Abbess Sredneuralskaya convent, "captured" scandalous and devoid of Sana by schema-monk Sergius (Romanov), made a statement in which it condemned the calls to go "barricades" and "political slogan" and called on the nurses to help him to realize the fatal consequences of path split, he stood up.
The appeal of the abbess Sredneuralskaya convent hegumeness Varvara published Monday on the website of the Ekaterinburg diocese.
The spiritual father and founder of Sredneuralskaya convent father Sergius was deposed after the sermon that COVID-19 "pseudopodia," but people should take to the streets and protest. In the administrative case about the dissemination of incorrect information he was fined 90 thousand rubles, and in the framework of the case under article 20.3.1 of the administrative code of "inciting hatred or hostility, and humiliation of human dignity" – 18 thousand rubles. He also called on the President to resign, has ceased to commemorate the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia at the divine services, and cursed him. Abbess – abbess Barbara and some of the nuns left the monastery. Now the monastery remains schemamonk Sergius and his followers.
"I beg You to stop because we took the path split. And what You were taught before us, and what is happening now, absolutely not the same. You’ve always taught us that penitential prayer solves all issues, social and political. What’s happening now? You call us to the barricades, you call to create a militia, although yesterday said that the Orthodox should go to Church, repent and pray," – told mother superior Barbara with a public conversation with the schema-monk Sergius.
According to her, she is 18 years of age was a spiritual child of father Sergei, but in the last 1.5-2 years in his sermons "less began to sound the call to repentance".
"the Spirit of peace, love, gentleness became more and more replaced by political slogans, denouncing all kinds of mistakes, of wrongs, of discord in Church and state. The priest said, denouncing the evil, it "connects" it. Sermon father Sergius began to regularly be exhibited in the Internet. This situation was to embarrass not only me, but other sisters of our monastery," writes abbess Barbara.
In addition, she noted that the schema-monk Sergius cursed the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill, ceased to remember him at the services, and that, in her opinion, the split – "sin is not washed away even with the blood of martyrs". In private conversations and assurances, said the abbess, schema-monk did not respond, and she publicly called for him to stop, and then left the monastery with some nuns.
"I would really like to knowand that our departure from the convent – it’s not a betrayal, but an expression of spiritual love. Because Christian love is, above all, the desire for salvation to another person, especially a spiritual father and entrusted to the children," said the abbess.
She explained that many sisters believe disobedience to his spiritual father, schema-monk Sergius, a sin.
"Is misleading. You have to understand that unquestioning obedience to his spiritual father, is possible only when he himself is in obedience to the clergy, in obedience to Mother Church. The Head Of The Church Is Christ. And he who falls away from the Church that cuts itself from the fullness of divine grace and if you don’t repent, deprives themselves of the opportunity of salvation," she said.
Abbess called spiritual children father Sergius to think about him and his salvation.
"we Need to help him to realize the fatal consequences of path split, he stood up. To pray fervently", – said the abbess.
