True biography
Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov’s work, despite all its tragedy, is unpretentious and simple. Born back in Soviet times (in 1982) in the family of a military man. Because of this, due to the nature of my father’s work, I had to move from city to city several times. These wanderings ended for the boy in the city of Chebarkul, which is why he is sometimes called “Chebarkulsky”.
Vyacheslav with his mother Valentina
Here he studied at an ordinary high school, and according to his teachers, he was a good, kind boy, however, without any supernatural abilities. Although his mother thought completely differently. Then the child fell ill with cancer and died from the disease in 1993. After which his posthumous veneration began, although without any special reason, mainly through the efforts of his mother.
Lifetime biography, as we see, is very simple; and there were thousands like this Slavik, if not more. However, this is if you do not take into account that just at this time in Soviet and Russian society something is happening that remains unnoticed by many:
Enormous spiritual and psychological breakdown
It was precisely at this time (late 80s early 90s of the last century) that censorship was abolished and the floodgates were opened for the import of Western (mainly Hollywood) films. Legal and, mainly, illegal suppliers grabbed everything indiscriminately. Along with recognized masterpieces, a muddy stream of erotica, pornography, silly science fiction with demon-like “aliens,” thrillers and other similar dregs poured onto Soviet screens.
As we will see below, it was from this unclean source that the boy Slavik drew inspiration for his “prophecies, predictions and warnings, no more, no less (also a Hollywood cliche) to all humanity”!
After all, it is not at all difficult to remember or imagine what a monstrously negative spiritual and psychological impact this entire avalanche of unclean dregs had on the mass Soviet spectator, who was completely unprepared for it (they had never seen anything like this before), especially on a little boy! Who thoroughly became acquainted with all this either with the help of a home video recorder, or in one of the very numerous video eateries at that time. That's the entire unremarkable life of this young dreamer, during which he did nothing special. But the main events began after his death.
Posthumous human glory, or rather, a successful PR campaign
According to media reports, after the child’s death: “Several books have been written about him. It all started with the book “Oh, Mama, Mama...” by G.P. Bystrov (released in 2001-2002), it was recorded from the words of her mother. Valentina Krasheninnikova herself wrote “Miracles and Predictions of the Youth Slavik” and “Sent by God.” Lydia Emelyanova wrote two others - “The Youth Vyacheslav” and “God says to His chosen ones...”. These books provide numerous evidence of the boy’s “unusual qualities and abilities, his posthumous appearances and the miracles he performed.” In addition, in 2010, a 4-part documentary film “Russian Angel. Youth Vyacheslav" (director Sergei Bogdanov). In 2011, a second film (also a 4-part series) was released, dedicated to the “prophecies of Vyacheslav.”
However, sober researchers assess all this writing as a very successful PR campaign around the late boy. What Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) wrote about, saying that such tricks of transforming a completely ordinary person “into a saint, a miracle worker, a seer and a prophet” through the skillful use of human glory are achieved through two means: general spiritual ignorance and the action of demons.”
And indeed, let’s see what, in his mother’s own words, mentioned in her memoirs, the boy Slavik says about himself. And he categorically declares that no one knows who he really is. For he is so great, so great that he is not even an angel. Not in the sense of worse, but much higher and better. And even Christ, according to Slavik, God forgive me for having to mention such heresy, “will have to move to give him, the holy, most holy youth Vyacheslav, a place”!!!
Any even more or less literate Christian will easily understand that there is no holiness in this wildest self-praise. After all, all the saints were distinguished by the greatest humility, sincerely considered themselves the most unworthy of people, and this is how they talked about themselves without any hypocrisy. And in Slavik we see satanic pride, which arbitrarily, self-proclaimedly puts him in the very, very first place in the Universe.
However, for a naive, stupid 10-year-old boy of that time, this is to some extent forgivable. After all, he did not draw this very exaltation from the Holy Scriptures, which, most likely, he did not read at that still atheistic time. And he picked up this bullshit from Hollywood action movies, all these adventures of various supermen and other Western, mainly American supermen.
Let's remember the main plot of films about the latter. There lives an unknown and inconspicuous clerk, a small representative of the office plankton, a frail guy in glasses. And no one knows that he is actually the greatest representative of a powerful alien race, who accidentally came to Earth and has super properties and super capabilities.
Which he, of course, uses to fight terrestrial and extraterrestrial evil. And of course, he falls in love along the way and (with his abilities, for example, to fly) makes an indelible impression on the pretty girl from the neighboring office department, who otherwise would not have even looked at him. It’s a strange thing: all these American aliens, with all their super abilities, have an ordinary human reproductive system and a love of sex. Hollywood is true to itself as always - sex always comes first!
This is where, from Hollywood, plus his own highly developed imagination, Slavik got the conceit of his own extraordinary uniqueness! But if, instead of Hollywood crap, they had clearly explained to him that a person, being a Christian, can really become something much greater, moreover, become a god by grace, he would think differently. And if he had been confessed, given communion and, perhaps, unction before his death, he would have saved his soul, and in due time, after the general resurrection of the dead, he would have become so truly great!
The meaning and full text of the akathist to the youth Vyacheslav
However, even today there are people who take the youth Vyacheslav for a prophet and saint and read prayers and akathist to him. The text of the latter was last edited in 2013. People turn to the saint from Chebarkul for help in healing from serious illnesses, as well as when a person is on a spiritual quest.
Kontakion 1
Chosen from birth from the land of the Ural, sent by God to deliver Rus' from the filth of black paganism, a prayer book for us sinners, and a healer of physical and mental illnesses, we will honor the wonderful youth Vyacheslav with songs. You, as one who has great boldness towards God, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls. And trusting in your prayers, we will sing:
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Ikos 1
You appeared to us as an angel in the flesh on the Russian land to strengthen us in the Orthodox faith and correct our lives, wonderful youth Vyacheslav, for with your childish lips you revealed unchildish secrets to us, with the pure heart of God in vain, you showed us the path of faith and truth. We, in these difficult times, seeking your help and resorting to your intercession, will sing to you like this:
Rejoice, for the Queen of Heaven predicted your appearance in the heart of Russia.
Rejoice, for St. Seraphim of Sarov prophesied about you.
Rejoice, for the holy Tsar Nicholas II was consoled by the prophecy about you.
Rejoice, you who strengthen us in faith.
Rejoice, thou who preparest us for future trials.
Rejoice, bright example of a God-pleasing life.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 2
A good tree bears good fruit. So your family, youth Vyacheslav, abounded in people who pleased God. And you, precious sprout of a pious root, seeing the temple of God, begged your mother to quickly enter it. In it, praying and rejoicing, just as you were in your father’s house. We, seeing in the boy this wonderful love for the House of God, will joyfully sing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Not tempted by the wisdom of this world, who loved the wisdom of the higher world with all your heart, holy youth Vyacheslav, with your soul and thought you rushed to the temple of God. Marveling at your intelligence, we will sing these praises to you:
Rejoice, firm preacher of the Orthodox faith.
Rejoice, guiding star to the temple of God for all people.
Rejoice, you who teach us to seek healing from illnesses and sins in the sacraments of the Church.
Rejoice, you who return those who have departed from the Orthodox faith to the house of God.
Rejoice, you who spent time standing in prayer.
Rejoice, priceless crown on the head of a pious family.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 3
By the power of the Almighty, you have shown the abundant fruits of God’s grace, holy righteous youth Vyacheslav: strong faith, meekness and gentleness, great compassion for us sinners, love and obedience for your mother, gifts of healing and prophecy. Glorifying the Lord for such gifts of yours, we rejoice in singing to God: Hallelujah.
Ikos 3
We understand your wondrous birth, holy righteous youth Vyacheslav, as God’s indication of the appearance of His chosen one. Having indescribable and radiant love for suffering people, which does not diminish even after your departure to the Lord, you heal the ailments of our souls and bodies. Wondering at your wonderful love, we cry out to you:
Rejoice, brought by the Celestial Mother to your mother.
Rejoice, model of meekness and purity.
Rejoice, for your wondrous gaze people called you an Angel.
Rejoice, you who also had the soul of an angel.
Rejoice, for you are loved by your peers for their kindness.
Rejoice, bright consolation for all believers.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 4
Overwhelmed by the storm of everyday worries and sorrows, we, Lord, look only for refuge in the earthly world and do not find it. You sent us Your servant to preach salvation only in You, O Lord, and to sing to You in gratitude: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing about you, who from your youth loved Christ with all your heart, and only thought and spoke about Him, we glorify God, who through the mouth of babes praised Himself, and we sing to you like this:
Rejoice, you who proclaimed God with pure infant lips.
Rejoice, you who always and everywhere spoke only about heavenly things.
Rejoice, you who called the words about God alive.
Rejoice, you who considered the words about this vain and sinful world dead.
Rejoice, you who wanted to have shoulder-length hair like Christ’s.
Rejoice, you who endured reproach for this confession.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 5
You, the youth Vyacheslav, appeared as an epiphany star to all who came to you for help, providing speedy healing and deliverance from all troubles. Those healed by you sing to God with jubilation: Hallelujah.
Ikos 5
We see how your angelic soul, filled with love and compassion for people, sought to help every suffering person. You, wonderful youth, having abandoned all the joys of infancy, chose the cross of helping the sick and mourning. We, who honor your service to people, sing to you like this:
Rejoice, pure angel striving for compassion for others.
Rejoice, compassionate youth, who became like the unmercenary Cosmas and Damian.
Rejoice, you who did not leave people with stinking wounds.
Rejoice, you who healed those abandoned by doctors.
Rejoice, you yourself helped doctors with serious illnesses.
Rejoice, you who never forget that by the power of God you help everyone.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 6
Preacher of the glory of God, by whom you were strengthened when you were tormented by the enemy, you were a meek obedient to the Mother of God and an admirer of the saints of God, you placed all your trust in God, crying out with childish lips: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
You shone with Divine light, holy youth, courageously entering into the fight against the enemy’s power. You yourself prophesied that you were sent to the sinful Earth to fight the spirits of evil. Glorifying your great sacrifice, we cry out to you with thanksgiving:
Rejoice, as you suffered to the point of heartache for the sins of the world.
Rejoice, as you help the Gentiles.
Rejoice, you who expose the unrighteous deeds.
Rejoice, thou who revealest the wiles of demons to us.
Rejoice, freeing us from the fears of future trials.
Rejoice, O sorcerers who rose up against you, victorious.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 7
Desiring to be baptized, you accepted this sacrament with all your heart, and from that time you began serving people. Until your last breath, you helped people with prayers, healings and advice, singing to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
A new miracle was shown by your service, the wondrous youth Vyacheslav, when you took on great daily work, sharing the pain and suffering of people, without turning away from our sins. For this sake, we will sing to you with tenderness:
Rejoice, joy to all those who ask for your help.
Rejoice, consolation to all those who despair.
Rejoice, protector of suffering families.
Rejoice, you who yourself find those in need of help.
Rejoice, you who came to the aid of those who did not know you.
Rejoice, you who always sent thanks to God.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 8
It was amazing and wonderful to see your angel-like face, youth Vyacheslav. Everyone who saw you was amazed at your kindness, mercy and unearthly purity. We, glorifying God, who sent us such a helper and intercessor, sing to Him: Hallelujah.
Ikos 8
Full of virtues in this life, wonderful youth, and calling us to them, you treated every creation of God with reverent love. We, marveling at your loving heart, will sing to you with tenderness:
Rejoice, you who spared every cut flower.
Rejoice, you never walked on the grass unnecessarily.
Rejoice, thou who has learned the language of plants and birds.
Rejoice, for the birds of the air also loved you.
Rejoice, circle of honor from the doves, venerable one.
Rejoice, you who revived the dead titmouse.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 9
The entire angelic army glorifies you, preacher of Christ's love and prophet of our time, O wonderful youth Vyacheslav. You constantly preached about the speedy and glorious coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and about the terrible torment prepared for sinners. We, admonished by you, cry out to God with tears of repentance: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
Eloquent speakers will not be able to adequately praise you, fragrant flower of the Russian land, youth Vyacheslav. You pray to Christ God to cover our country from the passions of future times. And we, trusting in your intercession, will sing to you with thanksgiving:
Rejoice, you who have foreseen the future as you have foreseen the present.
Rejoice, you who surprised your mother with your prophecies.
Rejoice, you who have revealed to us the secrets of the Apocalypse.
Rejoice, guardian of the secrets of the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
Rejoice, for you knew all the secrets of the Earth.
Rejoice, you who were on earth in body but in heaven in soul.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 10
Wanting to save your soul, you meekly and humbly endured the suffering before death, righteous youth Vyacheslav. Comforting his parents, he asked the Lord not to die on your father’s birthday. We will sing to God, who fulfilled your prayer, with tenderness: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
You were a strong wall to everyone who came running to you, wonderful youth, but you spoke about yourself like this: “I have nothing for myself, only for you.” Helping dying children, you endured mortal torment with them, and you consoled your mother, saying: “What is the torment, such is the reward.” We, amazed at such patience and humility of yours, cry out to you:
Rejoice, for having preserved your trust in God in your illness.
Rejoice, you who helped those who were seriously ill with your prayers.
Rejoice, you who led those who rejected you to confession of God.
Rejoice, you who have asked God for a quiet and painless death for the hopelessly ill.
Rejoice, thou who revealed secret diseases.
Rejoice, you who showed us an example of Christian death.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 11
Singings of thanksgiving are brought to you, holy youth, by all who have accepted your help. Those who have come to know you go to your grave as if to a living person and earnestly offer you prayers. You hear their requests and bring them to the throne of God, giving them first aid. We, knowing about your imminent intercession, cry out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
You who have shone heavenly light upon us, holy youth Vyacheslav, even after your death you rush to the aid of everyone, like an ambulance in sorrows and illnesses. You and your mother left us for consolation. Grateful for all your care for us sinners, we will sing to you like this:
Rejoice, intercessor before God for all who have sinned.
Rejoice, you who liberate those who are lost from enemy captivity.
Rejoice, you who warn of imminent death.
Rejoice, you who help us avoid terrible ordeals.
Rejoice, you who show us a model of salvation.
Rejoice, you who turned the suicide away from the path of destruction.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 12
Filled with the grace of God from birth, you ascended to the Heavenly palace to sing a song of praise to the Most Holy Trinity. Standing before Her, ask for forgiveness of our sins, and let us sing with you to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing the wondrous God in His saints, glorifying You, the servant of God, the righteous youth Vyacheslav, we glorify and sing Your many-merciful help to us sinners:
Rejoice, you who bore the cross of your suffering without complaint.
Rejoice, you who guide your people to faith with your life.
Rejoice, you who call us to the feat of salvation.
Rejoice, protector from imminent death.
Rejoice, for you appear to people in angelic form.
Rejoice, newly appeared lamp of the Russian land.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 13
O wonderful youth Vyacheslav, praise to the Russian land, sent by God to save many in recent times! Accept this small prayer of ours, offered to you with tenderness. Protect us and our country with your prayers from the snares of the evil, godless Antichrist, be our helper and intercessor before the Lord and the Queen of Heaven, may we remain firm in the Orthodox faith all our days and, having been delivered from eternal torment, may we sing to our Savior Jesus Christ: Hallelujah. (This kontakion is read three times)
Ikos 1
You appeared to us as an angel in the flesh on the Russian land to strengthen us in the Orthodox faith and correct our lives, wonderful youth Vyacheslav, for with your childish lips you revealed unchildish secrets to us, with the pure heart of God in vain, you showed us the path of faith and truth. We, in these difficult times, seeking your help and resorting to your intercession, will sing to you like this:
Rejoice, for the Queen of Heaven predicted your appearance in the heart of Russia.
Rejoice, for St. Seraphim of Sarov prophesied about you.
Rejoice, for the holy Tsar Nicholas II was consoled by the prophecy about you.
Rejoice, you who strengthen us in faith.
Rejoice, thou who preparest us for future trials.
Rejoice, bright example of a God-pleasing life.
Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
Kontakion 1
Chosen from birth from the land of the Ural, sent by God to deliver Rus' from the filth of black paganism, a prayer book for us sinners, and a healer of physical and mental illnesses, we will honor the wonderful youth Vyacheslav with songs. You, as one who has great boldness towards God, pray to Christ God for the salvation of our souls. And trusting in your prayers, we will sing: Rejoice, righteous youth Vyacheslav, wondrous helper in the last times.
About the boy's prophecies
Let us now move on to some of the idiotic “prophecies” of this “saint”, fed on Hollywood trash and raised on it. So, according to Slavik, “huge dinosaurs live underground. The time will come, a certain hour “X”, and they will all crawl out of the ground, and then, oh horror, humanity will tremble! Their skin is so thick that no bullet can penetrate it. People will have a very hard time fighting them!!!”
Here we see not only the typical plot of a science-fiction thriller borrowed from Hollywood. But there is also a psychological technique that typically exists in this film factory of dreams to limit the viewer’s self-limitation, making him a fool, obediently eating the obvious nonsense of the screenwriter and director. For example, they want to be the last to create a multi-part film epic about an invincible and indestructible creature, some kind of cyborg, whom neither a bullet, nor fire, nor water can take, which is what they are trying to convince the viewer.
And now, in the image of this fantastic creature, the legendary Schwarzenegger attacks, say, a police station. A dozen or even more police officers are stupidly hitting him with all the weapons at hand: pistols, rifles, machine guns, machine guns. And he should be damned, he, according to the plans of his creators (no, not engineers, but the same screenwriter and director) is made of iron!
Well, firstly, if you fire such dense fire from conventional small arms at a complex, albeit steel, machine, something will definitely fail. Some joint or hinge will be jammed by a random bullet, something else will be damaged - in general, the cyborg will not have a very sweet time.
Secondly, according to the idea of its same creators, it is not only made of iron. On the outside he has human skin and in appearance he has the appearance of a man. Obviously, after such a dense fire, only rags will remain from this skin, and after that he will not look human at all. But in the movies, the cyborg only got a black eye.
Thirdly, in reality, the police, seeing that their bullets do not cause much harm to the creature, would use another weapon, for example, a conventional combat grenade launcher. Which is often capable of penetrating the thick armor of a tank. Where would the cyborg go with his complex, but thin and therefore vulnerable steel reinforcement - when a grenade hit him, only fragments would fly away!
But if it were like in reality, then how would the creators of this stupid science fiction be able to realize their plan for an indestructible cyborg creature! That’s why they fool the viewer, showing nonsense that is clearly incompatible with reality. So is Slavik with his shabby dinosaurs.
Are you saying that their skin is so thick that a bullet doesn’t take a bullet?! What about current shells or missiles that can quite easily penetrate multi-layer tank armor (up to 1000 millimeters). Where can the poor dinosaurs go with their relatively thin skin, which is also not made of steel? You say they are very, very large, but this is an excellent large, and even slow-moving target, for example, for combat aircraft, which, without any harm to themselves, can easily shoot these semi-mythical creatures even at the exit from their mythological dungeon.
So, as we see, Slavik and his followers fully embraced not only (note, spectacular) Hollywood nonsense, but also his attitude towards their own stupid psychological self-restraint, which makes them all, to put it mildly, suckers!
By the way, for such suckers, there is either an American or a British science fiction action movie about dinosaurs. How they, in the form of dragons, captured all of England and even London. Flying in large numbers over this deserted city, and the most important of them was spectacularly located on the spire of Westminster Abbey...
True, what the British military aviation, their air defense, as well as the much larger similar forces of their NATO allies, who could easily and without much difficulty kill all these dinosaur-dragons, were doing during the beginning of these draconian invasions and occupation remains the most important thing the mystery of this film. As we can see, the same psychological task for the viewer is about self-restraint! So, Slavik, don’t scare us with dinosaurs!
And here is another similar absurd “prophecy” of the blessed, in the worst sense of this word, youth:
“The Black Sea will either explode or catch fire (I immediately remember: “And the titmice took matches, lit the Black Sea...”). But my hometown Odessa will not perish (as the famous movie character Numbernabis would say: good to hear!). Because under the influence of heat, the Odessa water supply will burst, and the entire city will be covered with a saving fog of water evaporating from it.”
And this and other similar nonsense by Slavik’s adherents is declared “prophecies” and is considered one of the “proofs of his holiness”! Obviously, according to the above words of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov), this is the first reason for the false “glorification” of such extremely dubious personalities - general spiritual and other ignorance.
But the second reason for this “glorification”, i.e. false "miracles". This, also, according to these words of the same saint, is, to a large extent, the action of demons. Why do we say so confidently that these “miracles” are false, although there may have been cases of supposed “healings” and so on?! Yes, because even in the Old Testament the criterion for distinguishing between true and false prophets was defined.
So if the latter performs “miracles,” but teaches differently than what is written in the Law of Moses, then he is a false prophet. And his false “miracles” were performed by evil spirits. Well, as for the youth Vyacheslav, then, as we have seen, his teaching is by no means biblical, but Hollywood. Therefore, he, along with all his “prophecies” and “miracles”, according to the definition of the Bible, fully falls into the category of a false prophet.
Why doesn't the Russian Orthodox Church consider him a saint?
After all of the above, it is not surprising that the Russian Orthodox Church categorically rejected any possibility of canonizing Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov. As reported by church and other media:
“In 2007, Metropolitan Job (Tyvonyuk) of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust created a commission to investigate the circumstances of the emergence of this cult. The commission rejected the possibility of official canonization of Vyacheslav, mainly due to the fact that many of his statements do not correspond to Orthodox doctrine. In addition, according to the commission, part of Vyacheslav’s “prophecies” is just a free retelling of Hollywood science fiction films. The Statement of the Missionary Department of the Chelyabinsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, published on October 19, 2007, states in particular:
We can state with complete conviction: the writings of V. A. Krasheninnikova and people in her circle, dedicated to the “youth Vyacheslav,” have nothing to do with Orthodoxy. The late Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov, in the understanding of the Russian Orthodox Church, was neither a prophet, nor a martyr, nor a saint. The judgments he expresses about religious truths can be taken seriously only in the context of the attitude towards them of adults and spiritually lost people - people who very often pursue selfish goals that are far from true religiosity. We “must be especially attentive to what we hear, lest we fall away” (Heb. 2:1).”
The statement of Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II on this matter is very balanced and sober:
“We understand and relate to the grief of a mother who lost her very young son. But, understanding and sharing this grief, we bitterly state that her subsequent actions, aimed at arousing public interest in the deceased child and creating a cult of his veneration as a saint, do not correspond to church doctrine and church practice of canonization and veneration of saints. The deceased boy, frivolously declared a saint of God, does not need religious worship, but diligent prayer, first of all, the prayer of his mother for him.”
How should an Orthodox Christian treat books with predictions and recipes of the “Russian angel”
From all of the above, it is obvious that they should not be believed, since they are quite worthy of ridicule, and not of faith. Moreover, even simply reading the works of Slavik’s adherents praising him is not only harmful to the soul, but also does not correspond to the high title of an Orthodox Christian.
If such a harmful piece of literature accidentally falls into our hands, then it is best to burn it so that it does not later seduce others. There is no sin in this, but there is virtue. Let us remember the pious cunning of the Monk Ephraim the Syrian, who glued together all the pages of the book of the heretic Apollinaris so that it could not be read later. And thus he put this heresiarch to shame. We, Orthodox Christians, must do the same!
Accordingly, one should not pray to “the youth Vyacheslav,” as his admirers demand. Rather, you can pray for his repose, but this is also dangerous due to the possible action of evil spirits that revolve so abundantly around this person.
Other prayers to the saint
In addition to the majestic akathist, short prayers are also written with which people turn to the youth for help in difficult life situations.
Prayer 1 to the holy youth Vyacheslav of Chebarkul
O most wonderful youth Vyacheslav, who cleanses us with your angelic purity! Standing before your holy image, with tenderness of heart we pray to you, as one who has boldness towards the Most Holy Trinity: pray to God for the Russian country and our people, may the Lord save us from the slander of the enemy: sorcery, witchcraft, heresies, schisms, the snares of the evil, godless Antichrist, from hard troubles and fear of the last times.
Through your prayers and intercession, may we move freely from earth to heaven, may we be delivered from bitter ordeals and eternal torment and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, glorifying with all the saints the Sacred and Magnificent Name in the Holy Trinity of the glorified God: Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever and ever. . Amen.
