Twilight, a table lamp is shining. A priest sits in the room with a guitar and sings works on a spiritual theme - cants. Many people know him under the pseudonym Wanderer. But the priest’s real name is not a secret: his name is father Gennady Zaridze.
He is an archpriest, clergyman of the Voronezh diocese and rector of the Intercession Church (Otradnoye village) in the Novousmansky district of the Voronezh region.
Father Gennady has a website and a group on VKontakte. Father also gives lectures on spiritual life. Let's learn more about this versatile personality!
Conversation with Archpriest Gennady Zaridze
Archpriest Gennady Zaridze is the rector of the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary in the village of Otradnoye, Voronezh region.
The parish near the church is large, but everyone knows each other, and it seems that they live as one big happy family. And as in any family, there is special attention to the younger generation. There was even a shelter for orphans built. A conversation with the priest about how to bring modern teenagers brought up by the Internet and seduced by all sorts of subcultures to God, how to build a life in the family, what needs to be done so that children grow up as true Christians and serve the Lord with their talents. By the way, Father Gennady himself is a creative person: he is the author and performer of spiritual songs under the pseudonym Wanderer.
– Father Gennady, it is known that this year was marked by a very important event for the parishioners of the Intercession Church.
– Yes, this year on Christmas Day the President of Russia V.V. came to us. Putin. Vladimir Vladimirovich is a deeply religious man. He prayed sincerely, with all his heart, and when according to the protocol it was necessary to leave the temple, he asked: “Can I still pray, and then say a word?” – and made a speech, standing on the pulpit. It was his will. I think that Vladimir Vladimirovich is a deeply Orthodox person, a patriot of our Motherland, who is trying to put it in order. The President also inspected our shelter.
– How is the shelter organized, and who are its guests?
“We built the shelter with voluntary donations from believers; no government money was invested in it. Help came not only from the Voronezh region, but also from other regions: Moscow, Lipetsk, Tambov. The result was a warm home for children who found themselves on the margins of life. This is not quite a shelter in the usual sense: we have equipped ten apartments, each with four rooms, where six children can live together with a foster mother. Everything is homely, cozy and beautiful. But it so happened that the first guests were residents of southeastern Ukraine who fled the war. Those who then moved to a permanent place of residence received help from the parish and caring parishioners - money, things, dishes, bed linen and everything they needed.
– You don’t only care about children who find themselves in difficult life situations, right?
Faith cannot be treated formally: it is disgusting to the Lord
– All children and teenagers need to be dealt with. The youth department at the temple is about 100 people. We publish a scientific magazine, newspapers for children, for large families and for the younger generation. Several years ago, with the blessing of Metropolitan Sergius of Voronezh and Liskin, they launched the family music and conversational “Radio “Blagovestie”” on a frequency of 73.55 VHF. Young people come to us, we communicate. They find their way, begin to understand the essence of Orthodoxy. They begin to understand that they need to understand the meaning of Orthodox life and faith, and not just come to church and light a candle. That you need to learn to love God, people and develop spiritually. That faith cannot be treated formally: this is disgusting to the Lord.
The clergy of our church hold various conversations at universities in the city, in schools with teachers. All this is necessary, especially for those who live in Russia. Of course, our country is multi-religious, but the majority of the inhabitants are Orthodox, so it is very important for all of us to know about our faith.
– Where do you need to start your path to God, how to go through it, how to follow God’s Providence?
– In order to come to God, you need to rethink your own life, have a desire not to commit sins in the future, and fight against them. A person must understand that he himself is nothing, only the Lord can recreate him in a normal state. Therefore, it is important to go to Communion, not to neglect it and to understand what a Great Sacrament and mercy from God this is. Confess and receive communion, work on yourself, learn prayer and so slowly become a Christian.
You can’t do this: you’ve been a righteous man for five years and that’s it.
At the same time, remember: the entire journey of life is self-improvement. You can’t say this: I was a righteous man for five years and that’s it. No, my dears. During all the days allotted to us, a person makes efforts on himself. We know that even after death the devil tempts a person.
It is necessary to work on ourselves so that God would be pleased with our life and the state of our heart. The Monk Ephraim of Vatopedi said that it is necessary to drive away thoughts, not to develop the nonsense that the evil one slips into us. As for the Providence of God, this is the optimal form according to which a person must live on earth and develop his immortal soul for the sake of salvation. But this, again, is not the imposition of an obligatory path: a person follows God of his own free will.
– How can we, ordinary people living ordinary, hectic lives, understand the Providence of God?
“I know a case when an elder advised a young man not to marry, because he foresaw that this young man would become a bishop in the future - this was the will of God. The elder was famous, many received help from him. What he said usually happened. The young man disobeyed the elder - simply because he did not want to work on himself, did not want to humble himself. He got married, but soon divorced his wife and started drinking so much that he died from it. So what was prepared by God’s Providence did not happen.
In order not to get lost in life, and a person can repeatedly fall into the snares of the devil, you need to turn to a priest, to spiritual people for advice - but only if these are really serious, fundamental problems. You shouldn’t ask your confessor whether you can eat, say, this piece of herring and not that one, or wash your hands with or without soap. This shouldn't happen. But when there are some important questions and a person wants to ask his confessor for advice, this is right. This has always been the case in Russia.
– The parish at your church is quite large, sometimes you have to stand in a long line to confess. What spiritual problems do people come with?
Fear is also the influence of the evil one on the soul
– The range of problems is very wide. These are various infections of society: the prodigal, the greedy... A person may not be able to control his passions. He can drink, commit adultery, take drugs, and fail to cope with the attacks of the devil. Fear is also the influence of the evil one on the soul. When Satan approaches, a person becomes very scared and wants to run somewhere - this is a sure sign that the devil is trying to frighten the soul.
You need to pray and completely come to terms with everything, following the path of the Mother Church. With the help of the Sacraments, the grace of the Holy Spirit gradually begins to prevail in a person, perfecting him. This is possible when confession and communion are sincere.
And it is necessary to take communion. At the Last Supper, Jesus Christ “took bread and, having blessed it, broke it and, giving it to the disciples, said: “Take, eat: this is My Body.” And, taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them and said: “Drink from it, all of you, for this is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26: 26-28). Christ also said: “Unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood, you will not have life in you” (John 6:53). Therefore, if a person does not receive communion, he does not develop spiritually. Uniting with the Lord and moving along the spiritual path is impossible without communion. When a mason builds a building, he lays stone by stone. The same thing, from Communion to Communion, figuratively speaking, a temple is formed in the heart for the Holy Spirit to dwell there.
- Father, how to build a family correctly so that each member of the household has a temple in the heart?
Country at the beginning of the 20th century.
By the beginning of the 20th century. The Russian Empire was a strong power. The speed at which the country developed was very high. By 1913, production volume in various industries increased by 5–13 times. The share of domestic products on the world market has almost doubled. In terms of growth rates of certain industries, Russia was ahead of other countries.
By the beginning of the First World War, the gold reserves of the Russian Empire were the largest in the world, and the Russian currency was the main one; world prices were determined by the gold and foreign exchange Russian ruble. In 1914, during the First World War, all countries participating in hostilities switched to food cards, all except Russia, which continued to supply countries at war with it with bread. The growth in industry and the economy was amazing. Russia was a power that, according to the research of American and British experts, who were not at all friendly towards it, by the middle of the 20th century. had to achieve such power that there would be no stronger one in the world. Moreover, it was an Orthodox state!
The most important reforms were carried out in Russia, in particular the abolition of serfdom. By the way, after the abolition of serfdom, only 28% of the peasants went to the communities, the rest were satisfied with everything in their lives. This was not a downtrodden, unhappy working class; people lived full lives. Russia was not a “prison for nations”; people lived freely. In Tsarist Russia, about 33 thousand people were in prison, now there are 1.5 million! Compare!
Monument to the Russian New Martyrs in Shuya
17 years before the revolution, the population growth in Russia was 50 million. Russia lived well, better than any other country in the world. Therefore, there were no prerequisites for revolution, there was no revolutionary situation in Russia. There were specially sent people who decided to destroy our country and, accordingly, destroy Orthodox Christians.
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Good afternoon! Tell me, please, is it necessary to take communion? Or can you come to the conversation first. And as I understand it, the first time is to go to the conversation, and the second time to the blessing?
Yes, for a conversation. Then he will tell you when to come for the blessing.
You can get to Father Gennady after finding out whether he will be in the church, since he sometimes conducts services in the neighboring village. Babyakovo. It's better to arrive as early as possible to get in. You need to talk quickly and briefly about the main thing, since a lot of people come and everyone is given on average no more than 1 minute
You need to find out what day he works. And as early as possible, this is for the early liturgy, and there is only one question.
And it’s very easy to find out. Here - https://mamavrn.ru/index.php/topic,11717.280.html - a moderator named Talya constantly posts information about Gennady’s father’s working hours. If there is no information in the topic, then next to the avatar there is a link to the VK page (community), where all this is posted promptly. God help you!
I will tell you my purely personal opinion. I heard about him, I read here, when my husband’s nephew became seriously ill, my aunt advised me to turn to him, but it didn’t work out. I think this is all for a reason, God himself leads us along the path that is within our power. So it was not the time. Or it's just not necessary. My husband and I just stopped by that temple one evening, the temple is beautiful. At work, one woman generally speaks of him as a charlatan, roughly speaking, saying that he used to be a psychic. But this is also a peculiar woman, I’m just saying what I heard, don’t take my words as truth. And I myself try not to talk about priests at all, they are clergy after all, and you don’t need to take sin upon your soul. I also think that you need to go to him, or to another priest in general, when you are ready to hear an answer or ready to do something. And I also think we shouldn’t treat it as a “prediction”, saying that it will come true or not, any priest can only pray, or tell us how to pray, but whether it will happen or not, that’s God’s will
Therefore, I am very careful about words and questions like “did what he said come true.”
Lena, did you manage to get to him?
I didn’t go, maybe I haven’t gone yet. Maybe I’ll go, or maybe I’m not interested in knowing the future. Don't know. )))
But he tells someone that something will happen in a year or a month or not to wait. He tells someone directly that the children will be born after communion and going to church. He makes recommendations.
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Repent!
Some of the renovationists turned to God again, and this suggests that their souls were still revived, they felt and understood their mistakes, they could admit them, repent and return to the bosom of the Church. Repentance is possible only when a person realizes that he was wrong and that the Grace of God has abandoned him, that he has lost the love of God and the joy of being does not exist in his heart.
A person is under a ban, and the Lord does not allow grace to reach him, and he feels inner emptiness. As soon as the ban is lifted, grace begins to be present in the heart again. It's obvious, it's even physically noticeable. Therefore, falling away from the Church is a certain state of abandonment by God, which a person feels with his whole being, and it is especially acutely experienced in the heart.
In our days, people also fall away from Christ. People are being separated into sects, different religions and confessions. The spiritual is replaced by an external, physical form, and this comes from the shallowness of spiritual insight and knowledge, from fear, from cowardice, from pride.
Father Gennady Zaridze: “Putin has enormous fortitude to tell the truth”
Twilight, a table lamp is shining. A priest sits in the room with a guitar and sings works on a spiritual theme - cants. Many people know him under the pseudonym Wanderer. But the priest’s real name is not a secret: his name is father Gennady Zaridze.
He is an archpriest, clergyman of the Voronezh diocese and rector of the Intercession Church (Otradnoye village) in the Novousmansky district of the Voronezh region.
Father Gennady has a website and a group on VKontakte. Father also gives lectures on spiritual life. Let's learn more about this versatile personality!
Biography
Gennady Zaridze's path to God was long and difficult. He went through many spiritual and physical tests before realizing his destiny - serving the Lord.
Archpriest Gennady Zaridze
Spiritual path
Gennady was born on May 18, 1959 into a family of teachers. His father taught a course in political economy and scientific communism at the university. Mom was a teacher of Russian language and literature. Gennady had an older sister who helped his mother raise the boy after his father left the family.
Gennady was baptized, but the family did not attend church services. The mother was a religious woman, she did not advertise this, as she could lose her job. In high school, Gennady became interested in astronomy and astrophysics. He recalls that, looking at the starry sky through a homemade telescope, he began to think about the meaning of human life and the existence of the soul.
Despite his passion for space, after graduating from secondary school, the young man entered the Faculty of Biology at Voronezh University. He tried to prove the existence of the soul using scientific methods.
After graduating from university, he remained to work at the department of physiology. Not finding answers to his questions in scientific work, Gennady became interested in parapsychology and mystical Eastern beliefs that reveal the existence of the soul after death.
The answers were found unexpectedly as a result of difficult physical and spiritual trials. In 1982, Gennady Vladimirovich became seriously ill and was admitted to intensive care. Doctors made the most pessimistic forecasts, advising the wife of the future clergyman to prepare for the funeral.
The preacher remembers nothing about the time he spent in the intensive care unit. But he notes that, having come to his senses, he clearly realized the existence of God and the immortality of the soul. The doctors unanimously recognized the scientist’s recovery as a miracle, and he confidently said that his life was a gift from the Lord.
Interesting! From that moment on, the values of worldly life lost meaning for Gennady Zaridze. He became a parishioner of the Voronezh Kazan Church, sang in the choir during services. But a lot of time passed before entering the path of church service.
Church service
The decision to devote his life to priestly service came to Gennady during his communication with Schema-Archimandrites Seraphim and Macarius. They blessed their student to accept the priesthood.
Father Gennady Zaridze at the service
In 1988, he was ordained a deacon, and a year later he became a priest of the Intercession Cathedral Church in the city of Voronezh. As a cleric of the Intercession Cathedral, Father Gennady was active in public activities, consisting of the following obediences:
- management of the publishing department of the Voronezh diocese;
- preparation of television Orthodox programs;
- participation in radio broadcasts;
- Conducting discussions and seminars on religious topics.
In 1995, he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary, but for health reasons he had to give up active social activities. Metropolitan Methodius appoints him rector of the Trinity Cathedral in the settlement of Borovoe. After some place he is transferred to the Intercession Church in the village of Otradnoye, located in the Novousmansky district of the Voronezh region.
When Father Gennady's condition improved, he returned to active spiritual and social service. He participated in the construction of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the chapel of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh.
On his initiative, a shelter for orphans was built at the temple in the village of Otradnoye. It became a shelter not only for street children, but also for families from Eastern Ukraine. Father also heads the “Union of Orthodox Scientists,” noting that religion and science have much in common, as they help a person to understand the world around him.
Gennady Zarise began his spiritual path by studying science and mysticism
Gennady Vladimirovich Zaridze was born on May 18, 1959. Orthodoxy existed in the family - but rather nominally. They didn’t talk about God at home, and in general the pressure of the Soviet regime in the country was strongly felt.
“My father taught political economy and scientific communism at the university, and therefore, naturally, there was no talk about God in our house.
Mom taught Russian language and literature.
She had icons, but she hid them in the closet, in her linen, so that none of her students or neighbors would see them.
If anyone had filed a complaint, she would have been fired from her job.
This would have been a real disaster, because when I was 8 years old, my father left us, and my mother raised, raised, and fed my sister and me alone.
In short, I simply had no idea about God at that time, and life seemed meaningless.”
Gennady Zaridze
archpriest
His father left the family when little Gene was eight. The upbringing was carried out by the mother and sister. Under their supervision, he graduated from two schools - general education and music (piano class).
High school aroused Gennady's interest in astronomy and astrophysics. He himself built telescopes to look at the starry sky.
Archpriest Gennady Zaridze at the service
However, the future priest connected his life not with space, but with biology: he entered the corresponding faculty at the university. There he was particularly interested in the topic of the physiology of nerve impulses.
It seemed to him that in this area one could find answers to questions about the posthumous existence of the soul. Gennady did not believe that life ends with physical death.
Gennady Zarizde was interested in astronomy, physics, mysticism, and biology.
The radio wave does not disappear if the receiver breaks down? This is how the young man reasoned.
Gennady got married.
Subsequently, already at the St. Petersburg Brain Institute, he came across enthusiasts who tried to prove that at the moment of death a certain “soul” is separated from the body - a ball of energy about 10 centimeters in diameter.
There were many questions, but no answers appeared. Experts referred to various sources: the works of parapsychologists, eastern teachings and all sorts of mysticism. But there were many regions, and Gennady was alone. It is unknown where his search would have led if chance had not turned everything upside down.
Gennady Zaridze almost died due to inflammation of the cerebral membranes and decided to become a priest
In April 1982, Gennady Vladimirovich felt unwell while traveling on the Voronezh - Moscow train.
The condition lasted a week until doctors took the patient to intensive care. On the way, he lost consciousness.
in April of this year, Gennady Vladimirovich was admitted to intensive care
He does not remember his further experiences. Often in such stories they talk about visions of angels, light at the end of the tunnel.
They report meetings with deceased relatives, but nothing of the kind happened to Gennady Vladimirovich. Or, if it was, it was not preserved in memory.
Gennady Vladimirovich was dying. The doctors left no room for optimistic forecasts and recommended that the wife begin preparations for the funeral. They announced a terrible diagnosis - pneumococcal meningoencephalitis.
Pneumococcal meningoencephalitis is an inflammation of the cerebral membranes. It is characterized by inflammation of the brain. High percentage of disability after illness. If treatment is not timely, death occurs in 50% of cases.
The disease, pneumococcal meningoencephalitis, is mainly caused by infection.
However, a day after resuscitation, Gennady Vladimirovich woke up.
At the same time, he had a clear feeling that God, the afterlife, the spiritual part of the world - everything exists. This was not the result of some memory. Just clear clarity.
He had no doubt that somewhere in the next world the question of his future was being decided, and he considered the incident a chance that the Lord himself had given to man.
This is the probability of surviving Gennady Zaridze’s illness
Gennady Vladimirovich claimed that he was left on earth for a reason, but for repentance.
After this, Gennady Vladimirovich could no longer continue to live as before. It’s not that scientific activity disgusted him. I just had a desire to directly devote my life to serving God.
Both before and after this event, Gennady Vladimirovich thought a lot about the role of God in human life:
“In order to come to God, you need to rethink your own life, have a desire not to commit sins in the future, and fight against them.
A person must understand that he himself is nothing, only the Lord can recreate him in a normal state.
God-fighters
In 1917, revolutionary bacchanalia and terror began in Russia. Thus, in Kyiv on January 25, 1918, Archbishop Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv, was shot. Drunken sailors and soldiers, incited by provocateurs, began to rob the Kiev Pechersk Lavra and mock the relics. Naturally, Metropolitan Vladimir said: “What are you doing, you can’t do this, it’s a sin.” He was immediately shot. Those people had nothing sacred; they were not going to be guided by anything sacred. It was a crowd of specially baited animals.
The policy was this: turn the country into a dump, plunge it into chaos. This was carried out by a small group of people. Their task was to prepare traitors and instigators. For these purposes, during the Russian-Japanese War, 50 thousand provocateurs were trained from among our soldiers who were captured by the enemy. They were trained to conduct provocative activities and were dispersed throughout Russia. They were the ones who provoked the people and organized rallies. It’s like at the Crucifixion of Christ - someone from the crowd should shout: “Crucify! Crucify!
The Satanists operating in Russia decided to completely destroy the Church and commit genocide of the Russian people. Thus, during the Civil War, 8,000 monks and clergy were killed. The Decree “On Freedom of Conscience, Church and Religious Societies,” adopted on January 23, 1917, prohibited religious societies from owning property and provided for the nationalization of all church property. Moreover, in no case could the issue be resolved peacefully; it was necessary to organize a war, a massacre. The widespread opening of the relics and mockery of them began. A mechanism was launched that would shock everyone who believed in God, and would make faith in God unpopular, so that people would be afraid and forget about faith in God.
Satanists were rampant in Russia. They enjoyed the very process of killing defenseless believers, monks, and clergy. They mocked the bishops with particular sophistication. Archbishop Sylvester of Olshansky was crucified. There were many horrific massacres. Everything in the world is interconnected - just as Jerusalem was captured and destroyed after the Crucifixion of Christ - after the massacre of the Church, disasters began in the country. Since 1921, the country's economic devastation and political instability have led to 5 million people starving to death, on top of the 13 million killed during the Civil War. No one was responsible for the murder, only everyone will answer before God!
Father Gennady was the rector of several churches and chairman of the Association of Orthodox Scientists
A new period is coming, now Father Gennady is the rector of the Trinity Church in the village of Borovoye.
A little later he was transferred, and soon, in 2001, he was already the archpriest and rector of the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in the village of Otradnoye, Voronezh region.
For this appointment I had to graduate from the Moscow Theological Seminary.
In subsequent years, Father Gennady actively works in different directions:
- serves as confessor in the Belgorod Ascension Monastery;
- supervises the construction of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
- becomes rector there;
- rector of the church-chapel in the name of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh;
- chairs the Association of Orthodox Scientists.
Father Gennady says about his latest activities:
“At all times (including the present), many scientists have been and remain religious people.
Science and religion are simply different methods of understanding the world around us.
Science comprehends the laws of the universe.
Religion explores the same processes, but from the other side.
They can touch, intersect, but not confront.”
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Currently, the “spiritual brother” of Nikolai Guryanov, mitred Archpriest Ioann Mironov, serves in St. Petersburg, the rector of the church in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “Inexhaustible Chalice” on the territory of the ATI plant.
In Pskov, the elder Father Hermogenes (Murtazov) serves in the Snetogorsk monastery.
In Zayanya, in the Nikolskaya monastery, the “spiritual child” of Nikolai Guryanov, the perspicacious Father Roman (Zagrebnev), serves as abbot. He, like Nikolai Guryanov before, is in the position of being persecuted by the authorities for his frank prophecies. However, if you manage to meet him, you will probably be able to talk to him in private.
Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov) (b. 1919) fraternal confessor of the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, confessor of Patriarchs Pimen and Alexy II
Archimandrite Naum - Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Sergiev Posad. Accepts daily except Sunday. Father German (Chesnokov) - Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Sergiev Posad. He is engaged in reprimanding demons. Possesses the gift of foresight. Father Vlasiy, the visionary - Kaluga region, Borovsk, Pafnutev-Borovsky monastery. Confesses from time to time. It's better to come for a few days.
Father Peter, visionary, confessor - Lukino, Nizhny Novgorod region. It's better to come for a few days.
Archimandrite Dionysius - Moscow, Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Pokrovskoye (Bakuninskaya, 100). He has the rare power of prayer and the gift of shepherding.
Father Schema-Archimandrite Iliy - Now lives in Peredelkino, being the confessor of Patriarch Kirill, he hardly receives anyone.
Father Jerome - Alatyr, Chuvashia, Assumption Monastery. Father Hilarion - Klyuchevskaya Pustyn, Mordovia, village. Turgenevo. Getting to confession is relatively easy. Archimandrite Ambrose (Yurasov) - Ivanovo, Holy Vvedensky Convent.
Schema-Archimandrite John - Ioannovsky Monastery near Saransk. Gives a lecture.
Father Nikolai is the rector of the Intercession-Ennat Monastery in Bashkiria.
Archimandrite Adrian (Kirsanov) - Pskov-Pechersky Monastery, Pskov region. Almost does not accept... Archpriest Valerian (Krechetov) - Church of the Intercession, p. Akulovo, Odintsovo district. Confessor of many Moscow clergy. Bishop Alypiy - Ukraine, Donetsk region, Krasny Liman. Father Seraphim - Ukraine, Donetsk region, Svyatogorsk, Svyatogorsk Lavra Archimandrite Mitrofan, Zhirovitsky Lavra, Belarus (Slonim, Grodno region). Almost doesn't accept it. We need to come for a few days. There are several insightful monks in the Pochaev Lavra in Western Ukraine (Pochaev, Ternopil region). There it is not difficult to talk with the elders without making an appointment or waiting.
You can find out the service schedules of Father Gennady on the official website
The archpriest gives sermons and lectures on religious topics. For example, in the video below he talks about the meaning of life. At the same time, he uses not only theological knowledge, but also relies on science:
Official website of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary
You can personally listen to Georgy Zardidze’s sermons and communicate with the priest in the church where he is rector. The schedule is published on the official website of the temple. It’s easy to find the address there and even look at the electronic map to see how to get to the church by the shortest route.
Phone number of the temple duty officer: +79102831450
Temple in Otradnoye, where Father Gennady serves
Sermons and Conversations
In his sermons and conversations, Father Gennady touches on topics of religious and moral life. People come to him to ask for advice on building family relationships, on ways to overcome numerous temptations and temptations.
Gennady Zaridze conducts lectures on spiritual topics
Father's sermons represent a unique mixture of Orthodox traditions and scientific knowledge. They are freely available in the following sources:
- official Internet resource of the Church of the Intercession;
- website of father Gennady Zaridze;
- preacher's page on social networks.
Spiritual cants for guitar - musical works written and performed by Father Gennady
But most of all, Father Gennady is known as the author of songs on religious themes. The archpriest talks about his hobby like this:
“I started writing songs in my first year at university.
Once we were in the Caucasus with a speleological group.
I found myself in one of the caves in the shape of a flask, with a narrow “neck”.
I started descending by rope, and at some point it turned out that there were 30 meters below me, and it was impossible to climb up: the rope got caught in a crack and wouldn’t go.
You hang over the abyss and think about everything!
Understanding of oneself, life, death occurs very quickly...
That’s how the first song came about.”
His pseudonym is Wanderer:
“We are all wanderers on this Earth. We won't always be here.
After my pardon by God, I perceive myself as a person who slides through time, not clinging to everything that is around.”
Father Gennady calls his works “spiritual songs with a guitar.” He tells in them about the difficulties of lost souls and their path to the Lord. There is also a book of the same name that is intended to bring comfort to people.
Book by Father Gennady “Spiritual Pipes for Guitar”
You can listen to one of Father Gennady’s works in the video below:
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Judas
Renovationists mocked church statutes and laws. Instead of the relics of martyrs, pebbles were sewn into the antimins. The service was like a masquerade: a renovationist deacon approached the renovationist bishop and said: “Comrade bishop, bless the censer.” They advocated for a priesthood that had been married more than once, and introduced services in Russian, almost using the prisoner’s hairdryer. They introduced ecumenism and imitated Catholics, postulating that Orthodoxy and Catholicism are one and the same.
Draft decree on freedom of conscience of 1918
At the same time, there was a reprisal against the bearers of the genuine Orthodox tradition. In 1921, up to 7 thousand clergy were killed. Of the 8 million martyred, about 40 thousand were clergy. The greatest and most terrible terror was from 1937 to 1941. During this period, 110,700 clergy people were shot. There are several dozen priests left throughout Russia. By 1941, there were 150 operating churches in Russia. There are only 10 monasteries instead of the thousands of monasteries that existed before the revolution. Only four bishops remained in their cathedras.
On January 19 / February 1, 1918, Patriarch Tikhon declared anathema to everyone who participated in the persecution of the Church. This anathema has not yet been lifted.
