Among a fairly large number of Orthodox saints whom worshipers worship and not only, there are several very special personalities. Their spiritual feat is so great that even during their lifetime these people were endowed with a unique divine power to help the suffering. And after their physical death, already embodied in the spirit, they continue to hear human prayers and offer us invisible hands of support. Such remarkable personalities include Matryona Nikonova, a native of the village of Sebino, which was once in the Tula province. The truth is better known by another name - Matron Matron, or Matron of Moscow
Great trials
The icon of the Matrona of Moscow is in almost every church, monastery, in many rural houses and city apartments. Every day, thousands of prayers are addressed to her, and each one has great hope for a miracle, help, blessing and support. The life of Matrona of Moscow tells the story of the fate of this amazing woman.
If it is considered true that the Lord marks a different person with a special sign even before his birth, then the case with Matryona is the most obvious example. Her mother had a prophetic dream - a bird sat on her chest, beautiful in appearance, but blind. And then a girl was born in the Nikonov family, whose eyes were lifeless. The grace of God was manifested in the fact that, not seeing the light of white, the child had an unusually sharp inner, spiritual vision. She felt, understood, appreciated both sinful human actions and righteous ones. And her whole life, full of deprivation, persecution, her own illnesses and endless compassion for people, is regarded as asceticism, a feat in the name of Faith and Mercy. Therefore, being itself struck by a serious illness, almost motionless (paralysis overtook her in adulthood), thanks to piety and indestructible, conscious faith in God, constant prayers, fasting, and being in a spiritual quest, a woman could heal hopelessly sick people, support those who fell spirit, anticipate certain events.
For her inner gaze there were no spatial boundaries, and she, like the Holy Spirit, sitting on the bed in her room, was with soldiers on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, protecting their lives.
Those who suffered for the faith in the cells of the NKVD disappeared in the Gulag, she supported the will, vitality. It is difficult to overestimate the enormous moral impact this woman has had on thousands of people. And after the death, which she predicted for herself, each icon of St. Matrona of Moscow has the same miraculous properties. Mother Matronushka announced to everyone who was saddened by her death so that they would come to her with their needs, problems, troubles, just as if she were nearby. At her grave or in front of the icon they shared everything that was sore. The saint promised that she would hear everyone and try to help, become an intercessor before the face of God.
The miraculous icon
The promise was kept.
May 2, the church celebrates the day of this great martyr and seer, healer and comforter. The icon of the Matrona of Moscow in the monastery, in which she is buried, like a modest grave, turn into a place of endless pilgrimage. What kind of requests do people not make! Someone has lost a child or someone from relatives, and they ask to send news about him, to help find him. Ask for the sick - about health. Women deprived of the happiness of motherhood pray for the opportunity to conceive and bear a baby.
He hears the icon of the Matrona of Moscow and requests for the resolution of family conflicts, the elimination of contention between spouses, misunderstanding between children and parents. About a happy device of personal life. That the prayer could get a decent job, support his family. But you never know what we may need, you never know in what deadlock situation we can find ourselves! And often the icon of the Matrona of Moscow becomes the very straw that gives hope and does not allow us to drown in the abyss of despair.