Character of Saint Kuksha and Spiritual Gifts
Saint Kuksha had a gift of clairvoyance knowing the hidden things. He had a gift of spiritual judgment and discernment of thoughts. He was a great clairvoyant. To him the most deepest feelings that people could not understand themselves were discernible and he explained where they are from and from whom. Many were coming to him to tell about their sorrows and ask for advise and already beforehand was meeting them with the necessary answer and spiritual advise. It happened that when people were satnding at his doors and he used to call them by name having not met them previously in life. The hidden things were disclosed to him by God.
Elder Kuksha was very humble and meek shining with love, patience and compassion. He was never afraid to expose the sinner not looking at one's rank or position, doing this subtly, with love to the God's image (human being) in order to awake his conscience and move to repentance. He had a sincere humility when it comes to wisdom, avoided human glory, being even afraid of it. Therefore he performed the good deeds unnoticeable. He very much disliked conceit (self-satisfaction, self-admiration). In a church full of people standing in lines for confession he used to take the last position and waited.
He used to overcome all the hardships in life by recollection of the Saviour's atonement for human race and His life-giving Resurrection.
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