Christ walks slowly through history. Slowly like a deep river, which some child would think is still, but which man could not dam. Slowly like wheat, which you sow in the autumn and in winter you think it is dead. Spring has not yet come for the seed of Christ.

His way is difficult. That is why He walks slowly. He journeys through pits of blood, through the darkness of sins, and through the thorns of thieves. His way is narrow, and many fallen sinners are on the brink on both sides of His path. He must bend down on both sides, lift them up and pull them behind Him and walk forward. That is why He walks slowly.

He walks slowly because His fullness is far away. His fullness extends to the ends of history and His place is in the ultimate...

Bishop Nicholas is not only a great Serbian. For all of us Orthodox, he is the expression of Orthodox spirituality and occupies a prominent position among those who work to make the Orthodox faith eternal. Fr. Alexander Schmemann