We do not pray – and we want to receive something without prayer. In vain. There can be no light where our window is painted over with black lacquer; It is necessary to gradually purify it.

And the second, no less important. We must watch our conscience, try not to violate it as much as possible. This is the most important center of our life: conscience is our heart. God forbid to damage the heart. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor this, and if something happens: they have been disingenuous, deceived, hypocritical, one must immediately repent before God. Do not wait until we go to the priest – we need to repent immediately. In this regard, John of Kronstadt's book "My Life in Christ" is very useful, where he shows a wonderful example of this. Read it alone, and you will see: "Again I was angry, again I condemned, again I was conceited. Lord, forgive me." And then he writes: "And again I felt space in my soul." Sins squeeze it, dry it out, and repentance gives space in the soul.

These are the two most necessary things, and you know everything else: that you must, of course, try to go to church, you must confess, you must not be lazy to take communion. As far as possible, follow the posts, each to the best of his ability, his strength. I think that this is how we will all gradually see how our hustle and bustle, it turns out, is moving apart, and we find a good path in life.

– Alexei Ilyich, we have several issues related to juvenile justice in different variations. In order not to waste precious time, I will not read them all, they are quite lengthy. But in general, the question is clear: how to treat this, how to react, what to do, and what can the juvenile justice campaign in our country lead to?

– You see that juvenile justice is introduced by the same forces, as they say now, without specifically naming either people, bodies, or organizations – all the same forces that now control the media, and whose task, apparently, is to corrupt people and kill their spirit. Because juvenile justice, in the end, is not interested in saving children, this is out of the question – where better than in a family, where can a child live, where can he receive such an upbringing if not from his parents? These are completely different things, it is aimed at something completely different. To what the Lord warned about in the Gospel two thousand years ago and which then sounded like some kind of absurdity – He said the following thing: "And children will rise up against their parents and kill them"; It sounded absurd.

Now look at the means by which these bodies and this justice are trying to educate children. The child should inform on his parents, try to tell teachers, doctors or the police that his father slapped him, his mother did not give him candy, his father did not give him as much pocket money as they give to others, his mother scolded him, and so on. And the authorities come to the family, first take note, and then warn the parents: either you will "treat your children like a human being", or... Children feel their power before they have reason, because the age is not yet the same; They begin to command their parents. And parents understand: if they do not comply, then it will start with some fines, and then they can even be imprisoned if the authorities find something that, from their point of view, does not correspond to their understanding of the attitude towards the child. Do you see what is the worst thing? Children are made enemies of their parents.

I don't know what else can be worse than imagining what kind of upbringing of a child can we talk about. And when are they selected, to which families are they given or to which institutions are they sent? Will they, there, with strangers, get the best, get love? In the West, it is not uncommon for children to be taken away, they are given to so-called same-sex families, where these children are completely corrupted.

I do not want to talk about many things that are associated with this juvenile justice; A lot of things are said about it now. But the main idea, its main orientation is clearly visible. It is essentially anti-Christian in nature, it makes parents and children enemies, it destroys the possibility of Christian, and not only Christian, but simply moral education of children. Because it is impossible to raise a child without punishment. The entire history of mankind knows this, it has always been so. And suddenly, in the XXI century, "scientists" discovered that, it turns out, no measures can be taken against a child. What is this? This is the sarcastic smile of the devil...

Of course, this will lead to the most negative phenomena. In particular, when this juvenile justice system believes that a child should be considered a minor until the age of eighteen, then one can imagine what these already adult guys will do, knowing that if not with impunity, then almost with impunity they can do what adults are sent to prison for many years. That is, this destroys the family, destroys morality and the upbringing of children, destroys the social atmosphere of life, because crime will increase. And these officials, especially in our Russian reality – what will they do when they feel full power over their parents, over their families? Unprecedented corruption will begin, parents will pay off by any means, just don't take the children away from me. There is no doubt that it will be.

And the last thing I would like to say. Juvenile justice destroys the main path of social life, the law of social life. What is this law? This is the law of discipline and subordination in society. If you give a soldier the same rights as a general, that's it, the army is over. If you give an employee, an employee of the company, the same rights as the owner – that's it, the company has collapsed. If you give any citizen the rights of the president – that's it, there is no state. If you give a child not only the same rights as the parents, but even greater rights – and this is exactly what juvenile justice says – what will happen? Hear? The basic law of social life is violated. These are obvious things.

The main question arises: who needs it? The ancient Romans said so: who benefits from this? We do not think about this at all. Both the propaganda of immorality, blood and violence, and the introduction of juvenile justice, it seems to me, come from the same source. And this source is really existing Satanism. Because you can't find any other answer. Why show cruelty and violence on television, what respectable person needs to show this debauchery, who will think of it? Nobody. And who would think of violating the foundations of public life, the basic law? Who would think of taking children away from their parents? It is clear to whom: the same source.

And this testimony, very sad, in this respect: it means that we are already approaching the time when the Antichrist, this greatest villain and the greatest evil one, is really to come. The greatest social figure who must come – and darkness will descend on our poor Earth. You know, I am always very afraid when I look in the West (we have been constantly shown this) how the Church is engaged in social work – we are not talking about spiritual life: "Look at how many orphanages, orphanages, nursing homes, what physical education, what sports grounds, what theaters... Look – the Church does everything..."

Church... What are they boasting about?! The task of the Church is the only one – to cure a person of passions. And suddenly, instead of curing a person of selfishness, hatred, deceit, vanity and pride, the Church is engaged in "social activity"... Yes, no one is against this taking place, but everything is good in moderation. Otherwise, the Church will cease to be the Church. And it seems to me that this process of secularization, which has already begun and has now completely absorbed Western Christianity, will undoubtedly have an effect, and a negative effect, on Orthodoxy as well. Therefore, we are now facing a very serious reality of our future life.

– The next question is about this. Of course, we can talk for a very long time, and devote more than one lecture to this, but on the whole, very briefly: what is your idea of the future of Russia, for example, in ten years?