves Monastery. But his memory has far from faded; to the contrary, it is spreading far beyond the Russian borders, his writings being translated into other languages. Pravoslavie.ru (English edition) is therefore pleased to present each week day excerpts from the forthcoming book May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin (published by Sretensky Monastery and St. Xenia Skete). May our readers find in them answers to perplexities, sober instruction, and deep Christian wisdom, coming from a true elder and confessor of the Faith.

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Monks and Nuns. Part 5

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Monks and Nuns. Part 5
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Monks and Nuns. Part 5

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Monks and Nuns. Part 5
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)
Fr. Hierodeacon is alive and well, and continues to carry his obedience on the holy hill. (This is a hill in the Pskov-Cave Monastery, located over the Holy Caves, where the reposed fathers are buried [trans.]). What do you have to be afraid of in the monastery? Be obedient to Matushka Abbess and save yourself.

See also

Repose of Elder Justin (Pârvu)

Repose of Elder Justin (Pârvu)

Repose of Elder Justin (Pârvu)

Repose of Elder Justin (Pârvu)
On June 16, 2013, following a prolonged illness, Archimandrite Justin (Pârvu) of the Petru Vodă Monastery, one of the most revered Elders in Romania, reposed in the Lord.

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 17

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 17
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 17

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 17
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)
How orphaned you have become, and not only you, but we, too. Godly people are departing for another world—those who have witnessed by their lives that they are indeed Godly people. Such people are becoming rarer and rarer, and the world is becoming empty.

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 15

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 15
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 15

May God Give You Wisdom! The Letters of Fr. John Krestiankin. Letters to Laypeople. Part 15
Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)
Heartfelt congratulations to you, my dear eldress, with your eightieth birthday. Well, you and I have lived to see this blessed time, when the field of our lives is white with the harvest, and the stalks heavy with grain are leaning toward the earth.