Письмо 210
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Seeing from your writings that your monastery was honored with a visit to the Most Pure Virgin Mary in her honorable image of the Tikhvin Mother of God, and with what feeling all your sisters accepted this visit, we rejoiced in spirit; we see the mercy of the Queen of Heaven towards your monastery; Through her prayers the Lord saved you from the approaching misfortune; making one feel the condonation of this punishment, but also having mercy, turning away the cloud that found it; and from now on we must be more careful and not believe every spirit; but ask God to give you true reason and save you from all the snares and snares of the enemy, and let the Mother of God cover you with Her protection. And again they rejoiced in spirit that the Lord granted you to begin the construction of your church; and all this through the prayers of the Queen of Heaven, the saint and wonderworker Mitrofan and the holy great martyr Barbara; May they help you complete this work, begun for the glory of the Most Holy Name of God and serving for the salvation of the sisters.
Just be careful not to accept the advice of a flatterer who offers you glory; By remembrance of sins and humility, overcome such thoughts. When we take credit for ourselves, we will lose God’s help. Until now you have seen how God helps you and facilitates everything in a miraculous way; although there were resistances, they were insignificant and were abolished, and in the future the Lord will help complete this matter and lead to a successful ending. We received your letter when your benefactor D.D. was with us, to whom we read it, and she also rejoiced in spirit; but does not want you to know about her name; She does good secretly, and not from a great abundance, but from the deprivation of her property: she gave two parts of it to you, and also left the third for charity, of which she, living, although in a big city, daily thirsts and is satisfied. We wish you good health mentally and physically and a peaceful life; With our respect we remain to you, unworthy pilgrims, great sinners I.L. and I.M. July 3, 1837.
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