"As I see it, there are two great gifts that God has given people today: in the

Soviet world, the difficult gift of suffering, which by God's grace will probably be the salvation of Russia; and in the free world, the gift of freedom - to speak and witness the truth and tell what is going on. How poorly this gift is being used among us and how soon, perhaps, it will be taken from us. While there is daylight, we must speak out." (Fr. Seraphim Rose, in a letter written in 1970.) It is yet to be seen whether the Russians will use their gift adequately