Among the rather large number of Orthodox saints worshiped by believers and not only, there are several very special personalities. Their spiritual feat is so great that 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 people's prayers and extend their invisible hands of support to us. It is to such remarkable personalities that Matryona Nikonova, a native of the village of Sebino, which was once in the Tula province, belongs. True, she is better known under a different name - Mother Matrona, or Matrona 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 turn to her, and in each -great hope for a miracle, help, blessing and support. The life of the Matrona of Moscow tells the story of the fate of this amazing woman.
If we consider it true that the Lord marks another person with a special sign even before his birth, then the case of Matryona is the most obvious example of this. 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 deprived of life. The mercy of God was manifested in the fact that, not seeing the white light, the child had an unusually sharp inner, spiritual vision. She felt, understood, evaluated 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 herself stricken with a serious illness, almost motionless (paralysis overtook her in adulthood), thanks to piety and indestructible, conscious faith in God, constant prayers, fasting, being in spiritual searches, a woman could heal hopelessly sick people, support those who fell spirit, to foresee 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 the soldiers on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, protecting their lives.
Those who suffered for their faith in the cells of the NKVD, disappeared in the Gulag, she supported the will, vitality. It is difficult to overestimate the enormous moral impactrendered by this woman to thousands of people. And after the death, which she herself predicted, each icon of the Holy Matrona of Moscow has the same miraculous properties. Mother Matronushka announced to everyone who was saddened by her death to come to her with their needs, problems, troubles, just as if she were nearby. At her grave or in front of the icon, everyone who was sick was shared. The saint promised that she would hear everyone and try to help, become an intercessor before the face of God.
Miraculous icon
The promise was kept. On 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 where she is buried, as well as the modest grave, are turning into places of endless pilgrimage. With what only requests people do not apply! Someone has lost a child or one of their relatives, and they ask to send news about him, to help find him. They ask for the sick - about he alth. Women deprived of the happiness of motherhood pray for the opportunity to conceive and bear a baby.
Hears the icon of the Matrona of Moscow and requests to resolve family conflicts, to eliminate strife between spouses, misunderstanding between children and parents. About a happy arrangement of personal life. So that the one who prays can get a decent job, support a family. But you never know what we may need, you never know what impasse we may find ourselves in! And often it is the icon of the Matrona of Moscow that becomes the very straw that gives hope andkeeps us from drowning in despair.
