13/09/2026
If we feel awkward about making the sign of the cross in public, let us listen to St. Nikolaj Velimirovich: “It is not of any value to us how the world is going to regard or call us. Yet, it is important how the holy angels in the heavens will regard and call us when, after death, we meet with them. This is crucial, and everything else is nothing. Whoever does not believe in the Living God, nor in eternal life, nor in the Incarnation of the Lord Christ, nor in Christ’s Resurrection, nor in the Gospel’s truth, nor in God’s eternal mercy and justice – is it any wonder if they consider that one a fool who does believe in all of this? May every one of us who cross ourselves with the Sign of the Cross not only find it easy to endure but with satisfaction receive the name ‘fool’ for Christ’s sake! Let us rejoice and be glad if the non-believers call us such, for that means that we are close to Christ and far away from the non-believers.”