What Shall We Do?

A contemplative essay that blends personal experience with timeless spiritual inquiry, this work follows a writer who, after moving from the countryside to Moscow, is struck by the stark poverty that lines the city’s streets. He observes beggars who have learned to beg without a bowl, noting their silent pleas and the uneasy ways they navigate a society that seems to forbid open charity. These encounters launch a probing investigation into the true meaning of the Gospel’s call to share and to serve.

Interweaving biblical passages with vivid, on‑the‑ground scenes, the author asks a simple yet profound question: what should we, as individuals and as a community, do when faced with suffering? He examines the tension between law and compassion, the paradox of wealth and spiritual poverty, and the moral duty to look beyond material concerns. Listeners are invited to join his search for a faith that lives beyond doctrine, urging reflection on how ordinary actions can become acts of deeper significance.