Give thanks to God for
everything. Try to be manly. Pull yourself together a bit. Do you know what
Christians are suffering in other countries? There are such difficulties in
Russia! But here many exhibit indifference. There’s not enough disposition to
kindness, love of devotion. You see, if we don’t begin to make war against
evil, to expose those who tempt believers, then the evil will grow larger. If
we throw aside fear then the faithful will be emboldened a bit. And those who
wage war against the Church will have a harder time. In the past our nation
lived spiritually, so God blessed her, and the saints helped us in miraculous
fashion. And we were victorious against our enemies, who always outnumbered us.
Today we continue to call ourselves Orthodox Christians, but we don’t live
Orthodox lives.
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