Of all Russian saints, Saint Sergius is perhaps the most - TopicsExpress



          

Of all Russian saints, Saint Sergius is perhaps the most inaccessible and mysterious. His life was so simple, so transparent that one can only observe it: he loved God from his childhood with simple and undivided love and throughout his life he was simple with an ever growing simplicity. This is true to such an extent that in the ultimate analysis the more one brings ones eyes to bear upon him the less one feels that there is anything one can say about him. More than any other Russian saint, he seems the most distant and developed in the most profound contemplative silence. Yet, he is surprisingly close to us. He is close to us because, standing before God as he does with his heart and his soul whole and undivided, he prays for all of us, and from time to time we feel the full force of Gods grace coming to us in return for his prayers. stjohndc.org photo: Patriarch Kirill celebrates Divine Liturgy on St. Sergius of Radonezh commemoration day at St. Sergius’s Holy Trinity Lavra
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:06:25 +0000

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