680. Спасо-Влахернский монастырь Дмитровского уезда Московской губернии Игумении Леониде (Фризель). 1900–1904. Не отрицайтесь нести иго настоятельства. Кому Бог определил начальствовать, тому Он и помогает. О налаживании должных отношений между сестрами и служащими иереями усердно молитесь

Truly Christ is Risen! Your Most Reverence Mother Abbess Leonida! I received your letter dated May 2. I remember you as the former treasurer of the Savior Blachernae Monastery, and now I have the pleasure of hearing from you and about your abbotship. Having described your sorrowful circumstances, you ask me, a sinner, whether I should give up my leadership. Without a doubt, you want to leave your boss in order to avoid grief. But where can you hide from them? And which of the people lives without sorrows? It is not for nothing that our earthly life is called the vale of tears. With a change in life, sorrows can only change, but this cannot make it any easier, but on the contrary, sorrows can worsen, as the ancient people said: if you run from a wolf, you will attack a bear. And our Lord Jesus Christ in St. The Gospel nowhere commanded his followers to avoid sorrows, but always taught patience, saying: “In your patience you will gain your souls” and “he who endures to the end will be saved.” And he called those who endure reproach, persecution and all kinds of sorrows blessed. And all the saints of God achieved eternal life through a sorrowful path. “And therefore you, most honorable Mother, if you wish to be ignorant of Christ in the palace of Heaven, do not refuse to bear the yoke of leadership placed on you by the Lord Himself, but rather surrender yourself in His Holy Spirit.” will, for without His will nothing happens to us. You complain of poor health; but the power of God is made perfect in weakness. Before our eyes, the blind boss of Shamorda is in charge. To whom God has appointed to be in charge, He helps him. As for the troubled relations of your priests and the disapproving relations of some of the sisters towards one of them, then pray more fervently for them like this: “Arrange, O Lord, what is beneficial and saving for our priests and the sisters related to them, and for the sake of their holy prayers, have mercy on me, a sinner.” It is inconvenient to inform the higher authorities, since you yourself say that there is no evidence. And if you suspect that a sister is passionate, then you can first, after praying more fervently to the Lord, give her a general instruction on occasion, without touching their faces at all. For example, something like this: “It is sinful to do this and that, and we must be attentive in every possible way to our movements of the heart, for we will have to answer for everything at the Last Judgment of God.” In some sisters you notice hostility towards you. Pray for them, according to the instructions of Rev. Abba Dorotheus: “Save, Lord, and have mercy on such and such mothers or sisters, and for the sake of their holy prayers, have mercy on me, a sinner.” The Lord is able to give them understanding. Invoking the peace and blessing of God on you and on the sisters of your monastery, I remain with sincere goodwill. You might be interested in: