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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\nOn 9 March 2011, Wednesday of the first week in Lent, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate\u2019s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated Grand Compline with the reading of the Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete in the \u201cJoy to All the Afflicted\u201d Icon of the Mother of God.<\/p>\n
After the Canon, Metropolitan Hilarion addressed the worshippers, saying:<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the beginning of Lent we gather in church every evening to listen to the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete and think about virtues which the Church exerts us to beseech the Lord: chastity, humble mind, patience, and love\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cHoly Scriptures gives us many examples of patience which was rewarded. If people have purpose in life, they will strive for achieving it. However, people should be patient, as it is impossible to go forward without stumbling without patience.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, we should be patient with ourselves, as we suffer from our imperfection and strive for something we cannot achieve. We realize our lack of power and sometimes grumble, asking: why others can do it, while I cannot?\u00a0 Still, we should be calm and patient as we, if we wish, can do many good things.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, we should be patient with each other and not to expect more from another person than he can give us.<\/p>\n
\u201cPatience is especially important in family life, as the lack of patience can ruin the family. We should endure our imperfection and to understand that it is next to impossible to change another person. If we want, we can change ourselves, but how difficult it is! As to another man, only God can change him and he himself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cWe should be patient with all circumstances of our life and be able to make reasonable plans, using any time that we spend in waiting for something, for instance, a street-car, for prayers and reading of spiritual books.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should be patient with our illness and sorrows sent to us by the Lord and never forget that the Lord suffered and was crucified for the sake of or salvation.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us be patient with each other and pray to the Lord to grant us patience without which it is difficult to live on the each and even more difficult to obtain the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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