The relics of St. Cyprian, defender of spells and curses.

We pass it making us cross, but without knowing that the walls coated in paintings of archangels and saints, the Church still Zlatari hide a treasure and precious: hand St. Cyprian, the great patron of spells and curses. Caught in the vise of hulking blocks, the church is all that remains of the ancient Bridge of Mogosoaia, of immense spiritual quadrilateral format sometime in the heart of the capital: Sarindar, Batistei, Stavropoleos.
Brilliance and glory of old are gone forever: her courtyard fountain shaped stone by Italian craftsmen, the inn of zlatars, cemetery with graves princely, noble xenodochium with chambers, which pulled Patriarch of Alexandria and other prominent guests. History, as long as it was kept, laconic refugee sits on the door that leads to profaning “Place of worship of Goldsmiths (zlatar) Greek high Constantin Voda on the foundation of a monastery of 1560”.
Is hardly a church in Bucharest in May strapped everything even more forlorn, with walls up to the ceiling smoked, with its beautiful stained glass windows and dusty at times erased. Even so, Father Diaconescu glory of God and give thanks for all things are now. In the 80s, Zlatari should be race on earth. It was top of the list of disused churches. It was caught in systematization plan Ceausescu. Day by day, cohorts of activists and architects inspecting the place, while bulldozers had already begun to clean up the area, while trucks stood ready prepared to load treasures and holy icons. Suddenly and absolutely inexplicable, the chief party changed their mind, leaving the church in its place.
Nobody knows how the miracle was committed, but people started talking. It could only be the fruit of faith, fervent prayer and tears old priest Chiricuta, but especially the work of St. Cyprian, whose relics rest for hundreds of years near the shrine, a shrine simple glass and a small garment of silver worked painstakingly. For several hundred years, Saint hand as a shield sits unseen on the church, those who step over the threshold. Little known, St. Cyprian, aka magician, he could not choose a house suitable repentance to his right on the road, in the heart of Bucharest crazy, hectic, full of worries and bad thoughts, surrounded by luxurious shops and banks, amid temptations and impurity of all kinds.

Cry of Molitvas:
“Fear … Run … Go!”

 Treasure of Zlatari Church

Scrape hand icon and St. Cyprian

On Friday, in the evening, Zlatari Church is busy world. No needle there is nowhere to throw it. Silently, heads bowed, people listen, they make the sign of the cross and occasionally whisper “Amen.”
It says here, Molitvele St. Basil are the strongest, as nowhere find more help in speedy dispensation curses and spells. The trouble does not choose. Young and old alike jerk, hearing the voice of the priest pressed: “Fear … Run away! … Get out … …! From the swamps of water, of fountains, the woods, the trees, the hollows of cracked earth … from places suspected and unsuspected, how do we know and where we do not know. “

Kathisma read every new atmosphere in the church takes on a particular gravity, disturbing. Not everyone can say Molitvele and not in any condition, but with training, with fasting and prayer. The voice of the priest and imprecations addressed suitor devil in the room reverberates strongly unabated. For his part, the father has only weapons simplicity and the Pravila Christian cross, the Antimins and somewhere nearby, shield the high price – the relics of St. Cyprian, the most famous wizard of the Roman Empire, worshiper of Apollo and Artemis, fortuneteller in stars and books, which, by some miracle, was baptized, became bishop and in a later, faced with large manhood sample terrible martyrdom: whipped, torn nails iron, put in a boiler boiling water and then beheaded, not wanting to return to his old devilish practices.
The figure of the long, Syrian olive complexion and dark eyes piercing, watching the icon. In silence the end of the service, people go to the anointed and then stop in the right coffin with holy relics – a thin brown hand childish gesture mystical and fully captured in the blessing. Worship, meditate is a moment, she cried silent and suffering-in their own way, after which rises like hardened and hope. And then, from a distance, her father investigates Stancu attentive gaze. He does not want to discuss this topic, but admits that house saint fight the faceless and without shame is great. It happens sometimes that the Zlatari, besides faithful problems, to enter and witch came with going to hide and unclean, to show that the church they acquiesces in what they do or take a splinter, even in the frame of the saint, to -and further increase unclean work: links and charms, spells and purpose. Rarely she was given parent that such a woman to come to the sacrament of confession, to recognize openly charms made and to repent from the heart, but that does not stop him from noticing that lately, have multiplied over wires, and spells and those who do. How is it possible that in a world increasingly positivist and literate, to spend so many errors and heresies, it’s hard to loose. The fact is that fortune tellers around Bucharest not only thrive, raising palaces and crowning it with pitiful title of “Queen of white magic”, but receive some characters put up visit: politicians, famous athletes and great businessmen. “The error is greater than ever,” says the father, not understanding the curiosity of some of his lure future to guess in books or gramolnic, to speak with the dead or to bind the devil to win the lottery, for houses and cars luxurious.

Charms, spells, curses

Father judge and search every word of Scripture speak, without addition or truncation. This field of witchcraft hides many traps and obstacles, excesses and heavy wanderings. Some believe too much in charms. Suspect any trouble or hindrance in their lives – either damage or quarrels in the family. Suspect even insistent gaze gesture neighbor. Menest them lest the evil eye? I did not walk with spells? Conversely, others smile. Refuses to believe that the devil has his force. The spell-works considered as superstitions, practices empirically, you do not need to be taken into account.
Although, as confessor, met the most disturbing cases, avoid talking in detail about them, about how they are doing and propagate the charms and spells. What interests him most and finds it more useful to people is that they know how difficult and terrible curse can work. He said the deep hatred or a fleeting moment of rage, curses shall commit an output threefold: by themselves, through the power of thought and negatively, especially by word. Father’s convinced that everything starts from the word, which is the Logos incarnate in history. I mean, God the Word, Jesus Christ. We live in a noisy world, a world of words said with or without balances. We take everything easy, chattering wanted and unwanted and not understand any utterance nor mystical force that triggered huge. We play with fire and not even suspect what a word thrown to the nerves or even one delivered at the icon. No need to curse anyone, but no laws you alone at the altar. If you do however, definitely need to, fulfill the covenant at any cost. It’s your covenant, to which no one forced you.
Father remembers one woman in Pitesti. He was very loyal and at one point came with many sacrifices in the Holy Land on Mount Eleon. There, at the Russian monastery of nuns, it was vowed to become a nun, enter the fog brides of Christ until the end of days. It did not, her mother being threatened that if one leaves, will commit suicide on the grave of her parents. Broke his covenant, believing that doing a good deed, and immediately became a nightmare her life – her family was shattered, a child died in an explosion burned and another committed suicide out of love. Unwittingly transgressed woman Saviour do not make vows to God. What it is yes be yes, what is not, not. “The word draws reality,” the father repeated several times, arguing those who take the word of God in the desert, playing with words and have no idea what fury upon them and attract others.
From experience so far, it can say that in all, the worst is the curse of the mother. Father remembers him, in the country, a woman scolded her son, and nerves cursed him to die alone, to see how hard it is to not have anyone around you. It did not take long and the boy went to the forest, rolling with the tractor. No matter how much he struggled, could not get out from under the weight of the tractor. They found dead after a few days. There was no fracture, the slightest blow. He died of hunger and fear. He died alone, crying assembly desperately for help. Parental curse is so powerful that it happens that seven priests nor does it absolve the first time. The remedy lies in the word all – in prayer, in the Psalms speaking, in repentance and confession. Nothing confessor say: “I committed all sins known and unknown. Untie me, Father.” Forgiveness to be complete, must pronounce every sin, to recognize speech what you did wrong and you press conscience.

Healing shrine made from St. Cyprian

In Zlatari church, people come and go late at night, to put the padlock on the door. Some meditate in silence the choir, others expect quiet place to confession. All have a problem and hope in the saint. A middle-aged woman is not afraid to tell when she came to Zlatari. The church was in “Darvari” and at one point he noticed that the icon of the Savior stared at it, and had a twinkle in the eye as tears. I thought that it was a mere imagination, changed its place, but the icon following her through the church. Disturbed, was seated to pray miracle-working icon of Virgin Mary, when, without warning, she punched near a neon so much that scared shrine priest came to see what happens. In a later he went home. Still hope that everything was a hallucination, a man feel tired, when a car was racing crazily up on the sidewalk, a little lacking to crush a pole. Moving away terrified of the crash site, he has made a few steps and immediately felt an invisible hand as a stop. In the next second, a giant turtur was detached from the roof and fell near his feet. At night, sleep will dream of a church altar, while a voice repeating the name of St. Cyprian. Now it can say that was a sign from above. A sign of hardening. Praying at the shrine of the saint in his family life and peace descended. Feels defended, and all her troubles related service and a legacy terribly confusing resolved as if by itself.
On entering the church, an old lady in mourning clothes stand guard as a humble, without moving. No begging, no hand stretches, but people give him some money, a bag of food. Accept any mercy, then, of gifts received, to help turn a sick who cares for many years. Her name is Maria and her humility canon of gratitude for all the straightening of her life received from St. Cyprian. It all started a few years ago, when her husband was a man who loved her and sat down, suddenly he began to beat wildly and give it out of the house. Maria and realized that something fishy is going on in the room when the doors opened again, as haunted by ghosts, and in front of the apartment could find all sorts of bad things handkerchiefs bloody claws chicken … not to lose temper . Praying and fasting, he made 40 days in a row akathist St. Cyprian and calling priest consecrated the house several times. Suddenly, things were quiet. Charms ended, growth has returned home even manos as before, and her daughter has accomplished great dream – to marry and emigrate to Canada.
Together, polluted, Sister Eugenia sit all the time. One find day by day, prayer book in hand, always repeating akathist saint and prayers of thanksgiving. Not afraid too hard to spell, but he knows well the power of evil. After 30 years, the daughter of a neighboring witch was in love with her brother, wanting to marry quickly. How brother and mother Eugenia parents have not agreed, the witch wanted revenge. From that moment, things began to go from bad to worse. At first, all animals died in the yard. He followed her father touched devilish charms and rituals with dolls pierced the heart. He died simply fading to his feet and without doctors realize what is happening. Grief, her mother fell ill. Then followed the serious illness of an uncle troubles dire brother, like a final, losing a house and swindled years in a row, so that prayer parent Argatu and work of St. Cyprian brought him inner peace and reconciliation family , so tried over the years.

Fight with the devil

It’s a lot of pain in Zlatari Church. Everyone has a story and tribulation or. There is no simple nor easy to listen to them without looking troubled. For nearly 20 years the parish church, Father Diaconescu hard to shy, but he also recognizes how hard it is, how some days returning home ravaged, wounded soul, and at night happens to have bad dreams. Cheer when he sees healing power of St. Cyprian, when people come to the altar to thank, but fighting is terrible and endless enemy. Unwittingly load the full ugliness of others lived with revenge and storms of unimaginable anxiety.
From what he saw and heard, the hardest spells are related to the dead: ties, nails, hair, torn pieces of clothing, earth from the grave. Then comes bits holy spells with fragments of icons, the relics of priestly garb. With a shadow of sadness in his eyes shows us the holy shrine, closed with two rows of keys. We then look toothless gaps iconostasis and ornaments from the sidelines, people breaking them into hiding or to introduce tickets or sawed using wood chips in spell-words or other debris.

Church treasure Zlatari

In the church of St. Cyprian, it is a vicious fight with the devil. I ask each parent to make them guess them in bits and gospel book with the key to open them or to tell them on Good Friday; others let all sorts of handkerchiefs in the Holy shrine at the entrance or near the altar. No matter what you thought people come to church, parents must treat them all the same – with love and understanding, without suspicion or judgment. He refused if things undue sky, but how can she and learn the true faith, advising them to remove the imaginations of the night and come to God, confident in the help and protection unabated. What is important is not to lose hope, says the father. Let us not delude ourselves that we will disenchant other spells. People running around the country and search for cure healing, attracted by the reputation of a hermitage, a spiritual elder, of an icon miracle, but it happens that the wonder and treasure healing to be just steps away from her – at Zlatari, the example. Forlorn and almost covered with blocks, goldsmiths Greek church stands as an invisible shield over the city and all those who suffer, full of abomination against linkages of spells and curses of all kinds. Little known, St. Cyprian unable to choose a more appropriate home – in the middle of Bucharest noisy, rushed, full of worries and bad thoughts.