[tchaika]

I noticed that Catholics imbued with orthodoxy, somewhat inclined to it, recognizing the right.

Catholic priest of the cathedral is now troeperstiem baptized by an Orthodox, and explains it this way: "because God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit." And at the service entrance to the cathedral they have placed a reproduction of "Trinity" by Andrei Rublev.

It happens that the Catholics to Orthodoxy and begin to visit the Russian church. So one of our French friend from Cannes Christiane, having lived in Russia for about a year in the early 90's husband at work (he was involved in publishing matters), converted to Orthodoxy.

In the Russian Church in Mentone (Menton, southern France), I noticed an old man of the congregation: a noble face, white beard, like Turgenev. "Probably from the old Russian" - I thought. His image attracts the eye, admired.
Another time we were looking at Mentone an address. I will never forget this vstechi. Go down the street ... meet us - the very old. I turned to him in Russian. He stopped and asked me in French: "Why did you come to me in Russian? I - a Frenchman." "I saw you in the Russian Church," - I replied. He said: "If you have a little time, I'll try to explain. When I was born, I was baptized as a Catholic. As an adult, I began to doubt. I read a lot of thought and came to the conclusion that The Russian Orthodox Church is closest to the truth ". Well said! This struck me. Imagine hearing this from a Frenchman!
He continued: "I became Orthodox. And go to service in the Russian Church." I asked him: "You, perhaps, it is difficult - because the service is conducted in Russian." He said: "I teach Russian language, something did get it. I like to listen to the music of the Russian language. I love it when the choir sings." That is such a wonderful meeting.