181. К Гемеллу

A deserted place - Kukuz, where we live, is the most deserted in our entire state. But even if we are sent to the very ends of the world, we will never be able to forget your love. On the contrary, living on a foreign side, in the wilderness, still suffering from the remnants of illness, enduring constant anxiety from the siege by robbers (because the Isaurians still occupy all the roads and spread bloodshed everywhere), we constantly think about you, remembering to ourselves your courage, straightforwardness, sincere and kind disposition towards us, and being consoled by such thoughts. Write to us constantly, most venerable Bishop, about your health - whether the warm waters helped you and how you are doing now. Let us, even living far away, know about your situation no less thoroughly than those who are always with you. You know how precious your prosperity is to us, how ardently we love you and how strongly we are attached to your splendor. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: