Rev. Sergius of Radonezh. The guardian angel of Russia

There is no person in Russia who would not hear the name of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the beloved Russian saint, to whom the people gave the honorary title of abbot of all Russia. Many turned to him with prayer and received comfort, healing, blessing for good deeds.
He, the first of the Russian saints, was composed an akathist. Just as the laudatory singing of the Blessed Virgin Mary begins with the words “the selected governor”, ​​the akathist to the Rev. Sergius, who saved the country from death in the Time of Troubles, also begins with the words: “The forces of the forces of the Lord Jesus, given to Russia Voivodo and the miraculous pre -designated!”
Alexander Ananichev, a member of the board of the Union of Writers of Russia and the indigenous Sergiev Posad, not the first time he has been addressing in his work to the name of the Radonezh miracle worker. His book is a solemn hymn to the Monk Sergius, and the penetrating biography of the saint, and a historical study, which will be interested in both the believer and the unbelieving patriot of our Fatherland