ignatius brianchaninov, a remarkable russian ascetic in the middle of the 19th century writes, judging by the spirit of the times and the ferment of minds, one should believe that the building of the church has been shaking for a long time shake terribly and quickly there is no one to stop and resist the measures taken are borrowed from the elements of the world hostile to the church and will rather hasten its fall than stop it again i will say it will be the will of god, what they sow, they will reap. his like-minded saint theophan, a recluse, an educated man of his time, if we don’t come to our senses, the lord will send earthly teachers to bring us to our senses, the cost on the path of the revolution is not empty words, but a deed affirmed by the voice of the church. holy righteous john of kronstadt, who died in 1908, the russian kingdom staggers close to the fall, the time is near that the people will be divided into parties, brother will rise against brother, the son of the father and much blood will be shed on russian soil, part of the russian people will be expelled from the bo