The correspondent of Novaya Gazeta was attached to the myrrhic bust of Nicholas II in Simferopol

The deeds of the Lord are wonderful, especially when prosecutors report them. On March 3, in the evening broadcast of Tsargrad TV, the former prosecutor of the Crimea, and now the State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya announced the news: in Simferopol, a bust of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II was inimitered in Simferopol.

“Today, my employees are calling from the Crimea, from the prosecutor’s office who care for the chapel, and they say that in the morning a bust of Nicholas II, our sovereign, which we installed near the chapel, was inimitered,” she said. - This is a miracle that scientists and no one will explain.

Myrrout occurred on the territory of the chapel in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs - Sovereign Nicholas II and his family. The chapel was opened by the building of the Crimean prosecutor’s office on October 26, 2016 personally Natalya Poklonskaya, it also initiated the construction. Crimean prosecutors collected money for the construction.

The words of Poklonskaya were called on the road. On the way, I read the headlines of the official Crimean media: “Believers, journalists and cats are going to look at the miracle of myrrout at the prosecutor’s chapel.” Colleagues, however, explain: "There are few parishioners so far."

The situation does not change significantly by my arrival: the Bust has two journalists, there are only one parishioner, there are no cats.

- Where can I touch the bust? - I ask those present. - He, they say, is all oil.

“Now only on the left side,” the guy who shooting Nicholas II on the phone clarifies.

I touch the left cheek. The monument is dry.

“And you touch your ear,” the corresponding girl advises. - Do you feel?

- No.

- Yes, there is definitely! And if inside?

But inside the ear of the last emperor, neither the world nor any moisture can be found.

Our pickles in the royal ears are interrupted by the caretaker Alexei.

- Feel, right? He asks, going down to the bust from the steps of the chapel.

“Alas,” I make a frustrated face.

- Our icons are even stronger than myrrh.

Alexey calls me to go inside. The small chapel is tightly furnished with candelabras and hung with icons. In the center is the image of Nicholas II.

- Since February 22, the Kazan Mother of God the Mother of God and the icon of the royal family. From February 24 - our sovereign himself.

Alexey points to me an oily spot on the icon of the Mother of God.

- If you look at an angle of 30-45 degrees, it resembles a cross. Here you have proof. I’m not spraying the oil here and draw crosses. The Lord Himself. Here you are (holding out a handkerchief lying at the icon of the Mother of God) - sniff what the smell from our icons.

It really smells like something like aromatic oil.

- And when did the bust of Tsar Nikolai are pouring? I ask.

- It was on Friday, yesterday. Natalya Vladimirovna first noticed, - Alexei makes a blessed face.

- Is she in Simferopol now? - I am surprised, recalling that Poklonskaya the night before was on Tsargrad, and she herself said that she had learned from her colleagues.

- No, she is in Moscow. It is puffed there no worse than yours, - the caretaker of the chapel smiles.

- And how did she first noticed if she was not here?

Alexei is clearly straining.

- Natalya Vladimirovna felt this. And you are not. Not everyone is ready to feel divine grace.

- Did the bust already have many pilgrims? - Trying to reduce the degree of conversation.

- A lot. There were already ten people. They go with sick children.

- What can I recover from Nicholas II?

- From all diseases.

In the end, Alexey agrees to sell me candles. They stand "as much as you can." When I get 100 rubles, the abbot gives me two pieces.

Having left the door of the chapel, I again head for the bust. The picture is the same: the same two journalists, another parishioner and no cats.

“To be honest, I don’t really believe in this miracle with Nikolai,” the parishioner says. -He is still bloody.

- And dry or oily?

- Definitely dry.

In the Sinoidal Department of the Russian Orthodox Church, for the interaction of the media, the Novaya Gazeta correspondent refused to comment on the situation with the myrrh -resistance of the bust Nicholas II in the prosecutor’s chapel. “The official position of the church is not commenting. Everything needs to be checked and studied, ”the department said.

Ivan Zhilin,

Simferopol

what to do?

Casemate for the sovereign

We invite Poklonskaya lawyer to record the myrrh -stroke of the bust Nicholas II in all the severity of the procedure

Myrrout is called the appearance on moisture icons. If it is thick, then this is a peace. If like a dew, then this is an excuse. True, even some churchmen doubt the divine beginning of the process.

Skeptics explain the amateurization with condensation, the ingress of all sorts of resins during the performance of the rites, and also the fact that the oil accumulates on the icon when it is kissed by the uniform believers.

In Russia, mass acts of myrrhication often occur.

There was a case when 68 icons allegedly “cried” in the Nizhny Novgorod region at once. Metropolitan Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas Nikolai spoke about this as follows: "Guys, we must have a conscience!"

“They quickly created a commission. All icons wiped. The temple was sealed and closed. It was a week. At least one drop appeared, ”he said in an interview. “So I have a certain alertness to this.”

True, the Metropolitan was a famous opponent of the canonization of Nicholas II. Therefore, in an absentee dispute with Natalia Poklonskaya, his critical position should be considered biased. But in the Russian Orthodox Church, there really is a bureaucratic procedure for verification of the myrrh -streaming. There is even an expert group to study wonderful signs. By the decision of the local diocese, a “investigative” commission is created, which studies the origin of the world, and if necessary, puts the myrrh -bearing facility in the kiot and seals it. If the object continues to “cry” and locked up, it means that it is a myrrhrous.

You should rather place a bust of Nicholas II under the “house arrest” for thorough observation. Supervision of the execution of the procedure can be assigned to the Prosecutor's Office of Crimea, near which a monument is erected.

Nikita Girin