Matrona of Moscow

Житие блаженной Матроны Московской

Matrona was born in 1881 into a poor family in the village of Sebino-Epifaniskaya (now Kimovski) in the Tula region of Russia. Blind from birth, she bore her infirmity with humility and patience, and God made her a vessel of grace. At the moment of her baptism, the priest saw a cloud above the child, which shed forth a sweet fragrance as a sign of divine favor. From the age of six or seven, she exhibited an extraordinary gift of insight, discerning sicknesses of soul and body in the many people who visited her, revealing to them their secret sins and their problems, and healing them through prayer and wise counsel.

For the common people, the Blessed Matrona became a saint during her lifetime.

Not a single person was denied her request! She listened to everyone, who came to her received help.

Having foretold the day of her death, she gave instructions for her funeral. Before falling asleep in peace on April 19, 1952, she cried out, “Come close, all of you, and tell me of your troubles as though I were alive! I’ll see you, I’ll hear you, and I’ll come to your aid.” Miracles were multiplied at her tomb and, ever since her translation to the women’s monastery of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God (March 13, 1998), the faithful who, in their thousands, line up to venerate Moscow’s new protectress, turn to her icon and bring her their various problems as though St. Matrona were alive in front of them.

Therefore, even after her death, for more than half a century, people have been praying for her miraculous face, reading and listening about the miracles and prophecies performed by her, and innumerable streams go to her image and her relics, which are located in the Intercession Monastery, to ask for healing, help, advice. etc..

They go because they know that they will be heard and will receive help immediately.