aha dear brothers and sisters, today is the holiday of st. nicholas of the archbishop mirli of the kiev wonderworker. this is one of the most revered saints, about which even unbelieving people and other people know. quite right. nikolai ugodnik was born in 270 in the town of the tatars, which was located in the region of the river in asia minor, the parents, being the archbishop, were very wealthy

people, but at the same time deeply believers who generously helped those in need. from childhood, the saint devoted himself completely to vera spent a lot of time in the temple matured. he became a reader, and then was ordained a priest, where he served in the church, where his uncle bishop nicholas was the rector. emperors, christians became more tolerant, but persecution, nevertheless, continued. the saint was elevated to the episcopal dignity in the city of peace or the pussies of the new archbishop were very fond of people because he was kind, meek , fair, sympathetic, not a single request to

he did not go unanswered. with all this, nicholas was remembered by his contemporary as an irreconcilable fighter against paganism with heresies. he destroyed idols and defended the temple, christianity, denounced heretics during his lifetime. the saint became famous for many miracles. once, with his ardent prayer to christ, he saved the city of the world, and from a terrible famine, the saint also repeatedly helped drowning sailors on ships, saved from imprisonment the wrongly condemned saint nicholas lived to a ripe old age and passed away to the lord in the middle of the 4th century, his relics turned out to be no lena miracles were completely beaten both during his earthly life and after his blessed death. he was

called miracle workers. history knows the case when even unbaptized people who got into trouble sincerely appealed to the holy prayer and received deliverance from danger. and today, believers widely revere the blessing of st. nicholas the pleasant of god. his memory is celebrated several times a year, and on each such day. a lot of people gather in churches to pray. this suggests that the prayer intercession of the saint before the god of rome is effective many people feel it by their own example, and the memory of st. nicholas reveals to us the importance of the church. in a person's life. every christian follows his own earthly path. he is not a member of the church alone. and the church is a community of believers for the church. no, the obstacles are neither

time nor place, all orthodox christians who have lived live and will live in any corner of the earth belong to one church. therefore, every orthodox christian is a part of the church, the head of which is christ, therefore the wise becoming of god, although in church baptism we not only partake of the grace-filled spiritual life. well, we get access to centuries of experience. this experience helps us organize our spiritual life correctly. let's imagine what a person has to do. long journey across the ocean. this road is fraught with many dangers, because the weather is not always clear. often there is a strong storm. is it reasonable to go on such a voyage alone in

a small boat, would it not be more correct to board a large ship, adapted for such travels, on in which many thousands of people have already reached the appointed goal? our earthly life is very similar to such an ocean of moments of cloudless joy very often gives way to storms of sorrows , difficulties and other childhood hardships. a man without christ is a man outside the church; he is above all the waves of life, like a small , sloping boat. he would like to get out of there to the quiet harbor, but there is no strength, no knowledge, no support, the grace of god acting in the church gives the christian the strength of the church-fallen lives of many ascetics of piety his knowledge. an unbeliever, often faced

with the difficulties of his life, is inclined to consider them a huge insoluble problem; a christian, looking at the experience of the church , finds that thousands of followers have faced such and such a problem. christ at different times and the version of its decisions have long been known and are contained in the spiritual treasury of the church. they only need to be taken and applied in one's life, but a believer acquires in the church not only spiritual strength and knowledge in the gospel. we find a story about how to a sick man was brought to jesus christ, who could not move, paralyzed. what is the church tradition to call him? himself could not do anything even to come to christ and they brought him to andre right at the feet of the savior this paralyzed man received healing

from the lord thanks to faith and the work of his friends. it so happens that some of us are so contrasting or weak in our own. an unkind mood that he can no longer get out of this situation. in this case, it is very important to remember that we have elder brothers and sisters in christ. these are the saints. ascetics of piety, to whom we turn to prayer with a request for their intercessor for us before god, they have achieved holiness and completed their earthly path. and now, contemplating the eternal light, he has the boldness before god to ask sinners and the weak for us in this, and the active participation of the saints in our life is manifested by one of such prayer books. st. nicholas appears for us. folk wisdom rightly noted that

people do not go to empty wells for water. why on the day of remembrance of the great wonderworker the temples are full of worshipers, and his icon is even in the homes of those who do not consider themselves a deeply religious person. ask, and it shall be given you. seek, find , knock, and the door will be opened to you, so the lord tells us, jesus christ is an important right of a christian, which at the same time we must use with reason our prayer requests, as the lord of the mother of god to the saints, should be aimed at gaining spiritual virtues for the salvation of the soul, even, when we ask about life's needs, if a person turns to the saints with a prayer for something sin, then a place of help can receive god's sobering admonition, we should

keep this in mind when we pray for our needs. dear brothers and sisters on this festive day, pay attention to the fact that the earthly path of the great hierarch was transformed by the theme of virtues that are necessary for every christian who is passive for each of us meekness kindness mercy and at the same time firmness and zeal in faith righteousness. all of us can, to the best of our ability, cultivate these good qualities in our lives. we can and must be transformed through it our souls, and hearts will become cloisters, the owner of the holy spirit may the lord help us about this with the prayers of the great wonderworker and st. nicholas on the holiday.

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