CHRIST IS RISEN! Dear Brother in Christ, Andrew [Bond], Thank you for the copy of your “sorrowful epistle” to Vladika Nikodem. What you describe there is indeed but one case of a very widespread problem now in our Church, a diversion from the devil “on the right side,” as it were, and it will require … Read more

Dear Christopher, We will be expecting you in May. Only please write again shortly before you come to confirm the time and date. Yes, the Sobor has daily Liturgy. Archbishop Averky reposed on Tuesday before Palm Sunday and was buried on the eve of Lazarus Saturday. A righteous man, little valued. We must now present … Read more

Dear Alexey, David brought us Nina’s note saying that she wants to send copies of Fr. John’s letter to Fr. George Grabbe and Fr. Panteleimon; and she is confused about whether to send also an “invitation” to Fr. John with the letters. Good heavens! If she is going to go on like this there is … Read more

Dear Nina, David brought your note. Forgive my frankness—but why in the world do you want to send copies of Father John’s letter anywhere? Fr. George [Grabbe] already knows from the Synod, if he is supposed to know; and please don’t involve Fr. Panteleimon in anything to do with Etna. No matter what, that will … Read more

Dear Brother in Christ, Nicholas [Eastman?], Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray you are faring well in the Fast and will be prepared to meet the Holy Passion and Resurrection of our Saviour. This is spiritually a very rich part of the year for us, with the long services, the special Lenten tone … Read more

(St. Alexis the Man of God) Dear Alexey, Again, congratulations on your namesday. May Christ our God preserve you ever in His grace. We were encouraged by your dream of our “library”—at least it exists somewhere\ As a matter of fact, we’ve been thinking of it much of late, but a more urgent project is … Read more

Dear Dr. Kalomiros, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. We received your new letter on evolution. I have read it only once and it will be a long time before I will be able to answer it in detail. However, in general I will say this: I find it very helpful because I see that … Read more

Dear Alexey, Just a note to accompany the (separately mailed) American Scientist and Xeroxes. Eugene Zavarin has sent his first general comments on the “scientific” part of our evolution study, to be followed by a detailed criticism. He has two main criticisms: (1) He thinks the “author” (we didn’t tell him who wrote it) is … Read more

Dear Alexey, Enclosed is a new fruit—unfortunately mostly reprints, but we hope the cover is new and inspiring. In our visit we didn’t have a chance to ask you how Nina is getting along in the community. Is she getting a longing for big-city life? She told me that she and Barbara are not getting … Read more

Dear Dr. Kalomiros, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. I am sorry to be so late in answering your last letter. We have been working constantly at catching up on printing, and then I was sick with flu for several weeks. In general, our printing work is accomplished with great difficulty, and our helpers (both … Read more