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The years pass, and what difficult years they are! Our troubles are not over. The cauldron is boiling. If one is not strengthened spiritually, how can one face a difficult situation? God has not created human beings who are good for nothing. We must cultivate our philotimo. Indeed, if a great shake-up were to come upon us, God forbid, how many would remain standing?

This is why you should thank God for all things. Tighten your belts a little and become frugal. I see what awaits us and I am troubled. Do not allow yourselves to get slack. Have you any idea what Christians go through in other places? In Russia they are still in labour camps. What hardships they have to endure! There are no books for spiritual edification. And what about poor Albania and the great misfortune there? They don't even have anything to eat. Churches and Monasteries have all been shut down. People even had to change their names so they don't sound Christian. Even in America, the Orthodox Christians are few and scattered in different places.

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