Svetlana Rybakova
Praying in front of the icon of the Mother of God, “Quick to Hear”—the one that the Russian hermit had donated to the Netherlands—Fr. Dionysius made a vow: if the Lord would rescue him and give him the opportunity to organize a parish or build a church someday, he would have it dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God, “Quick to Hear”.
Alexandra Kalinovskaya
Being an angel in the flesh, he lived with his soul wholly longing for God, putting love for the Creator at the forefront of his earthly life.
Hieromonk Pavel (Shcherbachev)
“O Archangels of God, servants of divine glory, leaders of the angels and instructors of men, ask for what is beneficial to us and great mercy, for you are the leaders of the bodiless hosts.”
Elena Detinina
The nature of the angels is full of wondrous and unfading light, holiness and goodness, beauty and wisdom, power and immortality, and an ardent love for the Lord, for each other, and for men.
"It was absolutely impossible to lose heart in the presence of the old metropolitan… There was no hierarchal unctuousness in him at all."
