Archpriest Gennady Fast (Genrikh Genrikhovich Fast) was born in 1954 in the village of Chumakovo, Novosibirsk Region, into a deeply believing Protestant German family of Heinrich and Elena Fastov. In 1938, Heinrich Fast was arrested, accused of creating a counter-revolutionary organization, and after a 10-year camp imprisonment, he was sent to “eternal exile” in the village. Chumakovo, as an “enemy of the people,” Elena Fast followed her husband. After Stalin's personality cult was debunked, his father was rehabilitated and the family moved to Kazakhstan. There, in a believing Protestant German environment, the childhood and youth of the future passed Orthodox priest O. Gennady Fast.
“Physics won out of childhood hobbies for painting, history, exact sciences, and after school I entered the Faculty of Physics of Karaganda University,” recalls Fr. Gennady. – I was very fond of theoretical physics, the mathematical description of the laws of the universe of amazing beauty, I was engaged in it a lot and with enthusiasm. But there was another life going on…
…I grew up in a deeply believing Protestant German family and environment. One of the brightest impressions of childhood is a small pocket New Testament, which I received at the age of ten and read voraciously, hiding from the noisy children's games. Since then, I have loved the Word of God forever. Then, at the age of ten, I consciously turned to God for the first time. And later, when I was engaged in science, faith and science lived in me, sometimes intersecting and merging, but for the most part separately, dividing, as it were, my life in two ...
At the end of my fourth year, I was expelled from the university for my faith and political unreliability. However, in the same year he was restored at Tomsk University, after graduating from which in 1978 he was left as an employee of the Department of Theoretical Physics. But six months later he was again expelled for preaching the Gospel...
Already in my senior years at the university, I came into contact with Holy Orthodoxy and realized that only in it could I find the salvation of my soul. A new wonderful world of patristic teachings opened up before me, pure source grace of God in the Sacraments of the Church. As a fifth-year student, I received holy baptism in the Orthodox Church. Now there was no longer that duality of faith and science. The soul desired and aspired only to the knowledge of God and the service of Christ. Therefore, after the second expulsion from the university, I left this world and went to serve in the Russian Orthodox Church…”.
Father Gennady Fast went from church novice, deacon to priest-archpriest. He served in various parishes of the Tuva Republic, Kemerovo region, but he carried out his main ministry in the vast expanses of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
In Yeniseisk (a small old town in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory) - since 1983. Here he became rector of the ancient Assumption Cathedral, and then dean Orthodox churches Krasnoyarsk-Yenisei diocese. In 1985-86 subjected to new persecution from the godless authorities. Seven months of investigation, searches, interrogations could end in tears for a “politically unreliable” priest, but the time has come for changes that dramatically changed the fate of Russia ...
Serving as a parish priest, and having a large family (he and mother Lidia have five children), Father Gennady graduated in absentia from the Trinity-Sergius Lavra the Theological Seminary and the Moscow Theological Academy. Here in 1995 he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of theology in the department Holy Scripture Old Testament. .
In 1994, Dean Gennady Fast, the first in the diocese and the second in Russia, opened the Orthodox Progymnasium of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. Following him, in the same deanery, his pupil, priest Andrei Yurevich, opened the Orthodox gymnasium of St. John of Kronstadt. The level of knowledge of gymnasium students meets all the requirements of the Law "On Education", "only teachers in gymnasiums are a little kinder and the subjects of the school component are not quite common: calligraphy, the Law of God, Old Church Slavonic, Latin."...
Many have come to Orthodox faith or established themselves in it thanks to the lectures of Father Gennady in the Orthodox lecture hall at the State Universal Scientific Library of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, which has existed from 1991 to the present (2 lectures per month). Behind last years The audience of the lecture hall has expanded significantly.
All the years of his priestly pastoral service in the Russian Orthodox Church is accompanied by the work of a theologian, work on books not only of theological, but also of historical, spiritual and educational content, some of which were written without any hope of being published. But the fall of the totalitarian atheistic regime also changed the fate of these books.
The Krasnoyarsk Orthodox non-profit publishing house "Yenisei Blagovest" (http://www.enisey.name.ru) published the following books by Fr. Gennady Fasta: “Rise up, Phoenix bird!” (1992), Light and Shadows of Golgotha (1993), Heavenly Ladder (1994), Orthodox Yeniseisk (1994), Seven Days in the Holy Land (1997), Lightning Zigzag on a Rainy Day (2002), encyclopedic monographs: Interpretation of the Song of Songs of Solomon (2000). "Interpretation of the Apocalypse" (2004), "Etudes on Old Testament”, book one (2007), “Etudes on the Old Testament”, book two (2008), the book “Explanation on Ecclesiastes” is being prepared for publication in 2009.
Archpriest Gennady Fast's books were distributed to many countries and continents. The voice of this Orthodox preacher and theologian resounds from the depths of Russia, pushing the boundaries, territorial and ideological, calling for the rebirth of our souls, for the rebirth of our Orthodox Fatherland, calling to Christ, to the joy of Christ and the increase of faith on our earth.
In 2004, the most famous theologian, preacher and author of many works of church archpriest Gennady Fast was presented by Archbishop Anthony of Krasnoyarsk and Yenisei to a high award - the Order of the Russian Orthodox Church St. Sergius Radonezh.
On July 4, 2010, by decree of His Eminence Anthony, Archbishop of Krasnoyarsk and Yenisei, Archpriest Gennady Fast was relieved of the post of Chairman of the Diocesan Department of Religious Education and Catechism, the post of Dean of the Yenisei Church District and the post of rector of the Assumption Church, after twenty-seven years of rectorship.
When the word "Apocalypse" is heard, the horror of something terrible and inevitable seizes a person.
Someone who picks up this book, perhaps, will say: “Well, they will scare again, they will catch up with horror.” In life, after all, it’s already unhappy. Someone will fall for the interpretation of the Apocalypse as a fortuneteller: “So, what awaits us there? Tell me soon!"
And the sight of the apostle on an island in the Aegean Sea opens Christ.
The Apocalypse is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, His Image is revealed to the Church. Tremulously, with excitement and joy beats the heart of one who approaches Revelation. Expected, Beloved, Mysterious opens...
Everything is quiet in my heart. The troubles of the world are far behind us. Waves crash against the rocky shore of an island in the Aegean Sea. Meeting in progress...
This book is not about the Antichrist with demons, although everything is said about them, but about Christ, about the inevitable triumph of truth, goodness and love, which will end the current earthly civilization.
The Church is not waiting for the end of the world, but the appearance of Christ in the light! Every day we ask God in prayer: “Thy Kingdom come!” We await and long for the coming of God and do not fear the horrors of the end.
Archpriest Gennady Fast - Interpretation of the Apocalypse
Krasnoyarsk: Yenisei Blagovest, 2004. - 496 p., ill.
ISNB: 978-5-91761-005-4
Archpriest Gennady Fast - Interpretation of the Apocalypse - The Mystery of Lawlessness
The Apostle Paul certainly knew the mystery of lawlessness and could tell a lot about it. But in his message, he only indicated the existence of this mystery and what it leads to.
Now much is known about this mystery, but nevertheless, everything continues to be done in secret until the Lord allows it to be revealed, and then destroys it. The mystery of iniquity, like the mystery of salvation, comes from the Jews. Through the Jews, the earth is connected to the underworld. Manifestations of this mystery - in Jewish messianism, Zionism, Kabbalah, Freemasonry. All events of history, all religions in their interconnection and struggle reflect the struggle of light and darkness, Christian Church and "mysteries of iniquity." Jews prophesy
They build their future kingdom on earth, their ideal kingdom, opposed to the kingdom of Christ. From this root the whole tree of waiting and building the kingdom of light on earth is fed.
Nature, which has fallen asleep in the evening, will wake up only in another day. Plants withered in autumn will come to life only in another year. Man will be resurrected only in another age.
Here now only night, winter, death await us - the kingdom of darkness and horrors. “If anyone says to you, Behold, Christ is here, or there, believe it not. For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you beforehand."
Archpriest Gennady Fast - Interpretation of the Apocalypse - Reflections on the day of the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ
The ways of God's providence are inscrutable, God alone knows. Is the end coming soon, which many people associated without any reason with the year 2000? For several decades people have been asking: is it true that the Bible says that the year 2000 will be the end of the world? It is only true that Christ said, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed in his own power." But the signs of the times are alarming to many, and many pious Christians, as well as the ascetics of God, like St. John of Kronstadt, have been talking and talking about the last times that have come and are waiting for the end of time and the Second Coming of the Lord to come soon, perhaps even during his lifetime. Many speak of the pre-Tichrist apostasy that has already begun. Others, like St. Nicholas of Japan, see the history of Christianity only at its beginning, and Christianity itself is still far from being revealed in the fullness of its grace-filled sojourn on earth as a young organism. The truth of God is present in both, in the opinion of some and the opinion of others. God and none of the people will decide, because even the prophets and patriarchs bow their heads before the mystery of the fate of God in the world.
Gennady FastWhen the word "Apocalypse" is heard, the horror of something terrible and inevitable seizes a person.
Someone who picks up this book, perhaps, will say: “Well, they will scare again, they will catch up with horror.” In life, after all, it’s already unhappy. Someone will fall for the interpretation of the Apocalypse as a fortuneteller: “So, what awaits us there? Tell me soon!"
And the sight of the apostle on an island in the Aegean Sea opens Christ.
The Apocalypse is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, His Image is revealed to the Church. Tremulously, with excitement and joy beats the heart of one who approaches Revelation. Expected, Beloved, Mysterious opens...
Everything is quiet in my heart. The troubles of the world are far behind us. Waves crash against the rocky shore of an island in the Aegean Sea. Meeting in progress...
This book is not about the Antichrist with demons, although everything is said about them, but about Christ, about the inevitable triumph of truth, goodness and love, which will end the current earthly civilization.
The Church is not waiting for the end of the world, but the appearance of Christ in the light! Every day we ask God in prayer: “Thy Kingdom come!” We await and long for the coming of God and do not fear the horrors of the end.
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When the word "apocalypse" most often represent terrible pictures of the end of the world. His signs are looked for in everything, sometimes whipping up considerable passions, relying, as a rule, on a mysterious last book Holy Scripture - Revelation of St. John the Theologian. And somehow it was erased from the consciousness of people who entered the 21st century that the Revelation of Christ Himself, given to the Apostle John 2000 years ago, is the knowledge given to humanity by the Lord about the inevitable triumph of truth, goodness and love, which will end the current earthly civilization. Yes, there will be three and a half years of the kingdom of Antichrist and the world will burn in fire. Yes it will Last Judgment, and someone will go to hell fire... All this will happen, but there will be a general resurrection of all those living on earth, there will be a new existence of mankind, where the crown of God's creation - a person who has not renounced God, will again be together with his Creator.
In the book of the famous theologian, Archpriest Gennady Fast, “Interpretation of the Apocalypse”, based on the interpretations of the holy fathers, there is a formidable warning to us who live not to be caught by the prince of this world, but there is also great joy about the Lord, about the coming meeting with Him and Heavenly Jerusalem. Written 27 years ago during the years of militant atheism, now, in the era of permissiveness, the book has become even more topical.
The publication is intended for everyone who wants to know the truths of the Revelation of St. John the Theologian, as well as students of spiritual Orthodox educational institutions as study guide.
Archpriest Gennady Fast- priest, preacher, writer and theologian. Born in the village of Chumakovo, Novosibirsk Region. A graduate of the Faculty of Physics of Tomsk University and the Moscow Theological Academy, he defended his dissertation and has a Ph.D. degree in theology. He went from novice and deacon to archpriest and dean of the Orthodox churches of the Yenisei region. At the present time - rector of the Yenisei Holy Dormition cathedral. Lives in the city of Yeniseisk. The author of many books, as well as encyclopedic monographs - "Interpretation of the book of the Song of Solomon", "Interpretation of the Apocalypse", "Etudes on the Old Testament. A Guide to the Study of the Holy Scriptures.
When the words “apocalypse”, “apocalyptic” are heard, then horror, the expectation of something terrible and inevitable seizes a person. Someone who has taken a volume of our book in his hands, involuntarily grimacing, may say: “Well, they will start to scare again, catch up with horror.” In life, after all, it’s already unhappy. Someone will fall into the interpretation of the Apocalypse, like a fortuneteller: “So, what awaits us there? Tell me soon!
And the sight of the apostle on an island in the Aegean Sea opens Christ. The Apocalypse is the Revelation of Jesus Christ. His image is revealed to the Church. Tremulously, with excitement and joy beats the heart of one approaching the great Revelation. The expected, the Beloved, the Mysterious opens... Everything is quiet in the soul. The troubles of the world are far behind us. Waves crash against the rocky shore of an island in the Aegean Sea. Meeting in progress...
From the author
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
First message
Second message
Third message
Fourth message
Chapter 3
Fifth message
sixth message
Seventh message
Annex 1
False eschatological teachings
Annex 2
General scheme of the Apocalypse
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
The opening of the first seal signifying the apostolic teaching
The removal of the second seal, meaning the battle of the infidels against the believers - war
The opening of the third seal, signifying the famine and falling away of those who did not firmly believe in Christ
The opening of the fourth seal showing plagues and death brought upon the wicked
The opening of the fifth seal, allowing you to see the souls of the holy martyrs and hear their cry about the end of the world
The opening of the sixth seal, signifying the plagues induced at the end of the age
Chapter 7
144,000 sealed, unharmed by four angels
A great multitude of bleached with palm branches
Chapter 8
Opening the seventh seal
First trumpet call
Second trumpet call
Third trumpet call
Fourth trumpet call
Chapter 9
Fifth trumpet. First woe
Locust Vision
The purpose of the locust and its deeds
Appearance and the mode of action of the locust
The sixth trumpet. Second woe
About the angels at the Euphrates and the cavalry
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Seventh Trumpet. third woe
Annex 3
Temple of God
Chapter 12
Vision of a wife and a dragon
Chapter 13
About Antichrist
Appendix 4
Refutation of the Adventist Doctrine of the Antichrist as the Pope
Orthodox explanation
Chapter 14
Vision of 144,000 virgins
Vision of three messenger angels
Vision of the second angel
Vision of the third angel
Harvest picture
Chapter 15
Seven angels with seven bowls of God's wrath
Chapter 16
Seven bowls of God's wrath
First bowl
Second bowl
third bowl
Fourth bowl
Fifth bowl
sixth bowl
seventh bowl
The Mysterious Meaning of the Cup of the Seventh Angel
The Immediate Meaning of the Cup of the Seventh Angel
Chapter 17
Babylon - the great harlot
Chapter 18
Fall of Babylon
Lamentation of kings
Lament of merchants
Lament of the Mariners
Chapter 19
Sky rider on white koi
Chapter 20
millennial kingdom
The revolt of Gog and Magog and the casting of the devil into Gehenna
Last Judgment
Appendix 5
Interpretation on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (11, 1-10)
Appendix 6
History and essence of chiliasm
Jewish chiliasm
Christian chiliasm
Philosophical and political doctrines and state systems
Occultism and Theosophy
Mystery of iniquity
Chapter 21
Vision of a New Jerusalem
Chapter 22 and last
Afterword by John, who is on the island of Patmos next to his disciple Prochorus
Appendix 7
On the issue of the hermeneutics of the Apocalypse of St. John the Evangelist
Appendix 8
Mysticism and symbolism of numbers
0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12,13,14, 20, 24, 25, 30, 40, 50, 66, 70, 77, 80, 99, 100, 144, 666, 777, 888, 1000, 10 000, 100 000 000
Appendix 9
Christmas at the end of the 20th century
Report at the Christmas Readings in Krasnoyarsk. January 15, 1997
Reflections on the day of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ
about the author
When the words “apocalypse”, “apocalyptic” are heard, then horror, the expectation of something terrible and inevitable, seizes a person. Someone who has taken a number of our magazine, involuntarily grimacing, may say: “Well, they will start to scare again, catch up with horror.” In life, after all, it’s already unhappy. Someone will fall to the Apocalypse, as to a fortuneteller: “So, what awaits us there? Tell me soon!
And the sight of the apostle on an island in the Aegean Sea opens Christ. Apocalypse is the revelation of Jesus Christ. His image is revealed to the Church.
Tremulously, with excitement and joy beats the heart of one approaching the Great Revelation. Expected, Beloved, Mysterious opens...
Everything is quiet in my heart. The troubles of the world are far behind us. Waves crash against the rocky shore of an island in the Aegean Sea.
Meeting in progress...
Fifteen years have passed since the last page of this Commentary was written without any hope of publication. Time has passed.
Society has changed, and so have we. And now I would like to change, correct, rewrite and improve a lot in this book. But everything is left as it was.
There is theology and books that come to us from professorial offices, libraries, and auditoriums of famous schools.
There is the theology of those who pray in monasteries and cells, who labor in monastic piety.
There are words and speeches proclaimed from hierarchal pulpits.
Books were also written without any hope that they would ever be published. They were written simply because they were written, because it was impossible to destroy the thirst for the Word. Once one of these writers was asked by a professor: “Did you get joy from writing your work?” The answer was - "Yes!". The professor said: “So the main thing has already happened!”
These books bear the imprint of costs, shortcomings and imperfections that are inevitable in those circumstances. After all, it was impossible to make proper references.
But the pen wrote. And the Spirit of God breathes where it wants to.
The proposed book is from those times. It was written by a young deacon with the blessing of his spiritual guide, Ignatius Lapkin, who converted him to Orthodoxy, instructed him in the patristic understanding of the Scriptures, and also, with the blessing of his spiritual father and abba, Archpriest Alexander Pivovarov. I wrote it in Kyzyl, in the center of Asia, in 1979-1982. In those years, it was read on tapes and distributed in many cities of the former Soviet Union. These cassettes were secretly listened to by those who were thirsty for the understanding of the Word of God, and were confiscated during searches. And today, "Interpretation of the Apocalypse" is offered to readers.
If through this Christ is revealed to someone, if someone even more loves the REVELATION of Him - Who loved us, Him - Who is and was and is coming, and does not want to remain hidden, then the main thing has happened.
