176. К Антиоху

Can we ever forget your kind-hearted and warm disposition, your sincere and genuine love, your high and independent mind, your open soul? Even if they sent us to the very edge of the universe, we would take you there in our hearts, our devoted friend, closely connected with us by an inextricable relationship of love. So now, having been exiled to the very wilderness of our state, to Kukuz, despite the extreme rarity of opportunities here for sending letters, after the greatest efforts, we sought out and finally found a person who will deliver our real letter to you in order to exchange a word with your honor and bring your magnificence a due greeting. There is, of course, no need to remind you to constantly write to us and please us with news about your health, after what you have already done. I will only say that when we receive letters from you, our ardent friends, we derive extraordinary consolation from them. In addition to letting us know about your well-being, they revive love itself and every time awaken in us the feeling of a personal meeting with you. Frequent correspondence between sincere friends can, indeed, in some way replace the pleasure of mutual coexistence. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: