Olga Moskovskaya is the blessed old woman of the Russian Orthodox Church .
| Olga Moscow | |
|---|---|
| Name in the world | Maria Ivanovna Lozhkina |
| Birth | 1871 Inshino Egorievsky district, Moscow province |
| Death | January 23, 1973 Moscow |
| Is revered | Russian Orthodox Church |
| In the face | |
| Asceticism | old woman |
Biography
She was born in 1871 in the village of Inshino, Moscow province (now the Urban District of Yegoryevsk , Moscow Region ) in a large family of peasants Ivan and Agrippina Lozhkin. In adolescence , on the advice of her father, she entered as a novice in the Kashirsky Nikitsky monastery , where she performed various chores. Then she took monastic tonsure with the name "Moses." In 1919, fearing the closure of the monastery, the nuns converted it into a labor artel. But in the 1920s, the monastery was closed. After the monastery was closed, Moses lived for some time in her native village with her sister Anna (her parents' house burned down), then she left for Moscow. All the years she did not take off the monastic vestments, regularly attended Moscow churches, she was often invited to read the hymnal for the dead. She was arrested several times, but was released after a short stay in prison. In the post-war years, the nun Moses was secretly sheared by her father Ambrose Balabanovsky in a schema named Olga. After old Olga became a fool , she was placed in a psychiatric hospital. The cellwoman Akilina Nikitichna Rybalko (1911-2000) succeeded in rescuing her from the hospital, having drawn up guardianship over her. Blessed Olga began to take people home openly. Not only lay people came here to the blessed old woman for advice and help, but also monks, seminarians, priests. Shortly before her death, Olga fell ill. She died on January 23, 1973. She was buried in Moscow at Kalitnikovsky cemetery . The grave of the blessed old woman Olga became a place of pilgrimage for many Orthodox people [1] [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Devyatova S.V. Orthodox Elders of the 20th Century. Volume 1-5. - M .: Svyatogor, 2010 .-- T. 2 .-- 146 p.
- ↑ Devyatova S.V. Orthodox devotees of the twentieth century. - M .: Artos-Media, 2009 .-- S. 27—32. - 315 p.
- ↑ Scheimonahin Olga . Temple on the gates . Date of appeal April 27, 2018.
Links
- Blessed Old Lady Olga of Moscow . The gospel . Date of appeal March 25, 2018.
- In memory of the shimonakhini Olga is dedicated . site of the writer A. Trofimov . Date of appeal March 25, 2018.