JSC "St. Petersburg Printing House No 6"

193144, St. Petersburg, Moiseenko st., 10.

© The Great Tikhvin Assumption Monastery. 1995

© Cover design by N. Gruzdev.

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

THE KING'S GRACIOUS WORD 43

A NEW DOSE OF THE POISON OF DENIAL 44

IN MEMORY OF THE BRIGHT CELEBRATION 45

THE GREAT TEMPTATION AROUND THE MOST HOLY NAME OF GOD 47

AS ST. THE CHURCH ON THE NAMES OF GOD (Extracts from the Holy Fathers and Church Definitions) 58

WHAT DOES THE WORD "BELIEVE" MEAN? 59

MY FAULTS BEFORE THE KAHAL 60

MY OCTOBER SERMON AND ITS MEMORY IN THE JUDAIZER PRESS 62

POISON OF PRIDE 65

To the Friends of My Youth Pupils of the Moscow Theological Seminary, Class of 1874 70

JUBILEE OF THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS OVER PAGANISM 71

MY TRIP TO OLD ATHOS AND THE FRUITS OF THE "GREAT TEMPTATION" 73

A. BULATOVICH'S NEW PERFORMANCE 86

ARE WE ALIVE? (My Kind Word to the Believing Intellectuals) 91

THE HUMILITY OF ORTHODOXY 94

ON THE MOODS OF MODERN YOUTH AND A KIND WORD TO TEACHERS OF RELIGION 99

WHERE ARE WE GOING? (For the information of the lawmakers) 102

THE EVANGELICAL MAGI AND WISE MEN OF OUR TIME 105

A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD