Remembering heroes
It's december 31'st. We thing of the future, we think of prosperity. We rarely think about the past. We forget our heroes. I'm refering to heroes in general, not belonging to one nation or country.
In the second world war the soviet uniont fought against Nazi Germany and won. I dare to say socialism was a better fate than being a nazi. We have here in Romania, in several cities, graves of the heroes of the war. There are usually two sections, the romanians and the soviets.
People tend to forget about the russians. Why? Sure the regime was totalitarian and atheist, but what about the people? Sure, they were educated in the totalitarian atheist manner, but this doesn't mean they were cruel and inhuman and non-religious.
I once found the text of a letter found upon the body of an anonymous soviet soldier. I'll try to translate it sometime the next couple of days. He was brought up an atheist. His regiment was about to attack the next day, and looking at the night sky, he woke up from the nightmare that was his life, to discover God as the Creator of all that exists. He ends his letter: "The battle will be fierce, tonight maybe I will be knocking at Your door. I know I've never been Your friend. Will you let me in when I arrive? [...] But I do not cry. You can see what has happened, my eyes have been opened oh Lord! I go and will surely never return, but what a wonder (or perhaps I could translate: miracle) I do not fear death anymore!"
Who knows how many soldiers were like him? Discovering God on the battlefield or worshiping the True God in secret. Let us pray to the Lord for their salvation. In Christianity the first name is important. These are the names of the soldiers from the Heroes' Cemetery in Tulcea, the city where I study. (I will have to write down the names of those from my hometown, Constanta, too.)
Evgeny
Nikolai
Nikolai
Feodor
Mark
Egor
Ivan
Ivan
Ivan
Konstantin
Matvei
Rodion
Vasily
Ivan
Mark
Sergey
Andrei
Feodor
Rozhdnovia
Grigori
Ivan
Markel
Vladimir
Sergey
Aleksandr
Ivan
Anton
Danil
Misha
Evgeny
Feodor
Ivan
George
Aleksandr
Aleksandr
Mikhail
Alexei
Iakov
Valentin
May they rest in peace.
In the second world war the soviet uniont fought against Nazi Germany and won. I dare to say socialism was a better fate than being a nazi. We have here in Romania, in several cities, graves of the heroes of the war. There are usually two sections, the romanians and the soviets.
People tend to forget about the russians. Why? Sure the regime was totalitarian and atheist, but what about the people? Sure, they were educated in the totalitarian atheist manner, but this doesn't mean they were cruel and inhuman and non-religious.
I once found the text of a letter found upon the body of an anonymous soviet soldier. I'll try to translate it sometime the next couple of days. He was brought up an atheist. His regiment was about to attack the next day, and looking at the night sky, he woke up from the nightmare that was his life, to discover God as the Creator of all that exists. He ends his letter: "The battle will be fierce, tonight maybe I will be knocking at Your door. I know I've never been Your friend. Will you let me in when I arrive? [...] But I do not cry. You can see what has happened, my eyes have been opened oh Lord! I go and will surely never return, but what a wonder (or perhaps I could translate: miracle) I do not fear death anymore!"
Who knows how many soldiers were like him? Discovering God on the battlefield or worshiping the True God in secret. Let us pray to the Lord for their salvation. In Christianity the first name is important. These are the names of the soldiers from the Heroes' Cemetery in Tulcea, the city where I study. (I will have to write down the names of those from my hometown, Constanta, too.)
Evgeny
Nikolai
Nikolai
Feodor
Mark
Egor
Ivan
Ivan
Ivan
Konstantin
Matvei
Rodion
Vasily
Ivan
Mark
Sergey
Andrei
Feodor
Rozhdnovia
Grigori
Ivan
Markel
Vladimir
Sergey
Aleksandr
Ivan
Anton
Danil
Misha
Evgeny
Feodor
Ivan
George
Aleksandr
Aleksandr
Mikhail
Alexei
Iakov
Valentin
May they rest in peace.
posted by Julian at 4:12 PM
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