father simeon archimandrite told me about the life of st. sergius.d and the metropolitan blessed me to bear his name. a great name that has greatness. some of them recently converted to orthodoxy, we had and still have young clergy, africans, they stood so firmly on the canons of orthodoxy, on the canons of universal orthodoxy understood that their patriarch was leading them into schism, they courageously declared their disagreement. the situation with the schism is very difficult, it divides the churches today, and those who went into schism, like the patriarchate of alexandria, the patriarchate of constantinople, they must come to their senses. this is our desire for which we pray every day, every day we pray for peace. in a country where armed conflict has been virtually constant since gaining independence from the french in 1960, prayer for peace is often the last salvation for believers who were not spared by the rebels. there were moments when shots were fired from all types of weapons. we were forced to close the church and run and hide in the