73. При приеме лекарств следует смотреть и на свою совесть

Your Reverence, most honorable Mother Abbess Lyudmila in the Lord! I received your letter dated June 4th. I conveyed your greetings to M. Anna Smirnovskaya and a notification of receipt of 50 rubles in her name from her sister. You ask me, a sinner, whether to use hematogen for treatment. - Yes, this is medicine. Is there anything that doctors don’t give you in medications? However, everyone must look at their own conscience. If anyone can take this medicine with a clear conscience, let him take it with self-reproach and repentance. May the Lord help you in your construction work. My health, by the grace of God, has improved quite a lot, so that I already go to the church of God, however, only for liturgies. Asking for you and your entire monastery peace and God's blessing, I remain with sincere goodwill. You might be interested in: