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Updated: May 4, 2025
"I must go out into the world, father," he said one day to Alexei. "The convent is too small, too limited for me. I must work and toil with and for humanity. Let me go into the parish for a short time. The Bishop, who thinks well of me, may be able to procure me the position of blagotchinny. I will have an opportunity of learning the world, of succoring the needy, of aiding the sick.
"There is but one cure," he said, with a readiness that showed he had often spoken on the theme already, "and that is freedom and publicity. We full-grown men are treated like children, and watched like conspirators. If I wish to preach a sermon not that I often wish to do such a thing, but there are occasions when it is advisable I am expected to show it first to the Blagotchinny, and "
"I beg your pardon, who is the Blagotchinny?" "The Blagotchinny is a parish priest who is in direct relations with the Consistory of the Province, and who is supposed to exercise a strict supervision over all the other parish priests of his district.
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