The order led to the fact that in our headquarters personnel stopped swearing. At least with me. But sometimes at meetings where there were disputes, some commanders began to speak rough, under the hot hand, but suddenly recalls and stop themselves in mid-sentence.
I think that the obscenities are a sin, intemperance, adherence to certain baser instincts, which came to us in our creaturely origin.
And there was the positive effect of the order . After all, the ideal is not achievable, but it is necessary to strive for it. From this, in general, follows the whole of our lives, the lives of those who do what is moving except for material benefits. And this aspiration, it is perhaps more important than the result. At least result such as building a truly Christian society, we are unlikely to reach in our world.
A friend of mine remarked, when we pronounce the name of Holy Russia, we forget that a large part of that Russia it is already there is in heaven. Compared with the number of Russian people who have already left this world, we are not so much. Based on the logic that our life is only here and now, not trying to look at it from a spiritual height (there were people before us, anw there will be generations after), we can not experience any problems of our civilization, nor the meaning of our existence and the existence of Russia.
- Now that we have touched the residents of Holy Russia, tell which of Orthodox saints are closest to you?
- I am not so strong in prayer. In Bosnia prayed twice a day. In Slavyansk tried to do it so that no one saw. Prayer requires concentration and privacy, especially personal prayer, which is not done in the temple. First saints, the icons that I go to church to venerate, are St. George, Emperor Nicholas Alexandrovich and his family: the Grand Duchesses, Tsarevich Alexei, the Empress. I prayed for them since childhood, even when the Emperor was not yet glorified by Russian Orthodox Church. I revered his as saint , because he was already recognized as such by Orthodox Church. Turned in prayer to St. Sergius of Radonezh and I believe that he helped, resorted to the intercession of St. John of Kronstadt, Alexander Nevsky. And also - St. Demetrius, as its name is the temple where I become churched, and who has since visited the best of their capabilities.
- You mentioned in your list the name of St. George. In early July, fell to me the mission to which I am very kind - to deliver an icon of St. George with the relics, which prepared for you one of the famous Moscow priests. Get in Donetsk was extremely difficult. It was even harder to get out. But all along the way I felt God's help and the intercession of St. George, and met symbolic matches in this way. For example, somewhere in Lugansk region, sitting at the table of the local Cossack seen in the red corner icon of St. George. Or making a way through the city Donetsk, Lugansk region, recalled an interesting story - before the Revolution the city was the stanitsa Gunderovskaya where stood the famous St. George's Regiment renowned by big victories. In this regard, I would like to ask whether God's help in the Donbass is evidence of God's blessing to militia?
- I can not to say that I saw some clear signs . I'm not strong in prayer, men who are stronger in prayers may have seen them. People were saying that there were signs. The entire siege of Slavyansk was filled with wonderful episodes. Every fight, every encounter was a small miracle that in one particular case, you can rationally explain the coincidence of circumstances and objective reasons. But all together, in the complex, they were not perceived differently than the support of more than ...
During staying in Slavyansk. We sent a reconnaissance group to Cherevkovka in forest. This group run up to the Kiev's "Alpha" riding to a punishing mission. Crush them in down and ashes, without losing a single man, even the wounded, and then safely returned home. As a result, the remnants of "Alpha" evacuated from the Slavyansk. After this, the enemy begins to perceive us as something completely invincible, but in the group that faced with the "Alpha", only six people have at least some combat experience. Just a few more people were in the army, but nothing serious.
I remember as a miracle the evacuation from Slavyansk. Putting yourself in the place of the enemy, I believe that they can easily crush the exiting group. I planned up to forty percent of potential losses. I was confident that we will break out, but suffered heavy losses. And they were, but obviously not as significant.
Between these two events occur every day battles, skirmishes. We are constantly on the verge of disaster. The balance of forces, no matter what our opponent said, has always been overwhelming in his favor. Especially in the first month, when we were very few, when we scarcely had weapons, virtually absent anti-tank weapons. But in almost every battle, with rare exceptions, we won. And even behind the enemy, we realized that the losses were much lower than they otherwise would be.
Defense of Slaviansk with the forces that were with us in the comparison of losses incurred by us and the enemy losses defies mundane logic.
Some inexplicable moments: one day we, for example, could not shoot down the helicopter, which, as it turned out, took out the wounded. The next day, the same group in a much more severe conditions, accidentally leaving the position, shoot down helicopter with General Kulchitsky, who had recently called for terrorist attacks in Russia! There is also a Providence. It may not be as obvious: the angels did not go down from heaven, but the Providence was certain.
- The very history of Novorossia is a wonderful phenomenon . Most Orthodox praying for you and for the success of this wonderful case of what happened this year.
- Now, in my opinion, it is necessary that the Russian people were praying for our President Vladimir Putin. From him at the moment is not only the fate of the Novorossia and its people, but also the fate of Russia and the big Russian world right now. Against us gathered enormous forces that have a very strong position here, in Russia, including our so-called elite. Let us pray to the Lord to help him and to reason with him!
Interviewed by Alexander Kravchenko
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