7/27/2023
Maria Tobolova
Having inherited untold wealth, including mansions, lands, stud farms and money capital, she decided to spend her money on monasteries and churches—to be rich toward God.
At the sight of any great adversity that befell people she always hurried to prayerfully help the unfortunate.
The saintly ascetic Natalia bore all the hardships of camp life with humility, considering her fate as a cross sent to her that must be carried without complaint or tears in an atmosphere of foul language, fights, and mockery.
She prayed in such a way that it was obvious to me that the blind old woman saw the angelic realm as clearly as you and I see each other.
As an alumna of Leushino Monastery, Anna wrote to her relatives that she accepts her service to the Anointed of God as an obedience and will never leave her position of her own free will.
His family was displeased that their son chose the “lowborn” Eudoxia, but Mikhail remained adamant.
The name of St. Savva of Storozhev is associated with many miracles. We will tell you about one of them. It happened during the capture of Moscow by the French in 1812. The French general Eugène de Beauharnais, who headed a 20,000-strong division, occupied Zvenigorod and settled in the Storozhev Monastery.
Humility before God’s will, trust in the mercy of the Creator and fervent prayer helped Nun Ambrosia survive in exile. In the midst of severe trials, she preserved strong faith and love for God.
Setting to work, she wrote down in her diary: “I will treat everyone as my next of kin! Something great and holy awaits me!”
