Have you noticed what's happening in the world right now? The ministers of all the world's nations are currently doing nothing but talking about world peace. The ministers of France and its allied powers, moreover, are insistently talking about security guarantees as the most essential condition of this "peace." One can't help but recall the words of the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Thessalonians: "The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For while they shall say, Peace and safety (!), then shall sudden destruction come upon them (that is, upon those who have no love for the truth— 2 Thessalonians 2:10 ) , as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape" ( 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 ).
All who love the truth must not only observe the signs of the times, but also draw appropriate conclusions from these observations.
Regarding church life, the Savior's words indicate to us, as one of the most astounding phenomena of the end times, that then "the stars will fall from heaven" ( Matthew 24:29 ). According to the Savior Himself, the "stars" are the angels of the Church, that is, the bishops ( Rev. 1:20 ). The religious and moral fall of the bishops is thus one of the most characteristic signs of the end times. The fall of bishops is especially terrible when they fall away from the dogmas of faith or, as the Apostle expresses it, when they want to “pervert the gospel of Christ” ( Gal. 1:7 ). The Apostle commands such people to pronounce “anathema”: “If anyone preaches a gospel other than the one we preached, let him be accursed” ( Gal. 1:9 ). And there is no need to hesitate here, he continues: “A heretic after the first and second admonition reject, knowing that such a one is perverse and sins , condemning himself” ( Titus 3:10-11 ). Otherwise, that is, for indifference to apostasy from the truth, you may be subject to God’s judgment: since “you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot , I will vomit you out of My mouth” ( Rev. 3:15-16 ).
Clouds are gathering on the global horizon. God's judgment on the nations and hypocritical Christians is approaching, beginning with the heretical and lukewarm hierarchs.
Source: https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/Feofan_Bystrov/pisma/#0_82