Closer to Christmas, the frost intensified. The temperature in the house didn’t rise above 53°F, despite the heated stove. However, everyone prepared for Christmas and made gifts within their means.
Hieromonk Nikon (Parimanchuk)
Their commemoration on the same day and their spiritual kinship are founded on their labor of hope, their resistance to temptation, and their steadfast faithfulness. Each of them through his life prepared for the coming of the Savior into the world.
Ivan Rutenin
Grandfather Frost looked around, wondering where he could get a palm tree. But he realized that it could not be found in these parts. Then he broke off the spreading twig from the wide branches of the fir tree they were sitting under. What beauty!
Ioan Ianolide
Although it was a hard night and I didn’t rest at all, I didn’t feel fatigue, sadness, or regret. The reality of life was imbued with the reality of immortality.
Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Oh my God! I feel the same anticipation of childhood days in myself even now... How serene everything inside me is, how solemn everything inside me is!
