Believers from all over the world come to churchMatrons in Moscow to bow to her icon and ask for a good patroness of intercession, healing from infirmities and blessings. Who is this Matron, and why do Russian people go to her with their sorrows and joys?
The Scriptures testify that Godhe chooses his helpers on earth before their birth. Evidence of eyewitnesses has been preserved, claiming that at the baptism of Matrona the holy father said that the child was God's chosen, and it was not in vain that she was born blind, accepting from birth humility and patience. Matrona's mother later told me that since her birth the girl did not eat anything on Fridays and Wednesdays - in those days when Orthodox Christians fast. On Matrona's breast was a mole in the shape of a cross. Surprisingly, the blind girl always knew about this and called her birthmark her cross, given at birth. From an early childhood the girl fell in love with going to church and actually grew up in it ...
In those years, none of his relatives could not have imagined,that once the name of their sick girl will be called Orthodox churches throughout Russia, including the opening of the Matrona Church in Moscow. But God knew about this even then, giving his ward special gifts.
The first manifestations of the gift began at eight.Even then, the suffering and ill people came to the girl, for whom she prayed fervently. In her youth, Matron traveled a lot with a spiritual mentor, making pilgrimages to many holy places. The seventeen-year-old Matron suddenly broke paralysis, but she took it as God's will, and never complained of weakness. Until the end of her life, Matrona remained in a sitting portable chair.
She happened to live in many cities, but a largeShe spent part of her life in Moscow, where she accepted pilgrims traveling around, prayed for them, healed them, predicted the future ... That's why she got her name - Matrona Moskovskaya. The Church in Moscow still accepts those who ask for the intercession of a good patroness before God. And only at the very end of the life path, when the Matron was already very weak, she began to limit the number of parishioners. The time of her death Matrona knew in advance, so she managed to give all the necessary instructions regarding funeral services and burial. The funeral of the blessed Matrona took place on May 2, 1952, on the Week of Myrrh-bearers, at Danilov Cemetery. The burial and burial of Matrona was the beginning of her glorification as God's servant. Matrona was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church on May 2, 1999.
Throughout Russia there are several churches,temples, chapels under the auspices of the saint. In 2008-2009, the Matrona Church appeared in Moscow. The building of the temple is a low tent church-chapel with a one-span belfry. The temple of the nun of the Intercession Monastery is coveted. The Matrona Church in Moscow was built on private donations from believers. Every Saturday, the Vigil service is held in the church, and on Sundays the Divine Liturgy is celebrated. From Monday to Saturday in the temple of Matrona is the Evening Prayer from 5 pm. Liturgy is served at 07:30. On Sundays, the Liturgy is held at 06:15 and 9:00.
Many believers come to the church of St. Matrona in Moscow to marry, baptize children, remember the deceased and just pray. The church is located at: Moscow, Taganskaya Street, 58.
