“The Lord miraculously brought me out of Protestantism”translated

This is what Tatyana Efremova says now. And indeed, tracing the course of events in her life, we can say that God carefully led, forcing Tatyana’s heart to look for the right path to Him.

– Until I was twenty, I lived in Kazakhstan. At that time, mostly communists lived there. The Orthodox church was located a thousand kilometers from our village, so I did not see a church, a priest, or a single baptism or funeral service. And, of course, she herself was also unbaptized. I came to Ulyanovsk to study, and a friend invited me to the night service on the holiday of the Nativity of Christ. Surprisingly, then the whole church took communion. And I took communion, being unbaptized and an unbeliever. I remember that it was after this that I had the desire to receive Baptism, although before that I kept saying: “In my old age I will have time. Now I’m young, I don’t have time and I’m not interested.” Another year after the first Liturgy I thought. And then we came to the church again with my friend, I was baptized. A friend became my godmother. The priest who baptized me said: “Now you need to come to confession and go to church more often.”

“Yes, definitely!” – I answered. And she didn’t cross the threshold of the church for almost thirty years. All these years I remembered the priest’s words, kept them...