Father Zosima (Sokur): biography, predictions

Kind, heartfelt, simple and instructive words during life spoke Father Zosima (Sokur). They reveal to us the world of a genuine Christian spiritual life, imprisoned in repentance, prayer, mercy, heart-felt weeping and love for one's neighbor. At the same time, this perspicacious Elder threatened to denounce the passions and vices of the modern world. As the thunder sounded his word from the pulpit, he turned his righteous anger at the shameless autocephalous splitters tearing Christ's chiton.

Shiarhimandrite Zosima Sokur

Ivan Alekseevich Sokur (so called in the world of Father Zosima) was born in the village of. Kosolmanka Verkhotursky district of the Sverdlovsk region. It happened on September 3, 1944. His father died in the same year at the front. Mother, Maria Ivanovna (in the future, Shimonkhinya Mariamna), was a peasant woman. She was friends with nuns, and for this she was put in prison. There she had a son at the hospital. First, they wanted to call him Fadey (in honor of the apostle), but his mother's acquaintances who visited the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra received a blessing from Shihigumen Kukshi to name the baby John - in honor of John the Baptist.

The Way to Priesthood

Maria Ivanovna, after her release from her son Ivan, moved to live in Avdeevka, Donetsk region. There lived her own sister, who was a nun, and called her Antonina. Once upon a time, she was the spiritual daughter of Father John of Kronstadt himself.

In 1961, Ivan graduated with honors from the Avdeyev school № 1. But it was not immediately he entered the priestly path. First from 1961 to 1964 he studied in an agricultural technical school and even managed to work as a veterinarian. Then, with the blessing of his spiritual mentor, he became a novice of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. There, by the will of God, he fell into a cell where once lived before his death skihigumen Kuksha of Odessa. Ivan's confessor, Valentine's scheming lieutenant, foretold in his life many events, one might say, even all his life.

Study in Leningrad

At first he had an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Moscow Spiritual Seminary, prevented by the state security service. Ivan Sokur moved to Novosibirsk and served as the subdeacon of Archbishop Paul (Golyshev).

From 1968 to 1975 he studied at the Theological Seminary and the Academy of Leningrad, and he was immediately enrolled in the second year. In 1975 Ivan Sokur, at that time a fourth-year student, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod Nicodemus tonsured monks with a name in honor of Savvaty Solovetsky.

Immediately after his studies he was sent to the Odessa Holy Assumption Monastery. But a serious illness of his mother forced Savvaty to file a petition for his transfer to the Donetsk diocese. There he began to serve as a village priest in the church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky in the village. Alexandrovka of Maryinsky district. The temple was poor, but Father Savvaty was able to do so, and the parishioners appeared, and the necessary repairs, and all the purchases necessary for the life of the church were made: the iconostasis, crosses, new icons. At that time, and this was 1980, the churches in the USSR were mostly closed, and Father Savvathy did literally miracles, creating a worthy throne to the Lord.

Activity is punishable

In 1977 he was awarded a pectoral cross, in 1983 - the Order of the Reverend Sergius of Radonezh III century, in 1984 - a club. The Soviet authorities did not like such an active and courageous activity of the village priest, so he was repeatedly threatened and beaten. His health subsided. Father Savvatia was transferred from one parish to another in order to break the spirit of an inconvenient priest. Every year he moved from the temple to the temple, from town to town, from village to village, until in 1986 he became hegumen of the St. Vasilievsky parish in the village. Nikolskoye of the Volnovakhsky district (Luhansk region). And again, first of all, he begins to repair, build and bring everything in order. In 1988, he managed to erect a baptismal, rectory chambers and a pilgrim refectory.

In 1990 he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite and in 1992 he was tonsured in the schema, having received the name Zosima. In 1997, thanks to his efforts, the poorhouse for the care of the elderly and infirm people was trebled. In 1998, Zosima's father founded the Holy Assumption of St. Nicholas and Vasilyevsky monastery with brotherly and sisterly buildings.

August 29, 2002, the elder Zosima (Sokur) rested. He knew that he would soon die. His body was buried in the territory of a monastery built by him in a small chapel. His offspring - the monastery until the end was put in order only in 2008. The Patriarch Cyril himself came to sanctify him, who personally knew Father Zosim and spoke with great warmth about him.

Films

About the life of this outstanding and perspicacious old man, the Ukrainian TV channel of the KRT created amazing films: "The Road, the Longest Life", "The Prayer Prayer". The publishing house of the Sretensky Monastery in 2005 published the book "Shiarhimandrite Zosima (Sokur). A word about Holy Russia. " In 2013, the second part of the book of the same publisher about the elder was published, entitled "What the Soul Stings About."

About the prophecy of Zosima Sokur

Today many years have passed since the day of his death, and only now many of his prophetic words became understandable to the heart, since his most fateful predictions came true. Father Zosima (Sokur) predicted that in the image of saints in 2000 the royal family of the Romanovs would become famous. From the sermons we hear him say that the end is coming. The times of Antichrist have already prepared their terrible disastrous scenarios, which are about to begin.

The war, like the wrath of God, will come upon the Russian people. Blessed are those who did not give birth, because it means that the children who are born today will die martyrdom. Father Zosima (Sokur) predicted blood, hard life and grief with tears. Today bombs are falling on Serbia, tomorrow NATO Satanists will bomb Kiev and reach Moscow. Soon there will be more criminals than just normal people. Everywhere - a weapon, a person with glass eyes can shoot another person for fun. The fall of morals in society. The betrayal of the Church, of the Motherland and of all the saints is being prepared.

Father Zosima (Sokur) warned that the whole colt would start from Kiev - from the cradle of Russian cities. From it, it will roll all over the Russian land and will not pass Russia. The autocephalists will drive out the true Orthodox clergymen, many of whom are waiting for prison and soum.

From his words "Ukrainians" will act against the Orthodox faith. But monasticism will be an army against the Antichrist servants until the very end of the age. There will also be many more martyrs and associates of monks, they will stand bravely at the moment when everyone will worship the Antichrist.

Father Zosima (Sokur) inspired all his children with the words that the Spirit of Russia is mighty and invincible. Bear Russian is asleep, tolerates, but as he wakes up and a cudgel in a shaggy paw will take, but how he will untwist and strike, then all Masonic Europe will fly away from this Russian holy club. Russia-Mother will stand, and there will be a great grace there. The forces of Antichrist will not prevail against the Orthodox Church. Lamps of the truth of faith will always burn in the holy land of Russia. The main thing is to be in the bosom of the Russian Patriarchal Church and its unshakable canons.