Dear Brother in Christ, Laurence,<\/p>\n
Rejoice in the Lord! We sympathize with you in your trials and troubles, which however are doubtless for your good. Use them wisely!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s good news that there was 760 pounds of lead. Enclosed is $20 more for payment \u2014 but wait a day or two to cash it, as the money won\u2019t be in the bank until Tues. or Wed. Now I\u2019ll be able to start setting the calendar early, so it won\u2019t be too great a burden all at once. But who\u2019s going to buy it if it\u2019s not an issue of the OW? We have no idea how many to print. In a few years it will very likely support us, but right now it\u2019s all still uncertain.<\/p>\n
If Alexey wants a review of Nicholas and Alexandra, by all means write him one. Our hesitance is based only on our monastic scruples, but for most Orthodox laymen in America movies are a part of their life, and if \u201cOrthodoxy\u201d intrudes into this sphere, by all means they should be told what\u2019s what. Only don\u2019t be all grim and negative \u2014 i.e., the film itself may be all grim and negative and should properly be lambasted; but let the readers know about the bright phenomenon which the film didn\u2019t get. That they are saints!<\/p>\n
Our weather is bright and warm, and green leaves are visible (the oaks are waiting a while). The frightful winter never came, but it looks like we may have a frightful summer instead. But that\u2019s in God\u2019s hands. We’ve been doing a little spring cleaning, and the kitchen begins almost to look like a kitchen.<\/p>\n
I guess we\u2019ll see you when we see you. Fr. Spyridon may be coming on Palm Sunday-Lazarus Saturday with Dmitri Murzo, but we haven\u2019t heard anything certain. We pray he does.<\/p>\n
Pray for us.<\/p>\n
With love in Christ our Saviour,
\nSeraphim, monk<\/p>\n
As for \u201crehabilitating the dead,\u201d anything is possible under Communism! Vladika Laurus writes that, even apart from his recent accident, Archim. Constantine has been failing lately, and the crucial time is at hand \u2014 who\u2019s to take his place? Only by a miracle will it be someone better, and obviously a certain \u201cEminence\u201d would like to take over! Our own independence becomes all the more important. Nata icon was from Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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