О пагубности формального подхода к духовной жизни

October 6, 2026 · 1 min read

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Павел Михайлов

I agree, the formal approach is when you pray according to the list, and you yourself think that today the fishing will bite. It was like this for me in the first years after baptism: I lit a candle, reprimanded the rule - and that’s it, I’m free. And then the priest in the church asked: “Have you had a human conversation with God at least once this week?” This is what hooked me.

Тарас Шевчук

Yes, Pavel, you correctly noted about the rule "I read and I am free." It was the same for me: in the morning I read the morning prayers, and on the bus I was already thinking about which of the boys would come to the Carpathian match. At that time, Father finished the question well, he did not finish the sentence until it was clear that it was not a prayer, but a tick. Now I try to say at least one or two phrases from myself, live.

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