PRAY UNDER THE AGREEMENT.

19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name

Matthew chapter 18

The small house in Nakhalovka* (Nakhalovka isа an oldа region of Tbilisi). Here is a garden with eternally opened gates. Nearby someone is singing with an unsteady voice: ╗ the Gang from Rostov has arrived to Odessa to make gangster affairs Е ╗ In a shadow, we are frying eggplants

- You know, I am pragnant again - informs meа Lida,а turning around her frying-pan, - It is necessary to do abortion.

- Maybe it is not necessary? You will give birth to the second child.

- Sergey becomes hysterical,а he does not want the second child. л For what is this childа to me- he says-I am still young. ╗ And whereа must Iа give birth. My husband very often has not work. You see -а there is no place to live. We have only one this room 3 to 4 meters. Hisаа brother was breaking our doorа withа his axe again yesterday. I am very nervous. I do not know how to bring up my boy. He behaves asа his father. He is only two and already speaksа bad language. Andа as to meа my health isа not well and that is why I can not give birth. It is impossible.

- But when the God sends the child, it will beа an opportunity and a place whereа to bringа him up. All willа beа OK.

- Stop talking nonsense!а We have a lot of problems. I shall go to agree with a doctor tomorrow. Do not speak me about the God anything. I know,а it is a sin.

-а Maybe you will need this childа afterwords.

- Oh,а don"t speak please. My nerves are not iron.а When my husband is drunkа here allа subjects fly. Do you hear,а his daddyа gives out his concert. It is very difficult to have business with drunks.аа Will you explain to them what is a sin andа what is not.

We have gone away, having left a problem to ourselves.

а It is rare happiness аin our time to know spiritually competent person from whom it is possible to receive the answer to any question or an explanation of a difficult situation. I also go to my sister in the Christ with this purpose and I tell about essence of an affair. She listens very attentively her eyes areа full ofа empathy.

- My God! - she looks at the icon of Savior - stopа her please! Keep thisаа little life - then she turns to ьэх.- It is impossible to admit this abortion. In fact she will never forgives itа toа herself -а her voiceа is trumbling. - Tell to her,а when spouseа kill their children, their marriage spiritually dies. And everything comes toа divorce. Tell her my history, about my abortions and how it was necessary to pay me off.

-а And is it possible? Whether it is convenient?

-а If itа will keepа her from a sinа andа somehow will cover my falling.As to me in factа I shouldа pray for forgiveness to the end of my life

- All this will be useless. She already has solved all. Andа it is very little time after her first operation. Only one year.

- Well, whatаа then? I know some women, who givesа birth with operation every year аand all of them are safe. You know, do not lose time, ring upа all our other girls andа let's read all together in 9 morning a pray under the agreement that God has saved them from this murder. In fact this child already exists, he feels everything, simply he is not visible yet. And on here is moneyа to you -а submit tomorrow on the Liturgy. I believe, that God will create a miracle. Hereа it is necessary our general pray.

I am leaving. Passes day, another. Warned people, they are five, read a pray under the agreementа about the person whom they do not know, knowing only that all ask simultaneously, everyone atа hisа place." Let this child live!"

аA week hasа passed and Iа am again inа the yard withа unlocked аgates. Fromа the house I can hearа speech with unprintable expressions. Lida is going to me.

аOh! You have come at last -а she kisses me warmly. - I shall tell news, youа will be glad more than I Е I will have a child

аAnd how youа determined?

After your leaving I thought for a long time, spoke about myself: л My God, make something ╗.

Thenа Iа with Sergey went to the doctor,а we have got money. And thereа was the posterа on the wall as though the child writes: ╗ Mum, do not kill me. ╗ I have begun to cry. I showed it to the husband л Look -аа said I - I cannot do it. ╗а He says as usual "Fuck you".The doctor who waited for us on operation, suddenly startedа to talk with my husband, explaining, that weаа will not have children any more and has persuadedа us don't do abortion. Sergeyа has somehow become silent and has agreed Е Now heа speaks: ╗а I wantаа to have a girl╗.

After that conversation months have passed and there was a wholeа chain of miracles. Lida's sister has invitedа her to give birth toа her place to Russia. In the winter when all painters have not job Sergey has gotаа money for road and has sent his wife by planeа To Russia. She has reached to Ivanovo normally.а She told thenа completely strangers helped her inа theа journey.а And somehow in the morning, reading already habitual л under the agreement ╗ I feel inside: ╗ This pray is not necessary any more.а Lida with children already at home ╗.а I ran to her.

Congratulate me -а Lida is shouting to me . I have got the girl. And how you have found out,а that I have arrived? I did not callа you....

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аI knowа many miracles from a pray under the agreement . I shall write that has taken place directlyа in front of my eyes.

аIt is winter. Weа come into hot heated house. Behind a partition from an old folding bed lows, the goat is grieved.

- Oh how it is good, that you came, a my goat hasа tormented for 5 hours. She can not give birth.- said Olga

Let's readа a pray under the agreement.

Not undressing, we read, having turned to icons:

л My God Jesus Christ, the Son Divine, youа said: " аI speakа if twoа of you agreed on the groundа to ask aboutа all thing, it will be given from my Father,а because where two orа three are collected in the name of mine, there I am between them.

аYour words are not changeable, My God, your mercy аandа your philantrophyа has not the end. This for the sake of it we askYou: grant to us to your slaves (here we name our names) agreed to ask You (л Help your creation to give birth ╗). Butа not how we want, but You. Let it be Your willа to the end of the centuries. Amen.-sounds with a mansion.

-╠х- e. - repeatedа new- born kid. He was born just nowа in front of our eyes.

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аIt has taken place in 1995у. It is written downа in 1999у.

Names are changed.

аThey are created for each other.

10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

1 Corinthians 7

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- You know,perhaps I have met the real love, - declares to me somehow Rimma - one of my married girlfriends. - I am sure, we are simply createdа for each other.

аAnd what was found out. The 30-years mother of two children for a long time disappointed in the husband, who is chronically the unemployed, gets acquainted with vigorous monetary 40-years married man. And here is the new feeling, requirement to communicate, in spite of not reserves. Call to each other аand it is many - many liesа to all associates.

-.. We are together for half-year and our feeling is very serious, - she continues. -а Itаа is solvedа everything. Both of us get divorced, then we get married in church and we begin a life with a pure sheet. It in fact so the God has wanted, that we have met.

а- Stillа it is a question who has wanted. Andа how will his wife reactа on it?

Is not my problems. It was necessary to look betterа afterа her husband!

-└ndа how will your husbandа look at it?

аIt doesn't matter for me. The apartment is mine. He will remain in the street notа I. I am main person for our children not he.а Iа have fed on himаа for 6 years. He can't do nothing at home Andа my new man is hard-working andа he has gotа money andа he is very sociable. Already all is found out.а As we did not get marriedа in the church at first,а it means we can do it now.а Please, arrangeа meeting with the priest to me.

аааа The priest, having learned aboutааа Rimma'sа affair, has asked a question:

- Can your future husband care of your common children? Itа is very difficult: to support two families simultaneously.

Certainly, - she answers.

- Then come to get marriedа on this Saturday. Accordingа to church's rules this marriage is possible

We have not believedа our ears. So it is simple and fast.

Saturday has come, but has taken nothing. The groom has forgotten a ringа at home.

- Never mind. It is not terrible, - the priest has told, having learned about the reasonа why marriage will not be.-Let himа buy copper rings, I shall bless them. Or, ifа you have notа enough money, letа him bring curtailed nails. Itа is not the main thing, it simply a symbol. Andа when you will get money andа buy gold rings, I shall consecrate them. So it is possible.

- No,а it is betterа to wait.а We' ll comeа next Saturday, -а my girlfriend apologized.

- Well, asа you want, - the answer was.

аHas come and Уа next Saturday Ф.The groom constantly had any powerful reason.

аа Then all of us together have gotа to Elena'sа place. She knewа all this storyа observingа for the development of events according to my telling.

а- My dears, all this is not casual. There is no Divine's will you to get married, -а Elena has told, having learned that weа came to her from church. - You, probably, do not know at all, what is the responsibilityа of Christian marriage. Earlier before wedding people were always professed, that burden of sinsа would not do any hurm for a new life which can soon arise. Have youа ever been on a confession?

а Rimma and her boyfriend were surprised.

- Before beginning a new life to, it is necessary to prepare the baseа for it. First of all spiritual base... You should ask forа forgivness from Godа for you oldа sins.For example, maybe you have done abortions.

They have thought and noded.

-а Our God is a love and cleanliness.He demands these qualitiesа from each of us. And you are in His eyesа now only the illegal union of two murderers...- Continuedа Elena.-You speak, that your feelingа is from Him. It is easy for checking up.а Can you refuseа from physical affinity and look, as for a long time it will be prolonged. Will see,а is it love orа it is simple delusion, that people very much frequently accept for something serious.

аSoon we have said goodbye and have gone away.

- Howа do you think, - I asked Elena, - will they get married?

- I do not think so, -а she answers me. - Such communication will soon break up.а Untill they have not bothered each other. God will send both of them serious grief to remind, that people on the ground live not for carnal joys and to earn to themselves Kingdom of heaven.а Rimma'sа children canа be ill... Her boyfriend will have problems which willа make himа reconsider something...а Oh how people do not see, what time comes now! The lastа one! У And married should be as unmarried ".а Somebody told to me such case. In 70th years the niece of one nun celebrated wedding.

- Are not youа glad? -а somebody asked her sad auntа at the table.

- Gates аof marriage are already closed, - sheа has answered with a sigh, - only gates of repentances are open... Therefore very few people live in marriage now ...

... About one month Has passed. The girlfriend calls me up:

-... My boy was ill. He was so bad that I thoughtа it is the end.а He has a chronic bronchitis. Suddenly heа began to choke, three daysа ate nothing. He could not talk. Then I have begged: У My God, Help me! Ф I do not know,а whatа toа promise Him in such cases because the child has soon recovered. And whatаа shall I do?а I have not got money to cut a lamb, you know

- It is not necessaryа to kill poor animal.а It is betterа to refuse to do it what our Lord does not like.

She has reflected, and then speaks:

-а Do you know what has happened with my boyfriend? He must do something for Godа tooа but he does not know what.

Heа was saved two times in the same day. Imagine, he goes by car on a line, and he seesа the lorry in front of him. He sees how gasoline from a tank dropps on the roud. Suddenly someone from аthe next car has thrownа a match. All path in a trice has flashed, and fire a windа is blowing a fire to his car. He has understood, what will be now, and has asked: У Only not now, My God! Ф At this time the direction of a wind has changed and ааfire pathа disappeared. Hardly he has come to the senses from this nightmare, and goes on riding.а Suddenly somebody's car crashedа him. He was so frighten that he has gone to the nearest churchа to light candles.а What does it mean forа us?

-а Maybe you must leave. You see, divorce is impossible to him....

а And we said goodbyeа to each other.

Since their "love" has goneа away

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аааа ... From time to time in churchа of st.John our believers see the elderly woman who hardly moves, leaning on 2 sticks. She isа always with low-gray hairedа man in glasses. He carries collapsible chair behind her andа takes her to sacrament. They involuntarily draw attention to themselves.

- Our marriage was blessed with Godа - she tells to me. - Thoughа Iа and Alexeyа are very different both on education, and on hobbies and on character, but we cannot beа without each other.

Our meeting wasа a miraccle too... Whenа I was 11 years, I have met in the street the womanаа looked like gypsy.

-а Letа me tellа you fortunes. - she says.

аSinceа my childhoodа I was afraid of gypsy and I began to depart from her.

And she continues: -а Don'tа be afraid of me! Iа am not gypsy Iа amа fromа Serbia.

аI have run, and she shouts to me: У you willа marry to Alexey andа you will be very happy ".

аа When I was 16 yearsа I have dreamedа my future husband, his brother andа my mother-in-law. And hisа brother has told to me, specifying on Alexey: У It is your destiny Ф. We have got acquainted on entrance examinationsа at an Institute. (our Speciality - engineers). A little later Alexey has acquainted me withа his mum, and I have learned her at onceа having recollectedа my dream. We have got marriedа after 4 years, in 1948. Before wedding I have warned him: У I shall be ill all my lifeа fromа timeа to time worse and worse. У He has answered: У It does not matter for me.а I want only to be with you ". And it has turned out. Iа was ill during many yearsа It is difficult to tell what illnesses I had. And allа were in heavy forms.а My kneesа were swelled up, and I could not go.а I had many problems in myа brain andа I could not talk because I had internal pressure. My husband carried meа to the best doctors ofа Soviet Union. But they could not help me. Only they have diagnosed: У Full physical and nervous exhaustion ".

аа Inаа 1949а our daughter was born. And though doctors have forbidden to me to give birth, I have gone onа because I wanted to pleaseаа my husband.

а In any family there areа dificulties in mutual relations to close relatives. Soа I had someа misunderstanding with the mother-in-law. Probably, misunderstanding was from a difference of cultures. My husband was from patriarchal Armenian family. From time to time it was very difficult for me. At home, remaining one, I frequently cried. But externally, when we visited my mother-in law , I tried to be polite in every possible way.а I have a big patience. Afterа many years my husband has told to me: У How I am grateful to you. You always had good mutual relations with my mum ".

ааааа I always pray for her and frequently I see her in dream. She warns me of possible troubles which it is possible to avoid.аа

а Our lifeа was not very interesting. I was constantly ill. Somehow one of doctors to whom I have addressed for consultation, has asked: Уа Howа do you concern to the position,а that youа are constantа ill? Ф - У So, ordinarily, I bear it, - I have answered, - Means, so it isа God's will". The God gives a cross, gives alsoа force to carry it.а My Lord has sent me such self-denying person, as my husband is. Andа though he always worked in several places simultaneously, he always tries to facilitate my position.а Very frequentlyа I am completely helpless. I can not cut even bread myself -а my handа can not hold a knife. My husband does all these things. Alexey always equal and tender. I do not remember his irritable. Simply sometimes, whenа he hasа some problems at work,а sadness appears in eyes . I feel him on distance, I feel, how he prays for me if he is late and cannot callа and calm me.

а Recently,а I shout to the granddaughter: У Do not occupy phone, nowа grandfather will call ". And in 5 minutes he has really called. Such cases were very many, and mambers of my familyа have not been surprised for a long timeа yet.

а From time to time I can have a presentiment of the future.

а Onceа I have gotа a conversation on spiritual themes withа my neigbour. And suddenly I unexpected for myself I speak to her: У You will go to Jerusalem and will bring me a little cross from there ". She looked at me with surprise: -а I have not enough money for food! About what Jerusalem are you speaking!

- You will be invited andа money willа be paid.

- It cannot be, - she confidently declaredаа me.

I did not begin to argue with her.

In one year my neigbour completely unexpectedly as expert on soil scienceа has been invited to Jerusalem to conference. Of cource,аа trip was paid.She brought me a little crossа asа a souvenir.а

I had many smilar cases . It is Gift Divine to me, guilty, but I do not know, for what. I cannot answerа concrete questionsааа aboutа the future.

а Againа two wordsаа about our marriage.а Recently we haveа celebratedаа 55 years of our joint life. We have specially served thankful worshipа аto the God forаа ourа good life,а for those miracles which weаа have seen.

аBy the way, now Iаа writeааа aаа book

аabout it. About 10-12 years agoаа Iа and my husband haveаа visited many Russian monasteries. I have much interesting to tell

а As to a secret of our marriage, I shall tell only, thatа always there was a full trustа betweenа us.

аThere, whereа isа a real love is not a place for jealousy.

2000.

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