A Ray of Light: Instructions in Piety and the State of the World at the End of Time

Publication Data: Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery, 1996
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 96
Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.8 cm × 15.4 cm × 0.5 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒88465‒047‒2

   
Compiled by Archimandrite Panteleimon of Holy Trinity Monastery
Translated by Michael Hilko

“In presenting this book to the reader we, with God’s help, have decided to reveal the true signs of the coming of Antichrist which will occur before the world’s end. This is especially important for ordinary people, who, like leaves, waver in their understanding about the Antichrist, credulously blown about, accepting various false explanations. Devout reader! Accept without fear the spiritual food offered by this book; forsake all doubts, for you can be assured that everything we speak of will be founded on the Word of God and the interpretations of the Holy and God-bearing Fathers and Teachers of the Church[...].”
—“Foreword”

CONTENTS

Foreword
CHAPTER ONE
A Ray of Light
How to Leave the Darkness of Death
The Perception of Truth
CHAPTER TWO
What Will be the Status of the Incomplete Blessedness of Righteous Souls and the Incomplete Torture of Sinful Souls?
CHAPTER THREE
The Fate in the Future Life of Sinful People, Unrepentant of Their Sins.
CHAPTER FOUR
The Incorruptibility and Miraculous Powers of Holy Relics
CHAPTER FIVE
The Veneration of Holy Icons
CHAPTER SIX
Christ’s Holy Church
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Characteristics of People before the End of the World. A Prophecy
CHAPTER EIGHT
Apostasy in the Last Days of the World
CHAPTER NINE
Signs by which the Nearness of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Can Be Judged
CHAPTER TEN
The Coming of Antichrist
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Birth of Antichrist and His Acceptance by the Jews as the True Messiah
CHAPTER TWELVE
Antichrist Foretold
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Actions and Name of Antichrist
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Seal of Antichrist
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Miracles of Antichrist
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The Disparagement of Divine Law by Antichrist; Persecutions and Tortures of Those Confessing Christ
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
The Construction by Antichrist of his Altar in the Temple at Jerusalem
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
The Terrible State of the World and All Mankind during the Reign of Antichrist
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Posthumous Prophecies of our Holy Father Nilus the Myrrh-streamer of Athos
   Foreword
   God Sent Me To You, As The Tablets To Moses
CHAPTER TWENTY
Prophetic Characteristics of People Before the Endof the World
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
The Prophecy on the Increase of Poverty; Persecution of Poor Peasants, their Resettlements; The Grain Monopoly Preceding the Birth of Antichrist
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
The Root of Evil is Avarice, or Love of Money
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Antichrist Will Be Born When the World Will Become Spiritually Impoverished and When Worldwide Anarchy Begins.
The Universal Reign of Antichrist.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
The Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of Antichrist
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
What is the Seal of Antichrist Which Seals Evil People Today, and What is the Seal with Which Antichrist Will Seal People after his Accession?
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Calamities Which will Overtake the World after the Accession of Antichrist: The Ocean Will Dry Up, Animals Will Perish, Time Will Accelerate
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
The Sermon of Enoch and Elijah, so that People Receive Not the Seal of Antichrist, but Always Sign Themselves with the Cross; The Slaying of these Preachers
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
The Word of our Holy Father Ephraim the Syrian on the Coming of Antichrist