First Things RSS Feed - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn https://www.firstthings.com/author/alexandr-solzhenitsyn en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:54:01 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/alexandr-solzhenitsyn 60 A Prayer for Russia https://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/01/003-a-prayer-for-russia https://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/01/003-a-prayer-for-russia Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Our Father All-Merciful!
Don’t abandon your own long-suffering Russia
In her present daze,
In her woundedness,
Impoverishment,
And confusion of spirit.
Lord Omnipotent!
Don’t let, don’t let her be cut short,
To no longer be.
So many forthright hearts
And so many talents
You have lodged among Russians.
Do not let them perish or sink into darkness
Without having served in Your name.
Out of the depths of Calamity
Save your disordered people.
(translated by Ignat Solzhenitsyn)

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