Elijah the Prophet who brought down fir e that consumed the wood which was covered in water. We ought to ask all whom we remember and to whom our hearts are drawn, to ask all the saints that the Lord grant us heartfelt prayer. If we pray in this way, the heavens will be opened, the Lord will answer our prayer and will save our Homeland. Herein lies the whole key to the mystery of prayer. This is the greatest school of all schools.
Prayer is the science of sciences.
But prayer does not have its own special school. The Church is the school of prayer. Someone once asked an elder how to pray, how to learn to pray. In prayer all are equal, and each can obtain from God, depending on the gifts of his spirit. This is my wish for you, from the bottom of my heart, on my first day as Chief Hierarch.