8/7/2024
Archpriest Andrei Romashko
From now on, confession had to be done privately, since domestic sins affected not only the conscience of the penitent, but also the personal life and the reputation of other members of the community.
Such an act—sacrificing oneself for the sake of not participating in fratricidal strife—was incomprehensible to the newly baptized Rus, making the Christian feat of Boris and Gleb even more grand and astonishing.
