Feodosia Skopinsky old woman biography

Presentation of the book of Igor Evsin “Mother Feodosia.

Stories about the Skopinsky old man "Ryazan:" Grain ", took place on July 7 in Moscow, in the Orthodox Book store during the publishing of the Moscow Patriarchate. The presentation of the publication dedicated to the spiritual feat of Schimonakhini, known far beyond the borders of the Ryazan land, opened a series of meetings that will regularly take place at the Orthodox Book readership club, said Makari Kolmogorov, assistant to the chairman of the publishing house of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Schimonachin Theodosius, in the world Natalya Nikiforovna Kosorotikhina 4. This is the phenomenon of simple Russian holiness, ”said about the heroine of the book Fr. Among those who have come to Mother Feodosia more than once, the director of the Publishing House of Grain Igor Minin. At the evening, he talked about meetings with a chemonachine, that not only he, but other people came out of her "with joy, comforted." Most of all, like other visitors, was struck by “one type of righteous who has been in bed for many years, experiencing severe pains, and at the same time comforts many people.” Minin gave examples of the insight of mother, to which not only laity came, but also many priests, monks and bishops from all over Russia.

He reported that the publishing house of Grain has a whole series of books about the Holy Ryazan land: “Ryazan is a unique place on the spiritual map of Russia. Here, in Soviet times, the righteous of piety - the protruders, blessed, holy fools, bloomed with magnificent color. ” The book about mother Feodosia was asked to write Igor Evsin, who personally did not meet her.

The writer said that after several years of doubt, he began to pray to his mother Feodosia, “to talk to her as with alive” - and felt her fertile help, and even miraculously received healing from the ailment, which prevented his trips to the old man’s homeland. And these trips were necessary, as I. Evsin decided to talk with those who knew Mother, who talked with her in recent years.

He knew that the Pokrov publishing house had already released a book about Schimonakhin, which is a collection of memoirs, mostly clergymen about meetings with Mother. He himself wanted to write “Biography in the narrative style”, which would not duplicate this book. This problem was successfully solved: in the homeland of his heroine, I. Evsin was able to find her childhood friend; Those who knew not only Mother, but also her sister Olga, who sacrificed her family life in order to care for immovable Natalia; And he even met with a tractor driver who, many years ago, saved the future righteous man, pulling her out from under the inverted truck.

Evsin himself answered him: firstly, this “warming of faith among the people”-Mother was illiterate, no theological teachings were expected from her, but the “example of living holiness” itself, miracles and healings that were performed by her prayer, strengthened the Orthodox faith in people; Secondly, this is a “fertile consolation”, which she possessed for nothing-it “generally exalted the folk spirit”.

Macarius continued his thoughts on the spiritual gifts of his mother Feodosia: according to him, "the theological basis of her sermon was the gospel, correct." It is known that the shimonachin directed those who came to her to Christ, to the church, meeting them with questions: “Have you confessed? Macarius explained that in the practice of the Russian Orthodox Church, it was customary to raise the issue of canonization years after the death of the revered righteous.

The Lord himself glorifies His ascetics. The most important thing now is to connect in prayer with mother, to come to her grave, to ask that she petition us to the almighty before the throne, ”he said. Julia Zaitseva Fields marked with an asterisk must be filled.