CAREFUL!
NO, I CAN DO IT MYSELF!
OKAY, OKAY...
BE CAREFUL! BE CAREFUL!
BE CAREFUL WITH HIS FOOT!
YOU KNOW, HE FELL OFF A
SHED ROOF AND BROKE HIS LEG...
AND NOW HIS HIP IS DECAYING. HE’S HAD
4 SURGERIES AND NOTHING HELPS...
WE’VE VISITED ALL
PROFESSORS AND SURGEONS...
MOMMY, I’M HOT!
HOT? HANG ON, NOW THE GOOD MAN
WILL HELP US, HANG ON...
...WE’VE BEEN AROUND THE SURGEONS,
THE DOCTORS,NOBODY CAN HELP...
...AND HIS HIP KEEPS DECAYING...
SIT DOWN, CALM DOWN.
YOU’RE PROBABLY TIRED. SIT DOWN.
WHAT’S THE BOYS NAME?
VANECHKA.
ALRIGHT... LET’S MEANWHILE
LAY THE CRUTCHES ASIDE.
PLEASE STAND UP, I’LL MOVE THE WOOD BILLET...
PUT HIM ON THE BILLET...
DON’T BE AFRAID!
DON’T BE AFRAID, I SAY.
WE’LL SUPPORT HIM!
VANECHKA, I WILL BE PRAYING TO
GOD NOW, AND YOU ALSO ASK GOD
IN YOUR OWN WORDS, AS YOU CAN,
FOR YOUR LEG TO BE HEALED.
HE IS KIND.
HE WILL HELP.
HE WILL HELP,
MY DEAR, HE WILL...
COME ON, MY LITTLE ONE!
TRY TO STAND STILL
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,
SON AND HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN.
PRAISE BE TO THEE, OUR LORD,
PRAISE BE TO YOU!
LORD ALMIGHTY, COMFORTER, SPIRIT
OF TRUTH, WHO DWELLS EVERYWHERE
AND BY WHOM EVERYTHING IS,
GIVER OF ALL GOODS AND OF LIFE,
COME AND DWELL WITHIN US, AND
CLEANSE US FROM OUR INIQUITIES
AND SAVE OUR SOULS, GOOD GOD!
ASK, ASK GOD...
HELP ME, PLEASE, FOR MY LEG...
FOR MY LEG TO NEVER ACHE AND...
AND FOR IT TO BE HEALED!
LORD ALMIGHTY! HOLY KING!
PUNISH BUT DON’T KILL,
FIRM THE ONES WHO ARE WEAK
AND LIFT UP THOSE WHO FALL,
HEAL OUR BODIES’ WEARINESS!
WE PRAY TO THEE, OUR LORD,
GRANT THY MERCY TO YOUR SERVANT IVAN,
FORGIVE HIM ALL SINS,
DELIBERATE AND UNDELIBERATE,
GIVE HIM THY HEALING
GRACE FROM HEAVEN!
TOUCH HIS BODY, QUENCH THE FIRE WITHIN!
TAKE AWAY THE PASSIONS AND ALL ILLNESS!
BE THE HEALER OF
THY SERVANT IVAN!
LIFT HIM UP FROM THE BED
OF SICKNESS AND OF EVIL!
MAKE HIM A PART OF THY CHURCH
IN THY GRACE AND FOLLWING YOUR WILL
FOR IT IS THEE WHO HAS MERCY UPON US
AND SAVES US,
AND WE PRAISE THEE, FATHER,
SON AND HOLY SPIRIT!
NOW, EVER AND ONTO
AGES OF AGES! AMEN!
PRAISE BE TO THEE, LORD,
PRAISE BE TO THEE, LORD!
LORD, HELP VANECHKA,
HELP THIS POOR BOY!
HEAL HIS LEG! LORD ALMIGHTY!
HELP US FOR WE ARE WEAK!
PRAISE BE TO THEE!
WE BELIEVE, LORD, HELP US!
WELL, VANUSHA, NOW EVERYTHING
IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT!
NOW TRY TO WALK YOURSELF, OKAY?
NO, HE CAN’T WITH HIS LEG!...
NEVER MIND, NEVER MIND, DON’T WORRY!
YOURSELF, COME ON, TRY!
BE CAREFUL!
DON’T WORRY! SEE, YOU CAN DO IT!
ATTABOY!
VANUSHA, YOU WON’T NEED
THESE CRUTCHES ANYMORE!
FORGET ABOUT THEM!
COME HERE, MY DEAR! YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE!
WELL, WE’LL GET GOING THEN... THANK YOU!
WHERE WILL YOU GET GOING?
NO, NO, YOU SHOULD SPEND
THE NIGHT IN THE MONASTERY,
BECAUSE WE’LL GIVE THE HOLY COMMUNION
TO YOUR BOY WITH FATHER FILARETUS
AND HE’LL NEVER LIMP AGAIN!
I CAN’T STAY!
I MUST GO TO WORK!
WHAT!? DO YOU THINK I AM
PLAYING GAMES WITH YOU HERE!?
I’VE GOT A RETURN TICKET
FOR THE TRAIN...
ISN’T YOUR OWN SON
MORE PRECIOUS TO YOU!?
OR IS WORK MORE IMPORTANT!?
NO, BUT I NEED TO GO TO WORK, TOO...
LEAVE, BE GONE NOW,
I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU!
WAIT! WAIT! COME BACK HERE!
HOLD IT!
WHAT’S HE DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO, EH?
COME HERE, BOY!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?
IF YOU HAVE NO PITY UPON YOURSELF,
HAVE PITY UPON YOUR CHILD!
DO YOU WANT HIM TO REMAIN A CRIPPLE!?
LEAVE HIM!
YOU FOOL!
LEAVE HIM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? VANECHKA!
DON’T BE AFRAID, LAD!
THEY’LL FIRE ME!
SO YOU LOVE YOUR WORK, EH?
I DO, I LOVE MY WORK VERY MUCH!
UNDERSTAND ME, I’M WORKING ON THE
FINAL PROJECT, I HAVE TO BE THERE!
I EVEN SLEEP AT WORK!
NONSENCE! THE PIPES’VE BUSTED,
YOUR OFFICE IS FLOODED WITH HOT WATER!
EVERYONE’S BEEN GIVEN A 3 DAY
LEAVE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE!
SO DON’T YOU WORRY!
HOW DO YOU KNOW!?
WHY ARE YOU LYING TO ME!?
I’M NOT LYING. WHEN YOU FIND
OUT, IT WILL BE TOO LATE!
GO, GO NOW, I’VE GOT
OTHER THINGS TO DO!
FATHER ANATOLY, AGAIN YOU ROSE A SCANDAL!?
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