192. К Анатолию, чиновнику префектуры

I write little and rarely, and I haven’t written to your nobility for a long time; but it was not negligence that was the cause of this silence, but my prolonged illness. As for our spiritual disposition, then, knowing the sincerity of your love for us, the independence, directness and purity of your way of thinking, we love you unfailingly. We constantly tell everyone about the devotion that we have always enjoyed from your nobility - not only while we were there, but also in absentia, since we are not unaware of the zeal with which even after our departure you tried to help us in word and deed. God reward you for your good feeling both here and in the next century. It is pleasant for us to write to you, but it would be even more pleasant at the same time to receive letters from your regularity. Write to us, please, and please us with news of your health, in order to console us in our sad life in the middle of this desert. A letter of your love, letting us know about your well-being and the well-being of all your relatives, despite living in a foreign country, will bring us a lot of consolation. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: