(From a manuscript of St. Ambrose of Optina) -In 19th century Russia, a poor boy named Michael Trudnikov was cursed by his mother and subsequently kidnapped by demons, for 12 long years, before being rescued by God. Fr. Seraphim Rose reveals that 'alien abductions' are nothing other than modern demonic kidnappings. This text is from…


(From a manuscript of St. Ambrose of Optina)
-In 19th century Russia, a poor boy named Michael Trudnikov was cursed by his mother and subsequently kidnapped by demons, for 12 long years, before being rescued by God. Fr. Seraphim Rose reveals that ‘alien abductions’ are nothing other than modern demonic kidnappings. This text is from the Nikola-Babeyvsky Monastery-July 13,1906. Another account of such frightful happenings may be found in the life of St. Nilus of Sora…