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I have the honor to congratulate you on the upcoming day of your angel, in memory of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene... She, preaching the words of God, brought people to Christ, and through this suffered great sorrows; and you lead the flock of verbal sheep entrusted to you to Christ; You cannot do without sorrows, from various cases and resistance to fulfilling God’s commandments; but you, looking at the benefit of the souls entrusted to your flock, do not be faint-hearted and do not faint in faith and hope in the beginning of the Shepherd and Hero, our Lord Jesus Christ. Call on His all-powerful help in your perplexities and sorrows; He is strong to give it to you. You write about your boredom and as if expecting something unpleasant: do not think this, but accept the boring position of your heart as a fatherly rod and a spiritual cross sent to you for success in spiritual life. Although it is difficult to endure it, it is saving; Consider yourself worthy of it, for the futility of good deeds, and do not abandon the doctor, and according to the power of doing it with humility; The Lord will visit you with His intercession and graciously console you when He finds it useful to you. It is not clear from your letter where you placed the Metropolitan’s young grandson: did you keep it with yourself, or did you entrust it to someone else. I'm sorry about my illness. Di; but God knows what is good for us: we cannot boast of our corrections, but moreover we recognize the poverty in them, then this deficiency is supplemented by involuntary illnesses or sorrows; for which we should send glory and thanksgiving to the most merciful Lord. I ask you to say my respects to her, as well as to her employee, F. A. Mnogogreshny I. M. July 18, 1842. You might be interested in: