Nun Parasceva (Rostiashvili)
When instead of love he would receive insults, ridicule, and humiliation, I would ask him in surprise: “Do you really still love them?” And he would mournfully reply: “I pity and love them even more now.”
Archpriest Vladimir Vigilyansky, Olesya Nikolaeva
Gapon, perhaps, did not realize that he had become the main provocateur and instigator of these bloody events, and placed all the blame on Emperor Nicholas II.
Olga Bobovnikova
Seeing my tears, my daughter wondered if everything was okay with me. I showed her the photo and explained what had happened as best I could. She examined the image carefully and said, “Mom, this is someone very nice and kind. Awesome!”
Abbess Elizabeth (Smelik)
The procession is chiefly dedicated to the estate owners: Empress Consort Maria Alexandrovna, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and his wife, the holy Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, but many people also walk in the procession with icons of the holy Royal Passion-Bearers Tsar Nicholas II and his family.
Metropolitan Paul Yazigi
God’s word is a constant trumpet that calls to repentance, leads to wakefulness, and sets things aright within us.
