Anna Abrikosova: A woman, a Russian, a Saint

July 23rd is the date of the death in a Soviet prison of Anna Abrikosova, whose beatification process started in 2005. Anna Abrikosova and her husband converted to Catholicism, foun Image via Wikipedia ded a parish of Eastern rite and a Dominican community. After the revolution, Anna gave a vow to sacrifice herself for saving Russia. Soon arrested, she suffered and died for her religious convictions and gave an astonishing example of holiness to the world. “Once, during an evening walk, they were visited by a strange vision. Looking at the sauntering public, instead of dolled up people they suddenly saw a crowd of skeletons, haphazardly covered with rags.” “Gradually the soul begins to recognize in itself the awakening of a new life: the consciousness that there is a God, and the craving for Him is a fiery and insatiable one.” “The Abrikosovs began to gather around themselves young girls, wishing to find souls that would be committed entirely to God. This first group became the nucleus of the future commune of Dominican sisters. On November, 7th 1917 the new government began its fight against religion and the physical des Lenin speaking in Moscow. Image via Wikipedia truction of believers.” “Mother Ekaterina and the sisters were certain that the Lord had accepted their vow of sacrifice for Russia, and they took their arrest and imprisonment as the answer to their vow and the mercy of God, Who gave them the happiness of growing accustomed to His cross of purifying suffering.” Watch a short video here: http://www.h2onews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19720&catid=48&Itemid=14

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