Now
I am still
painting icons, still praying, still Orthodox. I am
still attending the Liturgy whenever and wherever
possible. What is happening in Russia now – suffocation,
the destruction of its culture and its transformation
into a Fascist state – is the source of great sadness
and pain for me, as well as the role of my Church in
that process. Although I am astonished with the scale
and speed of deterioration I can see now (I think) that
the seeds of it were always there. In fact, the history
of the whole Christian Church is full of events of a
similar kind – this knowledge does not comfort me but
gives some sense of direction.
It happened that I was allowed to experience the reality
of God dwelling in the Church and to realize that there
is no meaningful life without it. I do not believe that
anyone who ever experienced the Church as the mystical
Body of Christ can leave it.
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Anna Terentieva
2012
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