Believers, more and more learning the world of Orthodoxy and especially the life of saints, begin to become interested in a variety of Christian issues. For example, why this or that saint is called faithful. And here the main thing is to learn that the believer is Orthodox in the guise of a saint of the monarchical couple, whom the Church glorifies for his righteous life. This face of holiness originally arose in the Church of Constantinople at the time of Ecumenical Councils. Then it was used only in the case of the canonization of the Byzantine rulers and their wives. But then it began to be used in other churches, including the Russian Orthodox Church.
Faithful - who is this?
The Gospel tells how the Lord after his baptism went to the wilderness, there he was in fasting for forty days, where he finally hung up. The devil took advantage of this moment, who began to tempt Him, offering all the riches, power and glory of the world, if only Christ would worship him. But the Savior shamed the devil and abandoned all this, because not for the sake of this He came into the world, but in order to serve the human race and fulfill the will of His Father.
In the same way, Satan is trying to seduce every nonchalant person, and sometimes even a whole nation. He constantly captivates the atheists in his damned trap, cleverly sets up his nets to make people love wealth and power over others more than anything else.
Temptations
Continuing the theme “Whoever is whoever is who?”, It should be noted that these saints throughout their earthly lives maintained good faith in the Lord. And for the most part, following Christ, they took monastic vows.
The Savior warned that it would be difficult for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God, it is more convenient for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. But then He adds that “difficult” does not mean “impossible” at all. Indeed, the Lord in the history of the Church revealed a host of faithful saints, and these were kings, princes and emperors - people who possessed everything - wealth and power, however, following the example of Christ in the wilderness, they refused all this and were not seduced by imaginary earthly values .
The Believer is a saint who, having so longed for glory, wealth and power, having sacrificed them, found the true good - faith in Christ. Among the faithful Yaroslav the Wise, Andrey Bogolyubov, Alexander Nevsky, Ivan Kalita, Daniil Moskovsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Peter and Fevronya Muromsky, Evdokia Moskovskaya, Anna Kashinskaya and others.
Imperishable wealth
The holy one is like a merchant, who is described in the Gospel, who has found a precious pearl and sold everything to get it.
The noble princes and princesses, kings and queens, as well as the Ascendant of Christ, shamed Satan. And now, together with the Lord and His heavenly city, they rejoice in enduring glory and enjoy imperishable true spiritual treasures that can not destroy moth and rust, thieves do not undermine and do not steal, because their treasure is in a heart filled with good Christian faith and love.