How to ask for forgiveness from those you cannot meet?translated

Reader question:

How to ask for forgiveness from people you don’t know and may never see again, but whom you offended (for example, at your former jobs)?

Vadim

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Andrey EFANOV

Hello!

Dear Vadim, it happens that we remember about various grievances only after some time, when it is either impossible to look for a person, or it may raise doubts about our adequacy if the quarrel or offense was very minor.

In such cases, I would recommend confessing this sin, praying for such a person, and if necessary (for example, an unexpected meeting), still approaching and asking for forgiveness.

In general, situations where asking for forgiveness becomes difficult or impossible should teach us to reconcile as soon as possible, preferably on the same day.

I would like to cite as an edification the advice of Venerable Synclitia:

“It is good not to be angry; but if you are angry, then know that he who said, “Let not the sun go down on your anger” (Eph. 4:26) did not set the measure of the day to weaken your passion. And you wait for all this time to pass! Why do you hate the person who insulted you? It was not he who insulted you, but the devil; hate the disease, not the...