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Messages appeared on the network that on Athos (Greece) miraculously one of the monastery began to swing icon lamps. The Orthodox world is watching with interest the unusual a phenomenon in the monastery of St. Anne on Mount Athos, where at 9 a.m. on April 12 began to behave unusually lamp in front of the Royal Gates. By eyewitnesses, the lamp is continuously crosswise swinging for a long time, which leads visitors to confusion. Even one of the monks stated that his appearance shocking. The day after the rocking of the lamp the press began to spread the legend according to which you should wait for bad events, which, allegedly, indicates a strange the behavior of the lamp. Even details were given: if the lamp swinging on holidays – it’s to joy, but if on weekdays – then to trouble. This message has been refuted by Agionoros.ru. Athos the monks with whom communication was established do not know such a legend and advised not to invent fables, but rather pray. What is it: advertisement of another man-made miracle or really – God’s a sign and contact with the Beyond World? And anyway, to whom is all this necessary? After all, they say that the Athos monks themselves do not confirm this miracles? With these questions, we turned to the lead author of the Oracle Lydia Evgenievna NEVEDOMSKAYA. – It can be stated unequivocally: this is – not advertising or public relations. Athos monks not only do not need in advertising, but also suffer from increased attention to their lives “strangers.” Therefore, they curb idle curiosity. By the way, did people of more understandable professions for us – for example, pilots or skaters – sign autographs and interviews during the performance hardest pirouettes? But real monks have a whole life – a continuous cascade of spiritual “aerobatics” … Well touching the lamp, she really rocked by herself, her stopped, and after a few minutes she began to swing again, although the neighboring lamps did not even budge. But the “trick” is not in this is the spontaneous swinging of lamps, just like the myrrh-streaming of icons and other miracles of church life is a phenomenon quite famous. The peculiarity of the current miracle is that the lamp did not swing from side to side, not in an ellipse and not in circles, but crosswise, which contradicts all the laws of physics. “Do you think it was a heavenly sign?” – Yes, and above all, because the movement of the lamp traced a cross in the air – about it There is a message on the information portal of Mount Athos. Moreover it happened at the CROSS-WEEK week of Lent (recall that the Orthodox have the so-called 4th week of Great Lent), in Friday the 12th of April. And, as you know, Jesus was crucified precisely in friday. And the lamp shook for three days, as if reminding that Christ is risen “the third day according to the Scriptures” (quote from the “Symbol faith “). I will say more. As far as I know, a three-day swing the icon lamps began on the 241st day (analogue of the 241st degree in the zodiac, marking the beginning of the Brightened Path of Ophiuchus) from the moment when in Optina Desert (Russia, Kaluga region) one of theologians have suggested that with His finger Jesus wrote on the earth not the names of the Pharisees and not a list of their sins (as the centuries-old tradition of deciphering the Gospel text), and the unpronounceable name of His Heavenly Father, and He did this is in fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecy so that they can the words of prayer be fulfilled: “… Thy will be done, as in Heaven, so and on Earth. “Astrological calculations are pretty convincing show that the cruciform movements of Mount Athos are associated with what happened in Optina Desert, and are Athos response to Russian prayer. And if you recall what exactly in Optina Deserts in 1993 on Easter with a ritual knife engraved with “666” three monks were killed, and since then there, as if at Calvary, stand three crosses, associations become even more impressive. However, let’s not rush to conclusions and anger the Lord reckless interpretations of His signs. This is the work of the monks. In the meantime, the elders of the monastery on Athos no assumptions about the cause of what is happening you said. – Does the swaying lamp carry any information to people far from Orthodoxy? – I think yes. After all, the cross not without reason called the “sign of signs.” Cross-shaped movement of the lamp draws our attention to the fundamental values of life. How are you understand them – it is up to you. But love always remains love, and anger is always malice. The cross, however, recalls that although they and meet, intersect, but can never go hand in hand. And each of us has to make our choice. – swaying the lamp is in the monastery of St. Anne. What is known about this saint? – This is the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that is, in other words, grandmother Jesus on the maternal side. Photos taken from the publication of Gregory Telnova Time Life
