11-669 in Tikhvin.

ISBN 5-900248-29-1

Archbishop Nikon (Rozhdestvensky)

A double-edged sword. St. Petersburg, 1995, 320 p.

The Lord loves our Orthodox Russia, which was once called holy for a reason, and now sins so much and grievously before God, loves and lovingly punishes, and has mercy on us, and in the very punishment He shows the way to deliverance. Only be, Russian people, attentive to the inscrutable ways of God's providence, and you will clearly see in them the finger of God, showing you where and in what to seek salvation in your native country," wrote Archbishop Nikon (Rozhdestvensky) in 1913.

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CONTENTS:

THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD 3

ABOUT ANONYMOUS PEOPLE, ABOUT "DISSIDENTS" AND THE ANSWER OF ONE OF THEM 6

THE GLORIOUS TERCENTENARY 9

ABOUT SPIRITUAL TRENDS IN OUR INTELLIGENTSIA. 12

THE FAITH OF CHRIST DOES NOT TOLERATE DUPLICITY 15

ON APOCRYPHAL PRAYER AND EASY SALVATION 21

THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION IN OUR CAPITAL 24

IN DEFENSE OF HOLY LENT 26

A NEW PRAYER BOOK FOR THE RUSSIAN LAND 29

IT IS FINISHED! (On Good Friday) 33

OUR SUN IS CHRIST! CHRIST IS RISEN! 34

A LESSON FROM HEAVEN 35

ONE OF THE INVISIBLE GUARDIANS OF THE PEOPLE'S SOUL 39