Archimandrite Ambrose Yurasov - On Faith and Salvation. FAQ. - 2008

121. Is it possible to go to church without a cross?

122. What is spiritual kinship?

123. Does the Lord love everyone equally?

124. If there is no argument about something, how can we understand whether there is no will of God or whether it is the wiles of the devil?

125. Why do Russians not have the unity, the cohesion that all other peoples have?

126. Russians are constantly humiliated from the television screen. If something is bad somewhere, then the Russians are to blame for everything. Many of us have become despondent, but the loss of faith in oneself by the people leads to its disappearance

127. How can we find the fear of God?

128. Condemnation of other people is a sin. But what if there are so many evil people around who want to destroy us? Is it possible to denounce them?

129. At the present time there are very many people who are suffering, tormented, and in despair. What are they doing?

130. How to change your state - I am in terrible anguish. Outwardly, I live quietly, I go to church, repent, take communion. I don't want anything, I don't have the strength to force myself...

131. What to do if there is no time to go to church?

132. I stand at the service and do not understand anything, perhaps because the service is in Church Slavonic?

133. We know that some of the clergy propose to make the Liturgy simpler and more modern. What is your attitude to this?

134. The husband left and went missing. The son was sentenced to be shot. How can we thank the Lord here?

135. Explain what is happening to my friend: her son died, he was not baptized. Every night, at the hour of his death, she wakes up.

136. How to take away sins?

137. How much detail should one talk about one's sins at confession?

138. I am an elderly man, my memory is weak, I cannot remember all my sins. How can I repent?

139. Is it necessary to repent of a sin in confession if I know that it will happen again?

140. There are more or less grave sins. Are the punishments for them in hell also different?

141. Can an evil spirit repent?