

(Source: imperial-russia)
Моя другая мотивация для изучения русского языка - стихи Владимира Палея.

(Source: nashaepoha.ru)
Dark somber vestments… soft gentle singing…
Glowing reflection of red vigil lights…
O God Almighty! Grant me endurance:
Heaven and hell battle deep in my heart…
Whisper of prayers… Sternness of faces…
Sonorous censers and pale blue smoke…
O God Almighty! Grant me Thy mercy:
Lightly as incense I rise unto Thee!
Out of the church yet again I shall forfeit
Those solemn promises given to Thee –
Fortify me in this combat eternal,
Purify, Holy, my sin-laden soul!
Give me resolve to speak bravely and boldly
When I am caught in life’s prickly embrace.
Dark somber vestments… Evening twilight…
Yellow wax candles’ sorrowing flame…
Prince Vladimir Paley “The Great Lent”
(Source: holy-transfiguration.org)

Natalie, Vladimir and Irina.
Today I bought the book “The Murder of the Romanovs” by Andrew Cook and already started reading it. There are some mistakes in the book that kinda annoy me. Thankfully, they’ve been corrected in the Polish publication by the translator. Yet it’s still readable.


Smoking.

(Source: ohsoromanov)