"...Everybody  must be good and should not neglect anyone. We must learn how to excuse ourselves and to  serve life as it comes. The prophets spoke the truth: where is heaven? This is our heaven!  "

Savoniha belongs to the "Old  Believers", a sect of the Russian Orthodox Church who was exiled to Buryatia, Siberia, many centuries ago. Along the  centuries, they never ceased to be persecuted. Savoniha, now 95 years old, witnessed  Stalin's anti- religious campaign loosing her father, one of the main spiritual  representatives of the Siberian Old Believers.

"...Forgiveness allowed me to enjoy the  autumn of my life.

Forgiveness is not merely a word, a prayer  pronounced with our lips; it is something we conquer inside ourselves. Forgiveness set me  free: everything gains a less distinctive shape, each thought is softer and passing by my  heart, it doesn't hurt my feelings...People now come to me asking for help: I speak to  them and my words flow like a river soothing their pain. I am amazed, and with my thoughts  I go back to the One who speaks through my tongue.

Many ask for advice as if I might have  accumulated a treasure that I can pull out to relieve other beings. But I see no bag!

I only see a small key that allows me to to  talk like a bird to the sky."

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