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We wish you and all your God-gathered flock to rejoice in the Most Sweet Lord Jesus, the eternal Child, now born! and we most earnestly congratulate you on the solemn remembrance of this holiday. May He fulfill the desire of your heart and help bring into action your enterprise to spread your Church. Mother of God and saint of God, St. Mitrofan, together with the holy Great Martyr Barbara, may they assist you in this good intention of yours; glory be to God, and not to you; You are an instrument only for this purpose, but can an instrument do anything without someone acting on it? Keep every thought that offers you praise away from you. When building the outer church, take care of the inner, and not only about your own, but also about the others entrusted to you; you are the church of God who lives, for I will dwell in them, and will come, says the Lord (2 Cor. 6:16), that is, when this church will be decorated. When bringing you praising thoughts, imagine your sins, which you may have had in the past, and present negligence, then they will disappear. It seems that the Lord is providing for your monastery, desiring only for you, and offering us nothing: apparently the Lord instilled and gave the desire to take care of the spread of the Church. We have already written to M. V-e that that person is donating 2 thousand rubles to you; We will write to her in St. Petersburg so that she sends it to S...k in the name of L. U-ny, and you will receive it from her and use it in due time for the church. We have no doubt in you that you will use them for this need, although you have not yet begun, but we do not want to delay and hold back its zeal; maybe some change will follow, and God is free in our lives. When you find it more useful and necessary, you can clearly tell the sisters that God sent them to the church so that others would help and be zealous - just so that nothing would come of the Most Reverend, that you are collecting ahead of time. Also, there is no need to disclose about the icon that it is from St. Petersburg, so that temptation does not arise; from whom? Why do they know your monastery and stuff? And it’s better this way: it will be delivered to O.... to N.N., he will deliver it to you, and then without word of mouth. Having prayed to the Lord God, begin the work of the church without wasting time; although the Most Reverend will deign. Vladyka on this, but this matter cannot be resolved so quickly; Maybe the plan will be provided to the architect, or submitted to the construction commission, and will go on for a long time. When did the arch. will ask: how do you start a business without money? Pointing to 10 thousand, say that you hope to have help from those who are diligent; but before starting the matter, no one will dare to give the amount. And therefore, so that time is not distracted until the money is collected, ask Arch. allow him to borrow from some church where there is money, five thousand; this often happens. If God is favorable, then everything will contribute to this cause. We are writing to you about the lower church only, without considering anything about the upper one, without thinking that this is necessary, and this will require a lot of support - large thousands. Why put yourself through unnecessary trouble? Your upper church is quite good, it cannot be said that it was cramped, and you could not do better; and what is necessary and useful, we advise. Petition to Rev. sign with your sisters so that he can be better convinced; I am enclosing the black one, just copy it from it, and don’t show it; If you find something necessary, you can add to it or change something. What do you write about the icon of St. Great Martyr Barbara, then we agree with your opinion; but it is better to remain completely silent about this and consign it to oblivion, so that no temptation occurs: this would not be considered some kind of abuse and false glorification on your part. May the Lord protect you from all the snares and snares of the enemy. We advise you to adhere to moderation, patience, humility, complacency and hope. Are you asking how to pray for the sisters? When you need something from which person, how do you ask? God is incomparable in mercy towards men; but, like the Father who loves his children, He Himself encourages us to pray and ask for what we need: in St. Evang. Matthew, chapter 7; and the parable of the unjust judge and the widow asking for vengeance, from Luke chapter 18, v. 1st and onwards. Is there any need for some flair or art here? Rightness of heart and simplicity with humility; Enough about this. – On the 19th we wrote to M. V. and L. Uh-oh, and now we ask you to say our respects to them and congratulate them on the holiday; We send our blessing, we wish you to be healthy mentally and physically, and enjoy peace of mind. Having entrusted ourselves to your prayers, and you and your monastery to the protection of God, asking for His blessing on you, with our respect we abide your zealous pilgrims, the much-sinful I.L. and the brethren, and the many-sinner I.M. When you go to the Most Reverend, when you are with the sisters, invite V.V., and again offer her about the church. V. tell her that the most necessary healing for her is humility, which the Lord despises. 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