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(see also: Virtue, Christianity). The Word of Christ is coming true: in the last times will the Son of God find faith on earth! There are sciences, there are academies, there are candidates, masters, doctors of theology (law - laughter, and that’s all), these degrees are given to people. [...] What a misfortune befalls this “theologian” - and it turns out that he doesn’t even have faith, not only theology. I have met such people - a doctor of theology, but he doubts whether Christ was on earth, whether this is a fiction, or a mythological reality! What kind of light can we expect from this darkness!? 63. ...You enter the sea of ​​monasticism on the boat of faith. With the same faith you are carried through the waves of the monastic sea, its waves are the many different sorrows allowed by God's Providence for our salvation, erected by our own weaknesses and our enemy - the devil. I am very consoled by the thought that you are taking monastic vows. May the Lord bless and strengthen you! 97. Be according to your faith! In ancient, still Christian Egypt, there were many populous women's monasteries. A robber ataman came to one of these monasteries and, having examined it, brought his entire gang of robbers and robbed it. To make the inspection more convenient, he put on a monastic robe. The abbess and sisters, seeing the elder, invited him to the hotel. The abbess with her own hands washed the feet of the robber, the imaginary monk, and sprinkled the slop on the nuns. One of the nuns was blind. They brought her too. When the water that washed the robber’s feet touched the eyes of the blind woman, she immediately received her sight. - This is the power of faith. The foreman of the robbers repented and, having taken monastic vows, pleased God. So may your faith and that of many others, having served you for salvation, serve as an incentive for me to abandon my carelessness and relaxation. Why act as you are now doing, having the testimony of Abba Dorotheus for your action. We learn from the instructions of the Great Anthony to allow only those actions into the circle of our activities that have evidence from the Holy Scriptures and the Holy Fathers. I accept your desire to listen to my sinful advice for God’s sake. 116. You might be interested in: