A Ray of Light: Instructions in Piety and the State of the World at the End of Time
Compiled by Archimandrite Panteleimon of Holy Trinity Monastery Translated by Michael Hilko
“In presenting this book to the reader we, with God’s help, have decided to reveal the true signs of the coming of Antichrist which will occur before the world’s end. This is especially important for ordinary people, who, like leaves, waver in their understanding about the Antichrist, credulously blown about, accepting various false explanations. Devout reader! Accept without fear the spiritual food offered by this book; forsake all doubts, for you can be assured that everything we speak of will be founded on the Word of God and the interpretations of the Holy and God-bearing Fathers and Teachers of the Church[...].” —“Foreword”
CONTENTS
Foreword CHAPTER ONE A Ray of Light How to Leave the Darkness of Death The Perception of Truth CHAPTER TWO What Will be the Status of the Incomplete Blessedness of Righteous Souls and the Incomplete Torture of Sinful Souls? CHAPTER THREE The Fate in the Future Life of Sinful People, Unrepentant of Their Sins. CHAPTER FOUR The Incorruptibility and Miraculous Powers of Holy Relics CHAPTER FIVE The Veneration of Holy Icons CHAPTER SIX Christ’s Holy Church CHAPTER SEVEN The Characteristics of People before the End of the World. A Prophecy CHAPTER EIGHT Apostasy in the Last Days of the World CHAPTER NINE Signs by which the Nearness of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Can Be Judged CHAPTER TEN The Coming of Antichrist CHAPTER ELEVEN The Birth of Antichrist and His Acceptance by the Jews as the True Messiah CHAPTER TWELVE Antichrist Foretold CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Actions and Name of Antichrist CHAPTER FOURTEEN Seal of Antichrist CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Miracles of Antichrist CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Disparagement of Divine Law by Antichrist; Persecutions and Tortures of Those Confessing Christ CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Construction by Antichrist of his Altar in the Temple at Jerusalem CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Terrible State of the World and All Mankind during the Reign of Antichrist CHAPTER NINETEEN Posthumous Prophecies of our Holy Father Nilus the Myrrh-streamer of Athos Foreword God Sent Me To You, As The Tablets To Moses CHAPTER TWENTY Prophetic Characteristics of People Before the Endof the World CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The Prophecy on the Increase of Poverty; Persecution of Poor Peasants, their Resettlements; The Grain Monopoly Preceding the Birth of Antichrist CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO The Root of Evil is Avarice, or Love of Money CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Antichrist Will Be Born When the World Will Become Spiritually Impoverished and When Worldwide Anarchy Begins. The Universal Reign of Antichrist. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of Antichrist CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE What is the Seal of Antichrist Which Seals Evil People Today, and What is the Seal with Which Antichrist Will Seal People after his Accession? CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Calamities Which will Overtake the World after the Accession of Antichrist: The Ocean Will Dry Up, Animals Will Perish, Time Will Accelerate CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN The Sermon of Enoch and Elijah, so that People Receive Not the Seal of Antichrist, but Always Sign Themselves with the Cross; The Slaying of these Preachers CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT The Word of our Holy Father Ephraim the Syrian on the Coming of Antichrist
Item Number: BKJ174 Publication data: Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery, 1996 Format: softcover Number of pages: 96 Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.8 cm × 15.4 cm × 0.5 cm Additional information: black-and-white illustrations ISBN: 0‒88465‒047‒2
