4/4/2022
Marina Shmeleva
Bodily fasting is the means, whereas the spiritual sobriety and fervent prayer are the goals, with mercy being the fruit of the Lenten sojourn.
Bishop Pachomy (Bruskov)
If we can’t or don’t know how to get through to someone, we have to ask the Lord to translate from our ordinary language into the language of this person’s heart.
Christ's swallows are monastics. Those who renounced the world and in return acquired Heaven and the entire Universe. Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral spoke thus about them—lovingly and affectionately. He is a real hero—of the film and the story that formed the basis of its plot.
