When they understand they are treated with sincere love and an open heart, they respond in kind.
Claudiu Tarziu
I came back to him with the last question: If he were to be given another life, would he become a monk? “Yes, I came to love monastic life, and I am happy!”
Who will believe that today there are people who have such a thirst for God’s Presence that they hide in the wilds of the mountains to live with Him alone? But they exist.
Irina Suslova
Indeed modern Valaam is the “Northern Mount Athos” in terms of the diversity of forms of spiritual life.
St. Onuphry (Gagalyuk) of Kursk
Our Lord and Savior is being reviled before our eyes also. Today, many are crucifying Jesus Christ again. The Lord God is not only not recognized by many of our contemporaries, but is slandered in every possible way. Some who are weak in spirit are troubled at the sight of these obvious blasphemies and ask why the Lord tolerates such ridicule.
