Vanga Church. "Vanga

29.09.2019

The question of the attitude of the Church towards the soothsayer Vanga still worries society. Who was she? From whom did you receive your gift? Until now, there are people who call Vanga a “saint”, “prophetress”, “clairvoyant”, comparing her with the blessed Matrona of Moscow and not understanding why the church recognized Vanga as a witch. People ask: “Why? Isn't she a church girl? I went to church; built a temple - it was the dream of her life", "What did this woman do wrong, helping so many people?" etc. She said: “Go and be baptized!” – as if she had never been a stranger to the Church. Hence the difficulties arise. On the one hand, she clearly declared that she belonged to the Church, and on the other hand, everything she did was completely contrary to the dogma of the Church. And this is another clear evidence that it is becoming increasingly difficult for modern man to distinguish between spirits and adhere to the true teachings of Christ. This is the fruit of an atheistic upbringing and Christian illiteracy.

Vanga and Church

Sometimes false information appears in the media that the Bulgarian Orthodox Church canonized Vanga as a saint. This statement is not true. Here is the official response to the Superstition.net website received from Bulgaria… Continue Reading →

Vanga - a new "saint" for the Russian viewer? In Russia, there is a high interest in Vanga. In the spring of 2011, a film about her was released on NTV - with a rating comparable to the ratings of football matches. Now on Channel One in prime time, that is, at the most convenient time for viewing, the series “Vangelia”, dedicated to the Bulgarian soothsayer, has been running for the second week. At the same time, the main character in the film looks almost like a saint: kind, meek, hardworking, sincerely pious. Continue Reading →

In connection with the show on Channel One of the series "Vangelia", many people began to contact the editors of the Pravoslavie.Ru portal with questions about whether Vanga was an Orthodox Christian. The following materials clearly demonstrate that the Bulgarian soothsayer was in fact a sorceress and psychic, whose source of "inspiration" was demonic forces. Continue Reading →

When Vladyka arrived a few days later and entered the old woman's room, he held in his hands a reliquary cross with a particle of the Holy Cross of the Lord. There were a lot of people in the room, Vanga was sitting in the back, broadcasting something and could not hear that another person quietly entered the door. At any rate, she couldn't have known who it was. Suddenly she broke off and in a changed - low, hoarse - voice with an effort said: “Someone came in here. Let him immediately throw THIS on the floor!” "What is it"?" - the stunned people around asked Vanga. And then she broke into a frantic cry: “THIS! He is holding IT in his hands! THIS prevents me from speaking! Because of this, I can't see anything! I don't want THAT in my house!" yelled the old woman, kicking her legs and swaying. Continue Reading →

Brief biography of Vanga (1911-1996)

Vangeliya Pandeva Guscherova (1911-1996), better known as Vanga, was born on January 31, 1911 in Strumnitsa (now Macedonia) into a poor peasant family. Vanga was only 3 years old when, in 1914, at the birth of her second child, her mother Paraskeva died. After the end of the First World War, around 1919, her father Pande Surchev married a second time, to Tanka Georgieva, who becomes Vanga's stepmother. From Tanke he had three more children (Vasil, Tome and Lyubka). At the birth of his fourth child in 1928, Tanka, his second wife, also died.

When Vanga was 12 years old, in 1923, an event happened to her that changed her whole future life. When she, along with her two cousins, was returning to the village from the field, a hurricane of terrible force lifted her into the air and carried her far into the field. We found it, littered with branches and sprinkled with sand. Because of the sand that got into her eyes, she undergoes three unsuccessful eye surgeries, as a result of which Vanga completely loses her sight.

At the age of 14, Vanga was sent to the city of Zemun (Serbia) to the House of the Blind, where she spends three years of her life and studies the Broglie alphabet, music, and begins to play the piano well. The girl is taught to knit, cook, sew. At the age of 18, she is proposed to by a blind man named Dimitar, who also lives in the House of the Blind. His parents are rich, and the girl can expect a secure future. Vanga agrees, but at this time she receives news from her father about the death of her stepmother Tanka, the father calls her daughter home, as her help is needed to care for her young brothers and sister. The wedding with Dimitar is upset, and Vanga returns to his father, actively getting involved in everyday chores.

Knowing how to knit beautifully, Vanga takes orders at home, is engaged in weaving. But the money earned is not enough for a decent life, and the family lives in poverty.

Vanga's unusual abilities began to appear in April 1941, when she was 30 years old. She was visited by a "tall, blond, mysterious rider of divine beauty", who told her that he would be by her side and help her make predictions about the dead and the living. Soon after that, “another voice began to be heard from her lips, which called with amazing accuracy the places and events, the names of the mobilized men who would return alive, or with whom some kind of misfortune would happen ...”. Since that time, Vanga began to often fall into a trance, receive more and more visitors, find lost people and things and talk to the "dead".

In 1940, Vanga's father died at the age of 54. In May 1942, Vanga marries, at the categorical command of the "forces", Dimitar Gushterov (despite the fact that he was then engaged to another woman). Vanga's family life was unhappy, she had no children, and 5 years after the wedding, her husband Dimitar fell seriously ill (in 1947), began to drink very heavily and died in April 1962 at 42 years of age.

In 1982, at the age of 71, Vanga moved to the Rupite area, surrounded by respect and great recognition from many people. Vanga receives visitors almost until her death, at the age of 85 (she died of cancer on August 11, 1996). More than 15,000 people came to her funeral, including senior officials (presidents, ambassadors, diplomats, the entire cabinet of ministers, deputies and journalists). That's in in general terms the life of the world famous soothsayer.

Vanga's grave

The appearance of the "gift"

In her youth, when Vanga became blind, according to her, John Chrysostom appeared before her, who said that she would become the first fortuneteller (strange, because St. John Chrysostom always spoke of fortune tellers as servants of the evil one). And much later, she became the owner of an unusual "gift". Many people came to her every day. She could tell a person's past. Discover details that even loved ones did not know. Often she made predictions and predictions. People left strongly impressed.

Vanga's visions began with her communication with a certain "horseman". Here is how the niece describes one of these visions from the words of Vanga: “... He (the rider) was tall, Russian and divinely handsome. Dressed like an ancient warrior, in armor that glittered in the moonlight. His horse wagged its white tail and dug the ground with its hooves. He stopped in front of the gates of Vanga's house, jumped off his horse and entered a dark room. Such a radiance emanated from him that it became light inside, as if during the day. He turned to Vanga and spoke in a low voice: “Soon the world will turn upside down and many people will die. In this place you will stand and prophesy to the dead and the living. Do not be afraid! I will be next to you and I will say what you have to convey to them! Who was this rider who appeared to Vanga?

The source of Vanga's "gift"

According to relatives and those who knew Vanga, she spoke about the voices that dictated the prophecies. Holy Scripture and the holy fathers speak of two sources of the gift of divination: from God and from demonic powers. There is no third. Who gave Vanga information about the invisible world? Where did this astonishing awareness come from? This answer can be found in the book of Krasimira Stoyanova, Vanga's niece.

K. Stoyanova gives various details about how Vanga communicated with the other world, with "spirits":

Question: Do you talk to spirits?

Vanga: Many and very different come. Some I can't understand. Not those who now come and are near me, I understand. One comes, knocks on my door and says: “This door is bad, change it!”

Question: Do you remember anything after being in a trance?

Vanga: Not. I don't remember almost anything. After the trance, I feel very bad all day.

Question: Godmother, why don't you remember what is said during a trance?

Vanga: When they want to speak through me, I, as a spirit, leave my body and stand aside, and they enter me and speak, and I do not hear anything.

It is enough to look at the forces with which Vanga communicated to understand that they are dark.

As Stoyanova wrote, according to Vanga herself, the creatures that communicate with her have some kind of hierarchy, because there are “bosses” who rarely come, only when they need to report some extraordinary events or big cataclysms. Then Vanga's face becomes pale, she faints and a voice begins to be heard from her mouth that has nothing to do with her voice. He is very strong and has a completely different timbre. The words and sentences that come out of her mouth have nothing to do with the words that Vanga uses in his usual speech. It is as if some kind of alien mind, some kind of alien consciousness, inhabits her in order to inform through her lips about events fatal to people. Vanga called these creatures "great strength" or "great spirit."

The description of the creatures with which Vanga communicates very clearly reveals to us the world of the heavenly spirits of evil, just as it was described in Holy Scripture and the Holy Fathers: the dark forces have a hierarchy; a person cannot control his mental and bodily activities; The "forces" arbitrarily come into contact with Vanga, completely disregarding her desires.

Other demons who gave Vanga predictions about the past and future of her visitors appeared under the guise of their deceased relatives. Vanga admitted: “When a person stands in front of me, all the deceased relatives gather around him. They themselves ask me questions and willingly answer mine. What I hear from them is what I pass on to the living.” The appearance of fallen spirits under the guise of dead people has been known since ancient biblical times. The Word of God emphatically forbids such fellowship: Turn not to those who call up the dead (Lev. 19:31).

In addition to the spirits that appeared to Vanga under the guise of "small forces" and "large forces", as well as deceased relatives, she communicated with another type of inhabitants of the other world. She called them the inhabitants of the "planet Vamphim" (no comment).

In K. Stoyanova's story about Vanga's contacts with the dead, there is an episode where she made contact with the long-dead clairvoyant theosophist Helena Blavatsky. And when Svyatoslav Roerich visited Vanga, she told him: “Your father was not just an artist, but also an inspired prophet. All his paintings are insights, predictions. As known, Bishops' Council of 2000 excommunicated ardent fighter against Christianity N. Roerich(the founder of the occult teaching "Agni Yoga") and E. Blavatsky(founder of the Theosophical Society) from the Church.

In addition, Vanga spoke very well of Juna Davitashvili, approved of the activities of psychics, communicated personally with many of them, and was actively involved in healing herself. As for the methods of its treatment, no textbook of magic would disdain to describe them. Here brief retelling one of the many cases in Vanga's practice and her recommendations. A certain man, having lost his mind, grabbed an ax and rushed at his relatives, when the brothers tied him up and brought him to Vanga, she advised him to do the following: “Buy a new clay pot, fill it with water from the river, scooping against the current, and this water three times water the patient. Then throw the pot back to break it and don't look back!" We do not see a word about repentance and church life that could heal the soul of the sick! Healings performed by Orthodox saints have always aimed, first of all, at spiritual healing; healing the flesh at the cost of defeating the spirit is the lot of occult healers of all stripes.

In her work, Vanga often used sugar, which allowed her to see the past and future of a person. A person who came to her for advice brought with him two or three pieces of sugar, which before that had to lie under his pillow for several days. Taking these pieces in her hands, Vanga told the man about his past and future. Fortune telling with the help of a magic crystal has been known since ancient times. For Vanga, sugar was an accessible kind of crystal that everyone could bring (sugar has a crystalline structure).

Vanga herself did not realize that she was communicating with the world of fallen spirits. Many of its visitors did not understand this either. A strict spiritual life and many years of ascetic experience save us from being seduced by fallen spirits. Such an attitude teaches spiritual sobriety and protects from pernicious delusion. St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov), speaking about fallen spirits, says that because of their sinfulness, people are closer to them than to the Angels of God. And therefore, when a person is not spiritually prepared, instead of angels, demons appear to him, which, in turn, leads to severe spiritual temptation. Vanga had neither the experience of Christian spiritual life, nor the knowledge that could help her in a critical assessment of incomprehensible phenomena that suddenly powerfully invaded her life. The house in which Vanga lived, in her opinion, was built on the site of an ancient pagan temple. There is evidence that many people, coming to this place, felt oppressed.

Yes, Vanga was engaged in divination and some of her predictions came true, but from the point of view of biblical teaching, this fact in itself does not yet prove the spiritual purity of the source of predictions, for example, in the Bible we read about a maid possessed by “... a prophetic spirit, which through divination delivered big income their masters” (Acts 16:16). We emphasize that the spirit of divination left the woman after the command of St. Paul, uttered by him in the name of Jesus Christ: “Paul, being indignant, turned and said to the spirit: In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her. And [the spirit] went out at the same hour” (Acts 16:18). Given Vanga's sympathy for the occult and extrasensory perception, we can conclude that the same forces that feed the occult and magic acted at the basis of her spiritual phenomenon, and therefore, if Vanga had been in the place of that New Testament maid, she would have suffered the same fate.

One day, accidentally finding himself not far from the cross, which had a particle of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross Lord, Vanga demanded that he be removed from her, since she cannot prophesy. It is known that if next to Vanga they began to read Orthodox prayers She also lost her gift.

Church of Vanga

Vanga built a church in Rupita in the name of St. Paraskeva of Bulgaria. But not everything is so simple here either. The built temple violates all church canons. Architecture and painting belong to the famous artist Svetlin Rusev, who is a great admirer of Nicholas Roerich, which was very evident during the construction of the church. The altar and wall paintings were so inconsistent with the ideas of the Orthodox faith that some even called for the destruction of the building. The temple was nicknamed "Masonic".

Vanga herself called the construction of the church a "sacrifice". The foundation stone of the church was laid on August 20, 1992 by the then Nevrokosky Metropolitan Pimen, but it should be noted that in that year a split occurred in the Bulgarian Church, and Metropolitan Pimen was one of the organizers of this split. The construction of the church was carried out by the Vanga Foundation. In 1994, the altar of the temple was consecrated by the canonical Metropolitan Nathanael of Nevrokop, but despite this, schismatics and members of the Vanga Foundation immediately began to dispose of it. Currently, this temple has been turned into a tourist center. Interestingly, opposite the image of the Savior, there is a portrait of Vanga herself, made using the “pseudo-icon” technique, which also caused a sharp rejection of the clergy, who call such faces semi-occult.

About the "holiness" of Vanga

Today, fellow countrymen of the great clairvoyant demand that the Church canonize Vanga as a saint. People come to her grave in Rupita, as if to a saint, with prayers and requests. Their argument for the “holiness” of Vanga is the words of Stoyanova: “Vanga was chosen by Heaven. My aunt was a believing, modest woman. She observed the canons, prayed, attended church with joy. And always called for faith in God! As for the priests, they did not officially recognize her, but even the metropolitans came to her to talk about business. And she spoke the truth, even the hard-hitting.” Vanga herself, in her statements, spoke of a good attitude towards the Church and sometimes even baptized children. But Vanga did not convert anyone to Orthodoxy!

It must be emphasized that true Orthodox holiness is fundamentally different from the phenomena that we see in Vanga. Christian holiness is manifested with a full and clear consciousness of spiritual experiences, there is no violence against the will of man. The grace of God transforms a person not after natural disasters and hurricanes or after the appearance of horsemen, but after conscious Christian asceticism and observance of God's commandments. It usually takes many years of purification before the spiritual fruits begin to visibly manifest. We need moral efforts and, as Seraphim of Sarov says, the acquisition of the Holy Spirit.

Vanga is far from these conditions, how many misconceptions she has regarding the Christian faith. It is noteworthy that Vanga falls into a trance and does not remember anything after it. She has an alien voice with which she speaks, and this shows that another being inhabits her, which she herself admitted. At the moment of such an introduction, she (“the saint”) began to growl. This is not holiness, but obsession, the opposite of holiness. A person in this state does not communicate with the Holy Spirit, with the Lord, but with dark forces.

As far as the performance of miracles is concerned, miracles may not necessarily be manifestations of holiness. As we know from the lives of the saints, not all saints performed miracles. Conversely, there are many cases of miracle-working with an obvious lack of holiness (sorcerers, fortune-tellers, modern psychics with frankly abnormal lives, some fans Eastern religions etc.), which is clear evidence that these supernatural "miracles" are the work of fallen spirits.

Many people who are far from the Church and have naive ideas about dark forces(and their human servants) are deceived by the fact that Vanga often talks about God, about light, faith, Christ, love, wisdom. Vanga uses the word "Christianity" only as a screen. Under the guise of Christianity, they preach non-Christian ideas and practice non-Christian activities.

What is common between Vanga and the blessed Matrona of Moscow? Blindness? So Homer was blind. Vanga was openly engaged in witchcraft, spoke about the special gift that she had after strong hurricane, took money for the reception (not personally, but through the fund). It was a well-established and well-established business, on which a lot of people profited - the whole environment of the Bulgarian sorceress. Blessed Matrona lay paralyzed, humbly carried her cross and prayed to God for the people who asked her about it.

There is no easy way to God and never has been. That is why the Lord speaks of the narrow path. He does not promise everyone who wants to enter the Kingdom of God that they will enter it. He says that the Kingdom of God is taken by force. Modern man does not want to make any effort and does not force himself to anything. He wants everything to become by magic. He wants to drive in his car to the Kingdom of Heaven, where God himself will meet him, pat him on the shoulder and tell him that everything is fine, you are beautiful, nothing is required of you. But it's not.

Material prepared by Sergey SHULYAK

Used Books:

1. Hieromonk Vissarion (Zaographsky). "VANGA - A PORTRAIT OF A MODERN WITCH"
2. Hieromonk Job (Gumerov). How does the Church feel about the "clairvoyant" Vanga?
3. Pitanov V.Yu. Vanga: who pulled the string?
4. Hieromonk Vissarion: “There is no easy way to God”

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It is important to know your opinion about Vanga's abilities - is it a gift? How does the Church treat such unique people?

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov) answers:

The literature on Wang is quite extensive. However, acquaintance with numerous publications surprises with its monotony. It all comes down to external events and emotional impressions. Any assessment presupposes a careful and rigorous attitude to the facts, as far as they are available. Unfortunately, even the most detailed books written by Vanga's niece Krasimira Stoyanova are deliberately incomplete. “Some cases are so fantastic and go beyond common sense that I did not dare to include them in the book” (K. Stoyanova. Vanga is clairvoyant and healing, M., 1998, p. 9). But even in spite of such censorship, the memories of the niece, who lived with Vanga, reveal a lot.

Her parents - Pande Surchev and Paraskeva - were farmers. She was born in Strumica (Macedonia). The girl was born seven months old and very weak. According to local tradition, the newborn was not given a name until there was a firm certainty that the child would live. Therefore, the girl remained without a name for some time. The choice of name was determined by the local folk custom: went out into the street and asked the first person they met. The grandmother of the newborn went out of the house and heard the name Andromache from the first woman she met. Dissatisfied with him, she asked another woman. She told her - Vangelia.

Mother died when Vanga was three years old. Therefore, from early childhood, she was taught diligence, which remained with her until her death.

At the age of 12, an event occurred that changed her whole life. When Vanga was returning with her cousins to the village, a terrible hurricane lifted her into the air and carried her far into the field. We found it, littered with branches and sprinkled with sand. In addition to a strong fright, there was pain in the eyes. She soon became blind. In 1925, Vanga was taken to the city of Zemun to the house of the blind. She learned to knit, read, mastered the Braille alphabet, and cook. These years were happy, but difficult life circumstances forced me to return home.

In 1942, she married Dimitar Gushterov. Since that time she lived in Petrich, and at the end of her life in Rupta. She died on September 11, 1996.

Unusual abilities in her began to appear even Strumice, when she lived in her father's house. In 1941, the "mysterious horseman" visited her for the second time. Since that time, her supernatural abilities began to manifest themselves constantly. Many people came to her every day. She could tell a person's past. Discover details that even loved ones did not know. Often she made predictions and predictions. People left strongly impressed. It was clear that the invisible world was not closed to her.

Man limited physical body, cannot cognize the other world on its own. Holy Scripture and the holy fathers speak of two sources of our knowledge of the supersensible world: the Divinely revealed and the demonic. There is no third. Who gave Vanga information about the invisible world? Where did this astonishing awareness come from? This answer can be found in the book of Vanga's niece: “Question: Do you talk with spirits? Answer: Many people come and everyone is different. Those who come and are always there, I understand ”(The Truth about Vanga, M., 1999, p. 187). The niece remembers. “I was 16 years old when one day in our house in Petrich Vanga spoke to me. Only it was not her voice, and she herself was not herself - it was some other person who spoke through her lips. The words I heard had nothing to do with what we had talked about before. As if some other person interfered in our conversation. The voice said: "Here, we see you ...", and then I was told in detail about everything that I had done during the day up to this point. I was just petrified with horror. We were alone in the room. Soon after, Vanga sighed and said: “Oh, my strength let me go,” and as if nothing had happened, she returned to the previous conversation again. I asked her why she so unexpectedly began to tell me what I did during the day, but she told me that she did not say anything. I told her what I had heard, and she repeated, “Oh, those powers, the little powers that are always with me. But there are also big ones, their bosses. When they decide to speak through my mouth, I feel bad, and then I'm like a broken one all day. Maybe you want to see them, they are ready to show you? I was extremely shocked and shouted loudly that I didn’t want to ”(Vanga is clairvoyant and healing, p. 11-12). In the second book, this story is told with slight differences. Vanga said: “When they start talking in me, or rather, through me, I lose a lot of energy, I feel bad, I am depressed for a long time” (Pravda about Vanga, M., 1999, p. 9). According to the teachings of the holy fathers and the age-old spiritual experience of Christianity, the feelings of oppression and despondency that Vanga speaks of unmistakably indicate that these forces are fallen spirits.

Other demons, which were the source of Vanga's phenomenal awareness of the past and present of their numerous visitors, appeared under the guise of their deceased relatives. Vanga admitted: “When a person stands in front of me, all the deceased relatives gather around him. They themselves ask me questions and willingly answer mine. What I hear from them, I convey to the living ”(The Truth about Vanga, p. 99). The appearance of fallen spirits under the guise of dead people has been known since ancient biblical times. The Word of God expressly forbids such communication: Don't turn to callers of the dead(Lev. 19:31).

“Question: Are those extraterrestrial ships really visiting the Earth, which are called so primitively “flying saucers”?

Answer: Yes, it is.

Question: Where do they come from?

Answer: From the planet, which in the language of its inhabitants is called Vamphim. So, in any case, this unusual word is heard to me - Vamphim. This planet is the third from Earth.

Question: Is it possible, at the request of earthlings, to contact the inhabitants of the mysterious planet? Via technical means Or perhaps telepathically?

Answer: Earthlings are powerless here. Contact is made, in accordance with their desire, by our guests” (ibid., pp. 13-14).

When a person enters into communion with fallen spirits, he finds himself in a spiritual-hypnotic state. He does not perceive even the simplest questions of common sense. Why couldn't Vanga's relatives living with her see these astronauts, who were physical beings? Where did they leave their spaceship, which also had to be a physical object?

K. Stoyanova gives various details about how Vanga communicated with the other world. And here we see typical mediumistic experiences that have been known for many centuries. “Only sometimes we couldn’t understand why our aunt turns pale, why she suddenly becomes ill and suddenly a voice comes out of her mouth, striking us with its strength, unusual timbre, words and expressions that are not in Vanga’s usual dictionary” (Vanga is clairvoyant and healing , p. 11). And another testimony: “And suddenly she spoke to me in an unfamiliar voice, from which goosebumps ran down my back. She literally said the following: “I am the soul of Joan of Arc. I have come from afar and am on my way to Angola. There is a lot of blood flowing there right now, and I must help bring peace there.” After a short pause, Vanga continued in the same voice: “Do not blame this soul for anything. She is not yours. She is a draw. This is witnessed by the parent (our mother is Lyubka), who carried her in a trough when she carried her on her deathbed. Then, in an instant, her soul flew away, and another soul moved into her body. Your parent recovered to continue her earthly life. But now her soul is not related to you, children, and cannot recognize you. Again a short pause, and Vanga continues: “Your parent should visit Notre Dame de Paris, where she needs to spend the night in prayerful vigil - in this way, secrets about the world around you will be revealed” (p. 131-132). This whole speech is pretty fantastic. What is clear is that she adhered to a view, alien to Christian teaching, about the possibility of the soul entering into another's body.

From the experiments of Vanga and her statements it is clear that she was close to such theosophists as E. Blavatsky and N. Roerich. In the story of K. Stoyanova about the arrival of the writer Leonid Leonov, there is such a detail: “Vanga then had inspiration, and she spoke about the events that were fateful for his country. She made contact with a long-dead clairvoyant of Russian origin - Helena Blavatsky. We really heard amazing things” (p. 191). Theosophy of E. Blavatsky (her Buddhist name is Radda-by) is hostile to Christianity. This fact is also very revealing. When Svyatoslav Roerich visited Vanga, she told him: “Your father was not just an artist, but also an inspired prophet. All his paintings are insights, predictions. They are encrypted, but an attentive and sensitive heart will tell the viewer the cipher” (p. 30). It is known that the Council of Bishops in 2000 excommunicated N. Roerich, E. Blavatsky and others from the Church: “The Lord judged us to live in a time when “many false prophets appeared in the world (1 Jn. 4, 1) who come to us” in sheep's clothing, but inside they are ravenous wolves" (Matt. 7, 15)... The old Gnostic cults are being revived and the so-called "new religious movements" are emerging, which are revising the entire system of Christian values, trying to find an ideological basis in the reformed Eastern religions, and sometimes turn to the occult and witchcraft. Paganism, astrology, theosophical and spiritualist societies were revived, once founded by Helena Blavatsky, who claimed to possess some kind of “ancient wisdom” hidden from the uninitiated. The “Teaching of Living Ethics”, introduced into circulation by the Roerich family and also called “Agni Yoga”, is being intensively promoted.

Fortune telling with the help of a magic crystal has been known since ancient times. In modern times, Cagliostro was engaged in divination using a magic crystal. For Vanga, this was one of the main ways to find out the secret about the person who came. “Sugar is also one of the secrets of Vangin's gift, since it requires everyone who visits it to bring a piece of sugar that has been at least a few days in his house. When the visitor enters, she takes this piece. He holds it in his hands, feels it and begins to guess” (p. 189). Sugar was a kind of crystal available to everyone, which everyone could bring by holding it under their pillow for 2-3 days.

All the above facts and evidence show that Vanga's "phenomenon" fits perfectly into the classical framework of experiences of communication with fallen spirits. The inhabitants of the other world revealed to Vanga the present and past of people. The future, as the holy fathers teach, is not known to demons. Demons do not know the future, known to the One God and those intelligent His creatures, to whom God was pleased to open the future; but just as intelligent and experienced people foresee and foresee events that are going to happen from events that have happened or are happening, so cunning, crafty spirits of great experience can sometimes guess with certainty and predict the future (Vita sanct. Pachomii, cap. 49, Patrologiae, Tom 73). Often they are wrong; very often they lie and by vague pronouncements lead to bewilderment and doubt. Sometimes they can foreshadow an event that is already destined in the world of spirits, but between people has not yet been carried out.(St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov). A word about sensual and spiritual vision of spirits). Therefore, Vanga's predictions are not only vague, but also fantastic.

- “In 1981, our planet was under very bad stars, but next year it will be inhabited by new “spirits”. They will bring goodness and hope” (p. 167).

“We are witnessing fateful events. Two largest leader the world shook hands. But a lot of time will pass, a lot of water will flow away, until the Eighth comes - he will sign the final peace on the planet ”(January 1988).

- “The time of miracles will come, science will make major discoveries in the field of the intangible. In 1990, we will witness amazing archaeological discoveries that will radically change our understanding of the ancient worlds. All the hidden gold will come to the surface of the earth, but the water will hide” (p. 224).

- “In 2018, trains will fly on wires from the sun. Oil production will stop, the Earth will rest.”

“An ancient teaching will soon come into the world. They ask me: "Will that time come soon?" No, not soon. Syria has not fallen yet!

The divinely revealed prophecies of holy men have always had salvific purposes. Through repentance and aversion from sinful life, through prayer, people were given the opportunity to avoid impending large and small disasters. So God commanded the prophet Jonah to proclaim: forty more days and Nineveh will be destroyed!(Jon. 3:4). The prophet walked around the city for three days and called for repentance. And God saw their deeds, that they turned from their evil way, and God took pity on the calamity, which He said that He would bring upon them, and did not bring. (Jon. 3:10).

In Vanga's predictions, which she made, there is some kind of fatal doom. K. Stoyanova asked her aunt:

“Question: If it so happens that you see with the inner vision given to you from above an imminent misfortune or even the death of a person who has come to you, can you do anything to avoid misfortune?

Answer: No, neither I nor anyone else can do anything.

Question: And if troubles, and even catastrophic ones, threaten not only one person, but a group of people, an entire city, a state, is it possible to prepare something in advance?

Answer: It's useless.

Question: Does the fate of a person depend on his inner moral strength, physical abilities? Is it possible to influence fate?

Answer: You can't. Everyone will pass. And only your own way ”(The Truth about Vanga, p. 11).

Vanga herself did not realize that she was communicating with the world of fallen spirits. Many of its visitors did not understand this either. A grace-filled life in the centuries-old experience of Christianity saves us from the seduction of fallen spirits, the spiritual nerve of which is the sincere and daily fulfillment of the commandments of the Holy Gospel. Such an attitude teaches spiritual sobriety and protects from pernicious delusion. Let us refrain from ignorant, pernicious desire and striving for sensual visions, outside the order established by God!... With reverence, let us obey the establishment of God, who covered our souls with thick curtains and shrouds of bodies during our earthly wandering, separated us from the created spirits, shielded and protected them from the spirits of the fallen. We do not need a sensual vision of spirits to complete our earthly, laborious wandering. For this, another lamp is needed, and it is given to us: The lamp of my feet is Your Law, and the light of my paths (Psalm 119, 105). Those who travel with the constant radiance of the lamp - the Law of God - will not be deceived either by their passions or fallen spirits, as the Scripture testifies(St. Ignatius (Bryanchaninov). A word about sensual and spiritual vision of spirits).

Sometimes false information appears in the media that the Bulgarian Orthodox Church canonized Vanga as a saint. This statement is not true. Here is the official response to our site "Supervere.net", received from Bulgaria:

Prot. Vasily Shagan, Rector of the Church of St. Archangel Michael in Varna, Bulgaria:

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is not going to canonize Baba Vanga. I have never even heard of such a movement in our Church. If there is something like that, then this, I suppose, is a bunch of some ardent representatives of the Vanga cult. She really built a temple at her own expense, which was painted by one of the famous Bulgarian artists. But he obviously tried his hand at church painting for the first time, which resulted in something terrible, in the truest sense of the word.

You can confirm this information in Moscow, at the courtyard of the Bulgarian Patriarchate:

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin in Gonchary

Goncharnaya st., 29, tel. 915-62-88 M. "Taganskaya"

Archimandrite Boris (Dobrev), Archimandrite Trifon (Krevsky), Priest Sergiy Rznyanin, Priest Mikhail Avramenko. Divine service daily. Liturgy at 8 o'clock, on holidays. and Sunday Liturgy at 7 and 10 am, the day before all-night vigil at 5 pm

Archimandrite Gabriel, Rector of the Bulgarian Metochion in Moscow(magazine "Druzhba" ("Russians"), No. 6 for 1990):

Firstly, the prophecies of Vangelia are far from always true. For example, she made a mistake in her predictions to my relatives. And secondly, the Bulgarian Church does not at all claim that Vanga's gift is from God. It may well be similar to that possessed by the slave mentioned in the Acts of the Holy Apostles.

You, of course, remember that in one of the cities of Macedonia, a servant girl, possessed by the spirit of divination, followed Paul and his disciples for several days in a row. She did not stop shouting: "These people are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation." It seems to be something terrible in the words corresponding to the truth? But the Apostle, recognizing their spirit, stopped this doxology of the enemy, who broadcasts through her lips, for what the enemy does, at first glance, beneficial to a person, is certainly with a detrimental purpose. The Apostle expelled this spirit from her, and she immediately lost the gift of divination.

True, among other gifts of the Spirit, St. Paul also mentions the gift of prophecy. This is sent down to some saints. But they, knowing the will of God, never revealed to people everything and everything about their fate, but only spiritually useful, saving on the difficult human path.

Priest Dionisy Svechnikov:

The church has a negative attitude towards Vanga's activities. Vanga never had anything to do with God, and her predictions had nothing to do with Divine revelations. For the authenticity of my words, I want to give a couple of examples from the book of Vanga's niece Kasimira Stoyanova "The Truth about Vanga", which make it clear that the Bulgarian healer was in direct contact with unclean spirits. Here is an excerpt from Casimira's story from this book: “I remember the day I turned 16. I remember precisely because, after dinner in our house in Petrich, Vanga suddenly began to speak, addressing me specifically. And it was no longer her at all, and I heard the voice of a completely different person: “You are always, every second, in front of us.” And then she told me everything that I did throughout the day ... I was dumbfounded. And then she asked her aunt why she said all this? Vanga was surprised: “I didn’t tell you anything.” But when I repeated everything I had just heard from her lips, she quietly said: “It’s not me, it’s others who are always near me. For myself, I call some of them “small forces”, it was they who told you about your day through me, and there are also “big forces”. When they start talking to me, or rather through me, I lose a lot of energy, I feel bad, I stay depressed for a long time. As can be seen from this passage, Vanga's revelations are nothing but an obsession evil spirits. And, of course, a feeling of despondency cannot arise from communication with angels. Here is another example taken from the same book, from which we see that Vanga was in contact with demons of a non-lower order: “Upon learning of the impending disaster, my poor aunt turns pale, faints, incoherent words fly from her the voice at such moments has nothing to do with her usual voice. He is very strong, having nothing to do with Vanga's everyday dictionary ... As if some kind of mind instills in her to report fateful events. She calls him "great strength" or "great spirit." I think it’s not worth saying who Vanga called “big spirits”.

I think all this information is enough for you to determine your attitude towards Vanga.

In 1994, at the expense of Vanga, according to the project of the Bulgarian architect Svetlin Rusev, the chapel of St. Paraskeva was built in the village of Rupite. The chapel was not consecrated by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, so they simply say “temple” about the building, without specifying its ownership.

Photos of the temple built by Vanga and her words.

“I have seen this Church since 1941, from April 6, and to this day. And I say to myself: here is my daughter, here is my son, my glory, this is everything for me ... "

I said that today is the fourteenth (October 14, the day of the consecration of the temple. - Ed.), And the Church is empty, and I was paralyzed. She could not move her leg, the body below the waist seemed to be stiff. And I got scared. Why was there no strength in my legs and I couldn't stand? I survived it. Said the church would be ready by that day. You can't build a garage for yourself, but I God help raised the church!

Lord, Lord! There was no one in Petrich who would give at least 200 or 1000 leva. Nobody gave a penny. And now rumors are spreading that the money is stolen. Yes, my documents are in order, here they are, a whole bunch of papers, everything is written down to the last penny. Okay, let them swear, because all evil is because of money, because of this damned money.

Whether I am a church, or the church is Vanga, or I am Vanga-church, in any case, the temple wins. Early in the morning, when I go to church, at least a hundred souls are already waiting there. They had already prayed, lit candles, and gave five leva each. And, leaving, they say: "We put a candle for your health." Why? To keep you alive and well, they say. They come from America, and from other powers, how many of them - I won’t say for sure ... "

The question of the attitude of the Church towards the soothsayer Vanga still worries society. Who was she? From whom did you receive your gift?

Until now, there are people who call Vanga a “saint”, “prophetress”, “clairvoyant”, comparing her with the blessed Matrona of Moscow and not understanding why the church recognized Vanga as a witch. People ask: “Why? Isn't she a church girl? I went to church; built a temple - it was the dream of her life", "What did this woman do wrong, helping so many people?" etc. She said: “Go and be baptized!” – as if she had never been a stranger to the Church. Hence the difficulties arise. On the one hand, she clearly declared that she belonged to the Church, and on the other hand, everything she did was completely contrary to the dogma of the Church. And this is another clear evidence that it is becoming increasingly difficult for modern man to distinguish between spirits and adhere to the true teachings of Christ. This is the fruit of an atheistic upbringing and Christian illiteracy.

Vanga and Church

When Vladyka arrived a few days later and entered the old woman's room, he held in his hands a reliquary cross with a particle of the Holy Cross of the Lord. There were a lot of people in the room, Vanga was sitting in the back, broadcasting something and could not hear that another person quietly entered the door. At any rate, she couldn't have known who it was. Suddenly she broke off and in a changed - low, hoarse - voice with an effort she said: “Someone came in here. Let him immediately throw THIS on the floor!” "What is it"?" - the stunned people around asked Vanga. And then she broke into a frantic cry: “THIS! He is holding IT in his hands! THIS prevents me from speaking! Because of this, I can't see anything! I don't want THAT in my house!" yelled the old woman, kicking her legs and swaying.

Brief biography of Vanga (1911-1996)

Knowing how to knit beautifully, Vanga takes orders at home, is engaged in weaving. But the money earned is not enough for a decent life, and the family lives in poverty.

Vanga's unusual abilities began to appear in April 1941, when she was 30 years old. She was visited by a "tall, blond, mysterious rider of divine beauty", who told her that he would be by her side and help her make predictions about the dead and the living. Soon after that, “another voice began to be heard from her lips, which called with amazing accuracy the places and events, the names of the mobilized men who would return alive, or with whom some kind of misfortune would happen ...”. Since that time, Vanga began to fall into a trance frequently, receive more and more visitors, find lost people and things, and talk to the "dead".

In 1982, at the age of 71, Vanga moved to the Rupite area, surrounded by respect and great recognition from many people. Vanga receives visitors almost until her death, at the age of 85 (she died of cancer on August 11, 1996). More than 15,000 people came to her funeral, including senior officials (presidents, ambassadors, diplomats, the entire cabinet of ministers, deputies and journalists). Such, in general terms, is the life of the world-famous soothsayer.

The appearance of the "gift"

The source of Vanga's "gift"

K. Stoyanova gives various details about how Vanga communicated with the other world, with "spirits":

Question: Do you talk to spirits?

Vanga: Many and very different come. Some I can't understand. Not those who now come and are near me, I understand. One comes, knocks on my door and says: “This door is bad, change it!”

Question: Do you remember anything after being in a trance?

Vanga: Not. I don't remember almost anything. After the trance, I feel very bad all day.

Question: Godmother, why don't you remember what is said during a trance?

Vanga: When they want to speak through me, I, as a spirit, leave my body and stand aside, and they enter me and speak, and I do not hear anything.

It is enough to look at the forces with which Vanga communicated to understand that they are dark.

The description of the creatures that Vanga communicates with very clearly reveals to us the world of the heavenly spirits of evil, just as it was described in the Holy Scriptures and by the Holy Fathers: the dark forces have a hierarchy; a person cannot control his mental and bodily activities; The "forces" arbitrarily come into contact with Vanga, completely disregarding her desires.

In addition, Vanga spoke very well of Juna Davitashvili, approved of the activities of psychics, communicated personally with many of them, and was actively involved in healing herself. As for the methods of its treatment, no textbook of magic would disdain to describe them. Here is a brief retelling of one of the many cases in Vanga's practice and her recommendations. A certain man, having lost his mind, grabbed an ax and rushed at his relatives, when the brothers tied him up and brought him to Vanga, she advised him to do the following: “Buy a new clay pot, fill it with water from the river, scooping against the current, and this water three times water the patient. Then throw the pot back to break it and don't look back!" We do not see a word about repentance and church life that could heal the soul of the sick! Healings performed by Orthodox saints have always aimed, first of all, at spiritual healing; healing the flesh at the cost of defeating the spirit is the lot of occult healers of all stripes.

Yes, Vanga was engaged in divination and some of her predictions came true, but from the point of view of biblical teaching, this fact in itself does not yet prove the spiritual purity of the source of predictions, for example, in the Bible we read about a maid possessed by “... a prophetic spirit, which through divination delivered great income for their masters” (Acts 16:16). We emphasize that the spirit of divination left the woman after the command of St. Paul, uttered by him in the name of Jesus Christ: “Paul, being indignant, turned and said to the spirit: In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her. And [the spirit] went out at the same hour” (Acts 16:18). Given Vanga's sympathy for the occult and extrasensory perception, we can conclude that the same forces that feed the occult and magic acted at the basis of her spiritual phenomenon, and therefore, if Vanga had been in the place of that New Testament maid, she would have suffered the same fate.

Once, accidentally finding herself not far from the cross, which had a particle of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, Vanga demanded that it be removed from her, since she could not prophesy. It is known that if Orthodox prayers were read next to Vanga, she also lost her gift.

Church of Vanga

About the "holiness" of Vanga

As far as the performance of miracles is concerned, miracles may not necessarily be manifestations of holiness. As we know from the lives of the saints, not all saints performed miracles. Conversely, there are many cases of miracles with an obvious lack of holiness (sorcerers, fortune-tellers, modern psychics with frankly abnormal lives, some fans of Eastern religions, etc.), which is a clear indication that these supernatural "miracles" are the work of fallen spirits.

Many people who are far from the Church and have naive ideas about dark forces (and their human servants) are deceived by the fact that Vanga often talks about God, about light, faith, Christ, love, wisdom. Vanga uses the word "Christianity" only as a screen. Under the guise of Christianity, they preach non-Christian ideas and practice non-Christian activities.

What is common between Vanga and the blessed Matrona of Moscow? Blindness? So Homer was blind. Vanga was openly engaged in witchcraft, spoke about the special gift that she had after a strong hurricane, took money for the reception (not personally, but through the fund). It was a well-established and well-established business, on which a lot of people profited - the whole environment of the Bulgarian sorceress. Blessed Matrona lay paralyzed, humbly carried her cross and prayed to God for the people who asked her about it.

There is no easy way to God and never has been. That is why the Lord speaks of the narrow path. He does not promise everyone who wants to enter the Kingdom of God that they will enter it. He says that the Kingdom of God is taken by force. Modern man does not want to make any effort and does not force himself to do anything. He wants everything to become by magic. He wants to drive in his car to the Kingdom of Heaven, where God himself will meet him, pat him on the shoulder and tell him that everything is fine, you are beautiful, nothing is required of you. But it's not.

Material prepared by Sergey SHULYAK

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Temple "Sveta Petka Bulgarska".

The temple "Sveta Petka Bulgarska" was built in 1994, designed by Vanga's friend architect Svetelin Rusev, as well as by the labors and efforts of Vanga herself, in the village of Rupite, where she was born, lived and prophesied. And to the right of the temple, there is the grave of Vanga, who bequeathed to bury herself here, next to the temple.

The temple was built with Vanga's own money, as well as sponsors, and citizens from Bulgaria and other countries.

At the request and instructions of Vanga, an unusual painting of the church fulfilled Svetelin Rusev, woodcarving - Grigor Paunov, and the iconostasis, sculptures and cross made Krum Damyanov. All of them, including the team of masons and Vanga's voluntary assistants, worked on the construction of the temple for free.

The reason for the refusal of local clergy to consecrate the temple.

To the article, the temple "Sveta Petka Bulgarska".

Different from the established church canons, the unusual painting of the temple in Rupite was the reason for a sharply negative reaction from some Bulgarian clergy, who categorically refused to consecrate the temple built by Vanga.

And this decision of the Bulgarian clergy, after the death of Vanga, provoked a PR campaign in the media to demonize the image of the deceased Vanga.

Meanwhile, according to the existing popular belief, people are obliged to treat the dead with respect. "About the dead or good, or nothing, or only the truth" - says folk wisdom. They say that the soul of a person who has violated this commandment, after death, does not find a place for himself in the world of the dead, to which, during his lifetime, this person showed disrespect.

The cunning decision of the Bulgarian clergy not to consecrate Vanga's temple had a completely different background. In her book Vanga, Vanga's niece Krasimira Stoyanova writes that the conflict between the seer and local priests has existed for a long time. And the Bulgarian clergy, who were afraid during their lifetime to object to the prophetess, who saw through their inner essence, found a way to take revenge on Vanga shortly before her death. Here is what Krasimira Stoyanova writes: “Vanga was chosen by Heaven. My aunt was a believing and virtuous, highly moral and modest woman. She observed all the canons of the Orthodox faith, prayed a lot, visited churches and monasteries with joy. And always and everywhere called people to faith in God! As for the ministers of the church, in relation to Vanga they already applied double standards. Officially, they did not recognize her, but priests, even metropolitans, came to my aunt and asked about their personal affairs. And she always told them the truth, even impartial.

Vanga never did evil to people and taught to do only good. And I could not find a single piece of evidence, even among her enemies, that Vanga had harmed at least one person. Here is what her goddaughter Venetta Sharova tells about Vanga.

Testimony of Vanga's goddaughter Venetta Sharova.

“Aunt Vanga was like a mother to me. At the age of 16, like many others, I came to see her. I stand in the hallway, waiting. She came out and pointed at me - come in. So we met...

At first they were just friends, and then I started helping her with the housework, I was there until the last day. She always taught me: don't be angry, if someone hurts you, leave him. Let him take responsibility for all his mistakes. And you, no matter what happens, always do good. After all, she not only told people about their illnesses, about whether problems would be resolved, but also taught to love, to be humble.

The temple in Rupita is Vanga's old dream.

Vanga dreamed of building a temple in Rupita all her life, but poverty interfered. She always received visitors for free, and only in 1967, by decree of the Bulgarian government, the visit to the Bulgarian prophetess became paid. For citizens from the socialist republics, the visit cost 122 rubles, and for visitors from the capitalist countries - 50 dollars. And only after that did Vanga have the opportunity to earn money for the construction of a temple in Rupita.

Here is what Venetta Sharova writes about this: « Vanga dreamed of building a temple in the village of Rupite, where we lived. Everyone was worried - she would not have time. She built on her earnings, and in order to have money, she accepted it without interruption, day and night. It happens that it starts at nine in the morning, and ends after midnight. In emergencies, she could work all night. When the construction of the temple began in August 1992, Aunt Vanga was so happy! She herself commanded the construction, told the workers what and how to do.

When the dome was put up, she sat on her favorite bench opposite the temple, tilted her head to the left, then to the right, and asked to put the dome "a little to the other side, so that it would stand straight." "How do you see all this?" the builders asked her. And the aunt answered: “I don’t need eyes.”

For example, after the construction was completed, the Bulgarian artist Svetlin Rusev began to paint the faces of saints for the interior decoration of the temple. Every evening his aunt asked him what he had done that day and what he would do tomorrow. The only portrait of Vanga in this temple, Rusev also painted according to her instructions. She often said that The church became her second home. Before the reception, people went there, brought flowers, lit candles.

When my aunt fell ill, I was always near her, she knew that she would die, and kept repeating: "I'm leaving." In recent months, Vanga did not get out of bed, I looked after her. And when it became clear that I could not give her the necessary care, she was taken to the Sofia hospital. A few days after my aunt passed away, her body was brought to the temple. I remember I touched her hands and felt warm. And on the night of the funeral, Vanga came to me in a dream. She came out of the coffin, holding her hair in her hands, and for some reason said: "You burned my hair!"

For me, she is still alive. When I feel that I miss her, I come to the grave, talk to her, and longing is replaced by lightness.

Symbolism of the temple.

The mournful symbolism of the painting of the Vanga temple does not contradict any Christian values, and, apparently, is just her own vision of future events related to the coming "end of the world." But this requires some further explanation.

Christian doctrine is a cosmic religion, and the iconostasis of any church is just the many-sided symbolism of Noah's flood and the upcoming "end of the world", which Vanga, who had the gift of clairvoyance, undoubtedly knew about.

In my book The Fifth Dimension, I already wrote that every year, together with her loved ones, Vanga celebrated the day when a space disaster and a volcanic eruption occurred in Rupita, during which many local residents died.

Let's remember this quote from Krasimira Stoyanova's book: "Annually,October 15, when church calendar Peter's day is listed , Vanga collects guests. Neighbors, friends and acquaintances sit at a modest meal. The meal is quiet, without libations and solemn speeches. …

Here is what Vanga had to say: " On the same day, a thousand years ago, there was a strong volcanic eruption. Lava flows flooded a large and rich city, thousands of people died in the fire .

And the people who lived here were tall and stately, very beautiful, dressed in white clothes, shimmering with a metallic sheen. There were theaters and libraries in the city, more than other benefits, its citizens valued enlightenment, deeply revered wisdom, felt themselves on an equal footing even with kings. A blue river flowed through the city, it carried its waters along the bottom, strewn with golden sand. Newborns were baptized in this river, and the children grew up healthy, gradually turned into young people, strong in body and healthy in spirit ... The main city gates were decoratedgolden-winged griffins - patrons of the city . Nearby rose three large temples: Saint Petka, Holy Mother of God and Saint Panteleimon. The earth's incandescent abysses breathe even now, mineral water is warmed by their breath. Listen, you will certainly hear the sighs of long-dead people. And so I dare to ask you, my guests:while we are alive, we will begin to remember with a quiet prayer all those who died so suddenly, in the color and grandeur of a joyful earthly life. Should they have died? And isn’t there a deep visionary meaning hidden here?” …

The visionary meaning was hidden by Vanga in the secret symbolism of the temple she built. After all October 15 noted not only Petrov day(from the Greek. Peter - (heavenly) stone). The Bulgarian Church and the Balkan countries on the eve of this day celebrate the feast of St. Paraskeva (Holy Friday, or the feast of Sveta Petka). Therefore, we must say a few words about this holiday.

Sveta Petka Bulgarska.

The holiday of the Light of Petka Bulgarska, or Paraskeva of Serbia, is one of the most revered in the Balkans. This holiday has different countries there are other names: Paraskeva Pyatnitsa, Tyrnovskaya Friday, Bulgarian Friday, Moldavian Friday, or simply Sveta Petka - "Holy Friday".

The memory of Paraskeva of Serbia is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on August 30 and October 14 (27). This is the eve of the feast of Paraskeva of Ionia, or Holy Paraskeva Friday (from the Greek.Παρασκευ - "eve of the holiday, Friday"), which is celebrated by the Orthodox Church 15 (28) October.

The feast of Paraskeva Friday is celebrated in honor of an Orthodox saint who became famous for her asceticism. And Vanga knew that at the same time this holiday is also a day of remembrance of the cosmic catastrophe. This should not be surprising, for Christianity is a cosmic religion, and I have already written that many iconic cosmic catastrophes in the church calendar are indicated by the names of Christian saints.

Rupite location.

The village of Rupite, surrounded by mountains, is located in the Petrichesko-Sandanskaya basin, on the site of the crater of the former Kozhukh volcano. It is considered that the age of the crater is more than a thousand years, but on its slopes there are still hot sulfuric (up to +75 degrees Celsius) geothermal sources. Because of them, even in winter, the temperature in Rupit is higher than in the surrounding villages. Thousands of people come to these healing springs every year.

Vanga repeatedly said that in Rupita there is a center of powerful cosmic energy that gave her strength. And thanks to this energy, until her death, she was engaged in healing the sick, and also served as a consolation and prophetess for the visitors who turned to her.

But she always carefully avoided voicing bad prophecies, while it was indifferent whether it concerned the life of an individual, a state, or natural Disasters Earth. Eyewitnesses from her close circle testify that before the consecration of the temple, Vanga was very afraid to enter a trance, so that in this uncontrolled state, by chance, ahead of time, she would not betray the secret of the strange symbolism of the temple and the purpose of its construction.

About the "navel of the Earth" in the vicinity of Rupite.

Crater in Rupita.

Patomsky crater.

In the book “The Fifth Dimension”, I already wrote that in addition to the extinct volcano, there is another crater in Rupita, the so-called (“navel of the Earth”), which is a formation formed at the site of a cosmic electric discharge explosion. For reasons unknown to us, it was in such places that the ancient prophets and sibyls most clearly manifested the gift of prophecy. It is easy to understand that with this crater, it turned out to be connected and the amazing phenomenon of Vanga's clairvoyance, which was most clearly manifested precisely in Rupita. For those who are not familiar with my previous books, I must say that the crater in Rupita, like two drops of water, looks like Patomsky crater, formed after an electric discharge explosion of a fragment of the Tunguska body. To be convinced of this, it is enough to compare the photographs of these craters.

The reason for the construction of the temple in Rupita.

Here is what Krasimira Stoyanova writes about this place and the reason for the construction of the temple: “... I remember another story about those times. Vanga remembers old people told what else their grandfathers sawhuge fire pillar on a hill". In their opinion, fifteen martyrs, defenders of the Christian faith, were slaughtered at this place again during Turkish slavery. Then there was a templeSt. George the Victorious , but the Turks destroyed it to the ground. Vanga says that in 1941 a huge temple appeared to her, supported by fifteen holy officers. Who are they and where did they come from? When later excavations were carried out, columns of the former temple were found at this place.Saint George. And then the citizens of Strumica built a large church, which they called "The Fifteen Holy Martyrs of Strumica". But the opening of the churchSaint George ahead. Vanga herself still lives with the desire to open this temple, because she hears a "voice" that says:"Come and open the gates. They are iron and heavy, but behind them there is a bright light" . Taking pity on the people, Vanga did not want to reveal the secret reason for the construction of her temple ahead of time. That is why we need to supplement our story.

Cross - as a symbol of cosmic catastrophe.

Cross.

On the opposite side of the basin from the temple, at the request of Vanga, there was laid out a huge cross, in the form of steps leading to its top. In religious mythology, the cross is the designation of the epicenter of a cosmic catastrophe, and it must be assumed that in such a simple way, Vanga designated the epicenter of one of the cosmic explosions of a future cosmic catastrophe. And here we need to give a little more additional information. in a great way have fun at night are sex dating in Tyumen that will surprise you with new and unforgettable sensations.

Prophecy of Seraphim of Sarov.

Pitying the psyche of people, Vanga avoided talking about the secrets associated with the "end of the world" and never named the date of this disaster. But in different years, while in a state of uncontrollable trance, she left several testimonies of this terrible disaster: « One day this world will end, but the end will not come soon. Do not be afraid! Live in harmony and help each other. Living in fear is not life. And what is written in heaven, a person cannot change. It happens sooner or later."

… “Earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes. Many people will die from this. From all sides will fight. There will be no pets, trees will be destroyed, … . People will go naked and barefoot - there will be nothing to eat, no heating, no lighting.

The famous Russian seer and saint, Elder Seraphim of Sarov, in one of his prophecies, said that when the time of hard trials and chaos comes, the few survivors will find salvation in his Sarov monastery. In addition to this, it should be said that in the Christian doctrine, all monasteries and temples are objects of dual purpose, and during the upcoming "end of the world", designed to serve as islands of safety for people who miraculously survived the fire of a cosmic catastrophe. Drawing an obvious parallel, we can assume that the strange painting on the walls and the entrance to the Vanga temple depicts mourning people who will find shelter in the Vanga temple in the difficult days of the coming cosmic catastrophe. The faces of these people, apparently, asked Wang to depict on the walls of the temple in Rupita. That is, Vanga built her temple as another island of safety, giving people hope for salvation. So “What is surprising in your eyes?”

Temple.

During the life of Vanga, thousands of tourists and pilgrims traveled to Bulgaria, specifically to see Vanga. She tried to accept and comfort everyone who needed her help. Her amazing prophecies were never comprehended during her lifetime. And science has yet to explore this strange world in which the souls of the dead are able to tell us about the past and future of the world of the living. There are no lies and time frames in this world, and not everyone is given the opportunity to testify about it to people. And we should be grateful to Vanga, who took the trouble to tell about it. wonderful world people. After all, our information about this, which is beyond real, otherworldly knowledge, is so small that we are forced to use it as a measure of our faith and our monstrous obscurantism.