awaken us! We shall sin no more, O Lord! Save us by Thy suffering!

How happy we are, we Orthodox. No religion can be compared with ours. In the religion of the Catholics no delight exists. I attended their Easter feast in Jerusalem. I observed and I compared. In our religion everybody rejoices. On the believers' faces the light plays, and we can see all the fibers of their bodies rejoicing, while even in their churches the Catholics show no joy, no animations; it is as if some one were dead; and

foot praise the Lord; all that surrounds them seems radiant.

It is not for me to settle the question. I make only a mere comparison between our Easter feast and that of the Catholics as I have seen it celebrated near the Holy Sepulcher. As an Orthodox, I felt an immense joy. Our faith has always shone above its persecutors. We can show how God protects us as He did in the days of John of Kronstadt, who sent so many thousands of men, safe and joyful, to our Lord's mercy.