Thank you, rather, for bringing Father Lawrence of Chernigov into view. I thought it might be good to excerpt and share most all of his "eschatological" sayings from the original publishing of his life and work, which had appeared in a collection of 3 saints lives entitled "Hope" (НАДЕЖДА). It's translation is a bit bad at times, because done using google translate and not professionally, but it's still worth a read IMHO:
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Batiushka means "Father" in Russian.
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Even before the war (1941), the priest said bluntly: “But the fact that everything is done not according to the law, but on holidays, then everything will shake and burn. And then the monasteries will open and people will repent and pray, and the Lord, in His mercy, will give a little time to replenish the number of fallen angels.” Batiushka liked to repeat this tearfully often.
Batiushka said that in the last time whoever calls on the name of God will be saved. Especially virgins will make up for the number of fallen angels.
He also said that the Lord is so merciful that the true Jews, who live according to the commandment of Moses, will have mercy in the last days and instill them in the third heaven.
the enemy is jealous of the last virgins, because they make up for the fallen number of angels.
Batiushka repeatedly repeated that souls go to hell like people from church on a holiday, and to heaven like people go to
church on a weekday.
Batiushka often sat and cried that it was a pity for the people who were dying. “How many are stuffed in hell, like herring in a barrel,” he said.
His sisters consoled him, he answered through tears: “You don’t see, but if you did, how pitiful.”
Batiushka wept greatly when the penitent sinner revealed his mortal sins, such as "infanticide in the womb." He said that that mother needed to pray a lot with tears that the Lord would forgive this terrible
sin . He said that this sin should be feared more than fire. “God save from this sin,” Elder Lavrenty said sternly.
Batiushka often repeated that an evil enemy was coming, he would burn villages, throw women with small children into the fire, and wept a lot. “This is our scourge. But it will not be long: two and a half years, - said the priest. – Then people will not work on Sunday, and there will be churches and monasteries. Pray for our holy Rus'. She bloomed like a rose. And foreigners introduced Sodom sins. The morbid, venereal diseases, which defiled and offended her,” the elder said, agonizing over past and future events.
Batiushka often wept both during prayer and during singing. More than once he tearfully repeated these words: “Here, in this world, the Lord has given freedom to every person. He can listen to the singing, enjoy it, praise the Lord with his mouth and heart. But in the next life it will not be so. Only he will listen and enjoy whom the Lord vouchsafes, because many will lose this forever for their sinful and negligent life.
When they were ordained to the priesthood, the priest shed tears. He was once asked by his sisters why he was crying so much. The priest replied that many, many of these priests would perish for their negligence and negligent spiritual life. They will not think about their own salvation, much less about others.
During the conversation, the father said that there would be a war, and one sister said: “It’s good that there is a war, because they will be numbered among the martyrs ...” And the father objected that not everyone, but only believers, and non-believers, will go to hell. And the sister says: “so it’s possible to die.” And the father said: that the Lord will take away the weak, and others will be cleansed by diseases. There will be those who in the war will wash away their sins with their blood and will be counted among the martyrs. And the Lord will leave the strongest to meet with Him.”
Batiushka often liked to talk with his beloved children about the end times; how to be vigilant. “Now we vote, then throw it with your left hand - this is nothing, and even not for one in the whole world. And if they vote for one, it’s already him and you can’t vote.” He also said: "The war will be such that no one will remain anywhere, except in the gorge."
And he said that they would fight and two or three states would remain, and they would say: let us choose one king for the whole universe.
And in the last time, true Christians will be exiled, and let the old and infirm at least grab the wheels and run after them.
Batiushka often repeated conversations about the Antichrist. These were the words he spoke: “There will be a time when they will go to sign for one king on earth. And they will strictly rewrite people. They will go into the house: and there is a husband, wife and children. And now the wife will persuade her husband: “Come on, husband, let's sign. After all, we have children, then you can’t buy anything for them.” And the husband will say: “Dear wife, do as you wish, but I am ready to die, but I will not sign for the Antichrist.” “Such a touching picture of the future,” the elder concluded.
“The time is coming,” said Fr. Lawrence, - when the inactive churches (closed) will be repaired, equipped not only outside, but also inside. Domes will gild both temples and bell towers. And when everything is finished already, the time will come when the Antichrist will reign. Pray that the Lord will continue this time for us to strengthen, because a terrible time awaits us. And do you see how insidious everything is being prepared? All temples will be in the greatest splendor, as never before, and it will be impossible to go to those temples. The Antichrist will be crowned as king in the magnificent Temple of Jerusalem with the participation of the clergy and the Patriarch.
There will be free entry and exit to Jerusalem for every person. But then try not to drive, because everything will be done to seduce.
The Antichrist will come from a prodigal Jewish maiden of the twelfth tribe of "fornication". Already as a boy, he will be very capable and intelligent, and especially since then, when he, being a boy of 12 years old, walking with his mother in the garden, will meet with Satan, who, coming out of the abyss itself, will enter him. The boy will startle in fear, and Satan will say: "Do not be afraid, I will help you." And out of this lad, the “Antichrist” will mature in the form of a human. At his coronation, when the "
Creed " will be read, he will not let it be read correctly, where there will be words for Jesus Christ, as the Son of God, he will renounce this, but recognize only himself. And at the same time, the Patriarch will exclaim that this is the Antichrist and for this he will be put to death.
At the coronation, the "antichrist" will be wearing gloves. And when he takes them off to cross himself, the Patriarch will notice that he does not have nails on his fingers, but claws, and this will serve to greater assurance that this is the Antichrist.
The prophets Enoch and Elijah will descend from heaven, who will also explain to all people and exclaim: "This is the Antichrist, do not believe him."
And he will kill them, but they will rise again and fly to heaven.
The Antichrist will be highly trained in all satanic tricks, and he will make false signs.
The whole world will hear and see him.
He will stamp “his people” with seals. Will hate Christians. The last persecution of the Christian soul will begin, which will refuse the seal of Satan.
Persecution will immediately begin on Jerusalem land, and then the last blood will be shed in all places of the globe for the name of our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Of you, my children, many will live to see this terrible time. The seals will be such that it will be immediately clear whether a person has accepted or not.
Nothing can be bought or sold to a Christian. But don't be discouraged. The Lord will not leave His children ... There is no need to be afraid! ..
There will be churches, but it will be impossible for an Orthodox Christian to walk in them, since the Bloodless Sacrifice of Jesus Christ will not be offered there, and there will be all the “satanic” gathering ...
And because of this lawlessness, the earth will stop giving birth, everything will crack from lack of rain, it will give such cracks that a person can fall.
Christians will be put to death or exiled to desert places. But the Lord will help and nourish His followers. Jews will also be rounded up in one place. Some Jews who truly lived under the Law of Moses will not accept the seal of Antichrist. They will wait, keep an eye on his actions. They know that their ancestors did not recognize Christ as the Messiah, but even here God will grant that their eyes will be opened, and they will not accept the seal of Satan, but will recognize Christ and will reign with Christ.
And all the weak people will follow Satan, and when the earth does not give a harvest, people will come to him with a request to give bread, and he will answer: “The earth will not give birth to bread. I can not do anything".
There will also be no water, all rivers and lakes will dry up. This disaster will last three and a half years. But for the sake of His chosen ones, the Lord will shorten those days. In those days there will still be strong fighters, pillars of Orthodoxy, who will be strongly influenced by the heartfelt Jesus Prayer. And the Lord will cover them with His almighty grace, and they will not see those false signs that will be prepared for all people.
I repeat once again that it will be impossible to go to those churches, there will be no grace in them.”
One sister, listening to this conversation, asked: “What to do? I would not like to live until that time. “But you are young, you can live,” said the old man. - "How scary!" the sister exclaimed. "But you choose one of the two - either earthly or heavenly."
“There will be a war,” the priest continued, “and where it takes place, there will be no people. And before that, the Lord will send small illnesses to weak people, and they will die. And under the Antichrist, there will be no death.”
And the third world war will no longer be for repentance, but for extermination. The sister asked: “So everyone will die?” “No, if the believers are washed with blood, then they will be counted among the martyrs, and if they are not believers, then they will go to hell,” answered the priest. And until the number of fallen angels is replenished, the Lord will not come to judge.
But in recent times, the Lord will also count the living, written in the book of Life, among the Angels of the missing count, “fallen away”.
“Repairs of temples will continue until the very coming of the Antichrist, and everywhere there will be unprecedented splendor,” said the priest. - And you, for our church under repair, be moderate, in its external form. Pray more, go to
church while you have the opportunity, especially to the liturgy, at which the Bloodless Sacrifice is offered for the sins of the whole world. Confess more often and partake of the Body and Blood of Christ, and the Lord will strengthen you.”
“The Lord is merciful. He will save those Jews who refuse to accept the seal of the Antichrist, and exclaim that this is a deception, and not our “messiah.”
The priest talked with one hierodeacon (George) about the last time, bitterly shed tears, saying: "Many clergy will perish under the Antichrist." Father George says: “How could I not perish, after all, I am a deacon?” The father said, "I don't know." Father deacon began to cry, falling at the feet of the priest, and asked to pray for him so that he would avoid hell. Batiushka got up, prayed, and said: “Okay. This is how it happens, he fell ill, died, and entered the Kingdom of Heaven.”
And this prediction came true. We knew this deacon from the Kyiv Lavra. He was a very virtuous chanter monk, he suddenly fell ill in the head and soon died.
Batiushka often lamented and tearfully prayed or told something with tears. The sisters calmed him, to which he objected: “Yes, how can one not cry when the abyss of human souls is full.”
The priest had a strong love for everyone, for which the Lord gave him the gift of heartfelt prayer and insight.
The complete, brief life and work of Elder Lawrence of Chernigov is available online, in Russian, but the if Using google for the browser then there should be a dialogue box offering to see it translated to English. See it here:
https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/Lavrenti...ija-chernigovskoj-troitskoj-zhenskoj-obiteli/