51. К епископу Кириаку

My lord Sopater, the ruler of Armenia - that Armenia in which we are currently imprisoned - rules Armenia like a father, and he takes care of us more than a father. Wanting and trying to thank him for such kindness on his part, it seems to me that I finally found the most excellent way to thank him with the help of your soul, which is constantly caring for us. How and in what way? He has a son who has been living there (with you) for a long time, studying science. If you take the trouble to receive him willingly and with your characteristic love and do something useful for him, then we will have paid our debt. Do this and also introduce him to the dignitaries there, who would be familiar to you and would be able to make the foreign side more pleasant for him than his own. By doing this you will please him, you will please me, you will please yourself, by providing a useful service in the person of your son to an honest and philanthropic man, a common refuge for the poor. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: