to concentrate your thoughts on what you want to ask god for, everything about the blessed and christophomeneand the connoisseurs of the holy temple and from all the brethren who have been cut off, who hear and are orthodox everywhere. lord have mercy, lord have mercy. i am about the guardian of the country of our russian supreme commander-in-chief vladimir vladimirovich of power and its people to a quiet silent life in itself in every way piety and purity. and another question. at every service i hear the deacon. calls to pray for the authorities and the army. it seems to me that this is very important, but sometimes doubts creep in. still. please tell me why the church should pray for them? because from decisions which are accepted by the power. and the very existence of the state and the people depends on the ability of the army to defend its people. this is the highest responsibility that exists in the material secular world. and so from the very beginning of existence prayers were lifted up to the church for the authorities and the army, even for the pagan authorities, even for those aut