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  1. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (This is the first and greatest commandment.)

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Seraphim of Sarov

June 9, 2026

Conversation of St. Seraphim of Sarov with M. A. Motovilov. On the purpose of the Christian life

Conversation of Rev. Seraphim of Sarov with the Simbirsk landowner M. A. Motovilov about the purpose of Christian life took place in November 1831 in the forest near the Sarov…

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