Friends, First the talk and question session I gave in Moscow at our Hosanna "Meeting" Christian Center is now available in English translation with some photos: http://www.pravmir.com/bishop-seraphim-sigrist-orthodoxy-is-just-christianity/ the translation is I think good...at a couple of points it slightly read like a retranslation of english idiomatic expression into a russian equivalent in the notes being taken, or perhaps it is from a transcription... but it gets it pretty well and anyway represents our center at work. note that they start with giving a different subject than the one "significance of the presence of the orthodox church in the west" which I addressed... now THANKS to those who responded we have collected perhaps over $600 towards the emergency need (in the range of perhaps $5000, to state the least, to replace aged insulation and consequently broken radiators when the heating system failed at our retreat center in Fr Men's village of Semkhoz) great gratitude and also the hope that others who have not lately donated to what we are doing there in Russia in its modest way towards the Christian future... will donate now. perhaps you will? all needed information after the sign off. paypal works perfectly and we move the funds immediately into the bank. thank you dear friends so much, yours in this work we share +Seraphim Joseph Sigrist Donations for HOSANNA to The Patristic Society c.o 320 South Broadway, Unit P-7 Tarrytown New York 10591 (all correspondence to me: ssigrist@xxxxxxxxx, or sigrist@xxxxxxxx ) OR TO PAYPAL --CLICK ON "DONATE" BUTTON AT http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=hosanna AND FOLLOW THE SIMPLE DIRECTIONS TO MAKE CREDIT CARD OR BANK ACCOUNT DONATION