СКІФСЬКІ ТА САРМАТСЬКІ НАЗВИ В УКРАЇНІ

СКІФСЬКА І САРМАТСЬКА ТОПОНІМІКА УКРАЇНИ.
Перелік скіфських топонімів складений на основі дігорського діалекту осетинської мови. Дігорський діалект - найближчий родич скіфської (сарматської)  мови. Дігорський діалект вважається найдревнішим варіантом осетинської мови (у порівнянні з іронським та кударським). Дігорська лексика майже ідентична яській (яси, сарматська людність в Угорщині, в землі Ясшаг). Яси - нащадки язигів, сарматського племені, що мешкало над Дністром і Прутом. Хоча яська мова вимерла, проте зберігся список яських слів. Читай: Яська мова.  Дігорсько-російський словник можна завантажити тут. Дігорський  словник.

Саме скіфсько-сарматські мовні риси відрізняють українську мову від російської. Скіфський фрикативний звук "г" (h) замінив в українській первинний словянський ґ (g), типове для польської і російської. Скіфське "h" увійшло теж в чеську, словацьку, верхньо-лужицьку (сорбську) та в західний діалект білоруської. "Г" (h) було характерне для всіх споріднених до скіфської мов (дігорського діалекту осетинської (пишеться в дігорській як (ГЪ), ягнобської / согдійської (ягнобською пишеться яке ғ), яської, памірських мов, пуштунської мови (в Афганістані). Поширення цього звуку у Чехо-Словаччині пояснюється міграцією сарматських племен на захід вздовж Карпат і Татр. Українська мова як і осетинська та скіфська є повноголосною (гОлова замість болг. глава, чЕрево замість рос. чрево, чОловік замість пол. чловєк), що надає їм співучості.

Зауважте теж, що козацький оклик "ГЕЙ" (Гей, гей!) має теж скіфське походження (від войовничих скіфів, сарматів, аланів), оскільки він типовий для дігорських (ново-скіфська мова) народних пісень і дум (ГЪЕЙ), рядки яких закінчують ті ж героїчні "гей, гей":

"Ес дуйнебæл берæ хуæрзтæ, ГЪЕЙ.
Берæ дессæгтæ, о, фал, ГЪЕЙ"

Звідси мабуть і чеське "AHOJ" (Привіт). До речі, чи не першим хто склав словник ягнобської мови був чеський вчений Любомир Новак.

Скіфські назви в Україні (власний аналіз / припущення):

ГАЛ - БИК, ВІЛ:
ГАЛич (Івано-Франківська)
ГАЛич (Підгаєцький)
ГАЛіївка (Чуднівський)
ГАЛичівка (Коропський)
ГАЛоч (Ужгородський)
ГАЛочі (Красноокнянський)
ГАЛівка (Старосамбірський)

ГАДА (Гъæдæ) - ЛІС, ДЕРЕВО / ГАДИН - ДЕРЕВ'ЯННИЙ:
ГАДяч (Полтавська)
ГАДяч (Харківська)
ГАДИНківці (Гусятинський)

АРТ - ВОГОНЬ / АРТА - ТРИ:
АРТАсів (Жовківський)
АРТищів (Городоцький)
АРТинськ (Олевський)
АРТирівка (Красноокнянський)
АРТюхівка (Зміївський)
АРТюхівка (Роменьский)
АРТюхове (Кролевецький)
АРТополот (Роменський - Лохвицький)
АРТополог (Чорнухинський)

ДАН - ДОН - ВОДА:
ВерДИН (Полтавська)
ДОНузлав (Крим)
ДУНай
ДОН
Сіверський ДОНець
ДНІПРО (ДАНапр = глибока вода)
ДНістер (ДАН-Істер =  Ріка Істер)
ДАНчиміст (Волинь)

КОЗО - ГРИБ:
КОЗОва (Тернопільська)
КОЗЯтин (Вінницька)

ЛУХ -ВПАДИНА / ЛУГОНД - РОЗРІЗАНИЙ / ЛУГАНАН - СОКИРА:
ЛУГАНськ (Луганська)

ЛАГАТ - ПЕЧЕРА:
ЛАГОДи (Полтавська)
ЛАГОДів (Львівська)
ЛАГОДівка (Полтавська, Миколаївська)

ЛАНЦАУ - ДОЛИНА, КОТЛОВИНА:
ЛАНЬЦут (Польща, Прикарпаття)

МАНАВА - пшениця:
МАНЕВЕ (Лановецький)
МАНЕВичі (Рівненська)
МАНВЕлівка (Васильківський)
МАНЯВА (Івано-Франківська)

САНА - ВИНО:
САНники (Мостиський)
САНжарівка (Артемівський)
Нові САНжари (Полтавська)
САНківці (Хотинський)

САКА (САГА) - коза / САКА, самоназва скіфів:
САКсагань (ріка, Дніпропетровська)
САКсагань (Пятихатський)
САКАлівка (Миргородський)
САГИ (Цюрупинський)
САГУнівка (Черкаський)
САКИ (Крим)

КАЗ - ГУСАК:
КАЗумин (Жовківський)

ФУС - ВІВЦЯ:
ФУСів (Сокальський)

БАЛІ - ВИШНЯ
БАЛІвка (Дінпропетровська)
БАЛІвка (Полтавська)
БАЛИн (Хмельницька, Вінницька)

БАХ - КІНЬ:
БАХів (Ковельський)
БАХмач (Чернігвська)
БАХани (Ріпкинський)
БАХтин (Харківська)
БАХтин (Вінницька)
БАХтинок (Вінницька)
БАХметівка (Харківська)

КЕНДЗЕ - ПАСТЕРНАК / КАНДЗАРТАС - ОРЕЛ:
КЕНДЗьор (українське прізвище)

КУБУР - ПАГОРБ, ГОРБ, ХОЛМ:
КУБАРеве (Сумська)

ГОГ - ГОРА:
ГОГОць (українське прізвище)
ГОГине (Харківська)

ХУСКА - СУХИЙ, ВИСОХЛИЙ:
ГУСКА (Малинський)

КУРАЙНА - яське МЛИН:
КУРЯНИ (Бережанський)
КУРЯНЦІ (Вінницька)
КУРЯНки (Хмельницька)

БАЗНА , БАЗНАК (БОЗНА, БОЗНАГ) - КАБАН, предмет вдячності (Базнуг, бознуг - дякую):
БАЗНИКівка (Бережанський)

СІК'Я - РІГ:
СИХів (Львів)

САУ - ЧОРНИЙ:
САУАР - мінеральне джерело, вода
САУРівка (Донецька)
САВУР Могила (Донецька)
САРи (Гадяцький)
САВРай (українське прізвище)

БАРДАР - ПОВЕЛИТЕЛЬ:
БАРДИ (Коростенський)

БАКАЛАН - ЗАТОКА:
БАКЛАНОВА Муравійка (Чернігівська)
БАКЛАНОве (Ніжинський)

БАЛАСА - ДЕРЕВО / БАЛАСГУН - ЛІСИСТИЙ:
БАЛАШівка (Рівненська, Чернігівська)
БАЛАШове (Одеська)
БАЛИЧі (Мостиський)
БАЛАХовичі  (Рівненська)

БАРЗОНД - ВИСОКИЙ:
БЕРЕЖАНи (Тернопільська)

БОР - ЖОВТИЙ:
БОРжава (Закарпаття)
БОРзова (Волинь)
БОРбин (Рівненська)
БОРатин (Львівська)

НАФ - ангел-охоронець села:
НАФтулівка (Хмельницька)

НАЗУ - ЯЛИНКА:
НАЗІрна (Коломийський)

МАГУР - БІДНИЙ:
МАГУРа (гора, Карпати)

МЕТ - СНІГ:
МЕТків (Рівненська)
МЕТельне (Ківерцівський)

МЕТІН - СНІЖНИЙ:
МЕТенів (Зборівський)
МЕТАНівка (Вінницька)

МОСТ - СТОДОЛА, ТІК:
МОСТИська (Львівська, порівн. МОСТИздах, село в Дігорії / Осетії)

МУД - МЕД:
МУДре (Варвинський)

САБУР - ТИХИЙ
САБАРівка (Оратівський, Вінницька)

САР - ГОЛОВА / САРНІВОНД - ПОЖЕРТВА:
Саражинка, Саражинці, Сарата, Сарнавщина
Сарни (Монастирищенський)
Сарни (Яворівський)
Сарники, Сарнів
Сарнівка (Жовківський )
Сарнівка (Луцький)
Сарнівка (Олевський)
Сарнівка (Романівський)
Сарновичі

ХУСТ - СОН, ЛЕЖАННЯ, ЗГАСЛИЙ, ПОТУХЛИЙ:
ХУСТ (Закарпатська)

ХОРЗ - ДОБРИЙ / ХОР сонце / Хорс, скіфсько-словянський божок:
ХОРОШІВ (Хмельницька)
ХОРОШИЙ (укр. слово)
ХОРОШЕ (укр. слово)
ХОРол (Полтавська)
ХОРОСна (Івано-Франківська)
КОРСунь
ХОРОСтків
Біла ХОРватія (Галичина)

ХАЗАР (КАЗАР) - ДОРОГИЙ, ЦІННИЙ:
ХАЗАРІЯ (країна)

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Скіфські / дігорсько-осетинськогі слова споріднені з українськими:

укр. - скіф.:

ГАЛАС (шум) - ГАЛАС (горло, рот, глотка) / ГАЛАГАСА (телепень)


Укр. ГАЙДА! мабуть походить від скіфського / дігорсько-осетинського:
ГАЙДА! Давай! ГАЙДА-ГА! Ось тобі! А ну давай!


Укр. ГАЙТА! (звертання до коней) мабуть походить від скіфського / дігорсько-осетинського:
ГАЙТТ! Ну! А ну! Живо!

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м. ВАРВА (Чернігівська) - скіфське СТЕРВЯТНИК (Птах)

ЯТРА (скіфське, авестійське / санскрит) - подорож, процесія, проща (до "священних" місць злиття річок, релігійний святинь тощо):

ріка ЯТРАНЬ (Черкаська, Кіровоградська)
с. ЯТРАНІВКА (Уманський)
с. ЯТРАНЬ (Кіровоградська)

ЗА ТИЩЕНКОМ (читай "Відкриття професора Тищенка"):

АВЕСТА (священна книга Зороастризму, релігія скіфів):

р. ОБЕСТА
ОПАЧИЧІ (Київська)
ОПЕЧЕНЬ (Київ)
ОПІШНЯ (Полтавська)
ОБИЧІВ (Чернігівська)
ОБИЧ (Тернопільська)

РЕМУЗД (ішкашимське (скіфське) СОНЦЕ):

РЕМЕЗівці (Золочівський, Львівська)
ДеРЕМЕЗна (Обухівський)

ЗАРВАН (божок часу у скіфів, звідси течія "зарванізм" у зороастризмі):

ЗАРВАНиця (Тернопільська)

ДРИГИ / ДРІГУ - побожний зороастрієць-скіф:

ДРИГИ - ятвязька (балтійська) назва київських словян
ДРЕГОвичі - українське племя регіону Полісся
НеДРИГАйлів (кол. ДРИГАлів)
ДРИЖина Гребля (Полтавська)
р. ДРИГАлів / ДРИГайлиха (Полтавська)
р. ДРИЖава (Чернігівська)
р. ДРИЖина (Івано-Франківська)
р. ДРИХАлів (Івано-Франківська)
ДРИГлів (Чудінвський)

ДРИГА (українське скіфське прізвище, побожний зороастрієць)

ПИРЕТЕЇ - священні ділянки з жертівсниками (скіфів-зороастрійців):
ПИРЕТИ - маги-скіфи:

ПИРЯТИН (Полтавська)
ПИРАТИН (Жовківський, Львівська)
ПИРАТИН (Радехівський, Львівська)
ПИРЯТИНЩИНА (Гадяцький)
ПИЛЯТИН (Чернігвіська)
ПИРОТчине (Кролевецький, Сумська)

ШАХПУР (перський цар, що канонізував текси Авести):

САМБІР
САМБУРКИ
ШУПАРКА
ШУМБАР
р. ШОПУРКА

КАРАПАНИ - жерці у скіфів і древніх іранців:

КАРАБАНИ (Новгород-Сіверський)
КАРАБАНОве (Одеська)
КАРАБИНІвка (Носівський / Чернігівська)
КАРАБИНІвка (Павлоградський)
КАРАБАЧИН (Житомирська)

САОША - Месія:

СУШНО (Радехівський)

Українські прізвища, що походять від скіфських карапанів (жерців):

КАРАБАН
КАРАБАНИК
КОРБАН
КОРПАН

ПАРФІЯ (зороастрійська іранська держава):

ПОЛТАВА (Партава)

Прізвища ПАРФ (ПАРХ) "Скіф-парфянин" :

ПАРХоменко
ПОРОШенко

САКА ПАРАДРІЯ - ЗАМОРСЬКИЙ СКІФ:

Українські прізвища що походять від назви скіфів "Сака Парадрія":

ПЕРЕДЕРІЙ
ПЕРЕДЕРІЄНКО
ПЕРЕДРІЄНКО
САК
САКІВ
САКІЄНКО
САЧУК

Детальніше читайте на УНІАН:http://www.unian.ua/politics/223820-vidkrittya-profesora-tischenka-nashi-predki-znali-zaratustru.htmlДавні іранські слова в українській і словянських мовах (за Тищенком):

укр. / пол.:

БОГ  / BÓG
ХВАЛА / CHWALA
РАЙ / RAJ ----- НаРАЇв (Тернопільська) / РАЙ, РАГА - стара назва м. ТЕГЕРАН
МУЖ / MAZ
СИНІЙ / SINI
ГАДАТИ / GADAC
КАЯТИСЯ / KAJAC SIE
ЗАРАДИ / ZARADI (серб.хорв)
ТЕМРЯВА
ХАТА / CHATA
СТО / STO
ЯЩІР / JASZCZUR
ВОЛОС / WLOS

ДНІПРО, ДОН, ДНІСТЕР, ОБ

ПІЗНІШІ ІРАНСЬКІ (СКІФСЬКІ) СЛОВА В УКРАЇНСЬКІЙ МОВІ. ЦИХ СЛІВ УЖЕ НЕ ЗНАЙДЕТЕ В РОСІЙСЬКІЙ МОВІ:

ОШАТНИЙ (здається лише в укр.)

ПОЧВАРА, ПОТВОРА / пол. POTWOR
ЗБІЖЖЯ / пол. ZBOZE
КАТ / пол. KAT
ДБАТИ / пол. DBAC
ТРИВАТИ / пол. TRWAC
БАЧИТИ / пол. PATRZEC
ЖВАВИЙ / пол. ZWAWY
БО / пол. BO
ПАТРУВАТИ (пильнувати)
РАРІГ / пол. RAROG
ДЖУРА
ШАРОВАРИ
ХАТА в значенні "МОГИЛА" в Подільській говірці / Вінниччина (звідси укр. ДОМОВИНА)
ХАТКИ в значенні "кладовище, цвинтар" (в Подільській говірці / Вінниччина)

Звідси скіфськими словами є такі широко вживані фрази як До ПоБАЧЕННЯ! і ТелеБАЧЕННЯ.

Скіфське G(A)U - PANA - ОБЕРІГАЧ ХУДОБИ, ЧАБАН (шанована скіфська професія) дало:

ПАН, ПАНИ, ПАНОВЕ, ПАНСТВО (укр., пол., біл., чес., слов., в.луж., н.луж.)
ЖУПАН (хорв., слов.)

Назва БІЛІ ХОРВАТИ (КАРПАТСЬКІ ГОРВАТИ) - "ГАЛИЧАНИ" (західно українське літописне племя, головними містами якого, за Леонтієм Войтовичом, були Галич, Теребовля, Звенигород, Перемишль, Стільськ) походить від:

HOR-VATAE - Післанці сонця (TAE (Ти) - закінчення множини в дігорсько-осетинській (ново-скіфській) мові. Напр.: Арс - ведмідь / Аерситае - ведмеді.

З вище наведеного можна зробити висновок що скіфсько-сарматські племена (разом зі скіфською мовою) мали значний вплив на формування української мови, народу та його культури. Виявляється що речі, які ми вважаємо чисто українськими, так протиставляючи українське і скіфське До ПоБАЧЕННЯ російсько-польському і словянському До СВІДАНІЮ / До ВІДЗЕНЯ (видеть - словянське / бачити - скіфське), скіфського ПАНА - словянському ГАСПОДІНУ, скіфські ШАРОВАРИ скажімо тій ж російській КОСОВОРОТЦІ, мають насправді древнє скіфське походження, адже Велика Скіфія (літописна Велика Скуфь, до якої літописець відносив подільських тиверців і наддніпрянських уличів) знаходилась в Україні. А це спадщина як сягає 7 століття до нашої ери! Скіфи жили в Україні між 7 ст. до н.е. по 3 ст. н.е. і згадуються навіть у Біблії.

Religious drawings

Posting and sharing with you the next set of my pencil and pen drawings. Enjoy!

Jesus with crown of thorns

Jesus, another reedited version of same drawing

That is how it looked like when I drew it. Pencil.

Rabbi Nachman of Uman, popular Jewish Hasidic tzaddik from Ukraine.

Pen drawing based on dream vision of A. Biton, Breslov follower

Drawing of Rabbi Nachman of Uman (Bratslav) with his quote

Rabbi Nachman drawing with his quote

Wisdom of Rabbi Nachman of Uman

Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) of Myra / Bari. Pen drawing of mine reedited.

Saint Nicholas of Myra. Black pen.

Saint Nicholas of Myra. Pen drawing of mine reedited.

Archangel Raphael and Tobias with curing fish. Pencil drawing of mine.

Archangel Raphael and Tobias. Pencil. Yet another reedit.

Archangel Raphael and Tobias (Book of Tobit). Pencil. Third reedit attempt.

The blessing of Jesus. Pencil drawing of mine reedited. 

Outside of Buchach in west Ukraine, there is a monument of Jesus in blessing position. I used that photo monument as a sample to draw this. But I added some new features of mine here.

The blessing of Jesus, My pencil drawing after applying "pastels effect" in Photoshop.

"Colourized version" (in Photoshop) of my drawing of Jesus.

+ PEACE BE WITH YOU! GOD BLESS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS 2014 / 15! +

Pen and pencil art

Sharing with you another set of my drawings. I used either pen or pencil. After drawing and scanning I reedit contrasts and sometimes add some colours in Photoshop or Photoscape.

My pencil portrait of Meghan Trainor, American singer.

Drawing of Meghan Trainor. Pencil.

Penguin. Pencil. Slightly reedited in Photoshop.

Penguin. Pencil drawing of mine.

Puffin drawing. Pencil reedited in Photoshop.

Puffin. Pencil drawing of mine. Used a photo of a puffin from Vestamaneyjar islands (in Iceland) to draw this. Puffin is a symbol of Iceland.

Icelandic seal. If you are lucky, you can see seals right in Reykjavik straight in the sea in wild setting. I saw once at least. Pencil drawing of mine.

Ukrainian cossack with bandura. Pencil drawing. I was in fact using the photo of Ostap Kibdrachuk, Ukrainian bard to draw this.

Pencil drawing of Ukrainian cossack playing bandura. Yet another version.

Archangel Michael. Pen drawing with Biblical quote.

Archangel Michael. Pen drawing of mine in traditional Byzantine style.

Archangel Michael. Pencil. This drawing is based on the small Orthodox icon.

The Divine Liturgy. Pen drawing of mine. I depicted the moment when the priest lifts the Holy Gifts and says "For all and everything, we bring to You".

Mary - spring of the New Covenant. Pen. This drawing is based on a sculpture that is in the Catholic Cathedral of Stanislau Kostka in Chicago.

My drawings of Jesus

Recently I have started drawing. In my younger years I finished children youth school but since I havent drawn much. Here I am sharing with you my drawings of Jesus.

1. Jesus, the Good Shepherd. Pencil. 

2. Same drawing of mine, reedited and with Bible quote

3. Yet another version of the same drawing 

4. Face of Jesus. Black pen. I used an Orthodox icon (that I have at home) to draw this.

5. Same pen drawing of mine with a Bible quote and different background.

6. Yet another version with a different quote

7. Jesus Christ with a thorn wreath. Pen drawing of mine. Just with a normal black ball ink.

8. The Look of Jesus. Pen drawing of mine. 

9. My drawing of Jesus with Bible quote

10. Jesus with a lifted blessing Hand. Pencil. My drawing too.

I would appreciate your feedback. God Bless you and your family:) Greetings from Iceland!

On Prayer

Prayer can do miracles and it in fact does them. If God or some angel would disclose you all the effects prayer has upon the events or people in your life, you wouldnt have stopped praying. There are no coincidences in life. We get what we deserve or what God thinks what is beneficial to our souls, though it might be a painful medicine. God is like a Great Surgeon, who wishes only the good. There is no evil in God as He is only Love.

I noticed that if I pray before sleep I also sleep and rest better. Life without prayer is a nightmare - it is as walking in darkness not knowing where is the next pitfall. Without God, without prayer you set your life, health at a great risk - its like living at the mercy of the devil, who has no mercy as there is no goodness in him.

Christian shoud address God every morning and night. Once you wake up make a sign of the cross over yourself, recite the "Prayer of Optina elders", which is a blessing prayer for the day. One should know it by heart, as I for example, use it daily in Ukrainian. It is very much used in the Orthodox Christian Church. It is included in all prayer books. It sounds the following:

"Grant unto me, O Lord, that with peace of mind I may face all that this new day is to bring.
Grant unto me to dedicate myself completely to Thy Holy Will.
For every hour of this day, instruct and support me in all things.
Whatsoever tidings I may receive during the day, do Thou teach me to accept tranquilly, in the firm conviction that all eventualities fulfill Thy Holy Will.
Govern Thou my thoughts and feelings in all I do and say.
When things unforeseen occur , let me not forget that all cometh down from Thee.
Teach me to behave sincerely and rationally toward every member of my family, that I may bring confusion and sorrow to none.
Bestow upon me, my Lord, strength to endure the fatigue of the day, and to bear my part in all its passing events.
Guide Thou my will and teach me to pray, to believe, to hope, to suffer, to forgive, and to love.
Amen"

Before you fall asleep you should make sign of cross over yourself and say "In Thine Hands I give over my spirit O, Lord". Falling asleep is a sort of a "little death". Our spirit does leave or better to say "releases" the body during sleep but not alltogether and because of that we are more vulnerable to the external influences and need Divine protection. Thats why even if your are sleepy and tired, try to say at least the basic prayers (as Our Father, Ave Maria, Heavenly King, ask for sins forgiveness) or in general address God with your own words as you can. If you are not tired and have time and the necessary moment of silence, light the candle before the Icon of Christ or Mary or the Crucifix and say all the night prayers from prayerbook (good to know them by heart) and also pray with your own words too. Prayer with your own words is important as it comes straight from your heart and God values such prayers a lot. You can also recite couple of psalms. Genuflection (making knee bowings or prostrations) at the end of prayer is important. It is a sign of our respect and gratitude towards God who is the Superior Master over all creatures, who granted us life and everything we have in life, as nothing happens without His Will or Permission on this earth.

Ukrainian Orthodox prayer book

As far as prayer book is concerned - get yourself Orthodox prayer book (this is the best on my opinion) in your own language or Catholic prayer book (if you are Catholic). Any Christian living the modern western world should be well versed in both Christian traditions - eastern and western (I add even Jewish one) and get "the best pearls" out of all for your own spiritual benefit. Synchretism can be dangerous, I agree but if you have some education, knowledge of Christianity, have faith and reasoning you can find your safe way. I for example, use even Latin prayers like Salve Regina or Ave Regina (learned them by heart) or Hebrew ones (like Avinu Malkeinu or Christian prayers or psalms in Hebrew as Simkhi Miriam, Aveinu she be Shemaim, Esa einai el heharim...) though I am with the Orthodox Church. Its your personal choice how you wish to pray or praise God and Christ. It depends very much upon your cultural background or ethnicity. Good to have Holy Water (I usually get it in January from the Church, when waters are blessed on the day of the Baptism of Christ, get some 2-3 liters to be blessed then) and drink a glass of Holy Water once in a while.

Taking a regular Holy Communion in the Orthodox Church (I would recommend at least twice a month) will help you to pray. You will see that its much easier to make your pray (and to maintain spiritual life) after the Holy Communion (its a great relief for the soul as a Drop of Christ´s Sacrificial Blood purifies your entire being, depression (which is basically a "sin burden") goes away, you feel like you loose 20 kg) than if you dont take it for a long time.

Prayer and the Holy Communion will make your life safer. That I can reassure you in that!

On the value of Psalms

The Word of God is a sword. So says apostle Paul in the New Testament. The Biblical Psalms are the Word of God as David spoke them through the Holy Spirit. Psalms are widely used in the Christian and Jewish liturgies and daily prayers. They are in every prayer book. The saints said that reciting psalms chases away the devils. Psalm recitation is a fiery spiritual sword that every Christian should use. They bear in themselves incredible power and spiritual healing, which if used can bring much benefit to the soul.

Years ago, I started learning psalms by heart. Its is also a good memory training. Spend 2-3 hours to learn one psalms by heart. then repeat it next day and so the day after and again after a few days and you will have it until the rest of your life repeating once in a while. It is not hard to learn 20 or 30 psalms by heart as it seems. You just need to invest time in that. Repetition is very important to have them stay in your mind. The more often you recite a psalm the more firmly you memorize it after your learned it once. Choose the psalms you like the most. usually there is plenty of time for their recitation - you can do it while you drive a car. In some 20 minutes of driving you can recite a dozen of psalms. Wherever you are working or waiting and there is no one to to disturb you you can recite psalms. The effect is tremendous. It is far more beneficial than any anti-depression drug (luckily never had to use it in my life). Human soul needs the word of God. It is spiritual bread. It is important to glorify God on daily basis. Somewhere I read that those who dont praise God in this life will have their tongue pierced in the afterlife. We dont bring material burning sacrifices to God as they did in the old days. But praising of God is a sacrifice! It is as a well pleasing incense before God. We leave in a dangerous world. There are spiritual traps all over in modern life. We walk through the shadow of death. Life is a great challenge. Get yourself the spiritual sword. And these are the psalms that come from your heart and mouth that was created to praise God eternally.

Psalm 150 (the last one in the Book of Psalms "Praise God in His sanctuary...praise God with the sound of shofar (trumpet) is a wonderful praise of God one should recite daily. Jews recite it during every morning prayer.

I learn psalms in Ukrainian. It is my native language. I did also learn a dozen of psalms in Hebrew. In the apocalypse of St. Peter (apocrypha) it says "Hebrew is the language of God and Angels". It is a sacred language, the language of the Bible and Holy Scripture, the language of Moses of Jesus, the Son of God (Jesus did spoke Hebrew as it was the language of the temple, the Holy Writings, of prayers in His time, as it always has been a sacred language among the Jews, though in daily life they might have used other vernacular be it Aramaic or Sephardi). But unless you studied Hebrew before it will be hard for you to learn psalm in Hebrew, especially if you dont know the rules of pronunciation or accent fall. So first of all learn psalms by heart in your own native language. You need just Bible for that.

Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd" (Adonai Roi) 

is one of the first psalms any Christian should learn. It is a must!

May God bless you in this effort!

Prophecies about Ukraine and the world (II) by Lela Kakulia

Lela Kakulia is famous Georgian prophet and unusual phenomenon. All know of her in Georgia. Her prohecies do come true. Here are some quotes from her prophecies as far as Ukraine is concerned from book "New Word. Volume I":


"THE RUSSIAN - UKRAINIAN WAR IS INEVITABLE." - March 22, 1992 (Prophecy fulfilled in 2014)

"GREAT UNREST STARTS IN KAZAKHSTAN. THEIR IMAM - A PERSONFICATION OF THE ANTICHRIST - APPEARS; (KAZAKH) PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW HIM. THE CONTACT (OF KAZAKHSTAN) WITH RUSSIA BREAKS UP. A GREAT WAR, BLOODSHED." - March 22, 1992

Ukrainian - Russian war in east Ukraine, 2014

"A RUSSIAN - UKRAINIAN WAR IS INEVITABLE. GREAT DESTRUCTION, BLOOD. RUSSIA TAKES ROLE OF A COLONIZER AND INVADES UKRAINE." - April 10, 1992 (Prophecy fulfilled in 2014)

"WE SEE RUSSIA IN DEADLOCK. GOD PAYS THEM BACK. WARS IN KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN, WAR WITH UKRAINE, WAR IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS. RUSSIA HAS DUG ITS GRAVE WITH ITS OWN HANDS. MY PREDICTIONS MADE IN 1987 WILL COME TRUE." -- July 12, 1993, 12:00 PM

"UKRAINE WILL BECOME A GREAT FRIEND OF GEORGIA. THEY RELY ON THE (GEORGIAN) PRESIDENT VERY MUCH. THE TIME WILL COME WHEN (GEORGIAN) PRESIDENT WILL HELP UKRAINE WIN A POLITICAL WAR AGAINST RUSSIA AND DRAW IT OUT OF A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION." - July 25, 1992

"WE SEE A BIG CLASH BETWEEN NATO AND THE MUSLIM TROOPS...WE SEE THE EARTH BURNING UNDER THE BLOODY LIGHT OF A (MUSLIM) CRESCENT)". - August 5, 1993

"CIS IS A TEMPORARY FORMATION; IT WILL SOON BREAK UP." - September 26, 1993 (Prophecy is coming true, Georgia left CIS, Ukraine is leaving it too)

"THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR WILL SHAKE THE WORLD, BUT IT WON´T SHAKE GEORGIA. RUSSIA WILL REAP MORE TOLLS THAN IT HAS SOWN IN GEORGIA" - September 26, 1993 (Prophecy is getting fulfilled from 2014)

"LORD, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 29-30? UKRAINE IS ALREADY RIPE AND READY FOR WAR, WHILE MOSCOW IS WEAKENED. NOW EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON TIME." - September 26, 1993 (Prophecy fulfilled 11 years later)

"THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR IS INEVITABLE! THERE ARE CONTRADICTIONS THAT RUSSIA IS CONCEALING. THEY DONT ANNOUNCE ANY NEWS ABOUT ANY GRAVE TENSION. THERE ARE NO NORMAL AGREEMENTS (PSEUDOAGREEMENTS). EVERYTHING IS ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE. ZHIRINOVSKY STARTS THE BIGGEST GAME. HE WILL CONCEAL HIS OWN IDEAS AND WILL UNEXPECTEDLY START TO PLAY THE ROLE OF GREAT DEMOCRAT. HE WILL START WORKING ABROAD BUT WILL PLAY THE MAJOR PART IN A TENSION WITH UKRAINE. HE WILL SECRETLY DIG OUT EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING." - December 28, 1993

Russian army invades Ukraine (2014)

Lela Kakulia prophecy fulfilled

"THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IS INEVITABLE!. RUSSIA WILL SEIZE UKRAINE, BELARUS, SIBERIA AND OTHERS. SO FOR RUSSIA, IT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP TERRITORY OF THE SOVIET UNION. CIS MUSLIMS WILL SLIP OUT FROM THEIR HANDS (GEORGIAN IN THE FIRST PLACE). AS I NOTED BEFORE, THE NORTH CAUCASUS WILL BE CLOSED (THIS IS THEIR NORTHERN BOUNDARY). THEY SEEM TO WAIT FOR UKRAINE TO MAKE A DECISION AND OBEY LIKE BELARUSSIA DID. RUSSIA WILL GIVE UP EVERYTHING EXCEPT UKRAINE. GREAT RUSSIA TAKES ITS START FROM KIEV´S RUS. RUSSIA WILL HAVE STRONG CLAIMS REGARDING BOUNDARIES. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER...UKRAINE IS STRONG. SURPRISES FOR RUSSIANS. RUSSIA WILL SPEND A LOT OF TIME FOR UKRAINE (GEORGIA WILL BE THROUGH). FINALLY RUSSIA WILL LOSE UKRAINE." - July 4, 1994 2:00 Tbilisi (Prophecy is coming true in 2014)

Lela Kakulia: "RUSSIA WILL GET TERRIBLE BLOWS FROM MUSLIMS. GOD WHIPS THE RUSSIANS FOR THEY DEFILE GEORGIA AND THE CHRISTIAN CROSS!" 

- Prophecy is being fulfilled

"RUSSIA WILL GET TERRIBLE BLOWS FROM MUSLIMS. GOD WHIPS THE RUSSIANS FOR THEY DEFILE GEORGIA AND THE CHRISTIAN CROSS...THE MUSLIMS LOOK AS IF THEY WILL OVERTAKE THE WHOLE WESTERN EUROPE DURING III WORLD WAR. GERMANY WILL BE SAFE. FRANCE WILL OVERCOME GREAT DIFFICULTIES (THE EIFFEL TOWER IS NEARLY DESTROYED). BATTLES (BY MUSLIMS) IN MOSCOW! EVERYTING WILL BE DESTROYED. WE SEE THERE COME A TIME WHEN THE WHOLE RED SQUARE WILL BE FLUSHED WITH BLOOD. MOSCOW (AS WE ALWAYS HAVE SEEN) IS THE CENTER OF BLACK MAGIC ON EARTH! EXACTLY HERE IN MOSCOW, ON RED SQUARE, THE LAME MAN WILL BE ASSASSINATED, THE DEVIL WEARING THE RED HAT - THE MASTER OF BLACK FORCES; WHO WILL BE THE ONE TO START THE III WORLD WAR." - July 25, 1994

UNEXPECTEDLY, UKRAINE WILL AGAIN STEP OUT OF ITS CLAIMS AGAINST RUSSIA. UKRAINE HAS EVEN BEEN STOPPED BEFORE BY AMERICA, BUT NOW WE SEE THAT UKRAINE HAS WAGED A WAR AGAINST RUSSIA. ALL WILL RISE UP AGAINST RUSSIA. RUSSIA WILL BE CONFRONTED BY SO MANY BEATEN COUNTRIES THEY WILL BE SURPRISED THEMSELVES. IF RUSSIA HAD NOT ACTED AS A COLONIZER AND DINT NOT DISGUISE FORMER SOVIET COUNTRIES; ALL WOULD HAVE GONE IN ANOTHER WAY...THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE WILL SEE ITS COLLAPSE, LIKE THE ROMAN EMPIRE. THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WILL NOT LAST FOR A LONG TIME; THIS WILL BE A BRIEF WAR. AMERICA WILL BE INVOLVED; AS WELL AS THE UN, AND ALL WILL COME TO AN END." -- March 14, 1995 (Prophecy is coming true in 2014!)

"AMERICAN PRESIDENT (OBAMA?) WILL BE MURDERED! THERE IS A RED CROSS - BLOOD COLORED." - April 11, 1995

Cauicasian muslims from Dagestan do terrorist attack in Russia 

Bombings in Volgograd, January 2014 

"Russia will be destroyed by Muslims" - Lela Kakulia, 1995

"THE MUSLIMS FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES WILL HOLD MEETINGS IN IRAN. THEN THEY WILL COME WITH SWORD AND FIRE. THE MISTAKES MADE BY RUSSIA ARE HOPELESS. RUSSIA WILL BE DESTROYED. CHECHNIA WILL BE ROOTED OUT. THERE ARE WARS BETWEEN MONGOLIA AND CHINA, ALSO A WAR IN ISRAEL; THERE IS BLOOD EVERYWHERE - BLOOD COVERS THE WHOLE MAP! -- April 11, 1995

"ARMENIA AND THE ARMENIANS WILL NOT EXIST - THEY WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE MUSLIMS!" - August 11, 1995

"UKRAINE HAS A STRONG FLEET. RUSSIA FAILS TO TAKE AWAY CRIMEA FROM UKRAINE. RUSSIA WILL NEVER RULE ON THE BLACK SEA! - June 15, 1996

"UKRAINE WILL STAND BESIDE GEORGIA WITH ENORMOUS HELP" - October 9, 1996

UKRAINE WILL ESTABLISH FIRM CONTACT WITH GEORGIA - NO ONE WILL ASK RUSSIA...UKRAINE WILL BECOME A GREAT PARTNER OF GEORGIA ON THE BLACK SEA." November 26, 1996

"THE ISSUE ON THE THE BLACK SEA WILL BE AGGRAVATED. WE SEE A GREAT CONFRONTATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. NEITHER ANALYSIS WILL HELP, AS IT WILL COME TRUE NO MATTER WHAT THEY WILL DO. THERE IS A SHORT TIME TO GO, YOU WILL SEE!"- December 19, 1996

"THE RUSSIAN ARMY WILL GROW WEAK IN THE FUTURE.." - May 25, 1997

"THE BLACK SEA WILL FALL INTO THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. WE SEE THE MARCH OF SHIPS. UKRAINE! THE SHIPS ARE ADVANCING INTO POTI - THE ARE SEVERAL MILITARY SHIPS. WE SEE NEGOTIATIONS OVER THIS MATTER WITH UKRAINE...WE SEE THAT GEORGIA AND UKRAINE WILL JOIN THEIR FORCES ON THE BLACK SEA. THIS IS THE END OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET ON THE BLACK SEA. RUSSIA IS HELPLESS THERE. THE JOINT FLEET OF GEORGIA AND UKRAINE IS AS MUCH POWERFUL AS THAT OF RUSSIA AND WILL BE CAPABLE TO COMBAT RUSSIA IN THE FUTURE..." - May 27, 1997

"GEORGIA FOLLOWS THE COURSE TOWARD NATO; WE JOIN NATO....UKRAINE STANDS BESIDE IN ANY WAY. WE SEE THAT SPARKLING DUET OF UKRAINE AND GEORGIA WILL APPEAR ON THE BLACK SEA.." July 22, 1997

"THE DON COSSACKS WILL RISE UP..." August 4, 1997

"THERE WILL BE GREAT FIRE GETTING UP IN DAGESTAN. THIS IS THE FIRE THAT WILL BURN RUSSIA." - August 10, 1997

"WE SEE THE DEATH OF SADDAM HUSSEIN IN THE FUTURE. THE AMERICANS WILL BRING HIM DOWN. HE HAS BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS ENENMY - USELESS, AND THIS FACT WILL MAKE MUSLIMS JOIN THEIR FORCES, AND THE THIRD WORLD WAR WILL START...THE MUSLIMS WILL MOVE LIKE AN OVERFLOOD RIVER AND SWEEP AWAY EVERYTHING IN THEIR WAY. WE SEE THE LAND OF RUSSIA IS COLORED IN BLACK AS THE MUSLIMS ADVANCE. MANY CITIES AND VILLAGES WILL DISAPPEAR. MANY, YOUNG AND OLD, WILL BE KILLED WHERE? WHICH WAY? ALMOST EVERYWHERE! BUT THERE ARE PLACES ON EARTH MARKED BY GOD (Previously she mentioned Georgia to be such a refuge place). I KNOW, BUT WILL NOT TELL YET!" - November 11, 1997 (Prophecy is being fulfilled a decade later: Americans invaded Iraq, Saddam was executed (2004), extremist muslims (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria on the rise)

"THERE WILL BE A DISCORD (OF RUSSIA) WITH UKRAINE, AND THIS TIME IT WILL TURN TO A VERY SERIOUS ONE. WE SEE THAT THE POLICY OF RUSSIA WILL FACE A GREAT COLLAPSE." September 10, 1998, Kojori

"PUTIN IS TEMPORAL FIGURE, BUT WE SEE THAT HE IS RULING RUSSIA OVER CERTAIN PERIOD OD TIME IN THE FUTURE. HE HAS A STRONG TEAM SUPPORTING HIM, AMONG HIS SUPPORTERS, THERE ARE ALSO BUSINESSMEN WHO GAINED STRENGTH AND MONEY IN THE PAST..." -- October 5, 1999 (Prophecy fulfilled - Putin became president next year (2000 - 2008 and 2012 - ongoing)

"PUTIN WILL FAIL TO REGULATE THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN RUSSIA. HE IS RATHER BRAINLESS AND THEREFORE DANGEROUS...PUTIN WILL BE ASSASSINATED BY THE MUSLIMS. WE SEE THIS BY 100 PERCENT. WE DO NOT TELL TIME BUT IT WILL COME TRUE AS WE TELL. BLACK ENERGIES OF IMMENSE SIZE WILL START MOVING FROM CHECHNIA AND RUSSIA CANNOT OUTSTAY THE MUSLIMS!" January 4, 2000

"THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA PUTIN IS PREDESTINED; HIS POLITICS WILL NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS AS HE IS NOT A POLITICIAN BUT RATHER A WARRIOR. HE WILL ALWAYS TURN A DEAF EAR TO ANYONE´S ADVISE. HE IS REAL DICTATOR. PUTIN WILL FRUSTRATE AMERICA AND EUROPE; HE WILL LOSE MODESTY AND GAIN MANY ENEMIES. THERE IS A DORMANT SATAN INSIDE THIS PERSON...HE WILL NEVER END THE WAR; HE APPEARS TO BE FOND OF WARS!...PUTIN´S IMAGINARY FACE AND DECENT APPEARANCE MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE MANY DEVILS COVERED WITH THE SKIN OF SHEEP. I REITERATE HE WILL BE ASSASSINATED BY THE MUSLIMS. PUTIN WILL HAVE BIG DIFFICULTIES WITH CHINA AND JAPAN CONCERNING THE TERRITORIES ABOUT WHICH I HAD PREDICTED IN 1992 - 1993. THIS IS FATE." March 21, 2000 (Prophecy largely fulfilled, Putin´s conflict with China and Japan still to come true...)

"WE FORESEE THAT THE USA AND ENGLAND ARE CONTROLLING THE WORLD ECONOMY. TODAY, RUSSIA AND EUROPE THINK OTHERWISE BUT IT WILL BE THIS WAY...THE USA PROTECTS GEORGIA TO THE END.." -- March 30, 2003

"UKRAINE WILL GET TENSE. WE FORESEE BLOOD, AND THERE WILL BE SEVERE ATTACKS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT MAKE CONCESSIONS TO KMARELEBI, THE OPPOSITION. GEORGIA IS A SAMPLE FOR THEM AND THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT LET "THE BOYS LOOSE". 1937 STARTS IN UKRAINE AS WELL. SEVERE FAILURE, CLASHES, BUT SEVERE BAD LUCK." -- October 26, 2004 Lake of Turtle

"WE FORESEE THAT IN UKRAINE THE OPPOSITION WILL LOSE. YUSHCHENKO WILL NOT BECOME PRESIDENT. WE FORESEE THAT YANUKOVYCH WILL BECOME PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE" -- November 3, 2004 (Yanukovych was indeed declared to be a winner of election but then there was Orange Revolution and immediate reelection of Yushchenko, but Yanukovuch became president in 2008)

"WE FORESEE A DANGER, I.E. WAR TENSIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE! I PREDICTED IT AS FAR AS BACK IN 1992-1993 AND THE FOLLOWING YEARS." -- November 3, 2004

"IS HE UKRAINE´S PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO OR HIS DOUBLE?" THEY WILL SAY. IT´S GEORGIA´S EXCAT SCENARIO. WE FORESEE THAT UKRAINE GETS IMMENSELY TENSE; THERE IS SMELL OF WAR, BURNING IN THE AIR! ARRESTS START, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROGRAM. YUSHCHENKO IS VERY ILL. HE SLOWLY GETS WEAKER; MEDICINES DONT HELP HIM ANY LONGER. HE IS NOT A PRESIDENT, IS NOT ABLE TO GOVERN THE COUNTRY, AND CANNOT. HIS SUBORDINATES DO NOT NEED HIS THINKING. IF HE DOES NOT ENDURE WHO WILL BE NEXT PRESIDENT? SHORTLY THERE IS A CHAOS. A WOMAN, HIS RIGHT HAND, WILL BE SHOT!" -- January 18, 2005

"UKRAINE WILL GET MESSY. POLICY IS EQUAL TO NULL. NEW FACES EMERGE" March 22, 2006

"...BUT NEITHER IS YUSHCHENKO A FUTURE PRESIDENT NOR YULIA TYMOSHENKO A PREMIER. A NEW, REALLY UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT IS EMERGING - UKRAINIANS, WITHOUT A REVOLUTION." -- February 16, 2007

"UKRAINE WILL NOT BOW AND SCRAPE EITHER BEFORE EUROPE-USA NOR GREAT RUSSIA. IT (UKRAINE) WILL BE A POWERFUL DEMOCRATIC STATE WITHOUT RUSSIANS. WE FORESEE THAT RUSSIA CANNOT INTERFERE ANY LONGER WITH UKRAINE´S AFFAIRS. UKRAINE WILL WIN THE COLD WAR WITH RUSSIA. RIGHT IT WILL HAPPEN SO." -- February 16, 2007

"RUSSIA WILL LOSE THIS STRUGGLE. IT WILL BE DEFEATED IN UKRAINE AS WELL. THE AMERICANS ARE INVOLVED THERE AS WELL. WE FORESEE THAT IN FUTURE, NEW FORCES - I.E. YOUTH - ARE EMERGING IN THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE, AND EVERYTHING DISINTEGRATES. A STRONG, NEW UKRAINE IS EMERGING AND BUILDING UP. RUSSIA WILL LOSE!" -- July 7, 2007