Miracles
Orthodox tradition prohibts to speak about the miracles of a living elder. But fame of miracle worker after father Cyril got already wide spread. The nuns of Trinity Sergius lavra claim, that they themselves saw as during prayer father Cyril ascends over the ground. Many sick people just after having seen father Cyril become healthy. Father Pavlov is endowed with gift of consoling people. He amazingly feels a person. After speaking to him, depressed and saddened people loose any feeling of sadness.
Today father Cyril lives in Peredelkino, in the residence of the Holy Patriarch of all Russia Aleksiy II, to whom he has been the spiritual father for many years already. Today he is over 80, he is not in a good health. Every morning since early dawn dozens of people come to Peredelkino. These piligrims stand patiently next to iron doors and wait for his appearance with question or request, for council and blessing. At the little piece of paper it is accustomed to write one's most important question or request. It is said, that the elder Cyril does not even read them - just takes pieces of paper in hands and sees immediately: this persona needs him and the other one is not yet ready to communication. Some keep sending him notes for weeks. Usually, he receives the clergy, monks and his spiritual followers and afterwards the preference is given to the needy from faraway cities. Some people wait meeting with elder for months and even years. However for those lucky who have seen him the tiresome awaiting happens to be not vain. It is witnessed that those who come out after seeing him, are as if are shining inside.
Elder Cyril, prior to moving to patriarch's residence in Peredelkino did not travel or leave the premises of the monastery of blessed Sergius.
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