CHERNOBYL
Glimpses of the Miraculous

by
Archpriest Nikolay Yakushin
Rector of the Church of Saint Elijah, Chernobyl, Ukraine
as told to Valentina Serikova.

English translation by Alesya Volchyk, edited for the St. Pachomius Library. The original Russian text (PDF) is from the forthcoming book Teraturgima, or Miracles of the New Century. © Valentina Serikova, 2016. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS:

Our Lady of Chernobyl: The first great omen of the disaster, revealed at a time when nuclear energy was still rapidly developing.

A Tree in the Form of the Cross: The leader of the Chernobyl Power Plant Communist Party section has a vision on his deathbed.

The Eyes of the Lord are in Every Place: The Saviour looked at the priest every night, leading him to where His image was hidden.

With Never-Ceasing Voices: Angels lead a church service in the Exclusion Zone.

An Old Man in White: St. Seraphim of Sarov and the annual April 26th liturgy in Chernobyl.

Father Nikolay Yakushin.

Special thanks to Arkadiusz Podniesiński for allowing the use of photographs from Chernobyl: Off the Beaten Track and A Long Weekend in the Zone. Mr. Podniesiński's remarkable photo essays on Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Twentieth Century ruins in Africa are worth the attention of any reader.

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The St. Pachomius Orthodox Library, Palm Sunday, 2016.

Have mercy, O Lord, upon Thy servants the Archpriest Nikolay, Valentina, Alesya, and Roman!

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THE END, AND TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

CHERNOBYL Glimpses of the Miraculous

CHERNOBYL
Glimpses of the Miraculous