In Sacred Legend accordant with Scripture, we find studies about ordeals (Правосл. Исповед., ч. 2, отв. навопр. 25). Essence of studies about ordeals expounds свт. Cyril is Alexandrian in a word About the end of the soul . Ordeals are an inevitable way, that is accomplish the transition from temporal earthly life to the eternal lot all souls human, both wicked and kind. On ordeals the soul is in presence Angels and demons, but also пред an eye all-seeing Судии God, tested in all businesses, words and thinking. The souls kind, justified on ordeals, are uplifted by Angels in paradisial monasteries for предначатия of eternal beatitude, and the souls sinful, detained on a that or other ordeal, are drawn by demons in their gloomy monasteries for предначатия of eternal torment.Thus, ordeals are the private court accomplished above every human soul invisibly By Lord by means of the Angels, admitting to that and wicked мытарей-обличителей - demons. In life of преп. Vasiliy New narrated, that to the student of him - преп. To Grigory were in detail open in vision of both circumstance of death hour and walking about the ordeals of преп. Феодоры (memory is 8 sounding boards.). Here 20 ordeals are calculated in detail.Attentive acquaintance with ordeals usefully to more careful preparation to confession, tests the conscience, finding of the repented mood.