Penitential letter from Igumen Nikon (Vorobyov) to Fr. Raphael (Sheichenko) of Optina

At the time that Igumen Nikon was a parish priest at Kozelsk, Fr. Raphael (Sheichenko), who had been at Optina until it was closed, was freed from work camp and returned to Kozelsk to be the second priest at the church with Igumen Nikon. At some point the wiles of the devil sewed discord between…